Edelman and Brandtology have found that Twitter is now the ‘Buzziest Channel’ in their latest Digital Brand Index study (DBI 2.0), which was conducted across eight Asia-Pacific markets (Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan). For brands, Google remains the most talked about brand, edging out Microsoft and Maxis. Here’s the Top [...]
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Asia Pacific,
brandtology,
edelman,
Malaysia,
statistics,
twitter
I’m sure you’ve read lots of predictions for marketing and social media in the past 2 weeks (I offered my own predictions here), but how many have been specific to Malaysia? I asked a few of my friends who operate businesses here in Malaysia for their predictions, and here are responses. Colin Charles, open source [...]
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Malaysia,
non-profits,
small business,
trends
2009 was a watershed year for paradigm-changing online technologies. Technologies like Facebook and Twitter not only became household names last year, but are on track to change business and marketing as we charge on into 2010. As a marketer and digital native who’s practically grown up on the web, here are some personal observations of [...]
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location based services,
real time,
social media,
trends
Sociax, a startup based out of California and founded by renowned branding strategist Peter Pek has opened its doors to a new service which they term a ‘social media management platform’. They provide not only monitoring, but also help engage with your audience on behalf of your company or brand.
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services,
social media marketing,
sociax
When talking about social media, you may have heard the word “community” thrown about. What is it? And why is it so important to marketers in today’s social web?
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community,
strategy

If you are running a business, you know that a big portion of your time is spent marketing and promoting your business. The internet is changing all of that and that is what my talk will address today. Specifically I will cover the impact of online marketing–especially social media–on business.
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community,
presentation,
social media,
social media marketing
I’m extremely honoured to have been invited to speak at .my DOMAIN REGISTRY’s seminar on Online Presence: Your Gateway to Success. I will be speaking alongside other distinguished speakers from MCMC, ExaBytes, and Kaspserky Labs. The event is open to everyone to attend, and will feature topics aimed at SMEs, small businesses and government agencies. [...]
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Malaysia,
seminar
I’d like to try a little experiment with the Twitter community. Marketing Mondays is my attempt to generate some community discussion and (hopefully) learning about marketing in the social web. In a nutshell, participants tweet their web marketing questions and other Twitter users respond with answers. I’ll be answering every question I can so you’ll [...]
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community,
experiment,
twitter
The Social Media Club, Kuala Lumpur Chapter (SMCkl) held it’s inaugural meeting last night. I was proud not just to attend but also to be a founding member and a part of the committee of volunteers. There have been a few blog posts reporting on the event last night, so I wanted to do something [...]
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Coaching,
SMCkl,
social media
This is a true story of something that happened to me this past few weeks. I don’t make it a practice to talk about myself on this blog, but I thought that this story may be relevant to other marketers and may give you something to think about before launching your own campaigns. Last month [...]
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ethics,
reputation management,
social media