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Hamilton collaborates with KRDS on WeChat

The social media agency specialized in WeChat, KRDS Shanghai and Hamilton, the American Watch brand are working together to strengthen the brand’s foothold in the Chinese No.1 APP, Wechat.

Hamilton designs high quality watches combining American spirit and Swiss know-how. China can be the ideal strategic market for the brand. With a constant search for perfection, Hamilton’s innovation ability flows through all of their products, with models ranging from quartz to automatic self-winding timepieces.

Due to their strong sense of design and their high-end products, Hamilton needed a tailor-made campaign strategy that fit into an ever-demanding marketplace. WeChat is the perfect platform to enhance their brand exposure. With the help of KRDS, a pioneer in digital and social media marketing solutions, the company can extend its reach across the country and into the ever-growing community of WeChat with more than 1 billion active users!

Aurelien Ferrie, General Manager of KRDS said: “The watch industry is ultra competitive in China especially in the luxury space. WeChat gives the opportunity for brand to tell their story and differentiate themselves from their competitors .’’

To begin their collaboration, KRDS created a personalized and dynamic WeChat campaign for ‘’Father’s Day’’.

Only a few hours after its launch the post was read thousands of times and engaged by hundreds of users.

Wechat moment advertising becomes more approachable for small and medium enterprises

Moments Advertising is now accessible to all brands through official invitation. Advertisers can now operate directly on WeChat back-end platform.

THE UPDATE AIMS TO:

  • Optimize Moments Advertising launching process
  • Enhance Moments Advertising launching efficiency
  • Simplify online-to-offline coordination

▎WHAT’S BEEN OPTIMIZED?

Comparing to former policy, this time WeChatMoment Advertising is more SME-friendly: they can collect data, track traffic or seek for campaign solutions without extra help or leaving WeChat back-end platform.

LOWER MINIMAL ENTRY RATE

50,000 RMB (200,000 RMB in 2015)

OPTIMIZED THE ADVERTISING SELF SERVICE CENTER

Advertisers can:

1. Target audiences more effectively based on city, gender, age and interest tags;

(New price rate 2016)

2. Visualize budget spending, then optimize it to ensure better implement of integral marketing strategy;

3. Use templates for various objectives: event reservation / video promotion / WeChat follower recruitment / App download etc.;

4. In addition to bank account transaction,online payment via Tenpay* is now available.

*Online payment platform by Tencent, rival of Alipay.

Real time data tracking when campaign is online; performance report available within 3 days once the campaign is offline.

▎WHAT’S NEW FOR PROS?

Professionals’ needs are not forgotten. WeChat team has developed a special version of self service center to help agencies better manage their clients’ Moments advertising projects.

On the platform, agencies can:

  1. Manage multiple clients’ advertising projects in one account;
  2. Analyze data by client or by Ads type and refine advertising strategy accordingly;
  3. Assign to staff different access levels according to their function: executive / operation manager / financial manager…

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(Source: linkedin.com)

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