by Editorial Team | Mar 11, 2015 | Branding in China, Business in China, China Internet, China Marketing Channels, Chinese Social Media, Digital Marketing in China, Social Media Marketing in China
Engaging KOLs, which stands for Key Opinion Leaders, for product promotion in China is, almost always, one of the critical components in marketing strategy by big brands. The fact is that Chinese tend to trust information delivered via social media and, especially, by...
by Editorial Team | Feb 18, 2015 | Branding in China, China Internet, China Marketing Channels, Chinese Social Media, Social Media Marketing in China
Sina Weibo is a primary Chinese social media platform that is second only to mobile based WeChat in terms of number of subscribers and monthly active users. Although, having lost some of the luster to WeChat, Weibo remains one of the most important channels in social...
by Editorial Team | Feb 11, 2015 | China Ecommerce, China Marketing Channels, China mobile marketing, Chinese Social Media, Mobile Marketing in China, Social Media Marketing in China
WeChat public accounts continue to increase in importance and effectiveness in brands’ marketing strategy in China. In this post, I’m going to review different types of WeChat public accounts as things have been changing in the last few months. There are...
by Editorial Team | Jan 28, 2015 | Branding in China, China Marketing Channels, China mobile marketing, Chinese Social Media, Mobile Marketing in China, Social Media Marketing in China
Continuing from my previous discussion on the issues to be taken into account for marketing on WeChat vs. Weibo, here is the second part of the list. Clearly, both services offer lucrative opportunities for marketing but, in order to choose the most suitable platform,...
by Editorial Team | Jan 21, 2015 | Branding in China, China Marketing Channels, China mobile marketing, Chinese Social Media, Mobile Marketing in China, Social Media Marketing in China
WeChat and Weibo currently dominate Chinese social media landscape. In the last year or so, WeChat has surpassed Weibo in size and popularity, although, with its enormous user base, Weibo still remains a formidable force in the social media. While there are...
by Editorial Team | Nov 5, 2014 | China Internet, China Marketing Channels, China mobile marketing, China Online Advertisement, Digital Marketing in China, Social Media Marketing in China, Video Advertising in China
It has been reported this year that mobile internet access has become the primary way to get online for the majority of Chinese, outnumbering, for the first time, the desktop based access. At the same time, videos, while being increasingly accessed via mobile devices,...