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Doing Time In WeChat Jail

“You gotta lower your ideals of freedom if you wanna suck on the warm teat of China”

7 min readOct 9, 2019

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Doing Time In WeChat Jail

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How Chinese Influencer & Celebrity Marketing Is Going Global

I was invited to speak about China’s influencer and celebrity marketing scene for an American Chamber of Commerce event not long ago. The…

12 min readMay 29, 2019

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How Chinese Influencer & Celebrity Marketing Is Going Global

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TikTok’s Growing Pains In The West: Attack of the Memes

TikTok has its eye on world domination. After hitting critical mass in China (known as Douyin/抖音, locally), it made its way into Southeast…

7 min readOct 16, 2018

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TikTok’s Growing Pains In The West: Attack of the Memes

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Silicon Valley Adopts Chinese Censorship Tactics

Alex Jones and InfoWars were banned from Apple, Spotify, Facebook, and YouTube in near unison on August 6th, 2018. The reasoning: violation…

9 min readAug 7, 2018

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Silicon Valley Adopts Chinese Censorship Tactics

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No, Shanghai Isn’t The Next Silicon Valley — Watch Shenzhen & Beijing Instead

There’s this article that’s been flying around lately: “Why Shanghai is the next Silicon Valley — and why you should care”

20 min readSep 26, 2017

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No, Shanghai Isn’t The Next Silicon Valley — Watch Shenzhen & Beijing Instead

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Snapchat Should Be Leading Mobile Payments in the US

Mobile payments are happening in the US, but it’s nothing like China. You got your Venmo, your PayPal, your Apple Pay, but this is all…

7 min readSep 9, 2017

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Snapchat Should Be Leading Mobile Payments in the US

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YouTube Demonetizing China’s Biggest Vloggers

I’m in a WeChat group with a lot of the foreign social media talent that’s based in China. This includes a number of YouTubers who…

4 min readAug 18, 2017

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YouTube Demonetizing China’s Biggest Vloggers

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How Twitter Can Grow Its User Base

I saw yet another article today pointing fingers at Twitter on how it isn’t growing users and that stocks are suffering as a result. Been…

3 min readJul 27, 2017

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How Twitter Can Grow Its User Base

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30-Second Video View Costs on Facebook vs. YouTube

The not-so-shocking tale on why Facebook video advertising is way overrated.

5 min readMay 19, 2017

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Facebook & Reddit Advertising: The New Magazine Print Ad

I like magazines, but I don’t bother paying for them anymore. Whenever I’m in an airport or bookstore in the US, I’ll always browse the…

4 min readSep 2, 2016

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Facebook & Reddit Advertising: The New Magazine Print Ad

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nateybakes

nateybakes

Marketer & Brand Strategist • Lived 12 years in China and just moved to Austin, TX • Providing marketing services: https://www.ad-elixir.com/

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