This week we are talking WeChat! The king of Chinese internet – how can small businesses tap into it? We have Matt Brennan from China Channel giving us some tips and insights on today’s show.
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Notes:
- How a Small Business Can Leverage Wechat for a Chinese Business Kick Start
- Intro Matt and China Channel
- Early beginnings of China Channel
- Where are we with WeChat now in summer 2016 in terms of numbers?
- So let’s talk to the listeners today who are outside of China. They have an SME, maybe doing a few hundred thousand dollars a year in sales in their home country. Can they do business in the Chinese market? Some say get bigger first – you think they have a chance to do something here at this stage?
- WeChat is making life for businesses and people much easier – so what can some of these overseas businesses do?
- But for an overseas business, an official account can’t reach local Chinese right? What should they do? Should they even bother with an official account?
- Is it all about official accounts, or can they leverage personal accounts, groups, and other elements of Wechat?
- How about your own WeChat channel? How is it going? How did you get yours up to the level it is ? How to build up that important initial following?
- Ways to stand out from the crowd, as there is so much noise today in WeChat
- How to reach out? Best ways to get in touch
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