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Social Media
IN CHINA
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Deana Gao 高 琼 Chinese
Journalism
Marketing/Start ups
Social Media
Traveler
Entrepreneur
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Chinese Internet Usage: Going CRAZY
1 billion
10,000 persons
564 million!
No. of internet users Internet penetration rate
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Chinese Internet Users
1980s: Our first “computer.”
1990s: Our first “real” computer. 2013: “My desk.”
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AND…WHO EXACTLY IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ? EVERY Internet user in China
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Chinese Social Media Users: By Age
Internet users Social Media Users
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Most Western Social Media Sites? BLOCKED in China.
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Western Social Media: Blocked in China
Facebook Youtube Twitter Pinterest Google plus LinkedIn MySpace Foursquare Instagram
Not just social media sites —lots of OTHER websites are blocked in China as well.
Check it out HERE: http://www.blockedinchina.net/
Why? CENSORSHIP!
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Chinese Social Media Landscape: 2013
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Top 10 Social Media Sites in China
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Top 5 Social Media Sites for Marketing
Renren
Tencent
Douban
Weixin (Wechat)
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Chinese versus US Social Media
Renren
Tencent
Douban
Weixin (Wechat)
Twitter +Some Facebook
MSN/Gchat, Yahoo Chat etc.
The website formerly known as MySpace
Whatsapp or Line
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www.weibo.com
Weibo --Microblog
Sina Weibo was launched in 14th August 2009 by Sina Corporation, which owns the biggest portal website sina.com
Sina bought the domain Weibo.com in 7th April 2011. Today, so-called “Weibo” means “Sina Weibo”
This is the most powerful and popular social media platform in China.
Sina Weibo – What is it ?
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Weibo in Action
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Weibo on iPad& iPhone
Weibo on IPad Weibo on IPhone
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Icon
Info
Verification
Verification
OrgVerification
Followers
Weibo VS Twitter
Re-twittes & Comments
Pic & Video
Posts
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What do they do ? Real-life moments
Social topics
Breaking news
Celebrity gossip
Elite Types’ fights
Follow Current news issues 31%
Follow friends 31.0%
Make new friends 14.5%
Follow superstars and well-known professionals 12.3%
Follow industry updates 14.5%
Whom do they follow?
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Who uses Weibo? Media Celebrities & ‘Elites’ Office Workers 1st and 2nd Tier Cities Companies and Businesses ME !
[56.4% Chinese social media users are on Weibo]
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Why Weibo for marketing? Easy to find potential clients / partners.
Users Trust It. (Based on CNNIC report, Chinese trust Weibo more than China official media.)
High-end Target Market. Users are in 1st and 2nd Tier cities and accept new ideas and are comfortable with online shopping or trading.
Easy, quick information updates.
Easy to interact with followers.
New media– influential and has high credibility
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How to use it for your business.
E-COMMERCE Knowledge MarketingBRANDING
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Tencent (QQ)—What it is
• Founded in 1999
• First IM program in China
• Still China’s biggest social platform
• March 20th 2013, there were 798.2 million active QQ accounts /Average 160MIL online users everyday
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Online users (wow.)
http://im.qq.com/online/
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The Functions of QQ Instant Message E-mail Pengyou Shop Weather Anti-virus Qzone Tencent Weibo Games Music ETC …
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The Tencent Family
Qzone--2005
Pengyou--2009
Tencent weibo -2010 Wechat 2011
What is Tencent
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Q zone –What is it? Qzone is social networking website under QQ
It permits users to keep blogs, diaries, update photos and listen to music
It’s (on paper) the largest social network website in China
By September 2012 , there were 597 million users. 150 million Qzone users update their accounts at least once a month
Qzone
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Tencent Weibo–What is it?
• Exactly the same as Sina Weibo but… belongs to a different company
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Tencent Weibo VS Sina Weibo
What is Tencent
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Who uses Qzone and Tencent Weibo ?
350 MIL users / 40MIL active users
Age 14-30 yrs Students 2nd and 3rd Tier cites Grass-roots celebrities Companies and businesses ME !
Who uses them?
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What is Renren?
Look familiar?
We Chinese are good at “math” and “learning from others”
Renren—What is it?
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Renren—What is it? Founded in 2005
Renren – literally means “everyone”
200MIL users /30MIL active users
Age 18-35
University Students
White collar folks
1st and 2nd tier Cities
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What is Renren?
Fan page on RenrenFan page on Facebook Same, same But…Chinese!
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Douban– What is it?
Founded in 2005
Social network that shares films, books, interests, music, and activities
Online events, as well as off-line event organization
A large number of “intellectual” types, announcing poetry events, coffee chats, enrichment stuff, etc.
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What is Douban?Interest
Living
Shopping
Society
Art
VS
Music
Art
Science
Fan pages
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Who’s on Douban ? August 2012, 62
million users, covering 700 cities around the world…
1st -2nd tier cities, although over 80% are in 1st tier cities
Highly educated people (Professionals, Artists, etc.)
Follow their interest groups
Comment and share books\films\music\arts
Events –Find/organize/participate events –Meet up
Online ‘Flea markets’
Forums
Search their interested items –topics /events etc.
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Why use Douban for marketing? Highly-educated group–so, more ‘precision’ marketing
Divided into different groups—easy to find different target groups of people
Better and trustworthy content exchange
Great for cultural industries
Great for ‘Elite Artists’ etc.
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Wechat—What is it?
Released in Jan 2011, 300MIL Registered Users on 2103
Belongs to Tencent Holdings Ltd (QQ. Qzone, Tencent Weibo)
Mainland China, HK, Taiwan, South-East Asia
Smartphone users
“The Next Big Thing” in Chinese social media...
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What is Wechat?
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How to use Wechat for marketing ?
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Should I use Chinese Social Media? Personally? …Yep.
Tap into the Chinese market…without moving, or “becoming Chinese.”
Learn about potential clients and partners. Learn about your competitors. Meet people from far away. Over 1 billion of them. And also…IT’S FUN !
Some Chinese social media platforms have interfaces in English with limited functionality—so give it a shot! You don’t even have to use your real name…
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How to get started?(Well, with these three.)
Weibo.
QQ.
WeChat.
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Should my company use Chinese Social Media?…Yep.
We like to think about the POST framework.
People—whom do you want to target?
Object—what is your goal?
Strategy—which one to use? What’s the plan ?
Technology—how to use the right platform and extra apps to execute that plan?
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Key words to remember in Chinese social media.
Young
Elite
“Freedom”
Real-time
Influential
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