Word-of-mouth-marketing guy at Chatterbox China & Founder, Shanghai Networking News
China
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- Chatterbox in Chief at Chatterbox China
- Founder at Shanghai Networking News
- Founder at China Networker
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- Contestant at Quest China
- Sales Executive at Shanghai Expat
- Sales Executive at MTO123
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- Auckland Languages Centre
- University of Otago
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Alex Cureton-Griffiths’s Summary
I'm all about helping people connect. I started Shanghai Networking News (http://shanghainn.com) with the aim of helping people make valuable business contacts around Shanghai, and am looking to expand to other cities in China and around the world. We tell people what's on, what's worth going to and offer general networking know-how, especially helping westerners network with Chinese and vice-versa.
We also train people and companies in improving their networking skills through China Networker (http://www.chinanetworker.com) covering everything from building up your confidence to establishing lasting rapport to making the most of your network.
More background:
After living most of my life in England and New Zealand, I spent several years working around the Greater China region, including the Gobi Desert, Taipei, Inner Mongolia and Shanghai.
Before China Networker, I was an advertising salesman for the largest expat website in Shanghai (possibly in China), a corporate trainer and a product consultant for a corporate gift company.
Alex Cureton-Griffiths’s Specialties:
Helping people connect
Training and consulting in business and social skills
Training and consulting in networking with Chinese
Training and consulting Chinese companies in networking with foreigners
Business networking
Social networking
Sourcing products from China
E-learning
CMS systems (Joomla, Drupal)
Alex Cureton-Griffiths’s Experience
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Chatterbox in Chief
Chatterbox China
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
Chatterbox China is a business unit of AgrIntel marketing, specialising in managed word-of-mouth campaigns. This includes:
* Product consultation: Making products and services word-of-mouth-friendly to encourage word-of-mouth from existing customers and amplify word-of-mouth from our network
* Product seeding/word-of-mouth amplification: Sending out product samples to let our network experience it themselves and motivating them to spread the word
* Word-of-mouth tracking: Online and offline tracking/analytics of who is saying what about clients' products
Chatterbox's aim is to help companies create and spread honest and natural word-of-mouth about their product or service to the Shanghai (and greater China) market.
What we do that others don't: We have the know-how and network to implement, manage and track word-of-mouth marketing programs to build client brands, increase customers and generate positive buzz. -
Founder
Shanghai Networking News
(Online Media industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
I founded Shanghai Networking News in 2006 to help people know which networking events are happening in Shanghai and to give advice on how to network more effectively. We've now helped thousands of foreigners and locals in Shanghai via our website and weekly e-newsletter
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Founder
China Networker
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
China Networker is devoted to helping people network and connect throughout China. We currently run Shanghai Networking News, a popular website listing every networking event happening in Shanghai.
As the founder, I'm the one responsible for the running of the company and coming up with the idea behind it. Since we're a small company, that means I have to wear a lot of hats...
We're looking into new and innovative ways to get people in touch with each other and to monetize networking. Get in touch with me if you have any ideas about new ways to connect or improving existing methods.
Interested in:
* Publishing
* Online networking
* Facilitating collaboration between contacts
* Business networking tools
Additional Information
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Alex Cureton-Griffiths’s Interests:
Business networking, corporate training, connecting people, singularity, hi-tech
