Li Yingying

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    To What Extent Are LinkedIn China’s Relationship Cultivation Strategies Influenced by Guanxi

    August 30, 2016

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    Li Yingying

    I created this section by applying a combination of three approaches: interviews, observation of and user experience on the Chitu app, as well as participation in Chitu’s featured activities. Regarding how Guanxi influences Chitu’s relationship cultivation strategy, there are several important discoveries that are worth noticing:  


    Making Use of Reciprocity in Guanxi Cultur...

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    How Does LinkedIn China Employ Relationship Cultivation Strategies in Communicating with Its Most Important Group of Stakeholders

    August 30, 2016

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    Li Yingying

    As analyzed above, the most important stakeholders for Chitu are those consumers, who comprise the largest population of users, and as well, because of their huge numbers, they are a significant source of revenue and profit, without which Chitu, or any other business can survive. Noticeably, Chitu’s public relations personnel cooperate actively and closely with its marketin...

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    On Which Chinese Stakeholders Has LinkedIn China (Chitu) Focused Its Communication and Relationship-building Efforts

    August 30, 2016

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    Li Yingying

    It became clear during the interviews and document analysis that Chitu is a type of mobile internet product created by LinkedIn China to meet the demands of the developing business world. Among many other factors that establish its positive and long-term development strategies, maintaining good relationships with two key groups of stakeholders—employees and users has been v...

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    With Which Chinese Stakeholders Does LinkedIn China Cultivate Relationships

    August 30, 2016

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    Li Yingying

    Although LinkedIn, a social networking giant is a well-recognized brand worldwide, it has encountered potentially daunting challenges doing business in the Chinese market because of the fact that many foreign internet companies had failed. From its very inception, LinkedIn China and Chitu have been enthusiastically developing creative and strategic ways to cultivate relatio...

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    “Guanxi” and Stakeholder Relationship Management in China

    August 30, 2016

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    Li Yingying

    As has been mentioned in the former blog, many internet companies fail in China because of not establishing relationship cultivation strategies based on a clear understanding of the Chinese market, and essential cultural phenomena. Of those cultural dimensions, Guanxi is one of the most important, for it is predicated upon “network, connection, and personal relationships.”...

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    Relationship Cultivation on Chinese Social Media

    August 30, 2016

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    Li Yingying

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    China, with the world’s largest Internet population, and the second largest economy, is an emerging market with a rapidly growing number of SNS users and a booming public relations industry. Its numeric and economic power is not to be neglected. According to Yeo and Li (2012), the Chinese internet is “one of the most vibrant economic and social cyberspace in the...

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    How relationship management relates to foreign companies' success in China

    August 27, 2016

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    Li Yingying

    That LinkedIn China and Chitu have prospered in China, where other tech companies have failed, is predicated upon their developing a well-rounded relationship cultivation plan to meet the needs of local stakeholders. Fundamental to this plan is that LinkedIn China and Chitu understand the value of relationship cultivation, and, therefore, implement various strategies conduc...

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    Why LinkedIn survived in China while other tech giants failed (Part one)

    August 8, 2016

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    Li Yingying

    LinkedIn, as a professional worldwide networking platform, entered China for the first time in January of 2014 and was granted the Chinese name of “Ling Ying,” which has a similar pronunciation as LinkedIn, while obtaining the Chinese meaning of “leader of elites” (David, 2014). As a new comer, LinkedIn China has aspired to be an entrepreneurial Chinese company. For about a...

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    How to turn Public Relations Efforts into a Successful Business Development Achievement?

    August 4, 2016

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    Li Yingying

    It was incredible to initiate the partnership between Ronaldo Academy (RA)and Alibaba’s (the largest internet company in China) Sports Group (Alisports) through strategic public relations and business development efforts - Built trust with China’s sports industry leaders, created $10+ million revenue business opportunity.

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    What I learned from a billionaire

    August 4, 2016

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    Li Yingying

    As I look back to the last few years, I have a great feeling of being lucky and blessed by making friends with a Forbes billionaire, an amazing mentor when I was at the age of 24. His name is Carlos Wizard Martins, a man with incredible faith and desire in helping people find success as well as peace in their life. He is a Brazilian entrepreneur and founder of Wizard Langua...

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