‘Our age, is the age of apps.’ An app for shopping, one for pictures, a million for staying connected, and a ton for everything else we could think off. But for Chinese Canadians there is one app that offers the best of all worlds. The Little Red Book is a platform conceptualized and designed around [...]
In today’s world, anybody who’s anybody has been affected, charmed, and benefited by the presence of streaming apps. With the ability to curate content based on personal likes, preferences, and viewing habits; viewers have been granted the gifted of choice. Brand marketers can leverage their search algorithm to target consumer subsets based on their viewership [...]
Today, Chinese Canadians account for 5.1% of the total population in Canada. In raw numbers, this translates to 1.8 million Canadians of Chinese origins. With a spending power more than $61 billion a year, the Chinese Canadian prides itself on being one of the most affluent and financially capable groups in the country. The Chinese [...]
You probably have already heard of WeChat, whether on the news or from a friend, this dominate “Super APP” in China is a collective app with the functions of all social and personal finance apps combined. With Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google blocked in China. It was designed primarily to be a personalized social app [...]
Porsche has resurrected a car from its history in celebration of Chinese New Year. The luxury automaker wanted to promote the pre-sale of the 2019 Porsche Cayenne to Chinese Canadians, so it took a little porcine inspiration from Chinese New Year celebrations on Feb. 5, which marked the beginning of Year of the Pig. The agency was [...]
This year, the Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year), falls on Feb. 5. Did you know the popular greetings “gung hey fat choy” is a Cantonese phrase meaning, “happiness and prosperity?” So, now imagine greeting a Vietnamese or Filipino consumer with the phrase. Let’s assume they appreciate the sentiment but they will no doubt be [...]
"If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular" ~ David Ogilvy How is that this nugget from Ogilvy, the father of advertising, is [...]
If you’re out grocery shopping on the weekend, chances are you will be ambushed by several cheery product demonstrators inviting you to sample their wares. That’s experiential marketing in its most basic form. So essentially, experiential marketing aka engagement marketing connects consumers to experience a brand up, close and personal. Remember Red Bull’s Stratos Jump? [...]
“There’s rich, there’s filthy rich, and then there’s crazy rich.” — People.com while reviewing Kevin Kwan’s New York Times bestselling series that reveals the outrageous world of high net worth Asian society with humour and heart. Remember, Canadian funnyman Russell Peters’ sketch about him bargain-hunting in a seedy Toronto mall, manned and frequented by Asians selling knock-off brand name goods? Well, the joke [...]
In today’s digital world, it is difficult to imagine how a business can be successful without a strong online presence. To survive and thrive, businesses must be proactive in their communication with potential customers. Messaging apps have come out as a rising medium in the quest to engage consumers, even more so among ethnic communities. [...]
