Welcome Dan to the Social Agent team! He’s a Canadian who just arrived to China to get involved in the tech scene and startups! Boy, is he going to dive head first! Dan is guy who wants to work with a team of driven people who are working for a cause – and that is what he sees in Social …
Hosting Seminars with Chinese Sales Assistants
We have noticed many of our Social Agent clients request a local Chinese and English speaking person to help them with following up the sales leads in their account. Our team has been working day and night building, listening to customer / user requests, and building some more. We know our clients don’t just need software, but they also need …
I’m backdating blog a bit, since we missed this great announcement earlier from Christmas 2012! Social Agent Limited was invited to pitch at the Innosai Startup competition in Beijing, China on December 26, 2012. There were the top 100 most innovative companies Innosai selected to be in the competition. Below is the exciting email Mike Michelini received notifying us we …
Nogogo Increases Sales in Chinese Social Media
Nogogo is a China e-commerce shop selling hard to find imported foods to the Chinese market. They mainly focused on word of mouth and traditional newsletters to build their customers. Nogogo wanted to improve their Chinese sales via social media, and were referred to Social Agent. Social Agent assisted in identifying keywords that were hot in Chinese social media for Nogogo. After …
Social Agent was Born in Lean Startup Machine
Social Agent (previously “weibo agent”) likes to say it was born in a Lean Startup Machine weekend in Shanghai, China in June 2012. The startup wanted to spend a weekend working on validating its business model, and knew lean startup methodology was key to its success. Many entrepreneurs in China are doing Chinese social media related startups, because social media …
Chinaccelerator Incubator Graduate, 2012
Social Agent Limited is a proud alumni of the Chinaccelerator incubator in Dalian, China, summer of 2012! The team spent 3 intense months in the northern Chinese city Dalian – as well as took part in “Geeks on a train” from Dalian to Beijing, Beijing to Shanghai, and then back to Dalian! Social Agent was exposed to a huge network …
Fully Support Startup Weekend in China
The team from Social Agent has fully supported Startup Weekend and its expansion into the Chinese market from the beginnings in 2011. Michael Michelini and Amy Gu, 2 members of the Social Agent team, were very involved with getting Startup Weekend in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, as well as assisting in the opening and official verification of the Sina weibo account of StartupWeekend. …
Tech in Asia Has Covered Us Since Our Beginnings
Techinasia has been doing amazing work for the startups in China and the rest of Asia for bringing awareness to the English speaking and international community. Since our early beginnings, Tech In Asia has been watching us develop and grow, and we truly thank them for this assistance. As a startup, every bit of recognition and attention helps us grow and …
TOP FIVE FOREIGNERS USING SINA WEIBO
Top 5 Foreigners on Sina Weibo 1. Aoi Sola, Japanese actress Signed up: 2010-11-11 Weibo account: @苍井空 First message: “中国的朋友们你们好，我是苍井空。十分高兴能和大家见面。我在新浪的微博正式开通了，希望今后能新浪通过微博和大家交流，还请大家多多关照。 这是我为大家做的视频，请多捧场哦” Number of followers: 13,493,738 2. Jang Keun Suk, South Korean actor, singer and model Signed up: 2011-8-12 Weibo account: @张根硕 First message: “중국장어들아 드디어 웨이보의 세계에 내가 왔다!!!!! 닥찬하라!!!!!!!!” Number of followers: 6,644,536 3.Tom Cruise, American actor Signed up: 2011-2-23 Weibo account: @officialtomcruise First message: “我们刚刚成立一个帐户在 http://t.sina.com.cn/1986010511 中文Twitter的！在中国我们的朋友们的问候！” Number of followers: 4,880,133 4. Bill …
Finding Contacts on Weibo
I hope it doesn’t sound too crazy, but Weibo isn’t just for marketing – it can be used for sales, too. And I’m not talking about posting a sales link for e-commerce. It’s about finding contacts. Why on Weibo? Because it’s so popular and practically used in the business world. Where there are people, there is business. There are 3 …