Ep 93: Building an event-native agency in China's digital world

China Paradigms

Matthieu David interviews Augustin Missoffe, a managing director of Greater China, Korea & ASEAN at HOPSCOTCH Groupe. How is event marketing progressing in China’s digital world? Is e-commerce marketing strictly digital now? And how different is running event-based marketing campaigns in China opposed to the West? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this new China Paradigm podcast! 0:09 Guest introduction 2:53 HOPSCOTCH - current size and company history 7:20 How does HOPSCOTCH operate? 9:57 HOPSCOTCH - managing an extensive network 12:29 Event-native - case studies 20:13 The process of working with a KOL or a KOC – a milk-powder anecdote 25:03 Product awareness vs personal brand strength 26:56 Reaching out to KOLs - what is that process like? 29:15 What differences are there between working on China-based campaigns vs western campaigns? 35:44 Opinions on New-Retail – why it is a philosophy 42:06 Event-based marketing vs the digital media 44:55 Why are some companies not going the event marketing route? 48:16 Is E-commerce still using event-based marketing for products? 49:49 What books inspired Augustin Missoffe in his journey? 51:35 What does Augustin Missoffe read to stay up to date with China? 56:16 What unexpected success and unexpected failure has Augustin Missoffe witnessed in China? 1:00:00 Outro Learn more about HOPSCOTCH Groupe: https://www.linkedin.com/company/publ... Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2y6... Website: http://chinaparadigm.com/ Thanks for listening! If you like what you hear, do us a favor and write a review on iTunes. What is China Paradigms Podcast? China Paradigms is the China Business Podcast for entrepreneurs and China watchers. Learn from business professionals in China on our China Paradigms.