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May 07
2011

Our unique and individual way to communicate through language

Posted by Elaine in Untagged 

 

Each individual has a unique ‘language' called its
idiolect. No two individuals have the exact same idiolect.

Idiolects cluster into dialects which characterize speakers from a certain region, village/town,neighborhood or social class.

Dialects have sometimes names (after a region or

May 04
2011

Hispanic American growth in the US ( 2011)

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The recent Census numbers clearly show that the Latino community drives America’s growth, and its future” . This growth will have social-economic, political and demographic impact across the country.

 The Hispanic population in april 2010 was 50.5 million, representing 16.3 percent of the total

Mar 30
2011

Census 2010

Posted by Elaine in News

 

In Connecticut, the Hispanic population has grown larger than the African American community to 13.4 percent of the population according to the 2010 Census.  In the 1990's, four of five Hispanics in Hartford County were Puerto Rican.

Now, Hispanics from other Latin American countries including

Mar 13
2011

Found in Translation

Posted by Elaine in Untagged 

There are many ways that you can improve your spoken communication with people who speak another language.

 The best thing to do is to practice, prepare, and rehearse  by checking all idioms, proverbs and other expressions that you will use as part of your conversation.  Culture and costumes take a

Jun 03
2010

Does emotions affect our shopping decisions?

Posted by Elaine in Untagged 

According to Dr. Jennifer S. Lerner, Director of the Emotion and Decision Making Group at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, sadness can cause you to spend more money than if you were in a neutral state. Dr. Lerner's research involved two sets of participants - one that watch a sad

May 11
2010

A website to turn visitors into buyers

Posted by Elaine in Untagged 

In order to be ready to advertise and promote your product, your website has to show all the bells & whistles possible. In other words it has to be "Top Notch". But how to design  a website that will convert your visitors into buyers...? Good research, social interaction with your niche and.....to
Apr 12
2010

"Hablas Espanol" or Do you speak "my culture"?

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"Hablas Español" or Do you speak "my culture"?

By elaine@transcreating.com


A recent forum produced by Ad Club of Connecticut, Metro Hartford Alliance, Bauza & Associates LLC and a local TV Spanish station, Telemundo brought a good crowd of business local entrepreneurs, media agencies and media

Apr 09
2010

Get on board on the social media boat!

Posted by Elaine in News

A great number of businesess will use social media rather than e-mail as their preferred method of communication in the future..."

More than half of companies are expected to utilise activity streams such as an "enterprise Twitter", which would allow employees to receive quick answers to queries and

Mar 18
2010

Marketing Advice for Solo-Preneurs

Posted by Elaine in News