Message from Simon

Dear friends,

As we reach the midpoint of 2024, I extend warm wishes and happy holidays for those of you taking a mid-year break. As always, I’m happy to share that our team has successfully delivered impactful client work this month in partner event management, media relations, and cross-regional communication across China and the Asia-Pacific. We continue to help our clients achieve their business goal across Asia with our strategic communication strategies and activities. 

Numerous industry events are on the horizon this summer, including MWC Shanghai, electronica China, and ChinaJoy. I welcome the opportunity to connect and discuss innovative communication strategies tailored to the China market.

I am at MWC Shanghai these days, and happy to report that the show is growing in international presence. I see a lot more international exhibitors and visitors than previous years, signaling opportunities for the new wave of companies ready to take on the challenging Chinese market. 

Please feel free to book a meeting with me whenever you get a chance. I look forward to exploring ways we can collaborate to elevate your brand presence and engagement in this dynamic business landscape.

Wishing you all the best,Simon Vericel
Managing Director & Founder of Influence Matters

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About Influence Matters

Influence Matters is a young, fast-growing & passionate entrepreneurial public relations and marketing services firm focused on helping startups, scale-ups, unicorns and mid-size B2B tech companies to create performance-driven influence in China. We serve our clients from our offices in Beijing and Shanghai.

We strive to bring a new, flexible and nimble stakeholder engagement offer to China, tailored to and accessible for fast growing businesses that need a strong partner which can focus on shaping and telling their story, building influence efficiently and consistently, so they can focus on creating technologies that make the world a more interesting place.

We are experts in Tech PR, built on years of experience bridging China and the rest of the world for technology companies with a particular focus B2B high-tech industries mainly centered around three areas: semiconductors & electronic engineering, ebusiness & ecommerce, smart industry, manufacturing and logistics. Our clients serve all industries from retail to fashion, internet to automotive, gaming to professional services, healthcare to finance.

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