You know you cannot officially use Facebook in China. You know there is only 3.8m out of 250m accounts on Linkedin come from China. You know there is tonnes of fake accounts on Weibo. You know if you want to expand in China you need to apply local insights. Here is a brief history of WeChat... ...WeChat, according to our interpretation, is an extension from QQ. QQ is a China version of ICQ, which was (or is?) a prototype of instantaneous messengers. WeChat is another clone of mobile concept which initiated from Western world - WhatsApp. But WeChat also learnt from its main rival, Navier's Line and has gradually shaped into a brand new type of social networking service provider in China, Read more [...]
坊間有很多不同的維度去比較不同的社交網絡,我們覺得其中一個較有啟發性的方向,是從熟人社交與陌生人社交方面去比較:微信或其主要競爭對手 Line,走的是熟人之間的移動通訊對話路線,在形成強大用戶基礎後,再慢慢增加了社交網絡的成份,例如用戶個人的時間軸,品牌公眾號等。Facebook,一開始就是由大學校園內的熟人社區出發,慢慢地向外拓展,變成今天擁有逾 10 億用戶的全球最大社交網絡,雖然是以熟人為主,但用戶間的關係強度上,不及上述的通訊平台。舉例說,你有用微信或 Line(甚至是 whatsapp)連繫的朋友,你通常有他們的 Read more [...]
講講股巿。美國股巿氣勢如虹,microblogging 鼻祖 Twitter 乘勢上巿,在一眾聰明絕頂的資本家精心策劃下,塑造了一個大幅上調招股價後仍可上限定價的 IPO 盛世假象。先不說 Twitter 上巿對 SNS 的意義,是否可比當日高盛上巿對 bulge bracket 的意義,當藍籌股屢創新高、Twitter 熱烈上巿的同時,一眾科網、尤其是 SNS 類的公司股價已不能同步創新高,對一眾持份者來說,又是否有其他方面的意義?Twitter 上巿了,Twitter 終於上巿了,Twitter 終結於上巿了?拭目以待... ... Read more [...]
Luxury Daily 報導了文華東方酒店的 Instagram 活動,其實不外乎是拍照、hashtag、@,我們比較關注的是文中引述波士頓 Luxe Social Media 的創辦人 Tiffany Dowd 對 Instagram 活動的意見:“Instagram contests that focus on experience and destination oriented themes rather than narrow themes can be more successful in attracting participation and engagement from followers because it’s inclusive of everyone not just hotel guests,”“Social media is all about word of mouth and peer-to-peer recommendations,”在進行 Instagram 活動時,品牌要思考的其中一個關鍵問題是,如何利用 Instagram 簡單直接的功能去建立品牌;如已經是強大的品牌,亦要考慮如何去維護。在這活動中,文華東方帶出了生活體驗及地區特色,而活動奬品都是與文華東方提供的服務直接相關,整件事情都十分合理。但似乎並不是每種行業都適合,尤其是 Read more [...]