Successful Shenzhen Ecommerce Meetup #5 – Mobile Theme

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jun 18 2011 | Comments (0)
As I’ve been saying, doing tons of networking these days….I do enjoy it the most, its like link building people…and connecting people to add value to society does give me that sense of fulfillment. This saturday was our 5th Shenzhen ecommerce...

China Continues to Develop Its Marketing + Product Management

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 26 2011 | Comments (2)
Speaking to my friend Fion at Timev, the Xiamen China SEO company that organizes various internet meetups in China, she helped translate my Social Media presentation in Xiamen. I have been in touch with her on weibo (Chinese twitter) and its great she is explaining...

Interviewed on Chinese Television, CCTV, Foreigners in China

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 23 2011 | Comments (3)
Life is the path you make it…and when people ask me how I get myself into certain situations….its such a long string of events….networking, knowing people, as well as being in the right place at the right time. James Sung, my friend in Shenzhen...

Launching New Chinese Ecommerce Shop – CashnCarry.cn

Posted by mike | Apr 05 2011 | Comments (6)
After months of preparation, last week we launched cash n carry Chinese shopping cart to sell the products in our fiveislands ecommerce center. It’s exciting to see it come alive…I am working mostly on helping foreigners enter the Chinese market, via this...

Differences in Internet Marketing in China vs. America

Posted by Michael Michelini | Mar 28 2011 | Comments (0)
Recently got an email from a NY times reporter doing research on the Chinese internet space…and yea, while giving free reply and probably no reply or a thank you, I thought I would share and expand on the questions I received and answered in the email. 1)...

Speaking About English Social Media, In China

Posted by Michael Michelini | Mar 26 2011 | Comments (5)
At this years’s biggest Chinese SEO fair I just spoke about optimizing English social media channels (SNS) which I worried about, as we all know, Chinese government has been blocking these websites, so about 80% of my topic cannot be accessed by my audience,...

Groupon Coming Fast Into the Chinese Market, will it succeed?

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jan 17 2011 | Comments (2)
Yet another foreigner coming to China to make quick money in the biggest population internet users! To give you readers the background story, I think many of us in the internet world hear about Google trying to buy Groupon last month for like 6 billion US dollars...

Successful First Shenzhen Ecommerce Meetup

Posted by Michael Michelini | Jan 16 2011 | Comments (8)
I am getting on a roll making these meetups in all the cities I am traveling. Seems to be building on itself, but I have to say, I get more interested people to meet about business when I am in China. Seems this is where the most densely populated area of people,...

Chinese Internet Filtering Holding Back Innovation?

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 27 2010 | Comments (6)
Just like we say, its about who we surround ourselves with. Spending a few days talking to friends in Shenzhen China and I realize most are not on top of the newest internet technologies….and I can’t blame them….its so hard being in China when the government...

Back in China, Back Behind the GREAT FIREWALL

Posted by Michael Michelini | Nov 13 2010 | Comments (0)
Been back in China a little over a day now….catching up with jetlag and all this travel. California really wore me out…up and down the coast of Southern Cali. But really….it feels good to be back in China, seeing friends and businesses. Shenzhen...

Playing both sides of USA and China Internet

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 26 2010 | Comments (9)
Had dinner tonight with a couple guys from Paypal China, while here in Shanghai.  I am talking to them about payment processing, merchant accounts, IPs in different countries.  First of all, CHINA IS GREAT in the fact that I go to a Paypal office, can meet a...

Shanghai Travel Make Me Realize

Posted by mike | May 19 2010 | Comments (20)
I guess I am getting too confident on my chinese traveling skills, hit a bunch of speed bumps last night….I tried saving money to shanghai and booked a night flight leaving around 10:30pm.  And of course, like normal, there was a flight delay – for...

Can Google Save Face In China?

Posted by Michael Michelini | Mar 14 2010 | Comments (7)
I have personally been wondering what is going on with the Google vs. China government.  My friends are asking me the latest, but its really quiet….there was tons of news on it, back and forth with the Chinese government,  news press releases, and other...

If Chinese Scientists Lose Google, Its Like Going Blind

Posted by Michael Michelini | Feb 25 2010 | Comments (1)
Had to post this…..its amazing……will Google really leave China  ?  The news I’ve been reading it is highly unlikely.  But the news loves hearing about the battle between Chinese government and Google.  Almost wondering – is it...

will google buzz fizzle in china?

Posted by Michael Michelini | Feb 11 2010 | Comments (0)
Google has just released google buzz, a twitter like platform that is integrated into your gmail account – so your “buzz” from friends and followers comes through as a folder in your email box. This is all cool stuff, but from the matter of the current...

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