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SECRETS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
REVEALED 50 YEARS AGO
CREATE A STAGE FOR
YOUR CONSUMERS
INTERVIEW WITH LEGO
INTRO
WELCOME
LIEBE LESERIN, LIEBER LESER,
herzlich willkommen zur aktuellen Ausgabe von BLINK – dem weltweiten
Marketing-Magazin von MediaCom.
#3 August 2011
Circulation: 6.100
Die Welt ändert sich rasant – ökonomisch und medial: zum einen
attestieren wir ein erstaunliches Wachstum der emerging markets, allen
Derendorfer Allee 10
40476 Duesseldorf
Germany
voran der BRIC (Brasilien, Russland, Indien, China)-Staaten. Und wo neue
Wertschöpfungsketten und somit immense Kundennachfragen nach neuen
Produkten entstehen, kann und muss Werbung ihren Beitrag leisten. Denn
Tel.:
werbliche Kommunikation macht aus Produkten starke Marken und sichert
so Mehrwerte auf beiden Seiten der Sales-Kette.
Zum anderen nehmen wir auf der kommunikativen Seite immer stärker
Abschied vom reinen Broadcasting-Ansatz. Das Zeitalter des Dialogs ist
in vollem Gange. Die Konsumenten rezipieren längst nicht mehr nur passiv
die Informationen, sondern sie kommentieren, empfehlen, priorisieren
oder verändern gar die Markenbotschaften („social mash-ups“). Mit allen
Herausforderungen für Unternehmen und Kommunikationsdienstleister.
Grund genug, beide Themen in diesem Heft gemeinsam zu beleuchten.
Die weltweiten Auswirkungen und Chancen von Social Media.
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Editor-in-Chief:
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Design & layout:
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Art Director, Martin Dahlbeck
Cover:
Shan Lu
Printed By:
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ISSN: 1903-5373
Der altbewährte Leitsatz “Think global, act local” wird gerade für
internationale Brands immer wichtiger, aber nicht immer leichter in Zeiten
von Social Media. So bieten soziale Netzwerke die Möglichkeit, lokale
Besonderheiten zu verstehen, somit noch stärker an den Bedürfnissen der
Konsumenten Marken und Kommunikation auszurichten und ggf. sogar
neu zu erfinden. Social Brand Activation ist eines der Schlagwörter. Aber
zugleich gibt das Unternehmen auch ein Stück Kontrolle aus der Hand.
Schon klopft anscheinend nach der Unique Selling Proposition die Unique
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articles are those of the authors.
Minor textual contents may be
republished as long as the original
author and publication are cited.
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Story Proposition an die Tür…
Ist das alles wirklich so neu, müssen wir völlig umdenken und uns von
unseren Marketingerfahrungsschätzen verabschieden? David Aaker zitiert in
dieser Ausgabe eine 50 Jahre(!) alte Studie zu word-of-mouth-persuasion,
wenn man so will, dem Vorgänger von Social Media. Und möchte uns
beruhigen – die Motivationsmechanismen, über Marken zu reden, sind die
gleichen geblieben. Unsere Herausforderung liegt aber weiterhin darin, den
Konsumenten auch entsprechend „stories to tell, reasons to talk“ zu liefern.
Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser, ich hoffe, dass BLINK Ihnen auch ‚reasons to talk‘
an die Hand gibt und wünsche Ihnen eine spannende Lektüre. Und trotz
Paul Remitz
CEO MediaCom Germany
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aller angesprochenen Veränderungen in der Welt bleibt eines sicher – unser
Versprechen an Sie: „people first, better results“.
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THE BUILDING BLOCKS
FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
Welcome
Interview with Lars Silberbauer
How LEGO will evolve with the
use of social media tools.
06 M:files
08 The Building Blocks for Social Media
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Ancient Lessons to Win Over the Chinese Online Generation
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Cases
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Social Media Infographics
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Russia: The Dreamland of Social Brands
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Secrets of Social Media Revealed 50 Years Ago
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The Call of Social Media: Interview with Deutsche Telekom
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Twitter
30 A Global Social Media Snapshot
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BRIC Infographics
36
New Consumers, New Markets
44 The House That Took Over Russian TV
46 M:files
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SECRETS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
REVEALED 50 YEARS AGO
By David Aaker
Identification of four motivations for
a person to communicate about brands.
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NEW CONSUMERS,
NEW MARKETS
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By Andrew Curry
A GLOBAL SOCIAL
MEDIA SNAPSHOT
By Tom Smith
Social media is impacting the way we globally
consume media and communication.
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M:FILES
GOOGLE GOES WHOLEHEARTED INTO SOCIAL
FOLLOW THE LEADER
Google’s new social network, Google+, has finally made its debut. It’s the company’s most
ambitious social project to date, and in their minds, Google+ is more than a social product, or
even a social strategy, it’s an extension of Google itself. Hence, Google+. Google+ comes with
It was Barack Obama who started the rush to Facebook and
Twitter. By successfully using social media to reach out to
younger voters, he proved there was a whole new way
of campaigning.
a lot of features, Circles being the prominent one.
It’s through Circles that users select and organize contacts into groups for optimal sharing in
a quite simple process that is as pleasant as possible. You simply select people from a list of
His rivals learned quickly and during the 2010 US elections, a
Pew Internet Study found that 22% of all online Americans used
social media for politics.
recommended contacts (populated from your Gmail and/or Google Contacts) and drag them
into Circles you designate. The interface to do this with is intuitive and simpler than dividing
your friends into groups on Facebook.
Social media is now a political tool around the world, with it’s
role in the Arab Spring is well documented. It seems that no
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political leader can function without a Facbook fan base.
THE POPE HAS SENT HIS FIRST TWEET
Barack Obama: 2012: 22.0m
Pope Bendict XVI has overseen the launch of the Vatican’s YouTube channel as well as
Sarah Palin: 3.2m
David Cameron: 134,529
Angela Merkel: 95,325
apps for mobile and Facebook and is now tweeting. Apparently from an iPad. The first
Nicolas Sarkozy: 443,693
U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
2012: 22.0M
tweet was sent on June 29th 2011 and launched The Vatican Today information portal.
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POWER OF VISIBILITY
On Facebook it is a very special algorithm that determines whether you will be
seen or not in your friends newsfeed. Facebook has now published the Edgerank
ue
we Is the WEIGHT for type of edge: Each type of interaction is weighted differently.
FACEBOOK STRENGTHENS
RELATIONSHIP WITH MICROSOFT
It is assumed that video/pictures has the highest weight, followed by links and
status updates.
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Facebook has now built in the Microsoft-owned Skype service into the
platform. And you can now talk and see your friends while on Facebook.
Facebook and Microsoft has already joined forces in search and more
collaborations are on its way.
Is the AFFINITY SCORE: creater vs. viewer history. That is: The more history you
share the higher the affinity score.
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Is the TIME DECAY: no one cares about yesterday’s news, so older content has
lower weight.
What does Edgerank mean for your Facebook site?
The most important variable in the algorithm is the affinity score, so the more
interaction you can create with your fans the higher the rank and virality. Think about
the type of content you have on your Facebook site. Coca Cola has more than 13.000
pictures of Coca Cola bottles on their Facebook page. And make sure to update the
content daily, keeping in mind not to wear out your fans.
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INTERVIEW
THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
strategizing. Your strategizing should happen while
the entire dialogue going on about the LEGO brand. But
you are engaging with the consumers.
we do listen carefully of any signs of crisis and we have
a comprehensive crisis management system set up.
Each country should be individually thought through.
Technologies, platforms and consumers are very
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social media adding to the brand in terms of under-
Italy we have 200,000 fans on Facebook and 80,000 of
standing behavior and attitudes?
them are located in Rome. This gives us tremendous
opportunities to do highly targeted messages and
events. On the other hand, we are not very strong on
is a way to get to know what consumers are doing
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social media in Spain for some reason.
with our products and our brand. LEGO is a very
MEDIA STRATEGIST, LARS SILBERBAUER, EXPLAINS HOW THE COMPANY
WILL EVOLVE ITS USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS EVEN FURTHER.
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themselves grown up. LEGO has become noted as a
smart user of social media. Crowd-sourcing ideas,
IVAN FERNANDES (IF): LEGO is a global company
allowing enthusiasts to design their own kits with
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think are the main challenges for a global brand
Danish brand.
in social media?
creative brand. You have a simple LEGO brick that
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strategy. Should we use the Italian country-based
have a massive need to show the world what they
model? Or should we instead target Spanish-speaking
have created. Social media is the perfect platform to
people in general? It is important not to use the
display and interact with your peers. Social media
same strategy across all markets. Even very mature
is continuously broadening the LEGO brand and we
markets like Germany, the UK and the US vary. It is
learn a lot from listening to the conversations.
“ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU SHOULD THINK OF
BRANDS AS THE CREATORS OF A STAGE”.
Despite this success, the 9,000-strong company
LARS SILBERBAUER (LS): I think that all global
clearly feels it can do more. Earlier this year LEGO
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raided the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DR – the
sence while creating local social media engagement.
the local culture that will determine the best way to
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country’s public service broadcaster – to recruit Lars
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to create engagement and build relations with the
on your target audience and the product you are
new products, but we make sure to do it as a service
In his new role, he sees himself driving the LEGO
users, but at the same time your engagement and
marketing. On top of that, the global nature of social
and not as an invasive message.
brand’s corporate social media strategy and ensuring
your brand must be consistent on a global level.
media makes it challenging to localize individual
that it is connected with the overall strategy of the
world’s fourth largest manufacturer of toy materials.
markets and consumers.
IF: So where do you start in solving this dilemma?
IF: How does LEGO view social commerce? And how
is LEGO using social commerce to interact with
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topics, the volume of mentions and so on? How do
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media, you should think of brands as the creators
LS: I actually think we do it in a third way. To get
you address listening?
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of a stage from where the consumer can shine and
social media right you need to be dynamic and
look good to their network and friends. It is far more
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important to create an environment than to simply
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thousands of engaged fans post pictures, comment and
yet. Social commerce is an important development
state the brand is fantastic,” he says.
listening and adapting to the local markets. The old
interact with us every single day. In my opinion, social
right now if you create the models and get the right
way of doing strategy simply does not work anymore.
media is very suitable for listening to the dialogue
products out in places such as Facebook. I believe the
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that is going on naturally among consumers. LEGO’s
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Global Director for Social Media Technology,
with a good social media strategy. In my opinion, you
overwhelming amount of consumer engagement,
be hugely successful.
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however, also means that we of course cannot listen to
Silberbauer believes that brands need to consider
themselves as social media enablers. “On social
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INTERVIEW
FOR SOC
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LARS SILBERBAUER,
DIRECTOR FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
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TECHNOLOGY AT MEDIACOM.
STRATEGIST AT LEGO.
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company. And the third tier is the engagement
the consumers and getting a closer relationship and
strategy. These three tiers make for a continuous
then driving sales. I think engagement will always
process that enables our social media handling.
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IF: From a practical perspective, how do you manage
on social media you shouldn’t focus so much on your
social media content? Do you handle it yourself or is
brand and think that the brand should be the centre
it outsourced?
of attention. Instead you should focus on helping the
LS: Our goal is to create a genuine and authentic
your brand be a part of that process. It’s all about the
user to build his or her own personal brand and let
relationship between the user and the LEGO brand
user and social media, I think, has answered a basic
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If a company wants to enter social media, I think
and that is why we do not outsource our conversa-
human need: A need to be in the centre of your own
eye on?
crisis management is another important subject to
tions with our consumers to agencies.
life and a need to create a world of information and
communication around yourself.
be aware of – at least it has been a focus for us.
LS: I see two important trends that are impacting
You don’t want to have a stranger to call of one of
social media: The massive development of mobile
IF: Has the need to be always-on changed the way
your friends and that is why it is always a LEGO
On social media, you should think of brands as crea-
and social gaming. Social gaming is an interesting
LEGO deals with social media?
employee that is doing the conversation on social
tors of a stage from where the consumer can shine
media. You cannot outsource it to others to build
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challenge because we have a clear and ethical policy
at LEGO that states that we do not want to interact
LS: LEGO is a global brand, so there are always
a emotional relationship, that must be done by
more important than saying that telling the consumer
with kids less than 13 years of age old on social
consumers in a daytime zone and we are used to
employees inside the company.
that the brand is fantastic.
media. However, social gaming is only going one
accommodating to a 24/7 setup. But, of course, this
way and that way is growth.
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IF: How do you keep the strategy fresh and relevant
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to your target audience?
ledge that we are in a social media space where we
have to earn our rights to be. In my opinion, brands
IF: Yes, social gaming is one of the biggest activities
process of enabling the company to do social media
on Facebook and I think more and more brands will
in the right way and develop the social media
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leverage this opportunity to engage consumers.
organization. Again for us, this is about trying a
engage the consumers and as we enable the company.
marketing when engaging on social media, as social
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media should never be seen as yet another one-way
to enter the world of social media?
strategy. It is an on-going process and the challenge
media strategy. The social media architecture is
channel for pushing out marketing messages and
is to do it fast enough to keep of with the users.
the basic layer in our social media strategy. The
traditional campaigns. It’s not just a new platform;
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it’s a mind shift.
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not let our consumers down once we have engaged
IF: In every aspect of marketing, measure is grow-
with them on social media. If you decide to engage
ing in importance. How do you measure success on
with consumers on social media you cannot stop
social media?
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TO BE DYNAMIC AND FLEXIBLE AND THIS
IS OUR STRATEGY”.
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the conversation just because some marketing
LS: It depends on what social media is part of. If it
campaign has ended. You need to show commit-
is part of a crisis management strategy then you
ment. So for us, what is most important is that we
need to measure sentiment and the development
are committed every time we create something on
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social media. You should never commit to more on
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sure you don’t promise something you can’t deliver.
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CONTENT
CON
ANCIEN
IENTANCIENT
LESSONS
ONSLESSONS TO WIN
ANCIENT
CHINA:
ANCIENT LESSONS TO
WIN OVER THE CHINESE
ONLINE GENERATION
CONFUCIUS LIVED LONG BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER EMERGING MARKETING
PLATFORMS BUT HIS TEACHINGS CAN HELP WESTERN BRANDS TO UNDERSTAND
AND CONNECT WITH MILLIONS OF CHINESE NETIZENS.
MAJOR GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA SITES MIGHT BE BLOCKED IN THE COUNTRY BUT
THEIR CHINESE EQUIVALENTS AND THEIR 265 MILLION USERS ARE WELCOMING
WESTERN BRANDS WITH OPEN ARMS. THERE’S ONLY ONE CONDITION: UNDERSTAND
THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE CHINESE WAY OF LIFE AND TAILOR YOUR
COMMUNICATIONS ACCORDINGLY.
TEXT BY KINGA PAPP, MEDIACOM BEYOND ADVERTISING (MBA) UK
SOCIAL MEDIA
“WHEN YOU HAVE FAULTS, DO NOT
FEAR TO ABANDON THEM.”
Chinese social networking sites might
social media services in China. Sina
have started out as Facebook, Twitter and
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YouTube copy-cats but they realised early
has 140 million users and more than 90%
on that Chinese Internet consumption
of them say that they trust brands more
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if they are present on the microblogging
were not afraid to alter their approach. So
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what are Chinese netizens like?
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98 million Chinese still consider them a
87% of social media users in China befriend
primary information source for product
or follow brands on social platforms, while
reviews and recommendations so these
only 12% of Americans are likely to do the
platforms shouldn’t be ignored.
MULTINATIONAL BRAND
THAT GOT IT RIGHT - BMW
BMW launched its brand page on
Kaixin001 to raise awareness and
engage with affluent young professionals. By integrating its cars into
‘Car Parking’, one of the most popular
games on the platform, the brand
managed to reach a significant portion of the 45 million players who had
installed the game on their profile.
same. In addition, 77% of Chinese netizens
believe that social media presence makes
And what about Facebook?, you could
brands more attractive.
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that aggregates all demographics
They watch longer, professionally
because the Chinese prefer to join social
produced video content rather than short,
networking sites that talk to ‘their kind of
user-generated content on Youku and
people’. QZone with 481 million registered
Tudou (the local versions of YouTube) and
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their favourite way to engage with brands
networking site and attracts teens from
is to watch commercials and branded
second- and third-tier cities. RenRen,
content on these platforms, indicating
the platform most similar to Facebook,
that strong video presence is essential.
attracts university students, while
Forums, Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)
workers living in tier one and two cities.
In order to enhance the luxury feel
of the brand, players had to make
and pay lots of virtual money to own
a BMW in the game. Still, more than
half of those who played the game,
felt proud and accomplished when
they could finally afford to buy a
virtual BMW. Exactly the emotion
that the car manufacturer was
aiming for.
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and microblogging are the most popular
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CHINA: ANCIENT LESSONS TO WIN
ECOMMERCE AND GROUP-BUYING
“MEN’S NATURES ARE ALIKE, IT IS THEIR
HABITS THAT CARRY THEM FAR APART.”
The Chinese love a good bargain due
platform is 360buy.com but Taobao has
to the fact that traditionally they are
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value-oriented, savvy shoppers. But unlike
online storefronts for multinational brands
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at its Amazon-like ‘Mall’ platform.
accounts for 20% of all online transactions,
as the Chinese online generation feels
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enon that the Chinese social citizens are
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the products.
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Taobao’s Juhuasuan has almost four times
Taobao, the eBay-like C2C platform is the
more visitors per month than the Chinese
ultimate online shopping destination at
version of Groupon. On the other hand,
the moment but it is likely to change.
the fact that the Groupon-Tescent venture
EMarketer estimates that purchases from
has integrated its deals with QQ, the most
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popular instant messaging service – with
than half of all online transactions by
636 million registered accounts - might
2015 due to changing shopping habits and
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the availability of more secure payment
competitive edge.
MULTINATIONAL BRAND
THAT GOT IT RIGHT –
MERCEDES-BENZ
Mercedes-Benz offered 200 ‘smart’
cars for sale on Taobao’s Juhuasuan
platform. The mission was to sell the
cars in three weeks in a group-buying
scheme by offering a 23% discount.
The results: the cars were sold out
in three-and-a-half-hours and the
campaign attracted over 300,000
visitors in less than 24 hours.
CREDITS;
Title: Big Stain
Client: P&G Ariel
Client Contact Name: Alan Zong
Agency: Saatchi&Saatchi
Great Wall Advertising Co.Ltd.Guangzhou Branch
Creatives: Fan Ng, Wendy Chan, Jonathan Ip,
Andy Greenaway, Edmund Choe,
EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING
options. Currently the most successful B2C
Henry Chu (Pill & Pillow HK)
Director: Eddy Chan, Lee Wai Kai
Music title & Artist: Drum
“I HEAR AND I FORGET. I SEE AND I
REMEMBER. I DO AND I UNDERSTAND.”
MOBILE MARKETING
“WHERESOEVER YOU GO,
GO WITH ALL YOUR HEART”
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of the surveyed also said that they took
foreign companies compete for the
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attention of China’s 1.3 billion consumers,
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order to stand out. And it’s not just about
and that it’s the “most engaging” form of
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brand interaction. 80% of the respondents
interactivity turns consumers into brand
Chinese heart: mobile phones. Since 70% of
and on-the-go marketing activities are
that comes with it.
said that such activities made them better
advocates. Even in China.
mobile phone users say they “couldn’t live
most suitable to reach this target audience.
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Puma used an integrated mobile
marketing campaign around the
Formula 1 Race to position itself as
China’s No.1 motorsport lifestyle brand,
recruit new Puma fans and increase
brand awareness.
submitted their scores via text
message or invited friends to play,
received extra points that could be
exchanged for Ferrari gifts. In order
to also drive foot traffic, as soon as
someone downloaded the game, they
also received a coupon to redeem
mobile phone decorations at one of
the Puma stores.
They launched a mobile car racing
advert-game, Puma ‘F Wan’ which
could be downloaded from a mobile
website. To generate buzz and encourage social sharing, players who
As far as results are concerned,
the campaign drove 150.000 game
downloads, 185.000 qualified database
contacts, 70.000 coupons and 85
million page impressions.
MULTINATIONAL BRAND
THAT GOT IT RIGHT – PUMA
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MULTINATIONAL BRAND
THAT GOT IT RIGHT - ARIEL
In order to increase brand awareness
and sales, Ariel created the “world’s
biggest T-shirt” and put it up as an
outdoor installation in key Chinese
cities. Then the brand turned stain creation and removal into a social gaming
experience by dressing up Wii consoles
to look like ketchup, mustard, soy sauce
bottles and of course Ariel. Consumers
with the ‘sauce consoles’ could have fun
causing stains, while the ‘Ariel fighters’
could have the satisfaction of getting
rid of them.
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this cool brand experience? They started
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and modernity that shapes the Chinese
consumer is not easy but it’s a no-brainer
mind will certainly succeed. If not today,
that it’s worth it. And brands that dare
tomorrow. Because as Confucius said, “it
to ditch their global brand handbook
does not matter how slowly you go as long
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buying the product. According to official
campaign statistics, sales rose by 113%
in the first month, brand awareness
increased by 300% and the stunt generated over 8 million views online.
SOURCES:
OgilvyOne Worldwide, 2010, TNS Research International, 2010, Fleishman-Hillard and Harris Interactive,
2010, Resonance China, 2010
Source: China Internet Watch, Source: U Talk Marketing, Source: Ads of The World
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CASES
I AM NIKON + WINNERS
CASES
LOHAS
LOHAS
LIFESTYLES OF HEALTH
AND SUSTAINABILITY
NIKON CREATED A TWIN-TRACK STRATEGY DESIGNED
TO HIT ITS TWO KEY TARGET AUDIENCES: CASUAL
SNAPPERS AND SERIOUS AMATEURS.
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR THE HEALTHY JUICE BRAND,
LOHAS IN CHINA.
Using Facebook for compact users and Flickr for the
semi-pro DSLR users we created platforms designed
thousands of new fans.
to celebrate consumers’ photographs, taken with
We attracted more than 560,000 unique visitors on
Facebook and users have uploaded nearly 40,000
Photos and have “liked” entries 260.000 times. The
To build awareness of a new organic, non-additive
juice brand from carefully selected origins,
MediaCom China decided to create a Lohas-owned
Lohas Planting Competition’. Prizes are awarded,
both virtually and in reality, to those who ‘earn’
most in the competition.
Facebook fan page continues to grow and now has
81,000 fans.
easy-to-access platform, which would enable
consumers to frequently get involved with nature
and healthy elements while getting on with their
Additionally, there is an option for users to grow
their plant more quickly by downloading various
and by big name pros on Flickr, encouraging our
targets to tell the world Who They Were With Nikon.
On Flickr our group is already in the top 2% in terms
of group size, with more than 9,000 members.
busy city lives.
THE RESULTS
Going social has connected Nikon with hundreds of
This campaign contributed to a doubling of Nikon’s
compact share in its six biggest EU markets.
ANY camera. We encouraged consumers to share
their images with the world, creating a democratic
platform for a democratic art form.
The competition was judged by “likes” on Facebook
WINNERS
BACKGROUND:
Winners is a national Canadian retailer that offers branded
products at discounted pricing. The objective of the campaign was to generate a database of fans on Facebook for
on-going communications and engagement. The campaign
was supported with Facebook ads as well as other sites.
Facebook itself considered it to be one of the most successful
campaigns in garnering fans within a short period of time.
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WINNERS
With the increasing usage of digital media at work
‘Lohas Themes’ for their virtual garden. Each of
the Lohas Themes depicts one of the beautiful
specially-selected origins of Lohas juices, such
and the growing popularity of social networking
among the target audience, we realized that, rather
than rely on regulars like TV or portal websites, our
as Sao Paulo of Brazil and Wusu of Xinjiang in
northwest China. This helps to deliver, and make
memorable, the benefits of the specially-selected
media focus should be on Kaixin001, the biggest
social networking site targeting white-collars
in China. We successfully negotiated a content
origins of Lohas.
cooperation with Kaixin001, allowing us to tap into,
and add value to, one of their hottest plug-ins called
‘Garden’ (similar to Facebook’s Happy Farm). We
may exchange them for virtual money or use them
to make their freshly squeezed Lohas juices. It
is at this point that participants experience the
also introduced a Planting Competition, designing
rewards carefully to incentivise participants to share
the results of their efforts with their friends.
‘non-additive’ Lohas bottling process in the form of
a lively flash.
This would not only facilitate the communication
between friends, responding to one of our target
audience’s needs, but, crucially, it would help to
disseminate the brand messages quickly. A competition element encouraged trial in the real world.
When virtual Lohas fruits become ripe, participants
Participants could also win the chance to get real
Lohas delivered to their real friends in the real world
– thus driving trial.
THE RESULTS
The numbers say it all:
In the plug-in, participants are encouraged to
purchase Lohas seeds to plant in their own virtual
Sales up by 30% after campaign
“The Winners Facebook Page was one of the most successful
Canadian Brand Page launches and was one of the first to
achieve 60.000 Fans within 4-weeks! Within 4 months, they
gardens. When the fruits become ripe, they may use
No. of participants: 9.7M
them to make their freshly squeezed juices, which
can be later redeemed for virtual money or given
No. of Lohas theme downloads: 5.3M
No. of people joining Lohas BBS: 541K
grew to 120.000 Fans and continues to be one of the leaders
in the Canadian retail category” - Facebook
away as gifts to their friends. Purchasing Lohas
seeds immediately enables participants to enter ‘the
No. of bottles of virtual Lohas Juice produced: 186.3M
No. of bottles of virtual Lohas Juice sent: 127.6M
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CONTENT
SOCIAL MEDIA INFOGRAPHICS
CANADA
11.72m
THE NETHERLANDS
RUSSIA
6.30m
26.06m
45%
56%
62%
42%
54%
UK
18%
43%
19.27m
26%
44%
40%
28%
46%
POLAND
JAPAN
12.03m
48%
13.66m
46%
16%
26%
16%
8%
GERMANY
USA
114.55m
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47%
51%
38%
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32%
CHINA
155.29m
47%
53%
34%
ITALY
FRANCE
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12.66m
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49%
28%
36%
SOUTH KOREA
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MEXICO
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52%
33.49m
49%
63%
54%
37%
51%
34%
23%
INDIA
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14.43m
HONG KONG
SPAIN
46%
INDONESIA
33%
47%
36%
73%
39%
56%
10.10m
45%
60%
2.56m
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57%
11.50m
66%
54%
52%
63%
41%
SINGAPORE
1.96m
AUSTRALIA
48%
7.05m
57%
50%
32%
48%
27%
BEHAVIOUR TYPES:
ACTIVE SOCIAL NETWORKERS (MILLIONS)
MESSAGERS AND MAILERS
CONTENT SHARERS
JOINERS AND CREATORS OF GROUPS
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RUSSIA: THE DREAMLAND OF SOCIAL BRANDS
1. FORGET FACEBOOK
Russians are the most engaged users of social media in
the world, spending an average of 9.8 hours on social
networks. This is almost double than the global standard (Comscore, 2010). However it’s not Facebook but
its local equivalents – Vkontakte.ru, Odnoklassniki.ru
and Mail.ru – that keep users excited. Vkontakte.ru or
‘VK’ as Russians call it, is the number one social network in the country and currently has over 98 million
3. STAY AWAY FROM
LOCATION-BASED MARKETING
Westerners may be eager to become the mayor of
their local coffee shop but not Russians. They take
great pride of where they eat, shop and hang out,
however there’s still a significant resistance about
sharing their whereabouts with the world. 70 years of
socialism certainly doesn’t disappear without a trace…
members according to the official counter of the page.
Case Study: Clearasil used Vkontakte to engage
Russian teens and encourage them to use the facecleansing product on a regular basis.
RUSSIA:
THE DREAMLAND
OF SOCIAL BRANDS
SOCIALISM IN RUSSIA IS BOOMING AGAIN BUT THIS TIME
AROUND THE COUNTRY OF VODKA AND MATRYOSHKA
IS MASTERING A NEW FORM OF THE IDEOLOGY: DIGITAL
SOCIALISM. AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULDN’T BE MISSED
BY BRANDS WANTING TO TAP INTO THE MINDS, HEARTS
(AND WALLETS) OF 141.8 MILLION PEOPLE.
SO HOW DO YOU (OR YOUR CLIENTS) MAKE THE MOST
OF THE RUSSIAN DIGITAL CRAZE?
TEXT BY KINGA PAPP, MEDIACOM BEYOND ADVERTISING
(MBA) UK
2. FOCUS ON BLOGGER OUTREACH
Blogging is big in Russia. There are 7.4 million Russian
speaking blogs with a readership of approximately 23
million, according to the Russian Association of Electronic Communications. Livejournal, the most popular
blogging service has almost five million registered accounts. Since 60% of bloggers are urban women, outreach programmes offer an invaluable opportunity for
luxury brands targeting a female audience.
Case study: Yves Rocher generated online buzz for its
Serum Vegetal product line in Russia by inviting key
beauty bloggers to a lavish launch party. The brand
4. ONLY USE MOBILE IF YOU
MARKET A LUXURY PRODUCT
Although the number of smartphone and tablet users
is likely to reach 18 million by the end of 2011, it only
offers access to 10% of the population. On the other
hand, mobile might be ideal if you want to reach the
rich and trendy.
Case study: Volvo launched XC60 by directing Russian luxury car lovers to a mobile website, featuring
a 3D game “City Rally.” It offered users the chance to
test the Volvo XC60 and see it for themselves why it’s
called “the safest in Volvo’s history”.
offered bloggers make up and product training and
generous gift packs. Not surprisingly, they fuelled the
Internet with raving product reviews afterwards.
forum.awd.ru
5. OFFER EXCLUSIVITY
There’s only one thing Russians love more than luxury
and that’s exclusivity. And it’s no different, when it
comes to online communities. Forum.awd.ru for example is a social network of elite Russians who enjoy
traveling to exotic locations by themselves. Due to the
social status and high net worth of the members, car
manufacturers and banks are eager to offer exclusive
value-add services to the privileged group.
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SECRETS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
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INTERVIEW
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accepted model for benchmarking owned
tions, HR, customer service and IT.
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A GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA SNAPSHOT
A GLOBAL
SOCIAL MEDIA
SNAPSHOT
SOCIAL MEDIA IS FUNDAMENTALLY IMPACTING THE WAY
WE GLOBALLY CONSUME MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION.
OVER 50% OF THE POPULATION WORLDWIDE IS ACTIVE
IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
TEXT BY TOM SMITH
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ESTHER AARTS / SHOPAROUND
THE INTERNET IS ALL SOCIAL
Sometimes the hype is right. Consumer internet adoption across the world is now
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the 4 waves of research that have been delivered to date, have demonstrated substantial
growth in social media adoption. The fastest growing type of website between July 2009
and February 2011, is unsurprisingly Social Networks, with the percentage of consumers
visiting on a monthly basis rising 29% to 49%. This is mirrored with video sharing sites
(increase of 18), photo sharing (15%) and consumer review sites (7%) In contrast static
sites such as news, portals and even search have declined in consumer visits globally. This
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and the internet users that use them.
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combination of active participation in, blogging, Forums / BBS, microblogging, uploading
video and social networks via a PC device we can see that in all markets at least 50%
of internet users take part in one activity on a monthly basis. In some markets such as
Brazil, China and Russia this climbs to over 80%. Even more telling is that this percentage
has grown slightly in all markets over the last 18 months, showing that social is cemented
and here to stay.
REAL-TIME TAKING OVER FROM
There is a major shift taking place in terms of the social platforms that internet users
actively contribute too. As of February 2011 the fastest growing form of social contribution was Microblogging (not just Twitter), growing 28.4% in 18 months, with 14% of
global internet users now actively contributing on a monthly basis. This is followed by
Social Networking, which grew 20.8% and video sharing 19.9%. In contrast, contributing
to a website, only grew 6.4%, blogging 3.4% and posting in a forum or BBS actually
declined 5.8%.
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BRIC AND EMERGING
MARKETS LEAD THE WAY
THE IMPACT OF THE POST PC ERA
platforms is increasingly in Real-Time environments,
whether that be Twitter and Facebook in the US or
The adoption of all mainstream social technologies
will be revolutionised by the way that people get
Sina Microblog or RenRen in China. This has a major
is being led by fast growing internet markets. This
online. This is already happening with the massive
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is demonstrated clearly by monthly involvement in
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social networking, where 76% of internet users in
fast growing markets, the internet and social media
from 32% of internet users to 45% of internet
creating and publishing their content. This was seen
Philippines and Indonesia use one. This is followed by
are thanks to a lack of competition from traditional
users on a monthly basis, in just 18 months. This is
very much as threat to the established media industry
Malaysia with 68%, Brazil and Russia with 64% and
media usually the number one form of entertainment
only the start in the shift to the post PC world. In
and professional content producers, however real-
India 63%. Compare this to the US, where 53% are
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February 2011, we asked what the favourite internet
time platforms do not enable content creation and
active, UK 46%, France 41% and Japan just 16%.
in fast growing markets are using social media to
device was today and 86% stated their personal PC
achieve personal success, either through education,
/ Laptop and just 1% a tablet device and 5% their
In short consumer contribution via social media
As we look forward, we can see that social media
growth of mobile internet adoption that has grown
are focusing users on sharing opinions, other peoples
content or responding to or interacting with live
The higher levels of adoption are demonstrated regard-
their own business or through work – something
mobile. However when asked what their favourite
events. As our research shows, the top three forms
less of which demographic, attitudinal outlook or job
that is not universal in developed markets. Social
device will be in one year, just 54% stated their PC
platforms have also been adopted as form of free
/ Laptop and a massive 15% stated Tablet and 15%
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mobile. Even 8% mentioned an internet connected
something that traditionally didn’t come easily in
television set. This demonstrates clearly the massive
hierarchal societies like China, South Korea or India.
demand to move to post PC devices, a shift that will
"SOCIAL MEDIA IN MANY WAYS
IS BECOMING LESS SOCIAL".
again radically transform social media. Mobiles,
tablets and TVs are dominated by applications
of microblogging behaviour after sharing photos or
type you compare. Users in fast growing markets are
The massive adoption of social media has funda-
and shift consumers from the open platform of
images, are linking another microblog, linking to
doing more with social media. The country you are
mentally changed the way that consumers want to
the browser based internet. This will focus social
videos and linking to news stories.
born in, is without doubt the key factor in how you will
interact with brands and there is now a real desire
involvement on content sharing not creation and
go on to adopt and use social media.
to interact, converse and be entertained by brands.
re-enforce the shifts that have been initiated by the
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real-time revolution.
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content, live events and access to journalists, celebri-
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of the participating brand, the number one action
ties and people in the public eye. Thanks to this trend,
of clear reasons. Firstly in developed markets, people
regardless of age was to “listen to comments on
social media in many ways is becoming less social.
have been online longer and their online behaviour
purchasing, information research and news content.
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forums/social networks”, this was followed by a
“website/presence to interact with the brand directly”
and then “creating applications / online services”. It
is clear the role of a brand as simply an advertiser is
over and concerns about a brands right to be active
in social spaces is misplaced. Consumers crave and
value brand interaction in all forms.
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BRAZIL
RUSSIA
INDIA
CHINA
AVERAGE AGE
38.5
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TELEVISION SETS
MILLION
BILLIONAIRES IN CHINA TODAY
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
SOURCE: PRESSREFERENCE.COM
900
55.000
MILLION
MOBILE
PHONES
SOURCE: 2010 HURUN WEALTH REPORT
SOURCE: SPIRITOFCHENNAI.COM
SOURCE: CHINATODAY.COM
SOURCE: DISCOVERDIGITALLIFE.COM
+30
THE EMERGING
SUPERPOWERS
OF THE WORLD
CLIMATE RANGE
THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR AND
ACROSS RUSSIA
77
HIGHEST TWEET
7200M
DISCOVER BRIC, TNS
IN RUSSIA
WORLDS
LARGEST
SOURCE: CARADVICE.COM
SOURCE: DISCOVER BRIC, TNS
FROM MOUNT EVEREST
137
BRAZIL
HAS THE
NEW CARS (SOLD IN APRIL 2011)
HALF OF CHINA'S
POPULATION WILL
LIVE IN CITIES AND
TOWNS IN 2015.
SOURCE: DISCOVERDIGITALLIFE.COM
-50
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
1.55 MILLION
NUMBER OF FRIENDS
ON SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOURCE: TECHCRUNCH.COM
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HELICOPTRE
FLEET
10.5 MILLION
NEW DELHI
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RIO DE JANEIRO
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BEIJING
19.5 MILLION
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NEW MARKETS
PICTURE THE SCENE. THE FUTURES COMPANY’S CHIEF
EXECUTIVE, WILL GALGEY, ON A TRIP TO SHANGHAI,
RETURNS TO HIS ROOM AFTER BREAKFAST, TO FIND
THAT THE STAFF HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO CLEAN IT.
THE TELEVISION HAS BEEN RE-TUNED TO CNN, AND
THE MAID IS TRYING TO TELL HIM SOMETHING.
TEXT BY ANDREW CURRY, THE FUTURES COMPANY
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARK VERHAAGEN
As he later blogged,
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For Galgey, the story was about the pride the Chinese have in the country’s recent
economic achievements – compressed into less than a lifetime. It is, say the IMF,
only a few years before she will be able to celebrate China’s arrival as the largest
economy in the world, at least by some measures of spending power. And where
China goes, India and Brazil are following.
The speed of this transition has been remarkable. By 2030, Asia’s economy could
be larger than that of the US and the European Union combined, with the region’s
share of world GDP swelling from a little under 30 per cent to more than 40 per
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“Twenty years from now, Asia’s economy as a whole will be larger than that of
the G-7 and half the size of the G-20”. And Latin America—which, like Asia, had its
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billion people, spending a total of $6.9
—it still has the largest population of the
wind turbines. Huawei, similarly, was
trillion annually. Our research suggests
world’s poor within its boundaries, some
SHIFTS IN CORPORATE
OWNERSHIP
company, China Mobile, meanwhile, is
with population changes and urbanisation,
among the world’s ten biggest companies
listed as one of the world’s top innovators
it is not surprising that the world is now
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350 million.
Perhaps, so far, the biggest fundamental
by market capitalisation, with more than
by Thomson Reuters. Network provider
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economic shift has been the global changes
508 million consumers. It has also pushed
China Mobile is now one of the top
likely to see another billion people on the
current consumption in the United States.”
And in Asia, in particular, there is poor
we are starting to see in ownership.
its way into the top ten of the brand
ten global brands in Millward Brown’s
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The goldrush, it seems, is on.
social protection, for dealing with unem-
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annual BrandZ rankings – a list that
ployment and healthcare, which means that
FT’s Global 500, based in China, India,
trend seems certain to continue. Because
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mostly be found in the new mega-cities in
Asia. And Asia and Latin America also have
There are some wrinkles, though. It is
families save instead of spending. From
Taiwan, Singapore and Indonesia, and
developing markets have weathered the
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younger populations—certainly compared
unlikely that China, in particular, will
a global perspective, this has meant that
Asian multinationals are reshaping some
global downturn better, they are in a
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of the world’s biggest industries. It is not
position to buy. A Grant Thornton survey
and leave the low-cost production to
coincidence, either, that Bill Gates has been
in March this year shows that 44% of
the Global South is rapidly becoming
displaced as Forbes’ richest man by the
privately held businesses in Brazil, Russia,
out-dated.
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India, and China are planning to grow by
WE SEE MARKETS WHICH HAVE STRONG AND SUCCESSFUL LOCAL
PLAYERS, WITH SKILLED WORKFORCES, DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF
INNOVATION, AND WHICH ARE MOVING RAPIDLY UP THE VALUE
CHAIN AND INTO NEW MARKETS.
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And there are two big implications from
The result is a re-shaping of the world’s
In other words, the story here is not
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industrial landscape. In the car business,
the one that’s usually told. This is not a
the second about brands and branding.
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tale about virgin consumer landscapes,
China’s Geely, after changing hands for
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to Europe and Japan—which gives them, for
continue to grow at the same hectic rates
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$1.5 billion. India’s Tata group now owns
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INNOVATION
the time being, an economic and innova-
we have seen over the last couple of
ing America’s debts, but it is not a route to
Land Rover and Jaguar, as well as being
goods products. Instead, we see markets
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tive energy.
decades. Like India, it is rapidly moving
a balanced or stable global economy. Even
the world’s largest steelmaking group. In
which have strong and successful local
emerging from the new competitors
out of the stage of being a low cost
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telecommunications, China’s Huawei is
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in Asia and Latin America which has
The consultancy McKinsey has put some
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to the successes of Latin America in this
the world number two in mobile-infra-
patterns of innovation, and which are
originally been designed for local markets.
numbers on the scale of the coming
surface. Resource shortages, in particular
respect. Generally left-of-centre govern-
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moving rapidly up the value chain and
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global shift. In typically breathless style,
food and water, are already causing
ments have started to address high levels of
rise has provoked a major restructuring
into new markets. Most of the world’s
out features and materials to reduce
it reports, “The rapidly growing ranks
problems. Pollution is problematic. In
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of the global market, which saw Siemens
science and technology graduates now
cost. Historically, such products would be
of middle-class consumers span a dozen
India, corruption remains an acute issue,
with the result that people have started
and Nokia merge network infrastructure
come from China and India, and China is
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emerging nations, not just the fast-growing
and—for all the millions who have been
to buy more, creating more balanced, and
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already—by some distance—the world’s
markets, but in a post-crisis climate, more
BRIC countries, and include almost two
lifted from poverty there
more prosperous economies.
America’s Lucent. The Chinese telecoms
largest producer of both solar panels and
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There are always risks here; Coca Cola
savvy shoppers who understand that
refrigerated storage. The lessons learned
designed for Ghana. But this might canni-
choice comes with a cost.
from Bangladesh helped Danone launch a
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discovered the hard way in India that its
low-cost yogurt sub-brand called Ecopack
But this is a classic business conundrum: if
ing the Chinese market. Historically,
American approach to water management
in France.
you don’t launch these products yourself,
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created more enemies than friends, and has
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brands. But as with dENiZEN, Shang
spent the best part of a decade developing
competitor from Asia or Latin America.
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up, using local know-how and materials
local communities are not disadvantaged by
So Huawei’s $100 smartphone has been
developed for the Asian and African
markets, but there are already signs of
In the specialist health sector, Medtronic
a ‘grey market’ which imports handsets
developed for the Indian market a low-cost
into the US. The Tata Nano is a lightweight
pill-sized pacemaker which could be
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR BRANDS
to build a global presence at a lower
the presence of a Coke plant, rebuilding its
car that has been designed against Indian
inserted in the heart using a stent. This
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reputation slowly as it goes.
pricepoints, but which is likely to be modi-
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has insisted that it is “a Chinese brand,
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surgeons were capable of carrying it
ways than in the past to manage the
developed in China with the Chinese
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a low cost model for Europe and elsewhere.
out—and the design also included a sensor
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team, based on Chinese craftsmanship
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for remote monitoring. The company now
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China does become the largest economy in
And global brands have also been learning
plans to launch this in the United States
behaviour. As we argue in our recent
want any confusion.” The challenge
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how to adapt innovation from the South
and Europe, and sees opportunities to
report on The Future of Global Brands,
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largest economy has not also contained
for their traditional markets. From our
adapt it for other health conditions, such
increasingly, global brands will start to
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the richest consumers. However large
Streetscaping network, we see increasing
as Parkinson’s.
build local brands, sometimes in partner-
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the growth of the ‘emerging middle class’
ship with local businesses, using local
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welcomed than products that are
far poorer than the middle classes in the
innovation in Bangladesh, where they
matter of repositioning a product for a
this emerging middle class, rather than
totally foreign”. It will be interesting
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tiny fraction of the yogurt of a standard
cost, low-fat dried noodles developed for
resolves this challenge.
rising costs. The big opportunity is for
facility, partly because of the lack of
rural India and Pakistan—found a market
in Australia and New Zealand as a healthy
and budget-friendly alternative. P&G,
innovation for a crowded planet which uses
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less resources, costs less to produce, and
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similarly, found that the market for its
launched last year in Shanghai, the
nutritional, and household products—was
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developed through a live prototype
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from the outside of the US, and the
run in rural Ghana involving in-home
and the US
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interviewing and village charrettes with
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feedback on everything from product
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jean is aimed at 18 -29 year-olds in
samples to the proposed colour of the
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China, Singapore, South Korea, and, in
brand identity. BonVi aims at a mass
world the low-cost solar-powered lighting it
the future, India. Levi’s calls this target
market using local engagement to
group “Asia Rising.” In style and price,
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these jeans are all about this new
local needs, and co-creation to identify
global consumer. As importantly, these
additional needs learned from local
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collaborators that can be met by new
to building a global presence.
products within the global capabilities of
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SS: You’ve always been bullish about globalisation – are you still?
SS: But they thought it was slightly naughty of the United States
to indulge in quantitative easing and, as far as the Brazilians
saw it, deliberately undervalue the dollar?
JO: Yes. Although I don’t recall myself always being bullish; but I have
been for the past decade or so.
JO: The US’s job is to follow a monetary policy that satisfies the US.
The quicker they can follow policies that help the US get out of
troubles they’ve been in, the more likely it is that the dollar will
eventually recover. The Brazilians know that, as well as I do.
SS: So as emerging markets continue to grow it benefits the old
industrialised world?
JO: Broadly speaking I think that’s right. I think globalisation and the
cross-border trade linked to it is one of the few win-wins that are out
there. Of course there are losers, but in aggregate I think everybody is
better off. What’s interesting at this moment in time is that we see a
few more signs that there are winners from the supposed ‘declining’
west, which is a key in order for the social aspects of this to be
accepted and tolerated.
SS: You don’t like to use the term ‘emerging’ economies,
is that right?
JO: I think it’s an insult. We’re living through an era where the world
economy, for close to a decade, has been driven by these guys,
increasingly so. To treat them in the same way verbally, or
any other way, as commentators have done in the west
is almost disrespectful.
SS: Not being disrespectful but realistic, do you believe that
China, for example, can continue to grow on the rate it has?
Is that sustainable?
Jim
O’Neill
HARDtalk is the flagship programme
on BBC World News that asks the difficult
questions. In this special series of interviews
for Blink, Stephen Sackur, one of the BBC’s
most respected journalists, adopts the same
uncompromising style with moguls and
figureheads shaping the worlds of advertising,
sales and media. This issue, Stephen goes
head to head with Jim O’Neill, Chairman
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JO: I don’t think they will grow by that rate this decade. I think they
will drop to the ‘intolerable’ [laughs] level of around 7% to 8%,
which by our standards is quite remarkable. But China’s starting
to have dilemmas whether to keep growing at that pace. Having
spent a lot of time there, I think we’re entering a phase where
China is all about quality of growth, as opposed to just quantity,
which is a very important subtle shift.
SS: Your company, Goldman Sachs, said last year that China
will overtake the United States, at best guess, by 2027.
Do you think that was too cautious?
JO: Well, I was a part of that. The momentum at any moment in time
seems to be so powerful right now, that it may seem it was a bit
premature, but China will go through ups and downs just like
everybody else, so I’m highly reluctant to formally suggest that it
could happen sooner. And of course there are various things that
could happen in the meantime, that would have never actually
happened so...
SS: But you don’t believe it will happen sooner do you?
JO: No, I don’t. The thing that impresses me so much about the
Chinese situation is that the policy makers themselves worry
about what the sceptics say, which I see as a good sign. It stops
them from getting into the trap other countries did. Japan being
a perfect example, having been either in denial of any challenges
or just ignoring them.
SS: But that threatens your rather rosy view of how all of
this is going to play out, benignly?
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SS: But it isn’t all about China. By 2030 PwC says that China,
Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, Turkey and Indonesia, the so
called E7, will be more economically powerful than the G7.
JO: That’s very consistent with the reason why the BRIC term became
so popular. Five years back we said that the 4 BRIC countries would
become bigger than the G7 by 2037. Add in the others and that’s
almost definitely right. Also, by the end of this decade the 4 BRIC
countries will be bigger than the US. We are talking about profound
changes in the world economy and society. From an investment
perspective, it feels like what the California Gold Rush must have felt
like. The degree of change is just incredible.
SS: Let’s start unpicking it... There are signs of serious problems
in China. Inflation is high, the government is raising interest
rates and it’s still not clear that it can prevent a bubble
economy developing.
JO: One of the fascinating aspects of this, particularly on the
back of the global crisis, is that we are in an environment
where political leaders around the world play the blame game.
Everybody wants to blame somebody else, that’s a mini-dilemma
of the globalised world we live in. And due to the power of the
information process, where everybody has access to everything
imminently, people cannot separate emotion from objectivity.
The fact of the matter is Brazil is living through an era where tens
of millions of people are being brought into the middle classes.
On a global basis, we’re probably living through the best era;
income differentiators being narrowed, hundreds of millions
of people being taken out of poverty. So to use phrases like
‘currency wars’ in an environment where that’s happening
is just ridiculous.
SS: And international institutions and systems like the IMF
and the WTO look increasingly toothless.
JO: I hear these things week in and week out. Eighteen months ago it was
highly fashionable to say China was on the verge of a housing bubble.
And they could have been but, very interestingly, the Chinese worried
about it enough to stop a housing bubble. On the inflation, you are
right, the Chinese are worried about it and that’s what you want to
see. I worry when I see the local policy makers dismissing the problems
that face them.
JO: We need a faster move of international organisations to cope
with the complexities and subtleties of how the world is evolving.
We still have very western dominated international organisations,
which many of these (growth) countries feel do not represent their
shared interest. In order to keep the benefits going, we need to move
more rapidly to reform the IMF, the World Bank... The G20 is a good
development in that regard but it needs to be made more successful.
Probably, also the UN and maybe even the whole international
monetary system as it currently stands.
SS: Talking about Brazil and other growth economies, are we seeing
a real possibility of currency wars?
SS: Does the situation in Europe, particularly in the Eurozone
penetrate your optimistic armour?
JO: The Brazilians themselves dreamt up this phrase and I’ve written to
them and spoken publicly about it; I think it was slightly naughty of
them to use this phrase.
JO: The EU example is more complicated. The crisis is worse since
January. People need to differentiate between the EU economy
and the EU monetary... The Eurozone crisis is about the structure
of the monetary union.
“By the end of this decade the 4 BRIC
countries will be bigger than the US.
We are talking about profound changes
in the world economy and society.”
Based on the interview that aired on 10 January 2011.
Updated with Jim O’Neill on 6 June 2011.
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tour all over Russia and appear across the
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religious leaders.
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media landscape, on popular Russian TV
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saying: “I want the same curling irons as
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