Author: digitalinasia

  • A Quick Guide to Social Media in China

    A Quick Guide to Social Media in China

    China’s social media landscape has proven a fast moving target. Ogilvy have just released the latest in their guides to the market highlighting the (mostly) differences but sometimes surprising similarities to global platforms. The big story is the continued rise of WeChat, with the Tencent owned platform taking on the role of multiple Western platforms…

  • APAC, the $6bn Mobile gaming opportunity

    APAC, the $6bn Mobile gaming opportunity

    With close to $6 billion revenue, Asia Pacific is the largest mobile gaming market in the world. Led by Japan, China and South Korea, the category is still growing at 25% annually across the region. We chat to Jun Lim, Senior Business Development Manager and Lison Chen, Senior Account Manager at AppLift about this promising yet “very fragmented”…

  • Kenshoo launches new product suite targeting mobile advertising market

    Kenshoo launches new product suite targeting mobile advertising market

    Kenshoo today announced the release of Kenshoo Infinity Suite, aimed at the mobile display advertising market, expected to be a growth area over 2015 in APAC. The new product connects to ad tech giant AppNexus, meaning clients can now activate search and social data across display and rapidly growing in-app placements on exchanges like MoPub, Nexage, and other select…

  • APAC Social and Mobile Usage to Surge in 2015

    APAC Social and Mobile Usage to Surge in 2015

    2015 promises to be an exciting year for digital marketing across APAC. In ever timely fashion, the comprehensive We Are Social Annual Report confirms this potential, highlighting robust growth for social, digital and mobile in the region over the coming 12 months. As we saw in 2014, rising mobile adoption is increasingly THE dominant regional consumer trend.…

  • MicroAd leads funding round for Ambient Digital in South East Asia

    MicroAd leads funding round for Ambient Digital in South East Asia

    MicroAd Singapore today announced a Series A investment in Ambient Digital Group aiming to expand market share across South East Asia. MicroAd will also connect its programmatic ad platform to Ambient Digital’s vast regional supply of inventory – a big win for programmatic ad buyers in South East Asia.

  • 2015 in Preview: Top 10 APAC Digital Trends 2015

    2015 in Preview: Top 10 APAC Digital Trends 2015

    2015 promises to be an exciting year for Digital Marketing and Media in Asia. The core metrics won’t feel that different from 2014, but there will be increased focus in a number of areas, alongside raised expectations as Asia expands and matures from a Digital perspective. Here are the ten trends that, in DIA’s view, will change…

  • MicroAd CEO Discusses Strategy and The Future of Programmatic in APAC

    MicroAd CEO Discusses Strategy and The Future of Programmatic in APAC

    MicroAd’s recently launched supply side platform, MicroAd COMPASS, aims to provide a groundbreaking solution for APAC publishers . Kentaro Watanabe, MicroAd CEO, reveals that their new SSP will support increasing demands in the growing RTB market and optimize publisher revenue. See his full interview with Digital in Asia below.

  • 2014 in Review: Top 5 Digital in Asia Hot Topics

    2014 in Review: Top 5 Digital in Asia Hot Topics

    For the latest in our seasonal review series we look at the top 5 topics on DIA over 2014. We aggregated info across Facebook, Twitter, Slideshare and here on site to understand the topics that were hot over the year. There aren’t many surprises – our Top 5 Most Engaged Content and Top 5 Articles reviews have…

  • 2014 in Review: Top 5 Most Engaged Digital in Asia Content

    2014 in Review: Top 5 Most Engaged Digital in Asia Content

    For the second in our seasonal review we look at our 5 top pieces of engaged content from DIA over 2014. Of course we’ve weighted our rankings so that content posted in November has as much chance as the early starter from January. Clear themes emerge: Indonesia, Mobile and Social Media are all a focus. Finding…

  • Digital in Asia and eTail Asia join forces to promote eCommerce excellence

    Digital in Asia and eTail Asia join forces to promote eCommerce excellence

    Digital in Asia is excited to announce an ongoing partnership with eTail Asia, the leading platform in Asia to help online retailers discover, develop and implement strategies to build a successful eCommerce business. The focus is the eTail Asia 2015 conference, which will be held on 11-12 March 2015 in Singapore and presents a great…