Got my Sina Weibo Account Verified

And voila on my fourth day of cruising around the Sina Weibo, I've got my account verified. In case you come across http://t.sina.com.cn/adhigoen it is really me :)

How's that for speed? I've been using Twitter almost two years now, I guess I need to wait another couple more years or become a celebrity to get my account verified. Getting your account verified is relatively easy, just go to their dedicated verified page. 

Sina gives verified account to the following:
  • Famous celebrities (of course, what else).
  • Well known or respective figure in the community, guess this is for entrepreneurs or millionaires?
  • Media, publication, journalists and editors.
  • Company or a person representing that company (you may need to present business license or ID that you actually works there).

Two thumbs up or Sina Weibo!

FYI, you need to at least have tweeted... er posted more than 10 original weibo.

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Facebook Fan Page 2.0, Socially Friendly

Last Friday - 11 Feb 2011, Facebook announced new fan page upgrades that has started to roll-out, as usual Facebook has been really busy rolling our more new services, from live commenting, photo browser, etc.

Here are just some of the new FB Fan Page 2.0 features on the surface:
  • First thing, the business page now looks more social friendly, instead of looking like a business now it looks like a friend. So you might as well be friend with the product/service/brand you like. When you navigate as a fan page in Facebook world, the notification bar will pull latest posts, messages and new fans.
  • You can navigate the brave Facebook world and see the news feed from a company perspective.
  • Photos uploaded by you or fans will be displayed now on the top head bar, like your personal profile.
  • Profile picture is now reduced to 180×540 pixels.
  • Tab is now gone and moved to the left side, again like personal profile.
  • You can feature the business owner or page admin profile on the left side, so people will know who is representing the business.
  • Static FBML will also be going away, developers are encouraged to move to iFrame module.
  • You can now comment as a person or a company YAY!
On the back end side of things:
  • Stronger spam fighting going on here, see my last post.
  • Notification send via email when people post on your page, kind of the same thing Hyper Alerts was doing. Although I wish there is a setting for frequency.
  • Add feature like pages, so you can show your partner or separate business from your company that is connected.
  • Finally you can now fix your category if you've previously entered the wrong category.
Here are some of the news and blog posts in regards to Facebook page changes:
Now whether you like it or not, Facebook will be upgrading the Fan Page by March, so marketers get ready, stop complaining and get used to it.

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SMWHK Day 2: Navigating China Social Media Space

I just came back from Hong Kong, attending 1 day of Social Media Week which originated in the US and being brought down to Asia for the first time. One of the event I co-organize is China Social Media which I have to say generated a lot of interest. Aside from highlight of growth potential, people were also asking if any of China major player of SNS like Renren or Sina would go International, so far their reply is that they still have a lot of ground and room to cover within China.  People were also asking in regards to censorship issue, upcoming trends and also Weibo as a mass communication tool in China.

Dr. Gang Lu the moderator posted one overview of the presentation from Meg Lee - General Manager of Sina Hong Kong on "Weibo Is the Mass Communication Platform Beyond the Media". One of the media partner - Smoothweb did a live broadcast via Facebook, I'm hoping it will be available at a later date for offline viewing (will keep you posted on this one when I have the link).

All and all Social Media Week Hong Kong is a groundbreaking success in getting people more involved whether it is for marketer or for community.

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