How Australian brands are winning in China

An insight by Michael MacRitchie Australian companies have been building a strong relationship and reputation with Chinese consumers for many years now. Given the rising availability of Australian products and the increasing ease with which they can be purchased online in China, such companies have been leveraging their popularity and growing demand to establish a foothold in what is becoming …

Comedy is ‘healthy’ for your brand ;-)

An insight by Michael MacRitchie Reasons why comedy is good for you. 1. Laughter boosts your immune system 2. Laughter improves your social life. 3. Laughter boosts your sex life! (yes look it up) 4. Laughter gives you a mini-work-out (ever laughed so hard it hurt?) 5. Laughter helps you lose weight! (yes look it up) We held the Emerge …

Star power; can it bring the star community?

-Andrew Collins is a leading social media strategist and founder of Mailman Social Media, he also consults to MGI on global entertainment partnerships. First of all – brands in Asia love to have the affiliation with ‘star power’.  For the fortunate brands that get this connection right it can rain long term benefits (think……) but for the few brands that …