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Further data about the impact of the coronavirus on the digital economy was released in a recent report by QuestMobile. Highlights are: 40% drop in traffic for online travel platforms 36% decrease of daily users for short-distance transportation (ride-hailing Apps, mobile map software) Fresh food delivery Apps are booming Strong growth for social media and news 150M new daily active …
The transition from offline to online is usually gradual. But the coronavirus epidemic has pushed lots of retail businesses to the edge of bankruptcy, and many of them have to choose between going online or die. A retail business shifting sales to its WeChat Mini-Program BESTSELLER Fashion Group China is one of the biggest fashion retailers in China, with more …
Fear over the spread of a new coronavirus has led millions of Chinese people to remain at home, shortly after the end of Chinese lunar new year. The situation is putting a strain on most retail, restaurants, services, tourism industry, and other offline businesses. But is everyone negatively impacted by the virus outbreak? A blessing for the gaming industry As …
The movie “囧妈” (Lost in Russia) is, in many ways, tailor-made for the Chinese New Year festival. It features superstar actor Xu Kun. The protagonist gets stuck on a 6-days train ride to Moscow with his mother, during which he will have to tackle the unspoken issues of their relationship. It is a family-centric show targeting people visiting their loved …
WeChat provides a unique environment for many SaaS systems to thrive. (WalktheChat is one of them). During the last WeChat Open Class conference in Guangzhou, two SaaS companies really stood out… Qingcheng Tech Around 2 years ago, I noticed most gyms I know around Beijing started to use the same system to handle member signup on WeChat. The system is …
WeChat released some impressive result during the WeChat Open Class last week: WeChat Mini Program’s daily active users reached 300 million 800 billion RMB of transactions happened via WeChat Mini program in 2019 WeChat launched Mini Program notice subscription template to replace template messages WeChat is planning to improve the user experience for accessing “short content” WeChat will support the …
Fruits are one of the hardest products to promote online. They are perishable, a commodity good, and have no consumer loyalty. Yet due to their affordable price, fruits are one of the best products for impulse purchases on social media. Some fruits became extremely popular on social media. How did these fruits become online superstars? Product selection These popular fruits …
Live-streaming, private traffic, and KOC defined the year 2019 for social media marketing. What’s the trend for 2020? Highlight of 2019 Live-streaming Taobao live-streaming made a big buzz this year. Taobao live-streaming Daily Active Users increased by 130% to 41.33 million during the Single’s Day. Top KOLs like Li Jiaqi and Viya made headlines of their record-breaking 1 billion RMB …
Digital marketing in China used to be all about WeChat. Therefore, Tencent could rest on its laurels for a while. WeChat got lazy about making WeChat Official Accounts a good way to access content, it missed the boat on the explosion of online videos and provided a sloppy search engine. But Tencent is now paying for staying too idle for …
Today, WalktheChat selected nuggets of insights from 5 industry reports published during the last couple of weeks. Enjoy! Live-streaming triples WeChat conversion rates in female apparel The success of Taobao live-streaming has been widely covered in recent tech news. Hosts such as Li Jiaqi and Wei Ya are now emblematic of massive impulse purchases. But live-streaming is not limited to …
