Monday, November 26, 2007

John & Terrence at the Great Wall-- And It's Still Standing

Well, John and Terrence made it to the Great Wall of China (as evidenced by the photos below).

Oddly enough, it was still standing after they left.

 

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Thursday, November 08, 2007

Part Three of the John & Terrence China Tour

Apparently, John and Terrence feel like they can actually take a break in their travels and eat.

Here we see them dining at one of the best Sichuan restaurants in Shangshi.

What, you expected them to find a McDonalds in Shangshi?

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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

John & Terrence-- Still Wandering China

John and Terrence are on the move, and are now in mainland China at the city of Shenzhen. They'll be meeting with some of those companies I told you about yesterday.

In the meantime, here's a shot of them on their flight--

John and Terrence on a plane

Look like a couple of trouble makers to me.

And this is the view from the limo they were riding in last night (hey, I admit you can't see much. Work with me, okay?))--

View from the limo

 

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Monday, November 05, 2007

John and Terrence's Excellent (Chinese) Adventure

As I write this, John and Terrence are somewhere in Taipai, having arrived in Hong Kong over the weekend and now having moved onto Taipai. They will be meeting with representatives of several well known companies, including a consuemr goods/baby care products company, a leading luxury car maker and a maker of a popular sauce that my daughter happens to love.

They'll soon be moving on to meet other clients and propsecitive clients, but for now, they're staying in a hotel in Taipei that gives them an excellent view of the world's tallest inhabited building. In researching "world's tallest buildings," I discovered that there is a dispute as to what defines a building vs. a structure.

For now, it's safe to say that Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan is the tallest inhabited structure.

Take a look for yourself in this photo John took--

 

 

 

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

The Party's Over...

... and Terrence leaves for China tomorrow.

His going away party was a success, particularly since some former Zunchers stopped by to help celebrate and to wish him good luck.

In just a few days, Terrence will be back in China, although he won't be alone for long. John Sanchez, our CEO, will be joining him there this weekend and the two of them will begin a whirlwind tour that has them crisscrossing China to meet with clients and prospective clients throughout the country.

Their journey begins in Hong Kong early next week, and we'll give you daily updates on their trip, hopefully including a few photos now-and-then.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Terrence on the Road Again-- For a Long Time

Terrence Ou, our expert on China, is about to hit the road again for China. Only this time, he's going to be gone for a long, long time.

You see, China is proving to be a major source of potential business and many Chinese businesses prefer being able to have face-to-face meetings to e-mails and long distance phone calls.

And after his recent book signing tour and stint promoting Zunch in China, it just made sense that Terrence should move to China (Beijing to be exact) and operate from there. Besides, Terrrence has wanted to relocate to China for some time, so it's not like we had to twist his arm to get him to do it.

So soon, when you see Terrence's posts both here and on the Zunch China blog, they'll be originating from China, rather than the home office in Dallas.

And tonight we're throwing a going away party for Terrence as his send off for the Far East. Should be a fun time for all.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Upcoming Announcement Regarding Zunch China

While we can't quite spill the beans yet, we've got some major announcements upcoming regarding Zunch China.

As you know, Terrence recently returned from there. We're finalizing a few details now, so watch for the announcement in the coming week.

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Monday, October 08, 2007

He's Back! Terrence is in the Building

Hey, Terrence just walked in the door. Fresh off a very long flight home from China.

And he comes bearing gifts. He just handed me a copy of his book, SEO Unlocked, and a hand fan.

I'm guessing the fan is for my wife and kids. Make that my wife, the fan is really cool and my kids would probably manage to tear it up in less than 24 hours.

After he settles in and shares some details of his trip, I'll update you on how things are going in China.

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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

America's First Look at "SEO Unlocked"

Hey, I just realized that our state-side readers, both of them, porbably haven't seen Terrence's hot seller-- "SEO Unlocked."

So here's your first look. Unless you're fluent in Mandarin, I kind of doubt you'll understand most of it--

 

SEO 战略

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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Where's Terrence?

Terrence, our man in China, is quietly preparing for his return to the US. In the meantime, he's been visting with Chinese businesses, introducing them to Zunch, and probably offering to sell them a copy of his book SEO Unlocked..

I'm not sure if there's a Chinese version of the business book best seller list, but if there is, I'm betting Terrence's book is on it.

We'll get a full update from Terrence upon his return.

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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

What's Going On Here?

Boy, send a guy out to promote his book and visit with Zunch clients in China and what happens...?

Not sure what'd up with Terrence in the below photo, but we may want to hide this post from his wife. I never knew the guy was such a lady's man.

 

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

American Sports, China Heat

In China, there's one thing that is hotter than SEO. It is NBA! Thanks to the joint effort of David Stern and Yao Ming, China is now a big country of NBA. Terrence walked through the most bustling street of Beijing in Wangfujing area tonight and saw the evidence of NBA's influence in Chinese economy and culture.

Priced at RMB520, which is $69 in USD, Yao Ming and TMAC's jerseys are displayed in Adidas Store. MVP Steve Nash is in the window of Nike Store. Frequently, Terrence saw young guys wear jerseys of Lakers and Kings. That's nothing odd here - Yao Ming is inviting eight NBA stars to play in China on September 10 for a charity event. Players such Steve Nash and Camelo Anthony have promised to be here!

 

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Monday, August 27, 2007

Terrence-- a Hit in China

Zunch's much anticipated and long awaited SEO seminar in Beijing took place Saturday, and  Zunch China’s president Terrence Ou was a hit with the audience.

The one-day seminar, titled “Third Generation Web Development & Unlocking the Potential of Search Engine Optimization” (hey, Terrence likes a long title, okay?), attracted more than 200 attendees from a wide array of China's leading eCommerce site owners and managers. The audience attendees included representatives from China Net, the number one Chinese Internet Service Provider.

Attendees had the opportunity to learn the latest in Web development concepts and the search engine optimization (SEO) technology offered by Zunch.

“The seminar was very well-organized and Teacher Ou delivered his message with great energy and charm,” said General Manager Guo Li of China Publishing House of Electronics Industry, the primary organizer of the event.

 Post-seminar surveys indicated attendees were extremely satisfied with the information offered and enjoyed and appreciated Terrence's presentation. A number of students indicated that they wished the seminar had been extended into a two day long event.  

In addition to Terrence, Zunch China SEO specialists Bill Shi and Penny Wang also spoke to attendees about their knowledge and experience in performing SEO.

The audience was also impressed by Zunch China’s leadership the search engine optimization industry and indicated they looked forward to working with Zunch in the near future.

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Terrence Has Left the Building

Zunch's own Terrence Ou has left the building and is heading East.

Far East to be exact.

Terrence is headed to China where he'll attend a conference to promote his book, SEO Unlocked, discuss search engine optimization with over 100 Chinese business leaders and meet with current Zunch China clients as well as a few prospects.

So we won't be seeing Terrence hanging around our hallways for the next 30 days.

We'll keep you posted on details as Terrence sends them back.

For the time being, he's settling in for a very, very long flight.

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Monday, August 06, 2007

Zunch China President Terrence Ou to Present SEO Seminar in Beijing

Zunch has partnered with major Chinese IT and Internet leaders to present a search engine marketing seminar in Beijing.

Zunch China President Terrence Ou will be speaking to more than one hundred Chinese business leaders on the latest in search engine optimization (SEO) technology and techniques, explaining how SEO can be pursued to promote their businesses domestically and overseas.

The seminar comes on the heels of the May 2007 publication of Terrence's new book "SEO Unlocked." Written in Chinese, Terrence's book offers an in-depth explanation of SEO theory and practice and the use of search engines in marketing. 

The seminar will be held on Saturday, August 25, 2007 in the multi-functional hall of Beijing Publishing House of Electronics Industry, a leader in IT book publishing.

The official Website for the seminar is in Chinese at www.sinoit.org.cn. The book may be purchased online at www.seoshu.com.

Terrence's appearance in Beijing is another significant event for Zunch Worldwide, Inc. and Zunch China, Inc., demonstrating Zunch's leadership in exporting U.S. Internet marketing technology to serve Chinese ecommerce.

According to Michael Ruan, iResearch's Vice President of Technology & Research, Terrence's seminar is a "timely rain to the drought of Chinese Internet business."

Zunch China CEO John Sanchez notes, "Zunch's mission is to provide Chinese businesses with all the advantages that  Western business enjoys as a result of search engine optimization and marketing. We offer Chinese businesses the best  and most effective technology available in SEO."

iResearch, the leading Chinese Internet research guru, 800CRM, China's leading CRM software maker, and Zunch's own Shanghai Yueming Technology, Ltd. are the major sponsors of this event. Zunch has had a presence in China since 2005, and currently serves clients in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.

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Friday, June 29, 2007

Zunch Expands Business to Taiwan

A world-famous soy sauce company based in Taiwan has agreed to have Zunch market their business online in Asia-Pacific rim.

With this service agreement, Zunch has successfully entered the Taiwan market. It is another significant progress for Zunch's expansion to overseas, especially the booming China and Asia.

Terrence Ou who's in charge of Zunch APAC business development visited Taipei in 2006 and offered two speeches to top companies in Taiwan.

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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Terrence Ou's SEO Book Published in China

Zunch SEO specialist Terrence Ou has recently got his SEO book, Unlock SEO: Search Engine Optimization and Successful Website Strategy published in Beijing, China. This is the first time ever that an American SEO specialist receives such an honor.

This book has been endorsed by John Sanchez, CEO of Zunch and a dozen of leaders in China's IT business.

The book has a companion site in Chinese at www.seoshu.com, designed by Zunch China Yueming Technology Ltd.

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

Zunch Expands to China

Zunch China, Inc., http://www.zunch.cn, a leading search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) services provider, continues to expand its presence in China and has recently added eighteen new Mainland China clients from a range of businesses including real estate, career search, B2B foreign trade, and manufacturers.

Additionally, Shanghai Yueming Technology Ltd., a Shanghai-based Web development company has agreed to join forces with Zunch China to provide quality service to American and Chinese clients with Zunch standards.

Author and search engine marketing expert Terrence Ou, President and COO of Zunch China, stated, "Through our earlier efforts in China, we've established that we are a company that can get results for Chinese companies marketing services to other countries. As a result, we are entering into agreements with an increasing number of businesses based in China.

"With the Olympics coming to China in 2008, many Chinese businesses want to establish a presence on the Web that will allow them to market their services to English-speaking visitors and countries. Zunch China is the perfect vehicle for them to do so. We've built Zunch China to offer our Chinese clients a distinct advantage in reaching the global marketplace, and our clients are seeing positive results."

Added John G. Sanchez, CEO of Zunch China, "We're spent several years establishing a presence in China. It's important to the Chinese business community to know that we are a company that wants to be a part of China's eCommerce development and that we will be establishing our Chinese headquarters in Beijing in the near future. We want to make sure that when a business in China retains us, they know they are partnering with a company that can deliver on its promises."

Zunch is becoming a power in serving Chinese eCommerce market. Supported powerfully by Zunch's connection to China's key players in China IT industry, Zunch is moving forward to the East and leave many competitors domestically and internationally far behind. Zunch is becoming a power in serving Chinese eCommerce market. Supported powerfully by Zunch's connection to China's key players in China IT industry, Zunch is moving forward to the East and leave many competitors domestically and internationally way far behind.

According to Terrence, a Chinese native, doing business in China is quite different from developing a market in the U.S. Technology advantage is the key, of course. However, that won't secure a contract. Relation talks! Culture plays! Zunch has established solid relations at higher level of decision-making in China's information technology, which bless the growth of Zunch service in this huge market.

About Zunch China, Inc.
Zunch China, Inc. is a search-centric, technology driven full-service Web presence management company that helps China-based businesses realize their online potential by employing proven and ethical online solutions and techniques that deliver the highest ROI. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Zunch China provides integrated interactive solutions that include search engine optimization, paid search marketing, mobile search marketing, website design, viral marketing and development and website analytics. Zunch China also specializes in click fraud detection, localization and globalization services, blog marketing and interactive public relations. For more information, please visit http://www.zunch.cn or http://www.zunch.com/china_seo.cfm.

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Friday, February 23, 2007

Even the Chinese Government Loves Zunch

Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, a department of Beijing Municipal Government, recently agreed that it will acquire Zunch’s search engine optimization (SEO) services to optimize their Chinese and English sites once the sites are available in approximately three months.

In early December 2006, Zunch’s own Terrence Ou was invited to visit the Bureau’s Information Center to discuss the needs of the Bureau and demonstrate the Zunch could provide solutions for the Bureau’s needs.

The Center’s director, Sam Xu, later wrote to Terrence-- “We are very impressed with Zunch’s superior experience in helping many companies promote an online presence. Although we are not a for-profit organization, we also need traffic from our target audience to visit us, especially when it is only 20 months away from the opening of 2008 Beijing Olympics.”

Wow! I totally forgot about the fast approaching 2008 Summer Olympics.

 With the approach of this event, the Chinese government is developing more English-language sites to serve foreign visitors to the country. And that development has created another good opportunity for Zunch to get involved in the rapidly growing country.

Terrance has been a very busy guy, meeting with a number of potential Chinese clients and introducing them to Zunch.

Recently, Terrance sold our SEO services to a data recovery agent in Guangzhou.

Next week, a large Chinese real estate company will be in talks with  Zunch regarding developing their interactive Buy-and-Sell Website.

And a Beijing-based career search engine is also in the middle of reaching an agreement for SEO services.

 Yeah, Terrance has been a very busy guy. And his books not even out yet. Once the book is in circulation, I doubt Terrance will be allowed to sleep for more than 30 minutes a day.

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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

The Sun Rises in the East, and China is a New Horizon for Zunch

Zunchers have a new resolution for 2007—continue to establish and build upon the success of Zunch China.

And that’s not just because of Terrence Ou, Zunch’s resident “Man from China,” although he certainly has allowed Zunch to go where few others have gone before.

No, Zunchers are excited about China because of its amazing growth and the opportunities there for e-commerce development.

Terrence recently spent 50 days visiting Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Taipei. The highlight of the trip presented Terrence with the opportunity to meet with Zunch’s largest client in ChinaYaphon.com, one of China’s fastest growing B2B online import-export marketplaces.

Yaphon CEO Michael Zheng, a business leader at the forefront of online marketing, believes China is full of potential for Yaphon’s business because of the ever increasing number of  companies selling products globally. And Mr. Zheng sees Zunch’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) capabilities to be his company’s best solution for their online marketing efforts, all within a controllable and affordable budget.

 Ask Terrence about his trip and he can’t begin to add up the hours he spent speaking to representatives of numerous internationally-known companies in both mainland China and Taiwan. Terrence, the author of a forthcoming book on search engine marketing and strategy to be published in Chinese, gave a number of speeches at these companies, and was frequently swamped with questions afterward in Q&A sessions.

 These sessions were so successful that Terrence’s publisher, Broadview, plans to invite Terrence and Zunch CEO John Sanchez to chair a series of seminars and conferences on search marketing in China later this year. We’ll keep you posted on the exact dates.

 As Terrence has noted, “The Sun rises in the East, and China presents a new horizon for Zunch Worldwide.”

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Friday, October 20, 2006

Zunch Interactive Service Expands to China

Zunch’s recent efforts in expanding business to the World’s second largest Internet market has resulted in an agreement for Interactive marketing services between Zunch and Yaphon.com, one of China’s largest IT firms.  
 
Yaphon, a Beijing-based IT firm whose parent company is listed on NASDAQ [stock symbol: NINE], is a leader in providing services which connect buyers and suppliers of goods in the international marketplace. 
 
The Zunch team is excited about the opportunity to increase awareness of the Chinese company’s unique Total Quality Service (TQS) system and the services it provides to its customers. Terrence Ou, Zunch’s head of Asia-Pacific services will be in China soon to offer on-site consultation to Yaphon.

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Monday, September 18, 2006

Chinese Search Engine Survey Pinpoints Opportunities

The 2006 CIC China Search Engine Market Survey Report has just been released and it shows that Baidu's market share has increased dramatically in the year by taking up 60% of the market share in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Google's market share has declined by more than 10% compared with the same period of last year.

The 2006 CIC China Search Engine Market Survey Report was completed by the newly established Beijing Zhengwang Consulting Company, whose founder and chief analyst Lv Bowang oversaw the survey himself.

The survey results shows that Baidu's market share in those three cities has increased by 13-14% in 2006. In particular, it has taken about 80% of the market in Beijing where college students are the main source of its users, despite that the non-college student users in Beijing are also on the increase. In comparison, Google only occupies about 20.6% of the market share in Beijing, a drop of 12% compared with the year before.

On the Beijing search engine market, Yahoo is another search giant besides Baidu that has seen a rising market share, although its 3721 service is contributing less and less to the company's search service.

Also different from the previous year, the shares of Sohu and Sogou, which previously had good momentum, have declined in the three major cities.

-from iResearch TechNews at http://english.iresearch.com.cn/html/search_engine/detail_news_id_7522.html

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Friday, June 16, 2006

Research Reveals Search Engines Are Top Marketing Tools In China

Use Top Three Market Penetration Tools of Search Engines, IM and Email to Enter China Market

By Catherine Zhang, Overseas Dept. at iResearch Inc., Shanghai, China

In iResearch’s recently issued 2006 China Online Economy Research Report, according to the user statistics of Internet segment markets, the penetration rate of search engines, instant messenger and email is the highest of all and takes 87.4 percent, 83.8 percent and 79.3 percent of Internet users in China representatively in 2005. The emerging Internet services such as blogging and online magazine have accumulated a considerable amount of users.

iResearch estimates that the number of Internet users in China will exceed 130 million in 2006 with a increase of 18 percent year on year. The compound growth rate is expected to be 10 percent in the next five years and the number of Internet users will rise to 232 million. The number of China's Internet users has access to the fresh period of rapid, sustained and stable development. With the increase of the number of Internet users, the number of Internet application services target clients and usage users is increasing significantly.

The huge number of Internet users in China is not only promoting Internet traffic and advertising efficiency, but is also transforming the increase of Internet user amount to the growth of industry revenues in Internet industries that rely on the payment of individual users. This is a simple rule for online game, online travel booing and C2C ecommerce. If user penetration rate reached a certain level, Internet enterprises will gradually face the trial of user satisfaction, user loyalty and other product proof. The core of competition will transform and enhance the level of user experience.


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Thursday, June 01, 2006

How Search Engine Marketing Provides a Gateway to the Chinese Market

With China having the second largest number of Internet users in the world, search engine marketing is becoming an essential tool for businesses to succeed in China. As more people search commercial information on the Internet, any American business that is eyeing Chinese consumers must establish its online presence in the Chinese language and adopt search engine marketing strategies throughout Chinese search engines and online media. A definite art of international marketing has emerged, yet many American exporters are still unaware of it.
 
Traditionally, most U.S. companies would not start building a corporate Website in the Chinese language until they are forced to by the market. Some companies wouldn’t even do it unless they have established an office in the country.  Strategically, this has created a “jet lag” for these companies to face their target customers. The delay in establishing a relationship with Chinese customers over the Internet can significantly slow down the pace to tap into the market. Pushing a Chinese Website live before flying to China will enhance a company’s creditability to Chinese business partners as well as allow the company to receive more hospitality from potential customers. Internet marketing must be integrated into the overall China strategy for U.S. exporters. This is even more vital to the success for small and medium U.S. businesses.
 
However, owning a Chinese Website does not automatically guarantee that Chinese consumers will find information about a company’s products, technology or brand. Search engine optimization (SEO) is a necessary process that gives a Website a higher placement on Chinese search engines like Baidu, Google and Yahoo.  This process helps to drive fresh target customers to a site. A Website can be indexed by search engines and receive top rankings on search results under important Chinese keywords about a business, through optimized site structure, content, linking and many other internal and external factors. This will drive pre-qualified potential customers and business partners to a Website and maybe they will even contact the business before it can send a delegation to China.
 
There are four major types of benefits to marketing a Chinese Website. First, there is direct contact from the Chinese market. This will help a business better customize its products or services and assessing its competitiveness. The second benefit is to have the opportunity to begin networking with customers and partners before meeting them. This allows a company to understand whom to target and whom to cooperate with. Third, a brand receives initial attention make its way into China. This makes the process easier because the consumer is already informed and become knowledgeable of the product or service. Lastly, search engine marketing is the most affordable way to advertise for small and medium U.S. companies.

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Monday, April 17, 2006

Google's Official Chinese Name

Don't be surprised! Google's Chinese name-- their official Chinese brand does not really tell their business! As a Chinese national, I must shake my head about it. Come on, Google! You've upset your fans in China.

"谷歌" - Google's Chinese name that has just been announced aroused much more criticism than praise from blogs and forums throughout China's Internet. The deadly explanation of 谷歌 simply indicate that Google is not a creation of information technology, rather, a pre-industrial antique. 谷歌 -- can be interpreted as "Song of Harvest," which is actually what Google's Chinese marketing staff claimed. They wanted to express that a searcher will get very rich search results by using Google.  When hearing Google, very few people can immediately write in Chinese as 谷歌.

Google, as suggested by many fans in China, should ask for the public to nominate Chinese translations for a good name, and use this process as a marketing solution to make Google better known. However, obviously, Google China did not make this happen. That is really a pity!

Yahoo and Baidu should be the happiest men to see 谷歌.

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Monday, February 27, 2006

Zunch to Help U.S. Businesses Tap into Chinese Market

Our very own Terrence Ou had the grand opportunity to attend a breakfast with Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dr. David A. Sampson on Friday. 

The Dallas-native returned home for a discussion with Dallas businesses about Bush’s American Competitiveness Initiative—which encourages American innovation and the strengthening our nation’s ability to compete in the global economy. 

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Sampson said the key to surviving in the global competition is to export to India and China.  That’s right—China.  Zunch is already the leading U.S. search engine marketing company in China and continues to gain a great reputation for technology advancement as well as professionalism. 

The Department of Commerce as well as the Consulate General in Shanghai have both been in talks with Terrence.  It is gratifying to know that the Department of Commerce believes that Zunch can provide the U.S. Commercial Service with an search engine marketing solution that is essential for every U.S. business trying to tap into the Chinese market.

We do.

 

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Zunch's China Adventure

Since Zunch's presence at Ad-Tech Shanghai in November last year, Zunch has become the name of search engine optimization in China. There is a lot of expectations of Zunch's eventual business operation in China from industry peers and from companies thirsty about search engine marketing. According to Laura, marketing manager of iResearch, China's leading search marketing information consulting site, Zunch is the search engine optimization industry leader in China, not just a business to provide quality SEO services, but an organization whose duty is to set up the industry standard of SEO practice in this second largest Internet market in the world.

Localization is the key for every U.S. business who is interested in entering China market. SEO is of no exception. Zunch has made tremendous efforts to get ready to play the ball, a lengthy and highly labor-intensive procedure that no other SEO firm can imagine

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Friday, January 27, 2006

Happy New Year of Dog!

Zunch, the only American interactive marketing firm who has built ties to China, is now celebrating Chinese New Year of Dog. The year of 2005 marked Zunch's initial march into China's huge Internet market. The new year of 2006 will see Zunch's firm establishment of her China presence.

The China Internet market reacted Zunch's involvement with warm welcome while with a little worry. Recently, my colleague Robin, our SEO specialist in China, found a very interesting post on some Chinese blog sites and online magazine. It is about Zunch's entering into China. Below is my rough translation (Please excuse any error in English. The original was posted on our Chinese blog at http://blog.zunch.cn). Enjoy!

Top SEO Firm Entering China, Chinese SEO Industry Speeds Up

from: http://www.ccwonline.com.cn/content.aspx?did=394564
and http://blog.donews.com/jdwo/archive/2006/01/11/690800.aspx

Everybody who watches SEO should know during this time,  that a highly-repuated SEO company in the U.S. will enter China in March with high sound/tone. Now they are in the middle of preparation and building up their momentum.

That is Zunch. From their Chinese website, we found their service model and ideas are similar to those of our local quality SEO company’s.

This company, while entering China, has brought in and sponsored SES-Nanjing.  The SES is the top search marketing conference ever held in China. Earlier, they sponsored Shanghai AD-TECH.

From their high tone, we can see that Zunch’s entering China will have significant impact on Chinese SEO industry and even to the entire search marketing industry. Zunch’s involvement will directly promote Chinese SEO to a new level up, and greatly increase the influence of SEO in China.

First, Zunch will announce a new generation of web marketing solution – clients are not just give out money for advertising, but also can know whether their investment will achieve anything and where to invest. Internet marketing companies should not just sell advertising products, but should use their technology to help clients how to analyze and position themselves in the market. For example, existing Baidu and Google agents only sell their products, but SEO firms are spending more energy in Internet marketing theories and practice.

Meanwhile, Zunch’s entering China has also directly brought Chinese SEO into global SEO business and Zunch will bring foreign countries’ experience into China. If we can say that in the past, many companies said SEO was just playing tricks rather than a legitimate industry, now, Zunch’s coming to China has made many clients directly feel that SEO does exist!

Of course, in the meantime, Zunch’s coming to China has greatly encouraged Chinese SEO companies, giving them great confidence about their business. Previously, small investors and small SEO firms were very hesitant and lacking of confidence, now they should focus on how to find opportunities and profit models.

For those who have made their minds to be the leaders of second generation search marketing, Zunch’s involvement has made the competition much more severe. They will have to face the music (of Zunch) and learn how to “dance with a wolf”* while lacking capital investment. From what Zunch is hiring, most Chinese SEO companies can’t work with only one or two key specialists. This model will face great challenge ever. For Chinese SEO firms who do not have brand reputation, it is very difficult to compete against Zunch, because they want to train SEO specialist but they are also afraid of losing them afterwards – the specialists they have trained may become their competitors in the future.

Since last year, Chinese SEO is moving to a few highly-advantaged firms and many small workshops or garbage companies have gone to history. From now on, from the competition against companies like Zunch who has great international background, China will finally have her own SEO and search marketing companies of great brands.

China’s SEO business must break through in 2006, so that they can have the way to cope with foreign competition. On the other hand, Zunch and other foreign interactive marketing companies will have to pay something to be able to adjust to the Chinese market.

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*Dance with A Wolf:
When foreign business enters into China, Chinese local business is facing geat challenges. In such a tipical situation of sever competition and challenge, Chinese business has to face the music. They treat foreign competitors as "wolves" and compete against them in a way of "dancing with wolves." This has been extremely true since China entered WTO and is forced to comply with WTO's standards of opening the market. To Chinese local internet marketing companies, Zunch is a "wolf."

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Interview by an Australian E-business writer in Shanghai

Our Chinese toll free line just works so well in China. Not only interested clients dial the number,  but our partners in China have found a great way to get hold of Zunch before we set up our China office. Monday night, an Australian media writer residing in Shanghai grabbed the phone, punched in the number and reached me. Lindsay, a writer for EuroBiz and Shanghai Business Review, interviewed me about search engine marketing in China and the role Zunch will play in that huge search market. The main issue throughout the interview, is how search engine marketing can help foreign business tap into China.

The interview was about 40 minutes. We have also agreed to meet in Shanghai soon in March for more discussions. And this time, she'll be interviewing Mr. John Sanchez, CEO of Zunch Communications.

 

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Friday, January 20, 2006

Zunch Leads the Way in China

I read a surprising article today that stated Google is the top-rated search engine in China.  Google outperformed Baidu, Sohu/Sogou and Alibaba/Yahoo in 11 of the 13 factors that were measured.  Astonishing- to say the very least.

According to the study, which was conducted by Keynote Systems, the most important “impact drivers” for Chinese searches are general search quality, home page design and image search quality.  Does that not have Zunch written all over it or what?  These findings validate the many reasons why Zunch packages its search engine optimization services, products and Interactive marketing skills in the booming Chinese market. Last year, we launched our Zunch Chinese language Website (thanks to our very own Terrence Ou) that has been very well received in the country.  The Zunch team also created the first Chinese search-friendly Content Management System as well as maintains an office in Shanghai. You want global, we’ll give you global.

Let’s get back to Terrence.  Terrence has been doing some wonderful things in China.  He has been spreading the news about Zunch’s amazing search engine optimization technology and services and just recently signed our newest client—one of the top 20 law firms in China.  Nice job T! 

With Google leading the way in China-- this places Zunch in a position to execute at a much higher level.  We’ve been increasing our client’s ranking on Google for years— and now with China users conducting an overwhelming number of searches on the site, there’s no limit to what Zunch can--or better yet--will do for international and Chinese companies wanting to do business in China as well as Chinese companies wanting to do business outside of China.

As Chinese businesses aim to increase their online presence, they can count on Zunch to provide the tools and services they need to market effectively.

Stay in the loop of what Zunch is doing in the Chinese market by checking out Terrence’s experiences at http://www.zunchina.blogspot.com.  My fellow Zuncher is doing some really cool things.

Ahhhh…an international sip of Zunch.  Now that’s refreshing.

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Thursday, December 15, 2005

Terrence Ou is a Busy Man, Brings on More Zunch Employees

Our own Terrence Ou, APAC Director of Business Development for Zunch, has been a busy guy since he left for China a month ago. He's brought on several new employees (welcome Luke and Andy!) and signed on Zunch's first Chinese clients all in a matter of a few weeks.

To read Terrence's latest update, head over to the Zunchina blog. Keep up the good work Terrence!

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