Feb 6, 2012
A great Facebook event next Monday for anyone who will be in Hong Kong. There will be experts in from Facebook’s Palo Alto headquarters who rarely ever visit the region. Click on the invitation to request a seat! (or go to bit.ly/advancedfacebook)
Sep 4, 2011
A great campaign for Huggies diapers by our team was recently featured as the first-ever case study done by Facebook of work by an agency in the Asia-Pacific region. Really pleased! This image, taken from the video, shows me asking the gods of creativity to bring on more great ideas from our team. Facebook also
Jul 5, 2011
Over the last few weeks, I have been diving into the topic of F-Commerce, or Facebook Commerce. Much of this is in preparation for a training that our team will be doing with The Wall Street Journal in a few weeks. Space is limited: wsj-asia.com/webinar Here are the details, please join! With 139 million users
May 16, 2011
Fed up with writing for newspapers? This just in from Facebook: Marketing Communications Copywriter Every day, Facebook is altering the way people communicate and share information. 500 million people use Facebook to connect and share with people, causes and brands they care about. The reach and engagement on Facebook make it an outstanding marketing platform
Apr 8, 2011
UPDATED Again on April 9: Bloomberg now reports that Facebook is in exploratory talks with unnamed partners, but that nothing has been signed yet. UPDATED April 9: Due to a Tweet from a highly credible source, China’s Internet is now echoing with unconfirmed rumors that Facebook signed an agreement with an unknown partner to enter
Apr 6, 2011
Facebook, which has been blocked on-and-off in Vietnam, has just signed an agreement with FPT Corporation becoming a Preferred Developer Program Consultant. This partnership will cover the promotions and selling of ads for Facebook in Vietnam. It will also include involvement in development of the official mobile application for the Vietnamese market, according to an
Mar 27, 2011
Had an interesting discussion with Jamie Yap of ZDNet who wrote about whether Facebook will kill the corporate website. Some points we discussed (as quoted by Jamie): This tide of corporations flocking to the social media platform to capitalize on its massive user base, and Facebook’s push to promote its e-commerce capabilities through its Credits
Mar 25, 2011
An infographic produced by our social media team to show how Facebook now dominates Asia. Click here for a larger version. Enjoy!
Mar 15, 2011
If history proves a guide, Facebook will soon take over from Orkut as Brazil’s dominant social network. The curves on this graph show a familiar story of what happens when Facebook’s growth curve shifts into a sharp upwards direction. Similar curves were seen, for example, when the once-dominant Friendster died in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
Feb 15, 2011
One of many that I took at the goodbye party this weekend for our friend Amy Wood, this photo helped bring home how digital photography combined with social media can extend an event well beyond the normal cycle. Since trading my career as a globe-trotting correspondent to work in social media, I seldom seem to
Dec 28, 2010
A great graphic representation of friendship around the world produced earlier this month by Facebook show’s the website’s gaping void of connections to China. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, in China this week, is perhaps working to grow usage of the site in China. A zoom in on the Asia part of the map (below) highlights
Jun 7, 2010
While in Australia last week, I spoke with Phil Dobbie from the Twisted Wire blog on ZDNet.com.au about privacy in the era of Google and Facebook. Here’s is the podcast Phil produced from our discussion. Those quoted in the podcase include:Stilgherrian, a ZDNet Australia blogger who quit Facebook last weekThomas Crampton, Asia-Pac director of 360
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
