Papa - An introduction to China's SoundCloud/InstagramChris Baker
This presentation provides a brief introduction to PAPA, one of China's newest social media. Like SoundCloud/Instagram, PAPA is a mobile social network focused on sharing great content.
Users on PAPA share audio, voice and music through an "instagram-like" social app.
We show how the application works, its function and UI, together with analysis on how brands in China are using it to improve audience engagement.
Weishi - An introduction to China's VineChris Baker
This presentation provides an introduction to Weishi ...another of China's up-and-coming social media.
Weishi is China's answer to Vine - an 8-Second video app - which allows users to shoot, edit and share creative, fun videos. Weishi has 24 million registered users to date.
Another app, Meipai also occupies a similar space as Weishi BUT Weishi has a distinct advantage as part of Tencent's ecosystem. It is connected to QQ, Tencent Weibo and most importantly WeChat.
With the shift to Social Media Marketing, brands and the agencies that work with them are changing the way they communicate.
The singular "big idea" created for TV-first campaigns is being replaced by longer term storytelling strategies and MICRO-GRAPHICS.
Micro-graphics include pictures, infographics and videos, are being used to create far more detailed connections between brands and audiences ...being used in response to niche audiences, events, trends.
China has seen rapid growth with new, innovative mobile social applications in the past few years. Lofter, NICE, Meipai, Weishi ...among others are leading the way.
Despite this competition, Lofter has defined itself as the choice for designer interests groups (where NICE is more fashion driven).
A light blog launched by NetEase in 2011, Lofter provides audiences with a user-friendly UI and high-quality user-generated contents.
With Instagram and other foreign apps blocked in China, Lofter has enjoyed rapid growth recently. It currently has 10m users ...and is growing quickly, especially among early adopters.
With this presentation we look at how the application works, who uses it ...and how brands in China are using it for marketing purposes (with case studies from Cadillac, Xiaomi, IWC, among others).
A brief introduction to the move to Real-time social media management. Listening and responding quickly to emerging trends on social (and search) allows brands to capture audience attention.
This report shares a couple of well-known cases from the US, together with:
1. Insights on why real-time is essential
2. How to do it
3. Examples from China with Tencent
Its rare to get any official data from WeChat. So, when we were sent a 'year-to-date' review from WeChat in October, we wanted to translate and share it.
WeChat released the following report in Chinese last month. Its a summary of high-level user behavior/trends. Totem Media has translated the report to English ...without additional analysis/interpretation. In other words, it’s a straight translation of the Chinese report (without Totem’s point of view).
Papa - An introduction to China's SoundCloud/InstagramChris Baker
This presentation provides a brief introduction to PAPA, one of China's newest social media. Like SoundCloud/Instagram, PAPA is a mobile social network focused on sharing great content.
Users on PAPA share audio, voice and music through an "instagram-like" social app.
We show how the application works, its function and UI, together with analysis on how brands in China are using it to improve audience engagement.
Weishi - An introduction to China's VineChris Baker
This presentation provides an introduction to Weishi ...another of China's up-and-coming social media.
Weishi is China's answer to Vine - an 8-Second video app - which allows users to shoot, edit and share creative, fun videos. Weishi has 24 million registered users to date.
Another app, Meipai also occupies a similar space as Weishi BUT Weishi has a distinct advantage as part of Tencent's ecosystem. It is connected to QQ, Tencent Weibo and most importantly WeChat.
With the shift to Social Media Marketing, brands and the agencies that work with them are changing the way they communicate.
The singular "big idea" created for TV-first campaigns is being replaced by longer term storytelling strategies and MICRO-GRAPHICS.
Micro-graphics include pictures, infographics and videos, are being used to create far more detailed connections between brands and audiences ...being used in response to niche audiences, events, trends.
China has seen rapid growth with new, innovative mobile social applications in the past few years. Lofter, NICE, Meipai, Weishi ...among others are leading the way.
Despite this competition, Lofter has defined itself as the choice for designer interests groups (where NICE is more fashion driven).
A light blog launched by NetEase in 2011, Lofter provides audiences with a user-friendly UI and high-quality user-generated contents.
With Instagram and other foreign apps blocked in China, Lofter has enjoyed rapid growth recently. It currently has 10m users ...and is growing quickly, especially among early adopters.
With this presentation we look at how the application works, who uses it ...and how brands in China are using it for marketing purposes (with case studies from Cadillac, Xiaomi, IWC, among others).
A brief introduction to the move to Real-time social media management. Listening and responding quickly to emerging trends on social (and search) allows brands to capture audience attention.
This report shares a couple of well-known cases from the US, together with:
1. Insights on why real-time is essential
2. How to do it
3. Examples from China with Tencent
Its rare to get any official data from WeChat. So, when we were sent a 'year-to-date' review from WeChat in October, we wanted to translate and share it.
WeChat released the following report in Chinese last month. Its a summary of high-level user behavior/trends. Totem Media has translated the report to English ...without additional analysis/interpretation. In other words, it’s a straight translation of the Chinese report (without Totem’s point of view).
An overview of how infographics are being used in marketing and branding. Insights into why they have grown in popularity, how they are used AND what makes for a good infographics centred campaign at each step along the "path to purchase."
Bonus: a brief outline of infographics in China.
Chinese Social Media - Quick Guide to Important SitesChris Baker
Updated July 2015:
A brief overview of some of the new, up-and-coming social media sites in China.
The two biggest platforms - WeChat & Weibo - get most of the attention in discussions about social media in China. There is however a growing number of important supporting players, representing the next wave of social.
We have prepared short introductions to a few that we think are interesting ...the sites/apps that we use in managing social media campaigns for brands in China:
- Douban
- Nice
- Lofter
- Momo
- Maimai
- Tantan
- Zhihu
- Meipai
- Papa
- Demohour
- Meilishuo
- Guokr
- Baidu Tieba
- Baidu Baike
In Travel:
- Daizhe
- Chanyouji
- Bread trip
- Qyer
And, included from our report in 2014:
- Weishi
- Nian
- Pianke
- Jue-so
- P1
WeChat is the key to unlocking Content x Commerce in China.
We look into WeChat to better understand the; (1)The Overall Ecosystem, (2)Audience paths for brands ...AND (3)How Content (social media) and Commerce come together.
Includes some examples by industry of branded accounts - specifically for travel/tourism, retail and health.
400 Million users - 52 Million out of Greater China -11 Languages available - 20 Countries. More than 85% of Chinese Smartphones go it installed.
Average user checks every 6 minutes. Why Wechat?
2016 is quickly approaching and so we took the opportunity to pull together some thoughts on where social media in China is...and what's going to be important next year.
Updated June 2015:
A brief introduction to China's hottest social media platform - WeChat (Weixin) - with insights, case studies and analysis for brands.
Includes latest data on registered users and active users and comparisons to Weibo.
Provides information on user profiles and case studies for brands who have successfully used WeChat, including; Burberry, Coach, Tesla, China Southern Airlines, Xiaomi, Glico, Cadillac, Tencent, Olay, La Perle, Zanadu, Star Wars and BMW.
Outlines SIX ways for brands to use WeChat effectively:
1. Creating Branded Accounts
2. Micro-Contents (regular engagement)
3. For Customer Service/Loyalty
4. Driving O2O and Location Based Social
5. For Ecommerce (Sales)
6. Through "push" advertising
An overview of how infographics are being used in marketing and branding. Insights into why they have grown in popularity, how they are used AND what makes for a good infographics centred campaign at each step along the "path to purchase."
Bonus: a brief outline of infographics in China.
Chinese Social Media - Quick Guide to Important SitesChris Baker
Updated July 2015:
A brief overview of some of the new, up-and-coming social media sites in China.
The two biggest platforms - WeChat & Weibo - get most of the attention in discussions about social media in China. There is however a growing number of important supporting players, representing the next wave of social.
We have prepared short introductions to a few that we think are interesting ...the sites/apps that we use in managing social media campaigns for brands in China:
- Douban
- Nice
- Lofter
- Momo
- Maimai
- Tantan
- Zhihu
- Meipai
- Papa
- Demohour
- Meilishuo
- Guokr
- Baidu Tieba
- Baidu Baike
In Travel:
- Daizhe
- Chanyouji
- Bread trip
- Qyer
And, included from our report in 2014:
- Weishi
- Nian
- Pianke
- Jue-so
- P1
WeChat is the key to unlocking Content x Commerce in China.
We look into WeChat to better understand the; (1)The Overall Ecosystem, (2)Audience paths for brands ...AND (3)How Content (social media) and Commerce come together.
Includes some examples by industry of branded accounts - specifically for travel/tourism, retail and health.
400 Million users - 52 Million out of Greater China -11 Languages available - 20 Countries. More than 85% of Chinese Smartphones go it installed.
Average user checks every 6 minutes. Why Wechat?
2016 is quickly approaching and so we took the opportunity to pull together some thoughts on where social media in China is...and what's going to be important next year.
Updated June 2015:
A brief introduction to China's hottest social media platform - WeChat (Weixin) - with insights, case studies and analysis for brands.
Includes latest data on registered users and active users and comparisons to Weibo.
Provides information on user profiles and case studies for brands who have successfully used WeChat, including; Burberry, Coach, Tesla, China Southern Airlines, Xiaomi, Glico, Cadillac, Tencent, Olay, La Perle, Zanadu, Star Wars and BMW.
Outlines SIX ways for brands to use WeChat effectively:
1. Creating Branded Accounts
2. Micro-Contents (regular engagement)
3. For Customer Service/Loyalty
4. Driving O2O and Location Based Social
5. For Ecommerce (Sales)
6. Through "push" advertising