Sam
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Sam Flemming is co-founder and CEO of CIC, the first and leading Internet Word of Mouth (IWOM) Research and Consulting firm in China. Sam has been a participant of China's digital evolution for over 10 years starting with Chinapay.com, the first online payment platform in China. CIC is at the forefront of exploring Chinese digital culture, helping leading brands in China such as Pepsi and Nike understand how the Internet Word of Mouth is impacting and can be used to impact marketing communications, product research and development, reputation monitoring and public relations. Sam has been interviewed and quoted extensively on topics related to Chinese digital culture, social media and the Internet by media sources worldwide including Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and Bloomberg TV. He is also a frequent speaker at well-renowned branding and marketing events throughout the world, such as such as Open Web Asia ‘08, The Economist's Fifth China Branding Roundtable and Ad Tech. Sam was also invited to host an Interactive China series on iTV Asia and writes a regular column on IWOM dynamics for Imediaconnection. Sam is highly respected by China's Internet industry experts and is considered the leading pioneer of IWOM in China with his "China IWOM Blog" being seen a "must read" source for timely information on IWOM, PR and Internet marketing in China.
- 2010.07.29 :: CIC collaborates on Roland Berger’s 2010 Chinese Consumer Report
- 2010.07.27 :: The Weekly Buzz: Bawang Innovates with Microblogs During Time of Crisis
- 2010.07.06 :: Speaking at China Social Media Forum July 22-23
- 2010.05.14 :: Social Media 2.0: Our panel with Jeremiah Owyang on May 27
- 2010.04.29 :: Finding Your Voice Online
- 2010.04.16 :: Recap my SXSW Panel on Social Media in China
- 2010.04.12 :: Recent Reads in China Digital and IWOM/Social Media , April 12, 2010
- 2010.03.19 :: The Increasing Influence of Microblogs in China
- 2010.03.15 :: Consumer Day Is One More Thing Toyota Should Worry About
- 2010.02.28 :: China digital and IWOM/social media reads: February 28, 2009
- 2010.02.22 :: A brief history of Chinese social commerce and online group purchase
- 2010.02.12 :: CNY greeting
- 2010.02.05 :: EXPOSAY: Making sense of World Expo buzz with CIC + Ogilvy PR
- 2010.01.25 :: Video: What China marketing leaders have to say about Chinese social media (updated January 25, 2010)
- 2010.01.23 :: IWOM Mark 20100123 Vol.15
- 2010.01.18 :: China digital and IWOM/social media reads: January 18, 2009
- 2010.01.11 :: SeeIsee Blog: 3 years and counting—the Greatest Hits (Part 2)
- 2010.01.04 :: SeeIsee Blog: 3 years and counting—the Greatest Hits (Part 1)
- 2009.12.23 :: 5 Years Later: IWOM in China-Where have we been? Where are we going?
- 2009.10.15 :: Likemind Shanghai Friday 16th October
- 2009.09.25 :: CCI and CIC’s New Youth Report: How IWOM goes beyond traditional market research
- 2009.08.18 :: CIC sponsors Likemind Shanghai
- 2009.08.03 :: IWOM watch June: Social Media Getting Closer to Real Life
- 2009.07.28 :: Reflections on June (and some of July): IWOM Technology is Necessary, But Not Sufficient
- 2009.07.14 :: CIC quoted in the AmCham article ‘Connecting with Consumers’
- 2009.07.06 :: CIC’s measures the buzz around goat milk powder for Ad Age China’s Fast Facts
- 2009.06.30 :: CIC collaborates with Roland Berger on their new ‘Chinese Consumer Report’
- 2009.06.26 :: IWOM watch May: The explosion of online marketing
- 2009.06.25 :: The Launch of CIC’s IWOM Master Dashboard: Some Thoughts
- 2009.06.23 :: iTV-Asia interview with Agenda’s Magdalena Wszelaki
- 2009.06.18 :: CIC launches a new white paper series: Making Sense of IWOM
- 2009.05.24 :: IWOM watch April: 2009 SH Auto Show, netizens attend the event from home
- 2009.05.14 :: Global China Chat on social networks, brand and consumers
- 2009.04.28 :: Group Purchase Mentions Double in 2nd Half of 2008: IWOM as More than Just Chatter
- 2009.04.15 :: More Thoughts on China Digital and Social Media
- 2009.04.08 :: Reflections on March
- 2009.03.30 :: Who’s really holding the megaphone?
- 2009.03.15 :: Consumer Day and The Internet Community
- 2009.03.05 :: Reflections on February
- 2009.03.03 :: Forrester: Chinese social media participation is higher than the US
- 2009.02.27 :: 56minus1: chats | sam flemming
- 2009.02.26 :: Online group car purchase: a real story
- 2009.01.26 :: CNY greeting
- 2009.01.25 :: Reflections on January
- 2009.01.23 :: IWOM Watch half year review: July – December, 2008
- 2009.01.15 :: CIC 2nd Annual IWOM Summit Takeaways
- 2009.01.10 :: The Conversation Prism Goes International
- 2008.12.31 :: Reflection on December
- 2008.12.11 :: CIC Turns 4 and the Release of Part 3 & 4 of our White Paper Series
- 2008.12.10 :: The DNA of internet word-of-mouth platforms
- 2008.12.03 :: Reflection on November
- 2008.12.02 :: Update on 2nd Annual IWOM summit
- 2008.11.27 :: CIC releases white paper “The Internet is THE Community”
- 2008.11.24 :: Speaking at ad:tech Shanghai 2008 on 11/25
- 2008.11.21 :: Releasing new white paper next week on the development of IWOM in China
- 2008.11.21 :: IWOM Watch Oct 1-15: The Internet is THE community
- 2008.11.17 :: Robert Scoble visits CIC
- 2008.10.30 :: IWOM Watch Sep 16-30: Retailers reverse the “Group Purchase” trend
- 2008.10.29 :: Heading to WOMMA in Las Vegas; Internetional meet up?
- 2008.10.23 :: A reflection on our IWOM thinking during the recent 2 months
- 2008.10.22 :: IWOM Watch September 1-15: The 90’s generation starts college
- 2008.10.10 :: How IWOM is Redefining the Relationship between Brands and Consumers
- 2008.10.08 :: IWOM Watch August: The first web 2.0 Olympics
- 2008.10.08 :: ECONOMIST CHINA BRANDING ROUNDTABLE: Wrap up
- 2008.09.23 :: ECONOMIST CHINA BRANDING ROUNDTABLE: The New Media: Can brands afford to stay out?
- 2008.09.22 :: ECONOMIST CHINA BRANDING ROUNDTABLE: Olympic sponsorhsip strengthens UPS’ “Employer Brand”
- 2008.09.19 :: ECONOMIST CHINA BRANDING ROUNDTABLE: Will China go Green?
- 2008.09.18 :: ECONOMIST CHINA BRANDING ROUNDTABLE: Sports marketers looking to Internet
- 2008.09.18 :: ECONOMIST CHINA BRANDING ROUNDTABLE: Brands Adjust Strategy in a Changing Marketplace
- 2008.09.17 :: Blog coverage of The Economist’s Fifth China Branding Roundtable
- 2008.08.29 :: Recent and Upcoming CIC Speaking Engagements
- 2008.08.22 :: IWOM centered marketing in China
- 2008.08.20 :: IWOM Watch July 16-31: Plastic bags banned, so BBS communities create their own “green” bags
- 2008.08.19 :: Media mag discusses astroturfing in China
- 2008.08.19 :: CIC white paper available at CBN’s Silicon Dragon Dinner in SF this week
- 2008.08.11 :: Pre-Olympic Buzz Analysis of Sponsors: Keyword Association Mapping of Chinese IWOM
- 2008.08.08 :: Danwei “Model Worker” award
- 2008.08.06 :: iTV Asia interview with T.R. Harrington: Where Search and IWOM Overlaps
- 2008.08.04 :: IWOM Watch Jul 1 – 15: Marketers screw up net language, look foolish
- 2008.07.29 :: Speaking at China Economic Review branding conference
- 2008.07.25 :: CIC featured on The China Business Show with Christine Lu
- 2008.07.21 :: IWOM Watch half year review: January – June, 2008
- 2008.07.18 :: “Interactive China” Videos on ITV-Asia
- 2008.07.16 :: CIC translates its IWOM white paper archive
- 2008.07.15 :: 6 reasons brands in China should listen to IWOM (beyond seeding and crisis tracking)
- 2008.07.11 :: Examples in China of media in places where there shouldn’t be media
- 2008.07.03 :: China New Media Event in Amsterdam
- 2008.07.01 :: President Hu Jin Tao listens to online buzz…why shouldn’t you?
- 2008.06.27 :: IWOM Watch Jun 1-15: Netizens share experience about National Matriculation Test online
- 2008.06.26 :: Seeisee Chinese Blog Recap for May and June
- 2008.06.19 :: Edelman Digital Roundtable Discussion on Chinese Social Media
- 2008.06.16 :: IWOM Classroom Follow Up
- 2008.06.15 :: Thoughts on recent Business Week article on IWOM in China
- 2008.06.12 :: Tuning into Sports IWOM 2007 Q4: BBS vs. Twitter
- 2008.06.09 :: CIC Tech Blog Launched
- 2008.06.02 :: Connecting the connected agency in China
- 2008.05.30 :: CIC IWOM classroom: The power of IWOM in China 网络口碑力量在中国
- 2008.05.27 :: IWOM Watch Special Edition: Internet and IWOM shape the Sichuan Earthquake aftermath
- 2008.05.23 :: IWOM Watch Apr 16-30: Netizens find new channels for self expression
- 2008.05.19 :: Thoughtful China —— The power of IWOM in China
- 2008.05.16 :: IWOM Powering Help for Quake
- 2008.05.13 :: Sports White Paper Released
- 2008.05.05 :: IWOM Watch Apr 1-15: Understanding the Local Online Community Landscape
- 2008.04.30 :: Sports White Paper Coming Soon: Ride the Wave of Sports Online Culture
- 2008.04.30 :: Seeisee Chinese Blog Recap for April 1-15, 2008
- 2008.04.25 :: Review of Recent Speaking Engagements
- 2008.04.22 :: IWOM Watch Mar 16-31: SNS Builds on BBS Trend
- 2008.04.10 :: Interview on CBC radio about tuangou “group purchase” in China
- 2008.04.07 :: Presenting at Shanghai Geek Dinner
- 2008.04.06 :: IWOM Watch Mar 1-15: Netizens pay close attention to “product presence”
- 2008.04.02 :: Connection points for the “connected agency” in China
- 2008.03.28 :: Seeisee Chinese Blog Recap for Mar 1-15, 2008
- 2008.03.25 :: Shopping for Cosmetics in 3rd Tier Markets
- 2008.03.24 :: IWOM watch Half Year Review – An Overview of Chinese IWOM trends from July-December, 2007
- 2008.03.17 :: Edelman Digital China: PR steps up to the plate for IWOM
- 2008.03.14 :: Consumer Day 315: An overview of Internet Channels for the Malcontent
- 2008.03.11 :: Seeisee Chinese Blog Recap for February 2008
- 2008.03.07 :: My thoughts on IWOM, SNS, BBS and more in Pacific Epoch Interview
- 2008.03.04 :: IWOM Watch Jan 16-31: A New Kind of Net Star
- 2008.02.15 :: IWOM Watch Jan 1-15: Zhui Ke (追客) curiosity an opportunity for brands?
- 2008.02.04 :: Tenets of CIC ‘s work philosophy
- 2008.02.02 :: CIC featured on WOMMA blog and WOMMA member center
- 2008.02.01 :: Dell finds closure to Processor Gate and “Dell Hell” in China
- 2008.01.28 :: Internet word-of-mouth trends in 2008
- 2008.01.28 :: Radio interview on CIC notebook IWOM whitepaper
- 2008.01.20 :: CIC’s Chinese IWOM notebook white paper released: Lenovo dominates, Dell communicates
- 2008.01.18 :: Notebook whitepaper is coming next week
- 2008.01.14 :: IWOM Watch Dec 16-31: Elf yourself, spoof yourself
- 2008.01.10 :: Audio Post: IWOM as an essential element for marketing communication
- 2008.01.07 :: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: thanks Bolaa
- 2008.01.03 :: IWOM Ethics and Why CIC joined WOMMA
- 2008.01.02 :: “Shai” for the New Year
- 2007.12.28 :: Interview with ThinkTech Hawaii
- 2007.12.26 :: IWOM Watch Dec 1-15: Blurring online and offline lives
- 2007.12.21 :: CIC turns 3
- 2007.12.18 :: Forrester’s Peter Kim on Brand Monitoring
- 2007.12.17 :: IWOM Watch Nov 16-30: Netizens are talking and brands are listening
- 2007.12.15 :: CIC IWOM Summit: touching base with IWOM users
- 2007.12.11 :: McKinsey recognizes the multiple roles IWOM can take in marketing
- 2007.12.10 :: CIC receives investment
- 2007.12.03 :: IWOM Watch Nov 1-15: Netizen campaigns use “Grab the floor” on BBS to get attention
- 2007.11.18 :: O’Reilly in China: China Foo
- 2007.11.18 :: The end of the (advertising) world as we know it…and I feel fine
- 2007.11.14 :: Almost 150,000 Chinese BBS messages mentioned Focus in Q2 and why Ford should care
- 2007.11.13 :: 3 pathways to net culture
- 2007.11.13 :: IWOM Watch Oct 16-31 – Social commerce: IWOM driving e-commerce
- 2007.11.12 :: IWOM snippets from week of November 5
- 2007.11.09 :: Upcoming Speaking Event
- 2007.11.06 :: CIC IWOM whitepaper on auto industry released
- 2007.11.02 :: Some CIC IWOM Research Concepts and Glossaries
- 2007.11.01 :: IWOM Watch Oct 1-15: Customize communication according to community
- 2007.10.30 :: The Recommendation Phenomenon in China
- 2007.10.29 :: IWOM defined
- 2007.10.28 :: Spoofed Knife Guy
- 2007.10.22 :: IWOM most trusted according to Nielsen and eMarketer
- 2007.10.21 :: Interviewed for American Public Radio: NBA scores a slam dunk in China
- 2007.10.19 :: IWOM Watch Sept 16-30: “Shai”(晒/show) means showing off your stuff online
- 2007.10.18 :: Speaking at Amcham on “21st Century PR: Executives and their Blogs”
- 2007.10.16 :: Great NYT Article: The New Advertising Outlet: Your Life
- 2007.10.15 :: Speaking at Beijing AdTech on Wednesday
- 2007.10.11 :: Trip home to the US
- 2007.10.10 :: Comments on Jeremiah Owyang’s Web Strategy Field Report on Hong Kong and China
- 2007.10.10 :: Interviewed on Bloomberg TV
- 2007.10.08 :: IWOM Watch September 1-15: Mazda owners surround a Hummer
- 2007.09.20 :: IWOM as a part of effective market communications on iTV
- 2007.09.18 :: IWOM Watch Aug 16-31: KFC on Baidu Zhidao
- 2007.09.08 :: On the conference trail
- 2007.09.07 :: IWOM manager titles a trend
- 2007.09.05 :: My first time being a “劳模”(Model Worker)
- 2007.08.24 :: IWOM Watch August 1-15: Baidu Post Bar Crushing Machines
- 2007.08.20 :: Net language: Implications for Search Engine Marketing
- 2007.08.16 :: Hey DX, hope you like this post on net language for auto industry
- 2007.08.13 :: CIC Watch July 16-31: Transformers arrive, “Group Watch” kicks in
- 2007.08.05 :: CIC watch July 1-15: Net stars only getting bigger
- 2007.07.31 :: CIC Watch Half-Year Review released
- 2007.07.16 :: CIC’s Hepatitis B IWOM Research Findings Reported at BMS Media Event
- 2007.07.03 :: Roles within Chinese online communities
- 2007.07.02 :: iPhone in China? Nokia and Motorola dominate the IWOM
- 2007.06.25 :: CIC releases mobile phone white paper: “The Talk About Phones”
- 2007.06.19 :: Really Understanding Efluencers and IWOM
- 2007.06.12 :: Flickr issues on seeisee
- 2007.05.31 :: Food around CIC in the morning
- 2007.05.23 :: Some Thoughts on CIC culture
- 2007.05.07 :: IWOM industry news from the West
- 2007.04.17 :: Text Mining at CIC
- 2007.04.17 :: IWOM Roundtable Wrap Up
- 2007.03.19 :: Google China spamming bloggers?
- 2007.03.19 :: CIC’s ‘LISTEN-KNOW-PARTICIPATE’ model for IWOM
- 2007.03.19 :: SEEISEE blog Chinese article summary (Feb 1st – March 7th )
- 2007.02.28 :: CIC quoted in CBS MarketWatch on “Old SKool” BBS domination for mobile phone
- 2007.02.28 :: CIC speaking at Marketing to Women conference
- 2007.02.27 :: TNS buys Cymfony to compete with Nielsen in IWOM
- 2007.02.13 :: Word of Health: CIC and Edelman China release IWOM health care white paper
- 2007.02.13 :: CIC/Chinese social media featured in podcast on Podtech
- 2007.02.05 :: NY Times: Internet Boom in China Is Built on Virtual Fun
- 2007.02.05 :: CIC in Wall Street Journal re MySpace
- 2007.01.20 :: CIC in Wall Street Journal re Starbucks
- 2007.01.20 :: History and Evolution of CIC’s logos
- 2007.01.19 :: CIC watch: “You” – Time’s Person of the Year – also lives in China
- 2007.01.19 :: Our new company blog launch and other changes
- 2007.01.19 :: CIC in a couple of BusinessWeek articles
- 2007.01.19 :: Tagged: 5 things you didn’t know about me…
- 2006.12.13 :: Blog maintenance—funky characters ahead
- 2006.12.10 :: Overview of International Social Media Monitoring
- 2006.12.10 :: Moderating comments
- 2006.11.26 :: Speaking about IWOM at IQPC Digital Marketing Communication China 2006
- 2006.11.11 :: Speaking at MobileMonday Shanghai
- 2006.10.31 :: Chinese Blogs, BBS and the Automobile Industry, Part 1: I-WOM Channels
- 2006.10.16 :: CIC is growing: needs more people and space
- 2006.10.16 :: Media update: CIC in Amcham mag and Media
- 2006.09.27 :: Even pirates need branding
- 2006.09.22 :: Net stars featured in AdAge China
- 2006.09.15 :: CIC data media and presentation update: Adtech, Amcham, CNbloggercon and Media
- 2006.08.31 :: The Liberating Internet
- 2006.08.27 :: Automobile: In China, the Chery Army sounds-off online
- 2006.08.16 :: Q&A in Ketchum’s “In the Know”
- 2006.08.13 :: In Bangkok August 16 and 17
- 2006.08.11 :: Dell corporate blog comments on ProcessorGate
- 2006.08.06 :: Processor Gate: Dell engaging social media in Asia Pacific
- 2006.08.03 :: China Dell Hell (aka Processor Gate)
- 2006.07.25 :: CNET buys XCAR for US $10 million: Chinese social media is booming
- 2006.07.24 :: Crisis 2.0: China vs. the West
- 2006.07.17 :: Net stars dominate Chinese web searches
- 2006.07.09 :: Planes, trains and automobiles: VW Polo GP too elitist for Chinese netizens
- 2006.07.05 :: CIC data and WOM discussed in China International Business Magazine
- 2006.07.02 :: The difference between monitoring and synthesizing BBS and blog conversations
- 2006.06.29 :: Keyboards in the hands of many are mightier than swords
- 2006.06.24 :: Thanks to Shanghai Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital
- 2006.06.18 :: On being Shanghai’ed and the power of Zhuanzai
- 2006.06.17 :: Choosing a baby’s name in modern China: e-feng shui
- 2006.06.10 :: Please welcome Leo into the world.
- 2006.06.10 :: CIC data featured in The Standard
- 2006.06.08 :: CIC data featured in AdAgeChina
- 2006.06.03 :: Did you know that I write for the China Daily? I didn’t…
- 2006.05.28 :: China ‘net stars commercial trend continues
- 2006.05.17 :: Online tuangou “group purchase” giving offline retailers a run for their money
- 2006.05.15 :: CIC data featured in IDG newswire article: BBS monitoring takes China consumer pulse
- 2006.05.14 :: China Web 2.0 blog recommends Qihoo for searching BBS (and I do too)
- 2006.05.13 :: Sina bloggers write 130,000 posts and 200,000 comments a day
- 2006.05.11 :: Baidu Post Bar and Super Girl fans
- 2006.05.11 :: CIC data profiled on ChinaTechNews
- 2006.05.08 :: XuJingLei Dethroned: Sina blog home page now tops Technorati 100
- 2006.05.05 :: BoingBoing, Xu Jing Lei and Questions of Influence
- 2006.05.05 :: Keso weighs in on Xu Jing Lei and Technorati: Sina partly to blame
- 2006.05.04 :: Technorati responds? Xu Jing Lei Now Tops Technorati 100, ahead of Boing Boing
- 2006.05.02 :: Chinese blogs and the Technorati 100: Where’s Xu Jing Lei?
- 2006.04.20 :: Speaking at IandI roundtable on business blogging on April 24th
- 2006.04.16 :: Speaking at Amcham Shanghai on Tuesday 4/16/06
- 2006.04.13 :: Reward: Up to 10,000 RMB for finding good people for CIC data
- 2006.03.15 :: Feed fixed (I think)
- 2006.03.12 :: CIC data Chinese site launched
- 2006.03.12 :: Profile in Youth Daily (青年报)
- 2006.03.12 :: Different types of word of mouth
- 2006.03.06 :: Shanghai Daily: Bloggers lure blog watchers
- 2006.03.06 :: Washington Post: Blog Buzz Helps Companies Catch Trends in the Making
- 2006.03.02 :: “DIY” BBS and blog monitoring in China
- 2006.01.14 :: Monitoring blogs for companies in China
- 2006.01.11 :: Why companies monitor blogs
- 2005.12.27 :: Baidu knows that Google doesn’t know what Google doesn’t know in China
- 2005.12.26 :: You know you work at CIC data if…
- 2005.12.23 :: CIC data on the move
- 2005.12.16 :: Baidu seeks to cooperate with CIC data
- 2005.12.15 :: What Dell could learn from my “Mr. Tailor” in China
- 2005.12.10 :: McDonald’s (USA) Missed Opportunity for Genuine Word of Mouth
- 2005.12.10 :: All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned from the Internet
- 2005.12.03 :: Why TiVo will not work in China (and why Video IPOD might)
- 2005.11.30 :: China ‘net stars not just for geeks
- 2005.11.29 :: How did I get here? The American dream in China








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