Social Media in China
“The Weibo phenomenon””



By Christian Dougoud

www.eastwestpr.com




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Why use sina weibo?

  Increase editorial                     Drive web traffic
      enquiries




                        Build relationships
               with key media, industry influencers

                                                       Singapore | Beijing
                                                      www.eastwestpr.com
Company overview




     EASTWEST PR is a public relations agency based in Asia since
     1995, with offices in Singapore and Beijing, China.

     • 16 years experience in B2B
     • 2 offices in China and Singapore
     • 400+ clients and counting
     • Expertise in traditional and digital PR
     • Affiliates in 12 Asian countries


                                                         Singapore | Beijing
                                                        www.eastwestpr.com
Core business: IT/Tech
Aepona                       Coding Technologies           Entertainment (Beijing)      MSI Legal & Accounting       Revlon                        Voxbone
Affle                        Comic Relief                  Haymarket Media Inc          Network Worldwide            SANYO Asia                    Voxbone (Past Project)
Alianza Global               Compuware Asia-Pacific Pte Health Aesthetics               National Infocomm            Schmidt Electronics (SEA)     Write Angles
Communication Services       Ltd                           Hill International           Competency Centre (NICC)     SEK2005                       Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
Alliance Cosmetics/Revlon Contact Centre Association Hill International                 New Zealand Trade &          SGI                           X|Media|Lab
Alliance Cosmetics/SILKYGIRL of Singapore                  HPCDemo                      Enterprise                   Singapore Discovery Centre Zenith Events Management
AppTrigger                   Creative IT Training School Hughes Network Systems         Nortel Networks Singapore    Singapore Table Tennis        Pte Ltd for Global Entrepolis
APREA                        CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd          Huthwaite                    Pte Ltd                      Association                   @ Singapore 2007
Asia Television Forum 2009 Dannhauser Energize Life        iBasis                       Océ                          Singex Exhibitions / Asia     Lehmanbrown
ASSISTPLAN CO. LTD           DatatraceDNA                  Infinite Frameworks          OIG International            Fashion Week 2005             Numara
AT&T Worldwide               DCNS Group                    Ingres Corporation           on/NTL Asia Pacific          Softwin – BitDefender         HID
Telecommunications           Dialogic Corporation          Inmarsat Limited             ONE (SINGAPORE)              Sony Electronics Asia Pacific Absciex
Authentication & Online      ECA International             International Baccalaureate                               Pte Ltd                       IEEE-SA
Trust Alliance               Eggplant Digital              Organization                 Optimi Corporation           Sony Pictures                 IEEE SmartGrid
Autonomy                     Ekinops                       International SOS            Orbitz Worldwide             SRC Software                  Vantone
Avery Dennison               Electrolux                    IPRN                         Orient Europharma            Stratus Technologies          ECI Telecom
Avnet Inc.                   Emerio Corporation            iRiS Software Solutions Ltd Ovum                          SunGard                       Rational
Axiom Systems                Emerson Network Power         Jardine OneSolution Pte Ltd Pacific Internet Ltd          Sunstar Inc                   Digital Realty Trust
BBC Worldwide                Envox Worldwide               JIAM 2008 – Reed Exhibitions Paiker                       SUPERSEED                     Bayer Cropscience
BEA Systems, Inc.            Envy                          Keppel Land – The Belvedere Panasonic                     Sybase Inc                    University of York
Bhavan’s India Intl School   Epicor Software (Asia) Pte LtdKeppel Land / Ritz           PAREXEL APEX International   Sydus                         Clavister
Bizlink Centre Singapore     ESI International             Residences                   Co., Ltd.                    Symbol Technologies           Microsoft
BoxSentry                    etalk Corporation             Kraft Foods                  PerkinElmer                  Syniverse Technologies Inc Edison Capital Partners
Boys’ Brigade                Fare.net                      LCCI International           Philips                      T-Systems                     Morgan Cars
British Business Awards      For AIDS with Community       Qualifications               Pinstorm                     Tandberg                      Oven Mumford
British Council China        Effort (F.A.C.E.)             Live Cargo, Inc              Promethean Limited           Telenor Satellite Services    Agilent_technologies
BSI                          Fortis Private Banking        Logica                       Pronto Communications        Terrapinn                     Hsenid
Bubble Motion                German European Sch Spore LogicaCMG                        PTS Consulting (Singapore)   The Symbio Group              Smaato
Business Logic Systems       GLim Pte Ltd                  Macquarie Telecom            Pte Ltd                      The University of York        Telegent
California WOW Xperience Global Indian Education           Make A Wish Foundation       Quantel                      The Unza Group                Terrapinn Cards Asia
Cambridge Broadband          Foundation                    Singapore                    Qunar.com                    TippingPoint                  UpFrontMedia
Networks                     Global PTM                    MatrixView Limited           RadianTrust                  Traditional Medicine Expo SinoTechGroup
Career Choice                GlobalPTM                     Mercury Interactive          Radware                      TRIMEX International          Cimes 2010
Celltick Technologies Ltd    GN Netcom Australia Pty Ltd Microsoft                      RAK Minerals & Metals        Tyco Fire & Security          AceWood
Charter Broadcast            Governance for Equitable      MobileMonday                 Investments (RMMI)           UITC / DairyCare              fert.ch
China Entrepreneurs          Development                   MPG                          Redline Communications       V-Kool                        IEEE Technology Time
Chinese National Geography GSMA
International                Havas Digital
                                                           MPG
                                                           MPIO
                                                                                        Reed Exhibitions – JIAM
                                                                                        Reed Huayin Exhibitions
                                                                                                                     Verimatrix Inc.
                                                                                                                                                Singapore | Beijing
                                                                                                                                                   Machine
                                                                                                                     Vishay Intertechnology Asia WhoIsWho
Clyde Bergemann              Havas Sports &                MSI Global Alliance          Research In Motion Pte Ltd   Pte Ltd                www.eastwestpr.com
Internet users in China




          Source: China Internet Watch ,”China Internet Statistics Whitepaper”    Singapore | Beijing
                                                                                 www.eastwestpr.com
China social media
Landscape




                                        Singapore | Beijing
Source: http://www.ciccorporate.com/   www.eastwestpr.com
“What do the International Monetary
                                                                Fund, Louis Vuitton and Unilever have
                                                                in common?”

                                                                Melanie Lee. Reuters. Nov 16, 2011




                                                                                       Singapore | Beijing
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/us-china-weibo-mncs-idUSTRE7AF0CN20111116   www.eastwestpr.com
Foreign business, organizations and individuals
use Sina Weibo




                                               Singapore | Beijing
                                              www.eastwestpr.com
Sina Weibo at a glance




                          Singapore | Beijing
                         www.eastwestpr.com
Sina Weibo
                 +
             =
                 +


                      Singapore | Beijing
                     www.eastwestpr.com
250 million registered users
including trade and general media, industry experts,
   academics, influencers and…your competitors




                                                    Singapore | Beijing
                                                   www.eastwestpr.com
40 blogs posted every second




                            Singapore | Beijing
                           www.eastwestpr.com
~ 5 million new users a month




                             Singapore | Beijing
                            www.eastwestpr.com
Siemens on Sina Weibo




http://weibo.com/siemens
Bill Gates on Sina Weibo




http://weibo.com/gates
Electrolux on Sina Weibo




http://www.weibo.com/electroluxchina
IMF on Sina Weibo




http://www.weibo.com/imf
EASTWEST PR on Sina Weibo




http://weibo.com/eastwestpr
Future development


Weibo will go mobile
318 million phone users
access internet via mobile phones

USA population = 300 million
Future development



Weibo will go international
Weibo will not remain a local phenomenon
Case Study




              Singapore | Beijing
             www.eastwestpr.com
IEEE-SA on Sina Weibo




http://weibo.com/ieeestandardsassoc
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About us




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News



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                                      Latest post
Objectives
 Increase editorial enquiries
 Generate traffic to the Chinese IEEE-SA website
 Build relationships with key media, online bloggers, industry influencers
Create
 Create branded account & Company Verification
 Translate news into Chinese
 Synchronize Twitter, Facebook content with Sina Weibo
 Shoot video releases in Chinese
Publish
 News
 Industry updates
 Interview opportunities
 Event live posting
 Whitepapers
 Photos
Promote
 Research followers:
  Media, analysts, partners
 Promote events
 Link to video networks
 Optimize keywords
Monitor
 Editorial enquiries
 Competitor watch
 Interactions/Comments
 Issues/Crisis
Analysis
 Followers profiling
 Video views
 Reposts
 Traffic to main website
Thank You!


Contact us

Christian Dougoud, Managing Director   Jim James, Chairman
Mobile: +86 158 1036 5670              Mobile: + 86 139 1073 1967
Email: Christian@eastwestpr.com        Email: jim@eastwestpr.com     Singapore | Beijing
                                                                    www.eastwestpr.com

Weibo, social media phenomenon in China

  • 1.
    Social Media inChina “The Weibo phenomenon”” By Christian Dougoud www.eastwestpr.com Follow us on: Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 2.
    Why use sinaweibo? Increase editorial Drive web traffic enquiries Build relationships with key media, industry influencers Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 3.
    Company overview EASTWEST PR is a public relations agency based in Asia since 1995, with offices in Singapore and Beijing, China. • 16 years experience in B2B • 2 offices in China and Singapore • 400+ clients and counting • Expertise in traditional and digital PR • Affiliates in 12 Asian countries Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 4.
    Core business: IT/Tech Aepona Coding Technologies Entertainment (Beijing) MSI Legal & Accounting Revlon Voxbone Affle Comic Relief Haymarket Media Inc Network Worldwide SANYO Asia Voxbone (Past Project) Alianza Global Compuware Asia-Pacific Pte Health Aesthetics National Infocomm Schmidt Electronics (SEA) Write Angles Communication Services Ltd Hill International Competency Centre (NICC) SEK2005 Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Alliance Cosmetics/Revlon Contact Centre Association Hill International New Zealand Trade & SGI X|Media|Lab Alliance Cosmetics/SILKYGIRL of Singapore HPCDemo Enterprise Singapore Discovery Centre Zenith Events Management AppTrigger Creative IT Training School Hughes Network Systems Nortel Networks Singapore Singapore Table Tennis Pte Ltd for Global Entrepolis APREA CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd Huthwaite Pte Ltd Association @ Singapore 2007 Asia Television Forum 2009 Dannhauser Energize Life iBasis Océ Singex Exhibitions / Asia Lehmanbrown ASSISTPLAN CO. LTD DatatraceDNA Infinite Frameworks OIG International Fashion Week 2005 Numara AT&T Worldwide DCNS Group Ingres Corporation on/NTL Asia Pacific Softwin – BitDefender HID Telecommunications Dialogic Corporation Inmarsat Limited ONE (SINGAPORE) Sony Electronics Asia Pacific Absciex Authentication & Online ECA International International Baccalaureate Pte Ltd IEEE-SA Trust Alliance Eggplant Digital Organization Optimi Corporation Sony Pictures IEEE SmartGrid Autonomy Ekinops International SOS Orbitz Worldwide SRC Software Vantone Avery Dennison Electrolux IPRN Orient Europharma Stratus Technologies ECI Telecom Avnet Inc. Emerio Corporation iRiS Software Solutions Ltd Ovum SunGard Rational Axiom Systems Emerson Network Power Jardine OneSolution Pte Ltd Pacific Internet Ltd Sunstar Inc Digital Realty Trust BBC Worldwide Envox Worldwide JIAM 2008 – Reed Exhibitions Paiker SUPERSEED Bayer Cropscience BEA Systems, Inc. Envy Keppel Land – The Belvedere Panasonic Sybase Inc University of York Bhavan’s India Intl School Epicor Software (Asia) Pte LtdKeppel Land / Ritz PAREXEL APEX International Sydus Clavister Bizlink Centre Singapore ESI International Residences Co., Ltd. Symbol Technologies Microsoft BoxSentry etalk Corporation Kraft Foods PerkinElmer Syniverse Technologies Inc Edison Capital Partners Boys’ Brigade Fare.net LCCI International Philips T-Systems Morgan Cars British Business Awards For AIDS with Community Qualifications Pinstorm Tandberg Oven Mumford British Council China Effort (F.A.C.E.) Live Cargo, Inc Promethean Limited Telenor Satellite Services Agilent_technologies BSI Fortis Private Banking Logica Pronto Communications Terrapinn Hsenid Bubble Motion German European Sch Spore LogicaCMG PTS Consulting (Singapore) The Symbio Group Smaato Business Logic Systems GLim Pte Ltd Macquarie Telecom Pte Ltd The University of York Telegent California WOW Xperience Global Indian Education Make A Wish Foundation Quantel The Unza Group Terrapinn Cards Asia Cambridge Broadband Foundation Singapore Qunar.com TippingPoint UpFrontMedia Networks Global PTM MatrixView Limited RadianTrust Traditional Medicine Expo SinoTechGroup Career Choice GlobalPTM Mercury Interactive Radware TRIMEX International Cimes 2010 Celltick Technologies Ltd GN Netcom Australia Pty Ltd Microsoft RAK Minerals & Metals Tyco Fire & Security AceWood Charter Broadcast Governance for Equitable MobileMonday Investments (RMMI) UITC / DairyCare fert.ch China Entrepreneurs Development MPG Redline Communications V-Kool IEEE Technology Time Chinese National Geography GSMA International Havas Digital MPG MPIO Reed Exhibitions – JIAM Reed Huayin Exhibitions Verimatrix Inc. Singapore | Beijing Machine Vishay Intertechnology Asia WhoIsWho Clyde Bergemann Havas Sports & MSI Global Alliance Research In Motion Pte Ltd Pte Ltd www.eastwestpr.com
  • 5.
    Internet users inChina Source: China Internet Watch ,”China Internet Statistics Whitepaper” Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 6.
    China social media Landscape Singapore | Beijing Source: http://www.ciccorporate.com/ www.eastwestpr.com
  • 7.
    “What do theInternational Monetary Fund, Louis Vuitton and Unilever have in common?” Melanie Lee. Reuters. Nov 16, 2011 Singapore | Beijing http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/us-china-weibo-mncs-idUSTRE7AF0CN20111116 www.eastwestpr.com
  • 8.
    Foreign business, organizationsand individuals use Sina Weibo Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 9.
    Sina Weibo ata glance Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 10.
    Sina Weibo + = + Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 11.
    250 million registeredusers including trade and general media, industry experts, academics, influencers and…your competitors Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 12.
    40 blogs postedevery second Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 13.
    ~ 5 millionnew users a month Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 14.
    Siemens on SinaWeibo http://weibo.com/siemens
  • 15.
    Bill Gates onSina Weibo http://weibo.com/gates
  • 16.
    Electrolux on SinaWeibo http://www.weibo.com/electroluxchina
  • 17.
    IMF on SinaWeibo http://www.weibo.com/imf
  • 18.
    EASTWEST PR onSina Weibo http://weibo.com/eastwestpr
  • 19.
    Future development Weibo willgo mobile 318 million phone users access internet via mobile phones USA population = 300 million
  • 20.
    Future development Weibo willgo international Weibo will not remain a local phenomenon
  • 21.
    Case Study Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com
  • 22.
    IEEE-SA on SinaWeibo http://weibo.com/ieeestandardsassoc
  • 23.
    Features Embedded video release Verified company account (requires license) Logo Account statistics About us Spokespeople News Followers Photos Tags Latest post
  • 24.
    Objectives  Increase editorialenquiries  Generate traffic to the Chinese IEEE-SA website  Build relationships with key media, online bloggers, industry influencers
  • 25.
    Create  Create brandedaccount & Company Verification  Translate news into Chinese  Synchronize Twitter, Facebook content with Sina Weibo  Shoot video releases in Chinese
  • 26.
    Publish  News  Industryupdates  Interview opportunities  Event live posting  Whitepapers  Photos
  • 27.
    Promote  Research followers: Media, analysts, partners  Promote events  Link to video networks  Optimize keywords
  • 28.
    Monitor  Editorial enquiries Competitor watch  Interactions/Comments  Issues/Crisis
  • 29.
    Analysis  Followers profiling Video views  Reposts  Traffic to main website
  • 30.
    Thank You! Contact us ChristianDougoud, Managing Director Jim James, Chairman Mobile: +86 158 1036 5670 Mobile: + 86 139 1073 1967 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Singapore | Beijing www.eastwestpr.com