April 2020 – Social Commerce & Influencer Marketing

CyberProof Inc., a UST Global company, warns of new cybersecurity threats amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Hackers, including cybercriminals and state-sponsored threat actors around the globe, are taking advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak to accelerate their activities and spread their own infections.

YouTube has around two billion monthly users and, according to Brandwatch, 6 out of 10 people now prefer online video platforms instead of LIVE TV. Alone on mobile devices, the Google platform reaches 18 to 49-year-old as news channel and cable television. Users can navigate YouTube in 80 different languages, which covers around 95 percent

Last month, IMDA and SGTech, together with the ICT community in Singapore stepped forward to extend support to businesses impacted by the COVID-19 situation. With the circuit breaker announced by Prime Minister Lee, remote working is now in full swing for the majority of Singaporeans – many of whom are now facing immediate challenges with

Influencer marketing on Instagram is constantly growing and represents by now a significant proportion of the content in the users’ feeds. New opportunities for brands, marketers and influencers are added every day, which not only change the platform itself, but have an impact on how brands will advertise with influencers in the future. We try

It is well known that social media is the perfect way to increase the awareness of brands and products, besides connecting with the right target group. But how can social media engagement and community management be quantified to improve the performance of a service offering?

As the world adapts to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations of all sizes are struggling to manage increased demand while working to keep employees safe. To help navigate these challenges, Genesys, the global leader in cloud customer experience and contact center solutions, has launched a new Rapid Response offer to give any organization free access to

More and more companies, brands and institutions rely on influencer marketing: just think about  George Clooney promoting Nespresso, Beyonce working with Pepsi and Taylor Swift with CocaCola, or Cristiano Renaldo lending his face to various big brands like Nike or even Asia-based Shopee.

Throughout the ages, major extraneous circumstances and calamities have been the key factors that catalyzed rapid innovation, both in society and industry.

For marketers and brands attempting to engage their audience at a time like this, there is no one answer to how consumer behavior has changed since the COVID-19 outbreak. Different people react in different ways, and general observations are no longer actionable.

The digital economy has never been more important than during the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers and businesses across the globe grapple with a digital-only reality. More broadly, as the digital economy continues to evolve, the need to accurately track online prices and actual spending to better understand trends and predict changes across industries and countries