


Explore China's unique social media landscape, shaped by the Great Firewall and censorship. Learn to grow a brand on Sina Weibo and WeChat with engaging campaigns and trusted online communities.
Localize beyond translation by adapting language, layout, and design to a Chinese audience, including a localized logo, Chinese site, and social media integration with KOLs, matching user expectations.
Engage key opinion leaders to boost your brand's visibility on Chinese social media, leveraging existing fans and credibility to expand campaign reach and brand awareness.
Learn how to create a Sina Weibo account by selecting account type, entering email, password, account name, location, captcha, mobile verification, and email verification.
Analyze a well designed weibo page for Brand USA, featuring a clear profile, high quality cover, a custom logo, a strong summary, verification, and rich media with Chinese subtitles.
Use Weibo’s search bar to find topics, accounts, and posts, and learn about competitors. Enter terms like Liverpool to locate official accounts, then use advanced search for filtered results.
Learn how to use trending hashtags to find hot topics, view topic pages, and engage audiences. Search by time or category, follow, comment, and add hashtags to posts.
Shows how a simple campaign using hashtags, incentives, and a call to action boosts engagement and grows followers.
Register a WeChat account by entering email, password, and verification, then select a type (subscription or service) and complete ID and profile details for activation within seven work days.
Explore key WeChat features that boost engagement, including a sticker gallery with free and paid stickers, and a forum where followers can like, comment, and discuss with searchable hashtags.
Explore a sample wechat subscription account to learn how fans follow posts, moments, and travel guides, navigate notifications and rewards, and customize official account features.
Navigate the WeChat official account back-end to target audiences with group messages, keywords, and auto replies, then use a customizable menu for text, image, or hybrid campaigns.
Apply strategies for Weibo and WeChat to spread awareness with high content volume, monitor reads as a key metric, and stay agile to adapt to China’s dynamic digital landscape.
Welcome to Mailman Group’s course on how to use Chinese social media to grow your brand in China. This course will teach you the basics of China’s unique social media landscape and get you started in growing your presence online.
Establish your Chinese Social Media Presence
China’s social media has been constantly evolving since major Western networks were blocked. Since then, Chinese networks have become the major platforms online, including Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter and WeChat, the fastest growing network in 2014 with 500 million active monthly users. This course provides a unique insight into China’s social media landscape and the basics on how to set up an account, gaining an understanding is extremely valuable huge benefit for people with a global outlook.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to establish a China social media presence on two platforms, WeChat and Weibo, as well as having learnt the skills to design, grow and measure your accounts. We’ll teach you the key features of Weibo, including searching on the platform and what’s trending. You’ll also learn how to maximize your presence on WeChat with automated responses and account design, as well as the different media available on the platform. The course also includes supplementary insights including a review of China’s digital landscape in 2014 and our predictions for 2015.
Mailman Group is a social media and technology company based in Shanghai, China, that provides digital, media, and commercial opportunities for leading brands across the sports, entertainment, and tourism industries.