[Data] WeChat user behavior data from 3,485’s WeChat accounts, covering 18 industries

Thomas Graziani WeChat news

The company DataStory just released WeChat user behavior from 3485 WeChat accounts, collected between August and September 2015. The highlights: – Top reading days are Wednesday and Friday – Top reading time is 7:00pm to 10:00pm – Most active accounts are in the medical industry – Service, e-commerce and airlines are the most represented industries on WeChat Check-out the WeChat …

[Interview] How to make your WeChat H5 campaign viral?

Tingyi Chen WeChat news

You might have already seem these WeChat HTML5 (H5) campaigns shared on your WeChat Moment: Incoming call from Avengers to promote for the movie service of Dianping. Record breaking 2,000,000 page view in first 6 hours. A viral video introducing an imaginary application called APPmixer. It can can combined any of the two Apps of your choice, for example, Uber + …

What are the top performing WeChat accounts?

Thomas Graziani New WeChat features

What are the top performing WeChat accounts? How many views do they get? What are the top performing WeChat accounts in each category? Here are the answers. 1. Top 5 (number of views) In October 2015, the top 5 accounts were People’s Daily (WeChat ID: rmrbwx), CCTV news (WeChat ID: cctvnewscenter), CCTV Finance (WeChat ID: cctvyscj), Traffic Road Conditions (WeChat ID: …

WeChat content market is getting more competitive

Thomas Graziani WeChat news

WeChat content produced by public accounts is the bread-and-butter of social content in China. In mid-2015, the number of views of WeChat subscription accounts started to decline. Some popular accounts saw a decline of more than 50% in readership. What is the extent of the issue, and what’s causing it? Performance of top-500 WeChat articles The study is focusing on …

5 great WeChat CRM systems, and 3 of them are free!

Tingyi Chen WeChat guides & tips

As big as Tencent is, the WeChat backend system is far from perfect: Only stores customer messages for 3 days No CRM function  Not easy to send targeted message to groups based on location/gender/age or other user characteristics Very limited data analytics for WeChat shop’s performance  Cannot track WeChat website’s performance Cannot schedule a specific time to push messages And many other …

Is Tencent leading the way or lagging behind Facebook?

Thomas Graziani WeChat news

Tencent has been restlessly compared with its Western equivalent, Facebook. Some analysts would praise Tencent for its innovative approach to mobile, O2O and revenue model. Others would treat it as a mere copycat. So, who is leading the way? Who is catching up? Let’s look into it. Two very different companies There are obvious differences between Tencent and Facebook. None …

WeChat crossborder: a revolution for Chinese tourists and shoppers

Thomas Graziani New WeChat features

WeChat Crossborder Payment (WePay) is not particularly new, but to a lot of businesses outside China it can still seem like magic. The concept is simple: customers pay with their regular WeChat account in RMB, and the money directly arrives in your oversea account in the local currency. As of today (October 11th) , it supports 8 foreign currencies: USD, …

How Baidu, Alibaba & Tencent are shaping the start-up world

Thomas Graziani WeChat news

Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu are very different companies with one common denominator: diversification. The 3 China tech-leaders are launching forays in many industries, and often end-up in fierce competitions. In which sectors are BAT (Baidu Alibaba Tencent) investing, how, and how much? Financial services and micro-loans Tencent teamed up with China Rapid Finance China Rapid Finance, allegedly the largest online …

Are QQ Official Accounts the new WeChat?

Thomas Graziani WeChat news

Is QQ the new QQ? QQ as a whole is decreasing in popularity, with 832 million users as of Q1 2015, a decrease of 2% over last year. Number of QQ users using smartphones reached 603 million, a 23% YOY increase. Yet, QQ has made tremendous buzz over the last few weeks with the launch of its QQ official account. …

The incoming calls – 5 outstanding WeChat viral campaigns

Tingyi Chen WeChat guides & tips, WeChat news

Dare to pick up the call from a stranger? HTML5 viral campaigns pretending to be an incoming call are the most eye catching viral campaigns of this year. Here is 5 amazing “incoming call campaigns” you can draw inspiration from for your own branding. Case 1: The unexpected entrance of Wu Yifan Viral score: ★★★★★ Product: Game Target: Young audience who …