
October 2024 Newsletter by Influence Matters
Influence Matters October Roundup: French Tech Summit Bali 2024, Partners with Top-tier Media, PR Success in China
October 31, 2024 | 3 min read
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Dear friends,
It’s been a busy month filled with events, client work, and business development. I had the pleasure of moderating a panel session at the French Tech Summit Bali 2024, where I got to lead a very insightful discussion on remote working, the changing expectations of employers and their workforce, and the role technology plays in the changing realities of work.
South East Asia is at the frontier of these questions, from growing economies to vibrant remote working and decentralized organizations, our recently opened office in Indonesia covering the SEA region is ideally placed to support tech companies growing there.
Despite the long holiday week in China (and well deserved break for the team), our team has delivered valuable results for our clients through media collaborations, editorials, and creative social content. Enjoy this newsletter as we share our achievements with you all!
Wishing you all the best,Simon Vericel
Managing Director & Founder of Influence Matters
We had an incredible time at the French Tech Summit Bali 2024 this month! As a proud event sponsor, our founder Simon Vericel, moderated a panel discussion on Adapting to New Ways of Working with our esteemed guest speakers.
We proposed a media collaboration for our client ADP with top-tier media outlet Caixin to share its latest report insights on AI. This partnership resulted in two articles, one of which was featured in this month’s print magazine.
We developed a compelling Chinese byline for our newest client, Morphotonics, highlighting their innovative large-area nanoimprint technology, showcasing their groundbreaking approach and its potential impact on the industry.
IM team highlighted Winbond’s 5-star products as part of our celebration of Chinese Programmers’ Day. This post garnered highly interactive comments from programmers, marking an important milestone in recognizing their contributions.
Our Shanghai team secured PR success for Riskified with an editorial feature in China Business Journal, a top financial media outlet. The article was republished by seven additional channels, including China Business Journal’s WeChat account.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company suspended shipments to China-based chip designer Sophgo after a chip it made was found on a Huawei AI processor, according to two people familiar with the matter.
China’s World Internet Conference (WIC), an annual event that promotes the Chinese model and concept of internet governance, will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) this year, as Beijing seeks a greater role in the global governance of AI.
It’s clear that high-tech, high-value-added products, such as industrial automation equipment, humanoid robots, intelligent bionic hands and hydrogen bicycles, are showcased by Chinese exhibitors.
When the government effectively forced TikTok to shut down its Shop feature, the company quickly struck an unusual deal with a local company to bring it back.
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Despite tariffs, export controls and financial sanctions under different US administrations, China is making steady progress in dominating industries of the future.
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.