WeChat Marketing for the MICE and Tourism Professionals

Wed, Feb 26, 2020 2:00 PM (GMT+8.0)

Singapore Management University

81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065, Singapore

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Due to the evolving 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation, we have made the decision to postpone the workshop to a later time.

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Following the launch of MeetSG, the first country destination WeChat mini programme in the world for business events and meetings, SACEOS is organising this capabilities workshop to empower the industry with knowledge and practical tips on how to leverage a mobile social media platform, such as WeChat, for marketing and communicating.
 
Statistics have shown that 1.2 billion worldwide use the WeChat platform to communicate, consume information, transact and pay for products and services.  Understanding how your organisation can leverage the WeChat platform and how your communications can be enhanced at each of these touchpoints in the customer journey, you can be empowered with new age digital and mobile marketing tools to better engage and create opportunities for your business.

In this workshop, learn directly from Tencent and WeMeet (SACEOS’ partner for MeetSG), on how your organisation can acquire the know-how to use WeChat as a marketing tool more effectively.  
 
What you will take away from this workshop:
  • Step-by-step guidance on starting your official WeChat and other service accounts
  • Understand WeChat mini programmes and how it can support business organisations
  • Learn how and who can help you to effectively use WeChat mini programmes for engagement
  • How WeChat Pay fits into your online-offline/offline-online customer journey
 
Time Agenda
1.45pmRegistration starts
2.00pm
Getting started on WeChat
- What you need to start your official WeChat Account (documents, fees, process, time to complete)
- Difference between Service Account, Subscription Account and Mini Program
- How to register and start your WeChat journey
2.30pm
WeChat Mini Program 
- Key difference between Mini Program and mobile app
- Examples of Mini Program used in MICE/Tourism related industries

WeChat Pay 
- How will Singapore organisations be able to use WeChat Pay
- Who can help to open a Merchant account?
- How to enable WeChat  for local Singapore payments and crediting
- How to adopt Online to Offline, Offline to Online into your customer strategy
3.45pmBreak
4.00pm
Leverage on MeetSG as a tool to engage business 
- What is MeetSG, who are the stakeholders and objectives
- How to participate in MeetSG?
- Walkthrough of the Features and Functions of MeetSG
- How you can use MeetSG for your events
- What information to submit as a Merchant and Event Organiser
- Case studies on MeetSG as your event application
4.45pmFinal Q&A
5.00pmEnd of Workshop


Course Focus

image Learn and differentiate the key WeChat Service & Capabilities

  image Steps on opening your WeChat Service Accounts

 image  Capitalize on the uniqueness of WeChat Mini Program for MICE/Tourism  

  image Setting up WeChat Pay and how it fits into your O2O strategy

 image  Powering up your events and opportunities on the partnership of WeChat, Singapore Tourism Board and SACEOS

Who are the trainers?
 
imageMr. Ben Yang
Regional Director, Southeast Asia
Tencent 
Click here to read more about Mr Yang.
Ben is an experienced Regional Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services/inclusion industry in South East Asia and South Pacific regions. He is passionate about cross-border business and now leads WeChat Pay on strategic and operational activities, focusing on establishing WeChat pay ecosystem in the region. 

Ben graduated from the University of Oxford for his Postgraduate studies in Business and The Australian National University with Economics Degree.

 
imageMr. Gu Xuebin
Founder & CEO
WeMeet
Click here to read more about Mr Gu.
As a serial entrepreneur, Mr. Gu Xuebin has been rooted in the field of technology and exhibitions for 20 years. He led the team to create Info Salons, Asia's leading exhibition IT service provider, and founded Hua Jia Think Tank, focusing on serving the internationalization of China's exhibition industry. 

Mr. Gu Xuebin has served multinational companies such as IBM and Mellon Bank in China and the United States and has long held IT and project management positions. He has obtained a number of certifications from the United States IAEE Registered Exhibition Manager (CEM), the Project Management Institute Project Management Specialist ( PMP ), and the IBM Certified System Expert.

Mr. Gu Xuebin is currently a registered lecturer in the United States IAEE Registered Exhibition Manager (CEM) and has taught CEM exhibition information management courses for the past 13 years. Since 2017, he has been the chairman of the Asian Committee of the IAEE International Exhibition and Project Association, dedicated to serving the development of the Asian convention and exhibition industry.

Do not hesitate to contact us should you have any queries and we hope to see you there!


 
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WeChat Marketing for the MICE and Tourism Professionals

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