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Dr. Mathew McDougall

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As marketers and tech entrepreneurs start looking to Beijing, the Silicon Valley of the East, for the next great app or idea, Digital Jungle thought it would be a good time to introduce some of the major players in China’s tech scene and provide an overview of how digital marketing is conducted in China. The first thing marketers must remember when conducting digital marketing in China is that most tools and platforms you use in your home country are inaccessible in China, or will be ineffective in reaching Chinese consumers. Baidu Search Engine So, what tools are available in China? There are many similar tools to what marketers use in their home country but few things are exactly the same.  For example, Google accounts for about Baidu also provides tools to Google’s “Webmaster Tools” which enable you to track and analyze your campaign or site’s performance. SinaWeibo Social Platform SinaWeibo should not…

The rise of the smartphone is one of many amazing phenomena re-shaping China. There are an estimated 500 million smartphone users in China and the numbers are growing. According to The Fiscal Times, “Kai-fu Lee, the former lead China researcher at Microsoft and then Google predicts that China will have 500 million smartphones in use by the end of 2013.” The increase in smartphone usage has changed the way Chinese access the internet and how they see advertising online. This change will require innovative marketing strategies from companies wanting to engage with Chinese consumers. Understating the Current Mobile Advertising Market Currently, the mobile advertising market in China is geared towards two main delivery types: SMS and MMS.  According to a survey conducted by China Internet Watch, “The most common strategies in mobile marketing was obviously SMS, 71% adopted it. Followed by mobile business and mobile website.” This means that 71% of businesses that currently…