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APAC Content Marketing Predictions for 2017
2016 was the year where content marketing went from a discussion point to a business imperative in Asia. But what’s next? What are the trends we expect to see in 2017? We asked the board members and guests of the Asia Content Marketing Association (ACMA) for insights. And here they are. Connecting the dots In…
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2015 in Review: Top 5 Digital in Asia Content
2015 was another exciting year for digital and programmatic in Asia, South East Asia especially. There is a definite sense that individual markets are outgrowing Singapore as a regional hub – evidenced by rapidly increasing spends at individual market level, and a resurgence in agencies, both local and global, doing outstanding digital work in local markets. In…
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Digital in South East Asia Q4 2015 Report
We Are Social Singapore have just released their latest report, with all the numbers you need to understand the state of the digital landscape in Southeast Asia in Q4 2015. With total internet users up 12% since March it’s been a busy few months regionally. Much of this growth is attributable to increasing smartphone access, which is also…
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State of Global Mobile Advertising 2015
Latest report from Opera Mediaworks covering Mobile advertising in 2015. Interesting to see Australia leads the world when it comes to use of video advertising on mobile. Opera Mediaworks State of Mobile Advertising Q3 2015 A few other highlights: Games is no. 1 for revenue. Games publishers accounted for 23.7% of revenue on the mobile ad…
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Seamless Omni-Channel Starts with a Holistic View
Marketing Matters is a monthly column covering how marketers today can use Digital to drive innovation and results When you strip away the complexity of the outer shell, omni-channel marketing is essentially thinking holistically about the customer: their experiences, your interactions with them and the messaging you want to transmit to them. In our new mobile-centric world, there…
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Retail S-Commerce: Moving to Mobile and Beyond
Marketing Matters is a monthly column covering how marketers today can use Digital to drive innovation and results Social commerce, or S-commerce, is one of the newer kids on the E-commerce block. Of course, it is also a very broad subject. Some would also include Taobao and travel websites like Tripadvisor and Airbnb in the S-commerce sphere. For today’s discussion, we will only…
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Digital Savvy but Shy: How Vietnam’s Generation Z is making brands work harder
We’ve heard plenty about Millenials (or Generation Y), those born between 1976 and 1994. But as this generation continues to age, marketers are starting to shift their attention to the next wave – Generation Z, those born in 1995 or later. A new report from market research company Epinion and OMD looks at GenZ (Generation Z) in…
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The 70/20/10 Rule for Marketing Innovation
Too often people see innovation as a flash of lightning, striking at random. And too many businesses are afraid to try new things, creating a huge barrier to success. Clearly inspiration is core to innovation, and new things are scary. But, as strange as it might sound, you can actually plan to be innovative – and protect…
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Asian Brands must be more Innovative than those in the West
According to a recent Razorfish digital marketing report, Asian Marketers must be more innovative and forward-thinking than their western counterparts, to meet the technology-driven expectations of consumers in our region. Asian consumers are not only reporting higher ownership and usage of technology, they also hold higher expectations of brands and technology overall. We talk to Joanna Kalenska, Managing Director…
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Half of APAC Smartphone Users Now Shopping on their Device
The latest MasterCard Mobile Shopping Survey covering Asia Pacific finds consumers embracing the convenience of mobile shopping. Almost half of consumers – around 45% in total – made a purchase using their smartphone in the three months preceding the survey. Exactly 50% of respondents across Asia Pacific cited convenience as the most compelling reason for shopping on their…
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