Last year, web analytics company compete.com ranked the top 25 social networking sites by monthly visits.  A year later, they re-ranked those same sites to see how the positions had changed.  Facebook.com took the number one position, pushing myspace.com into second place.  Third in the list was Twitter.com, which jumped up a remarkable 19 places in 12 months.  Another high climber, was the business networking site and one of my favourites, Linked In.

In January 2009, in the US alone, facebook.com had nearly 69 million unique visitors to the site.  Worldwide, it has over 175 million active users and the fastest growing demographic is the over 30’s.  For marketers, the growth of social networks simply can’t be ignored.

The weak pound may be bad for Brit’s heading abroad this summer, but, for businesses looking to sell their products and services into Europe and beyond, it could bring a little ray of sunshine.  Assisting businesses with their international marketing campaigns for over 20 years, Beechwood are experts in the translation and localisation of marketing communications.

High quality translations remain an enigma for many businesses.  That’s why we have put together a seven step guide to better translations which can help to improve overseas marketing efforts.

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