Showing posts with label localizing a website. Show all posts
Showing posts with label localizing a website. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Are You Zone Skipping?

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There are many challenges and obstacles that can derail global operations.

"Leading cross-continental teams is a bit of a balancing act," says Deepak Agarwal, founder of several global businesses. "There is so much to educate yourself on as you enter a global marketplace. You have to think beyond your home office. Localizing, or understanding the way business is conducted in the areas where your business is present, can have a tremendous positive impact on your strategy for going global."

Agarwal provides five (5) pointers concerning:
  1. Language
  2. Payment method
  3. Price point and currency
  4. Shipping (which brings up zone skipping)
  5. Cultural nuances
Learn more here.

Thursday, January 08, 2015

10 Steps to Localizing a Website

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Are you targeting international customers with your website?  Then you better learn how to localize your website, as well as translate it.

How to localize a website in 10 easy steps

Another good article by the same author, Christian Arno, is:

Localization Is the Key to Going Global