Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #78 14 May 2013 Alibaba invests $294M in China’s top online mapping company AutoNavi Two weeks after taking an 18 percent stake in Sina Weibo, China’s biggest e-commerce company has announced another investment of $294 million in AutoNavi. This investment will take up 28 percent shares of the company. AutoNavi is China’s top online mapping company, beating search giant […]
Vietnam SDMW Video Version 13 May 2013 We recently spotted this great video over at Vietnamnay‘s YouTube Channel. They’ve remixed much of the info we shared in our recent report on Vietnam’s online ecosystem, but they’ve translated it all into Vietnamese, and they’ve added some great new stats and insights into the mix too: We’re big fans of remixed content, so let […]
Five Friday Facts #76 10 May 2013 WeChat now has 190M monthly active users WeChat is a giant amongst chat apps. It has a user base of over 300 million users with projections that it will surpass 400 million in a few weeks. So it comes as no surprise that WeChat has reached 190 million monthly active users. As noted by TechInAsia, […]
We Are Social Midweek Mashup #77 8 May 2013 Indonesian airlines’ presence on social media Brand24.co.id, a social media monitoring company in Indonesia, has released an infographic as reported by TechinAsia, depicting the country’s airlines and its presence on social media. AirAsia Indonesia leads the follower count on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. Local airlines’ social media presence on the other hand are not as […]
Five Friday Facts #75 3 May 2013 LinkedIn passes 1 million users in Singapore According to a recent report by TheNextWeb, LinkedIn has officially hit the seven-digit mark in Singapore. The professional networking platform announced that this makes Singapore the fourth country in Southeast Asia to reach the 1 million user milestone. They also revealed that Singapore’s user base has doubled since […]
iMedia Brand Summit: Day Two 2 May 2013 Last week’s iMedia Brand Summit in Bali was an action-packed event, with a host of presentations, panel discussions and roundtables. This post summarises my key take-outs from the second day – you can find a write-up of the opening keynote from Kellogg’s Bob Arnold in a previous post. Integrating Online and Offline Activities A the […]
Celebrate Your Fans 1 May 2013 Red Bull have long been masters of social media engagement – an assertion borne out by the fact that they’re one of only two non-entertainment or sport brands in Facebook’s 50 most-liked pages. One of the things that makes the brand’s activities so effective is the way they put their audience at the heart of […]
Tuneup We Are Social Asia Tuesday TuneUp #76 30 Apr 2013 Alibaba buys US$586 million stake in Sina Weibo As part of its push into social media, Alibaba (China’s top e-commerce company) has purchased an 18% stake in Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter-esque service with a userbase in excess of 500 million. The deal gives Alibaba the option to increase its stake in Sina Weibo to 30% […]
Five Friday Facts #74 26 Apr 2013 On YouTube, PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ hits record 38M views in 24 hours Following the mind-blowing popularity of his hit single, ‘Gangnam Style’, PSY dropped another new single earlier this month. As TheNextWeb reports, ‘Gentleman’ has already filled the proverbial big shoes of its predecessor on YouTube. An earlier account of the video’s performance clocked the video […]
iMedia Brand Summit: Day One 23 Apr 2013 The iMedia Brand Summit got underway in Bali on Monday evening with a keynote address from Bob Arnold, Associate Director Digital Strategy at the Kellogg Company, titled “Digital Self Sufficiency For Success”. Bob’s session covered a number of core areas that will likely recur throughout the three days of the summit, with a particular focus […]
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