10 Insights on Digital Marketing in China, for 2018.
Brands in China (foreign and local alike) have been pushing hard for a long time to capture market share …often with little regard for quality brand management and well organized, integrated strategies.
China has been a mad dash, with brands jumping from one new development (Weibo, Youku, Tmall...) to the next (WeChat, Bilibili, LittleRedBook…) - all aimed at capturing under-priced audience attention. Most of these efforts have been quickly conceived and not necessarily linked to holistic, organized brand objectives. Its been all about speed.
As organic reach and cheap audience attention come to a close, brands will have to focus on rationalizing their efforts, measuring/tracking investments ...and solving core brand challenges.
2018 will follow from 2017, by being concerned with integration, filling in the pieces and creating more solid, well-refined, integrated digital efforts. Above all, 2018 looks to be about slowing down and getting the basics right.
