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China Social

We analyse social media trends and opportunities for brands to implement social strategies. We also explain social media related concepts and platform features.

Internet in China: Why is the Social Media Landscape So Different in China?

We recently published our Ultimate Guide to China Social Media Marketing 2022. As the name suggests, this is the guide to read if social media marketing in China is on your radar.

This is the first post in a long series of breaking down each chapter and/or section within the guide. If you haven’t read it yet, here’s the link to the full guide!

You probably know that you can’t access networks like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and many more in China. In this post, we’re tracing back to how the internet in China became what it is today!

  • When and how did internet become a thing in China?
  • Who were the first internet users in China?
  • Why is the social media landscape so different in China?
  • What does it all mean for your marketing strategy?

2022 China Marketing Calendar

Managing a social media content calendar is hard enough, and it just gets more stressful when trying to keep track of all the holidays in China.

china marketing calendar

This is why we’ve put together The Ultimate China Marketing Calendar, with events to inspire & guide your 2022 marketing plans. Use it to plan ahead and ensure you never miss out on relevant dates and holidays!

Here is Your China Marketing Calendar for 2022

January

SAT 01 JAN

New Year’s Day

FRI 21 JAN

Hugging Day

MON 24 JAN

World Education Day

SAT 29 & SUN 30 JAN

Spring Festival Make Up Days

MON 31 JAN

Chinese New Year’s Eve

Free Image Resizing Tools for Social Media 2022

Adding images to your content makes your posts more engaging, fun and memorable. However, the worst thing you can do today is posting an incorrectly sized photo to your social channels. In this article, we will cover free image resizing tools to compress your photos for social.

Why is Digital Transformation so Hard in China?

Everyone in marketing is talking about digital transformation, but few are really doing it.

2021 is the year when genuine digital transformation is needed more than ever. Marketing teams in China currently operate in a state of chaos and chronic inefficiency. When the work was easy and the money was flowing, this wasn’t a big problem. Now, growth is slowing, competition is fierce and wages are rising.

6 Reasons You Should Be Using Google Data Studio

scarp your spreadsheets and use google data studio

I hate spreadsheets.

stressful spreadsheet

If you’ve ever worked with a spreadsheet that contains thousands of rows of data, you feel my pain. Human brains are not capable of identifying trends just by looking at data dumps alone. This is why data really becomes valuable when it’s visualized; charts and graphs remove ambiguity around numbers and instead, tell a story.

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