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MINI Australia Taps Into Aussie Chinese Community On Weibo

Rebecca Tilly
Published on: 20th February 2015 at 10:49 AM
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Car brand MINI Australia has established an official brand presence on Chinese social media site Sina Weibo, aimed at reaching digital and social media savvy Chinese Australians.

Launched to coincide with Lunar New Year, it is the first time an Australian automotive brand has utilised China’s social media giant Weibo, which has half a billion users across the globe. The MINI Weibo presence will aim to engage MINI buyers within the Chinese community in Australia, and retain attention via regular posts and other community management, all handled by Etcom (part of Ogilvy Australia and STW).

“MINI is a brand for leaders, not followers. So it’s natural for us to be the first on Weibo, the most influential Chinese social media for the local community” says Alex McLean, CRM and digital manager – MINI.

“We see Weibo as a great channel to build a relationship with this community, in an exciting environment that other car brands have not ventured into as yet.”

“Print advertising is traditionally the first channel that comes to mind by many brands in Australia to reach different multicultural groups,” explained Etcom’s general manager,Thang Ngo. “However, MINI Australia wanted to pioneer a different channel.”

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Ngo says because Twitter and Facebook are banned in China, new migrants to Australia are likely to maintain Weibo to keep in touch with family and friends. He said there were currently more than one million Weibo accounts held in Australia and New Zealand.

“This kind of social environment is the perfect platform for MINI, which is a young, edgy, visual and emotive brand. It also allows MINI to establish an ongoing dialog with potential customers within the Chinese Australian community. We feel confident that this new and bold move will engage an entirely new market for MINI – all in time for Lunar New Year.”

Etcom is part of Ogilvy Australia and STW, Australasia’s leading marketing content and communications group.

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Rebecca Tilly is a strategic communications specialist with more than 27 years’ experience spanning corporate, government, stakeholder and change communications. She is a regular contributor to B&T.

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