Cindy King is a cross-cultural marketing and international sales strategy consultant based out of her home in a little village on the other side of the forest of Fontainebleau, which is about 40km south of Paris, France.

International Sales Marketing

Cindy has over 25 years in the field experience as an executive in sales and marketing for both large multinationals and start-ups. Most of her work involved international business development in new markets.

Over the last few years she adapted this skills to international sales marketing on social media platforms.

New Markets

These dual sales and marketing skills together with strong cross-cultural competency probably also explain her particular area of focus. She likes to help businesses at the point of entry into a new foreign market. This is where most businesses are confronted with the reality of adapting their offer to different cultures. And it is also where Cindy’s particular business skills are essential in finding the best sales and marketing positioning for faster profitability.

Cross-Cultural Competence

There is a disadvantage in carrying out international marketing and international sales tasks for new foreign market entry with your own cultural filters, or without any real cross-cultural competence. Many businesses realize this too late. And this is where Cindy’s expertise acquired through years of field experience can save many companies time and money in developing new markets.

International Social Media

Cindy has used social media for over 2 years to develop her own international business. And her successful business application of social media did not go unnoticed. A portion of her activities are now centered around international social media where she is finding that both her cross-cultural people skills and her international business skills give her an advantage.

Authority Blogging. In addition to her own blog on the softer skills in cross-cultural communication for international business, Cindy runs the blog International Social Media . And in 2010 she will again be active on her blog to Get International Clients.

Communities. Cindy is the Managing Editor at Social Media Examiner, she also runs a regular column in International Business section of Bloggertone and she is a member of the Top Sales Experts.

Social Media. She also uses Posterous to share the fun side of cross-cultural and international business topics and is developing her Facebook presence for people who want a daily culture fix for business. Cindy shares lots of interesting links on Twitter and regularly carries out Cross-Cultural Twitter Interviews.