Media Relations

  “The media”. It’s a simple term embedded with tessellations of meaning that become all the more elaborate when one expands the view to include different countries, yet around the world, those in the PR industry and their clients often refer to “the media” very generally, assuming that everyone’s on the same page. Yet media operations in China and North America, for example, could not be more different, and while companies in both countries fundamentally realize this, there are still areas where assumptions are made about the function of media…

With around 520 million internet users now in China, getting noticed online is obviously going to be tough, and it’s even tougher if you don’t understand online PR and content marketing in China. With the “Great Firewall of China” blocking many of the English social media sites, Chinese users are very much restricted in how they can access some of your content; not to mention that the vast majority of searches are done in Mandarin Chinese. It’s therefore vitally important that you get your messages out through as wide a…