Blog Tag - KOL

Social Media Influencer? Come Have Fun for Cash
Are you a social media influencer, or as they’re referred to locally, a KOL (Key Opinion Leader)? We’re seeking three foreigners to be featured in...
The Expat Influencers Taking Chinese Social Media by Storm
From Youtube to Bilibili and Instagram to TikTok, the ubiquity of video streaming seemingly knows no bounds. And between camera phones, video editing...
DP Are These Snazzy Japanese Snacks Worth Queuing Up for In Taikoo Li?
Beijing’s skeptical (or employed) foodies usually roll their eyes when they happen upon establishments sprouting long lines of selfie stick-wielding ...
From Influencers to Hutongs, Beijing's Restaurant Scene Is Undergoing a Sea Change
At first glance, this year could be viewed in many ways as unexceptional, yet the first thing that struck us from conducting these interviews for The...
Chinese Selfie App Meitu Faces up to ‘Natural Look’ Beauty
Doe-eyed girls with slender faces used to be all the rage on the Chinese internet. Not anymore. The popularity of that look – typically associated...
0 to 2 Million Followers in 3 months: One of Beijing's Newest Expat KOLs Tells Us How
For the generation of millennials currently drowning in student debt, working back-to-back jobs and increasingly unlikely to own their own homes (sob...
Kol Marketing: Taking Advantage of the Convergence of Social Media and E-Commerce
Influencer marketing is nothing new. Celebrities – both real and created – long ago began gracing the celluloid frames of TV commercials, the pages...
Weibo Helped Online Influencers Earn RMB 20 Billion This Year
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Latest numbers show that Weibo, China’s leading social media company, continues to...