SEO

2012 has already seen a steady increase in the number of Chinese press releases my team is handling; up from the 12,000 or so seen in 2011. Now, I’m obviously delighted to see our traffic continue to increase, especially given the impressive growth in releases that we see from internationally-based companies looking to generate exposure in China; however, there is a strikingly important observation that I would like to share with everyone – writing a great English headline doesn’t automatically translate into a great Chinese headline. This observation is a…

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…

  Content is all about creating value for your audience. Content marketing is about creating original and shareable content that helps deliver results, and with an ever-increasing number of tools and platforms available to marketers, content marketing has found a new lease of life over the last 12 months. Organizations of all sizes are realizing the power of content marketing as a way to build brand awareness, acquire new customers and leads and retain customers, and this is achieved by getting good-quality content out into the digital space. The below…

The below infographic provides seven easy steps for effectively optimizing your press release, and was created by our very own Jamie Heckler. The reason I chose this as our first-ever #Infographic of the Week is because it highlights how issuing a press release doesn’t need to be a gamble. Carefully created content and accurate targeting is good SEO that will help ensure your message is heard by the people that it was intended for. Read the associated post, in all its glory, at our global Beyond PR blog.  

Online search in China is a US$3 billion industry that enjoyed a 70% growth in 2011 and while there are seven major players within the industry, only one is worth talking about. Baidu dominates the China market with well over 80% of the market and it is the first port-of-call for over 90% of all online searches in China. If you want your marketing and communications strategies to be effective in China, and if you have serious aspirations of reaching and engaging with a Chinese audience, it’s time to forget…