Today at Trusted Conf. we’re talking about Digital Marketing in China: The Middle Kingdom, The Digital Kingdom, with Erran Su, PPC Specialist.
We'll cover:
*Why China?
*Digital Landscape in China
*Top Trends in Digital China
*How to Win in China
(Generative) AI & Marketing: - Out of the Hype - Empowering the Marketing M...
Digital You Can Trust | The Digital Kingdom of China
1. Digital You Can Trust |
Digital In China
PRESENTER: Erran Su
DATE: Sept 2019
2. Digital You Can Trust |
Erran
Erran Su
PPC Specialist
About me:
● Before 2006 - the very south of China
● 2006-2011- Perth, AU/Vermont, USA
● 2012 - present - Sydney, AU/Vienna, Austria
● Former Accountant
● Coffee addict
● Finance Enthusiasts
3. Digital You Can Trust |
The Middle Kingdom,
The Digital Kingdom
4. Digital You Can Trust |
Why China?
Agenda
Digital Landscape
in China
How to Win in China? Q&A
Top Trends in
Digital China
6. Digital You Can Trust |
Australia: 25.2million
Shanghai: 26.32million
That’s 1.8%of China
Internet Penetration & Total Number of Users (2019)
7. Digital You Can Trust |
Average income in China
continues to rise at a fast
pace, together with
government push for
“consumption upgrade”, there
is enormous potential in this
market.
Source: Statista
Forecast
GDP per Capita
8. Digital You Can Trust |
China is home to dynamic
digital innovators and is a
leading global investor in
the latest technologies
Source: McKinsey
9. Digital You Can Trust |
Superapp
Social
+Shopping
Live stream/
Short Video
Successful Chinese digital model are being
copied worldwide
10. Digital You Can Trust |
Massive volume of
data generated, the
size of population
allows big scale
R&D
Strong policy
support from the
government for
tech & innovation
Consumers are
increasingly well-
off and
sophisticated
11. Digital You Can Trust |
What does the digital
landscape look like?
12. Digital You Can Trust |
You’ve heard of FAANG, now it’s time for….
Baidu
Alibaba
Tencent
Toutiao
Meituan
Didi
13. Digital You Can Trust |
Each of BAT TMD has built an ecosystem of their own
14. Digital You Can Trust |
Search - Baidu still wins but plagued by poor experience
Baidu is still the top search
engine in China thanks to the
exit of Google. However, lack
of innovation and a series of
scandal has cost popularity
and trust of the platform.
Traditional PPC ads are still
important and effective but
marketers have a wider
range of options beyond
search.
15. Digital You Can Trust |
Search - Google is back in the game, officially…...
Google is back in China, with
new initiative to help
domestic companies expand
overseas.
16. Digital You Can Trust |
Social - The superapp WeChat miracle continues
WeChat hit 1 billion
daily active user in 2019
and continues to grow. The
platform has become an
essential tool for
marketers to promote
products & service through
paid news feed, sponsored
content and mini-program.
17. Digital You Can Trust |
E-Commerce - There is no place like Alibaba
China’s E-commerce sector has grown exponentially over
the last 10 years and Alibaba is by far the biggest player in
the space with over 10 million Annual Active Sellers over
300 million number of orders per year.
Alibaba annual gross merchandise volume
18. Digital You Can Trust |
Short Video - What’s your TikTok strategy?
TikTok has seemingly exploded
from nowhere to become one of the
most downloaded apps in the
world.
The app allows user to upload up to
15-seconds long videos and targets
a younger generation. Recently, the
app hit 400 million MAU in China.
● They can create their own channel and
upload relevant videos through their
channel
● They can work with influencers to spread
content to a broader audience
● They can pay to advertise on TikTok
How can brands market on TikTok?
19. Digital You Can Trust |
KOL - From Search-based Shopping to Recommendation-based Shopping
Influencers are more effective at
driving purchases and are becoming
the most popular advertising
method. KOL, also known as an
influencer, is the most preferred
marketing format by advertisers.
Li Jiaqi, a beauty vlogger, who has 24
million followers on TikTok and 4
million followers on Taobao
livestream, holds a record of selling
15,000 lipsticks within 5 minutes.
21. Digital You Can Trust |
China is racing ahead with 5G revolution:
22. Digital You Can Trust |
China is going big on AI
Paying subway fare:
At the Futian station in Shenzhen,
instead of presenting a ticket or
scanning a QR code on their
smartphones, commuters can scan
their faces on a tablet-sized screen
mounted on the entrance gate and
have the fare automatically deducted
from their linked accounts.
Shopping:
JD.com’s 3D Fitting Room gives
shoppers the ability to try on clothes
through a customised avatar with
similar hair, face and body
dimensions.
Browsing content:
Chinese news aggregator Toutiao
recommends personalised news
articles to people with different
interests based on its AI-driven
algorithms.
Customized
recommendations:
AI-driven recommendation engines
offer users products and content
tailored to their preferences.
Access control:
Facial recognition and machine
learning technology grant users
faster and more reliable access to
certain places, resources and
information.
23. Digital You Can Trust |
New Retail - Online + Offline
Led by Alibaba, “New Retail” which
combines online and offline
shopping experience is starting to
emerge across China in ways that
promise big gains for consumer
product companies that act
decisively and systematically while
causing others to lag behind.
25. Digital You Can Trust |
China is a lucrative market, but it’s increasingly
difficult to crack
Don’t be lazy,
localise
Do the research,
talk to locals and
don’t make
assumptions
Stay on top of
the latest trends
& development
Know where your
consumers are,
both online and
offline
26. Digital You Can Trust |
A localised name, logo, experience and even
business model can define your brand’s success
27. Digital You Can Trust |
It’s a vast but complicated
market. It’s hard to
understand it from the
outside, so don’t just make
assumptions.
Chinese consumers are all the same
Chinese love all foreign brands
Chinese don't care about privacy
Chinese are no longer poor
28. Digital You Can Trust |
The spending power, shopping
habits, taste and favourite
digital platforms can vary
greatly depending on who
your target customers are.
Living in: Shanghai
Occupation: Management
Consultant
Salary: CNY 40,000 /month
Shops on: Taobao (Alibaba)
Favorite brands: Channel,
Starbucks, Lululemon
Living in: Zhengzhou
Occupation: Office Admin
Salary: CNY 45,00 /month
Shops on: Pinduoduo
Favorite brands: Prefer value
over brand
29. Digital You Can Trust |
The speed of change in the
digital landscape and consumer
trends in China is so fast that
things might have changed
when this presentation ends.
Luckily, there are more resources than
ever for us to stay on top of the trends.
Consultancy
Podcasts
Blogs
China has a population of 1.4 billion. To put that into context, Shanghai has a population of 26.32 million in 2019, more than entire population of Australia, and the city only account for 1.8% of China.
Every year, China’s population grows by about 20 milion
China also has the highest number of internet user (829M)
Should the penetration rate reach the level of the US at 89%, there will be 1.23B internet users in the country
Despite recent development, average income is still relatively low compared to the West and continues to grow, this represents massive untapped opportunity
It’s not only the size of the market is growing, but also the sophistication in the technology space
China now ranks 2nd for number of unicorn and rapidly catching up with the US
In some areas, China has overtake the US, and expanding the lead
Successful digital models such as Superapp, Social + shopping and Live Stream are being copied beyond China
China has several unique advantages in digital transformation
The west’s digital world is dominated by FAANG, but the majority of the platforms are blocked in China.
Instead, China has BAT and TMD
Each of the giants have built a ecosystem, leading by Alibaba and Tencent.
It’s safe to say every Chinese internet user has daily interaction with at least one of the platforms
Search engine is still big, but far from the dominated platform like Google
Lack of innovation and
Google has big ambitions in China after leaving the country in 2004
The company has started a new initiative to help local companies conquer overseas market
The powerful WeChat has created a concept of Superapp, where anything can be done within the single platform
https://www.go-globe.com/alibaba-statistics-trends/
China’s ecommerce has exploded over the last decade, led by Alibaba
Overseas products are very popular in China
Single day (11.11) has become the largest shopping day on earth, doubled the amount of Cyber Monday and Black Friday combined
https://www.businessofapps.com/data/tik-tok-statistics/
TikTok has become a phenomenon in China, and now globally
Live stream and short video is now one of the hottest digital advertising channel
Influencer marketing is a massive industry in China and proven to be a far more effective channel for brands to sell their products than traditional paid campaign
China regards next-generation 5G networks - which offer faster data rates, reduced latency, energy savings, cost reductions, higher system capacity and massive device connectivity - as a chance to get out in front for the first time.
What is 5G? The fifth generation of mobile technology means more than just faster data speeds and greater network capacity. It also provides a foundation for connecting an unlimited number of machines to one another for day-to-day communication. A 5G network will support: a million connected devices per square kilometre; transmitting a package of data with a delay of just 1 millisecond and peak data downlo