Consumption patterns of Gen-Z and millennials vary greatly from older generations in China, says branding expert Arnold Ma in the Jing Daily. “They are more focused on themselves and less so on the collective. There are lots of opportunities [for luxury brands] here,” says Arnold Ma.Read More →
Is your company ready to sell into China, asks marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok in her weblog. Social media make it in theory easier to sell into the largest consumers’ market, but you have to be prepared very well, she explains.Read More →
Foreign brands used to be an asset on the China market, but those days are over, says marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok on her weblog. You need to bring a firm budget and take time to convince consumers your products is worth their money, she adds.Read More →
As the internet becomes a dominant sales channel in China, virtual key opinion leaders (KOLs) are becoming key for brands, says marketing expert Arnold Ma to the Jing Daily. As patriotism becomes an issue for global brands in China, they have to be careful in picking those virtual KOLs, adds Ma.Read More →
The main difference with the rest of the world is that in China social media and e-commerce merged into platforms, says China marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok. When you want to dive into China, you have to pick your platform and realize they are different from what you are used to, she adds. Most likely you have to pick one of them.Read More →
Spring festival is the time when China’s consumers spend more than any other period during the year. How will their spending behavior in 2021 look like, after the Covid-19 disruptions of 2020. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok looks ahead for Technode.Read More →
Foreign companies all too often had a simplistic view of China’s consumers. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok looks at how she can now differentiate between consumers in different clusters, although she still has to keep it simple, she tells at an interview in Dao Insights.Read More →
Western brands are often shocked by the fees they have to pay to retain bloggers in China. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok explains why bloggers in China work differently and actually do no need brands for their operation. They can create their own brands, so do not need the Western ones, unless they pay, she says.Read More →
Most Chinese tech companies tried to figure out what US consumers wanted before they entered the market, but Bytedance did not care when it launched Tiktok in 2018, says internet veteran Matthew Brennan in his book “Attention Factory: The Story of Tiktok and China’s Bytedance.” The lack of strategy almost backfired, but after some hiccups, the company became a runaway success, Brennan writes in an excerpt in Technode.Read More →
Influencers are an emerging force in branding, but in most of the world they are lagging compared to China, explains marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok. Audiences, culture, and platforms are ideal for influencers, she tells at her vlog.Read More →
Fake-meat products might find traction in much of the world, but because veggies are so popular in China, replacing meat might not work in marketing, says business analyst Shaun Rein in WeAreResonate.com. Becoming a vegetarian is not an issue for most Chinese consumers, he says.Read More →
When you run behind social platforms, you always run behind the next generation consumers, says marketing guru Arnold Ma. You have to know what drives change, why China consumers have no legacy and – for example – while old-style supermarkets never took off in China.Read More →