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WeChat started in January 2011 and went international in 2013.  So it is already 6 years old.  Compared to Facebook which started in 2004, WeChat is 9 years behind but its user base has been growing steadily.  Currently, at the time of writing (24 Jan 2019), WeChat has 1.1 billion users in 21 languages. From training over thousands of people from all walks of life in WeChat since 2017, the following are the 5 Biggest Mis-Beliefs About WeChat: Mis-Belief 1: WeChat is Only for the Chinese WeChat has 21 languages and includes most of the top commonly used languages in the world except Polish, Jewish and Hindi.  If you were just to open 'People Nearby' feature of WeChat in Little India of Singapore, you'll realize that there are many non-Chinese using WeChat .  Definitely, WeChat is not for the Chinese alone Mis-Belief 2: WeChat is an Advertising Platform WeChat is a social media platform and in social media, social first, business second. If you want to advertise in

Following my article on 'How much can you really save?', many people have many questions about this OEM or Open Electricity Market.  Today I shall answer all of them, if you still have questions, please WhatsApp me Andy at 93672286.  1. What is this OEM Open Electricity Market? The OEM is an initiative by the Energy  Market  Authority (EMA) to enable households and businesses to buy   electricity   from a retailer with a price plan that best meets their needs. The launch of the OEM will provide consumers with more choices and flexibility in their  electricity  purchases. It simply means that the electricity market is now opened to allow more players, and customers to have choices.   This also means that previously the market is not open and is closed to one monopoly single supplier: Singapore Power (and its predecessor PUB) 2. Why the Singapore government suddenly opens this electricity market? The Singapore government did not suddenly open this electricity market. Th

The question among most WeChat users is "How Do I Get Serious Business from WeChat?". There are  5 Ways: Step 1: Set Up a Serious Profile There are 5 things in a serious WeChat Profile: professional photo, name in Chinese, region, Whats up and make your Moments posts public. Step 2: Have at least 2,000 WeChat Friends (or 1,000 if they are of high quality).  To know how to increase your WeChat friends quickly without spending money, read my article at here Step 3: Be Part of At Least 5 Group chats and be active there.   We know in WeChat you cannot just join a group chat, you need to be invited. There are 25 ways to be invited into group chats, you can read all of them at here Step 4: Be Active in Moments in 2 ways: Post daily in your Moments and read, like and comment on your friends' Moments.   According to the creator of WeChat Allen Zhang, 75% of WeChat users read Moments every day.  This translates to 750 million people.  If you are not active in WeChat Mo

We know that you cannot join WeChat group chats on your own.  You have to be invited. There are 25 ways to be invited to join group chats: 1. Have an Attractive Profile - Name, photo and whats' up short description 2. Moments must be attractive. Must post daily 3. Be Searchable - open People Nearby to let others find you 4. Ask in Moments 5. Ask your WeChat friends via private message 6. Ask your Group chat friends via private message and/or group chats 7. Ask via Message Broadcast 8. Start your own group chat and invite people to join.  People will reciprocate 9. Offer incentives for people to invite you into their group chats, like vouchers, but not money as this is considered bribery.  Red packets of not more than CNY 10 is okay 10. Have more than one WeChat account 11. Write articles and people will be attracted to you 12. Follow Official accounts and leave comments 13. Use QQ, Weibo, Douyin etc to make yourself attractive 14. Use Time Capsule, a 1

Following my previous post on 'What Do I Really Teach in WeChat", some people asked me to summarize what will my students really learn from my WeChat courses.  There are 5 things that you will take back: 1. The WeChat course itself, which has 5 key elements: WeChat, Chinese culture, Social Media Marketing, Irresistible Selling and FREE WeChat Official Account and WeChat Mini Programs (read the details at here ) 2. What Value to Bring to People Most people are very good in describing what they sell and the benefits they bring.  But if you were to ask them what value do you bring to people, they will mention "good value".  This answer is worse than not answering.   We know that if you want to use WeChat in your marketing, people are not interested to read how good your product is.  People are only interested in one and only thing: what value do you bring to them.   In our WeChat courses, all our students are made to go through an exercise what value they c

Many people asked me: what do I really teach in our WeChat Training?  Well, there are 5 things that you will be rewarded: 1. WeChat Over 28 functions will be taught, with 18 hands-on practices in the class 2. Social Media Marketing   Yes, WeChat is a social media tool and I teach the 3 secrets of social media marketing: friend, connected friend, and fans 3. Irresistible Selling How to have FREE Business Models that attract customers  4. Chinese culture and values The 5 Rs of Chinese culture and values to do well in WeChat: Red packets, Respect, Reciprocation, Reasonableness and Real 5. WeChat FREE Official Account and FREE Mini Program How to create your own Official Account. How to use Huaban Mima and Mei Pian to create fans and referrals Next 192nd WeChat Marketing class is on Saturday 14 Dec 9 am to 12.30 pm. Limited seats at 76% discount at $94 vs $294. Details and register please click bit.ly/wecfri. Other articles (click on their titles to re

Although people like to use WeChat because they know that it is very good for business, there are 5 reasons why you should not use WeChat: You are in for a quick sale: you want to use WeChat to quickly sell to the people inside WeChat. Because WeChat is a social media tool, if you use WeChat just to sell to your WeChat friends, your selfish motive will be known to people quickly and you will not get sales. Instead, you will get people that block you or even report you to WeChat You feel that you don't know Chinese and you think that WeChat is only for the Chinese and the only reason to use WeChat is to communicate to the Chinese. We know that WeChat has 21 languages and there are 1.1 billion people worldwide from Africa to India using WeChat You want to use what you can do in Facebook and apply them into WeChat immediately: boost posts, paid ads, message to strangers, tag people, create multiple accounts using just email, and search for groups to join to mass message to them.

Singapore's not just  the greatest city in the world , it's also the greenest. We have 12 good reasons why it's so. 1. We're one great big Garden City Garden City by name, Garden City by nature. We take the green stuff so seriously, we're known as the Garden City. The development of  Singapore as a Garden City  was a vision put forward by former Prime Minister (and now Minister Mentor) Lee Kuan Yew way back in 1968, just after our independence, to integrate the environment with urban development and soften the effects of a concrete jungle. Now, there are trees along every road and parks in every estate. Just ask any visiting tourist what's their first impression of Singapore. Go on, we challenge you. 2. Waste not, want not Singapore literally does not waste a single drop of water if it can be helped. Through the  marvels of modern desalination technologies  and more than a little desperation (Singapore imports less than half the population's water

We all know that we give out and receive red packets during Chinese New Year, weddings and birthdays.  I n Chinese culture, red packet is very common as a form of goodwill, good luck, expression of appreciation, or just having fun.   What we may not know is that in WeChat, we receive and give out red packets EVERY DAY.   None of the WeChat red packets has to do with Chinese New Year, your birthdays and weddings.  If you too want to get new business from using the world's number 1 social media and business tool for the Chinese, you must start giving out red packets.  Here are the top 18 situations that you will be giving out red packets in WeChat: To let people know you when you just joined a Group chat.   Later when you want to add people as your friend, they will likely accept you because they see you as a giver  To rejuvenate a group chat.   As we know, group chats have a short life span of 2 to 4 weeks.  After this period, group chats either become advertising spam groups