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August 21, 2011, 4:17 pm Shanghai Time
Haven’t been as regular as I would like so I’m only up to Six Link Sunday #5. This week has been filled with social media, politics and stock market woes – so like many other weeks since 2007 but I digress.
(London)Riot Rebuild: The U.K’s Post-Riot Urban Intervention [Fast Company]
Much has been written over the last ……
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August 1, 2011, 11:06 pm Shanghai Time
Front Cover
Micro-blogging through various services has been growing over the last 3-4 years in China. It has become main news due to events involving natural and man-made disasters as well as scandals in pop-culture and officials. However, micro-blogging has now hit the mainstream conscious with today’s (August 1, 2011) front page of the China ……
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June 26, 2011, 11:39 pm Shanghai Time
Six links from the week of reading and tweeting
China’s Businesses Boom, But Its Brands Don’t | NPR http://n.pr/ktaReu
Chinese companies booming at home and selling abroad through distributors but can’t seem to make a name for themselves.
Crowdsourcing: Tapping a world of ideas | Scoop NZ http://bit.ly/lro5UA
Excerpt: “Crowdsourcing is a call to the masses ……
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June 19, 2011, 4:57 pm Shanghai Time
Another six links of the week for your Sunday reading pleasure.
Ethical social media dilemmas: What would you do? – Communication Conversations by Arik Hanson “….ethical situations come up and impact our working lives virtually every week. I wanted to highlight a few that I’ve bumped into lately below–and the way in which I’ve ……
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June 7, 2011, 10:57 am Shanghai Time
When your company is growing in a new market whether its 10km away or 10,000km away it makes sense for the decision makers (management) to take time to understand the market. Receiving information and regular briefings from consultants or people on the ground in your organisation is good and many companies grow their market this ……
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June 2, 2011, 8:00 am Shanghai Time
The National Hockey League is currently going through one of the most exciting periods of the season – the Stanley Cup playoffs with Game 1 set to kick off between the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks. But sadly, the coverage in China is minimal. For a sport so fast paced, full of action and provides ……
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June 1, 2011, 10:08 pm Shanghai Time
Recently I have seen some brochures from international design companies for the Chinese market. Some were good and others were down right appalling. I thought I would give some insights into what makes your marketing material good or bad for the China market.
Lets start with the bad
Too smaller size font for Chinese text – I have ……
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January 25, 2011, 12:55 pm Shanghai Time
Cities are like brands – they need to have a plan, market, grow, and innovate. Cities can’t just plan and grow and expect investment, residents and tourists to appear. Just getting by can work for some cities such as Paris, Rome or Venice or other world-renown tourist cities – if that is the one of ……
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December 27, 2010, 3:08 pm Shanghai Time
LG billboard for a new LG Android phone in a Shanghai subway station
Android is going to have a big year in China and it will occur due to the market size, the number of manufacturers, phone cost and growing community.
China is a big market for mobile phones – about 840 million subscribers and the ……
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December 22, 2010, 6:10 am Shanghai Time
让子弹飞 Let the Bullets Fly a period movie starring Yun-Fat Chow, Carina Lau, Xiaogang Feng, You Ge and other well known Chinese Actors opened last week. The movie is a set in the 1920′s about a bandit and the gentry (good guy and bad guy film where the lines blur between who is bad and ……
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