7 Digital Marketing Challenges for Global Expansion

If your business can help them solve those challenges, you might find new growth opportunities.

Stephen Tseng
June 30, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

Dminorstudio Newsletter

June 30th, 2024

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⭐ My Daily Post

📖 Deep Dive - 7 digital marketing challenges for Chinese B2B companies to go overseas

I saw those challenges repeatedly when I worked with Chinese B2B companies.

If your business can help them solve those challenges, you might find new growth opportunities.

Top 7 digital marketing challenges for Chinese B2B companies to go overseas.

Don’t understand the internet ecosystem outside China

Most Chinese B2B companies are unfamiliar with the internet environment outside China’s firewall.
Not familiar with business communication channels

In China, most business online communication happens on WeChat.

People might use email, text messages, different messaging apps, video apps, and more outside China.
Not get used to more fragmented online channels

In China, B2B companies just need to focus on fewer digital marketing channels, e.g., WeChat, Baidu, or Weibo.

Outside China, there are many more channels to consider, e.g., Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Different user behaviors

In China, users value convenience more and mix personal & professional life online.

People might value privacy more outside China and separate personal life from professional life online.
Current product/service positioning is not working

What works in China might not work outside China.

They might need to have a new value proposition and target audience.
Have too much data to analyze

The internet has more transparency outside China.

This means that there is much more data from the internet to analyze.

Don’t understand online tools/systems outside of China

Due to China’s unique internet environment, online tools may only work within the country’s internet ecosystem.

When Chinese companies go overseas, they need to relearn the new tools and systems that work outside China.

🧙‍♂️ My Picks

How B2B Marketers Can Leverage Emotional Marketing — B2B marketing is usually very problem-solution-driven. We often forget how emotions affect our decision-making.
How B2B Marketing Leaders Can Better Measure Success — Marketing is all about ROI now. If we can’t measure it, we probably shouldn’t do it.
What Are B2B Audience Personas — B2B sales is usually orgizational selling. You need to deal with more than one person to close the deal. Having audience personas for different roles will help develop the right message and campaign.

📚 What I Have Watched

Hacks — It is probably the best comedy TV show I have watched this year so far. It is also very inspiring. The show explores an intergenerational friendship and mentorship between a legendary comedian and a young comedian writer, which is a unique and compelling narrative

Before you go: Here are 2 ways I can help

B2B Digital Marketing Solution — We help B2B companies grow business through proven B2B digital marketing approaches.
China B2B Digital Marketing Solution — We use China-specific digital marketing approaches to help B2B companies grow in China market.

Thanks for reading, be cool🧊, and enjoy hot summer☀️!

Stephen Tseng