Synthesio Celebrates 1 Year of Social Listening in China and Russia

NEW YORK, July 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthesio, a leading global social media monitoring software company, marks the first anniversary of its pioneering effort to allow brands to listen to social media in China and Russia.

Since 2006, Synthesio has been known as "The Global Listening Experts" and for the past year has been monitoring top social networks in the East, including Russia's vKontakte, China's Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo, Renren, Tudou, Youku and many others for brands such as Nissan, Johnson & Johnson, Blackberry, Jameson, Bodog, Hero Baby and more.

In addition to providing global data in 190+ countries & 50+ languages from the most prevalent social sites in each region, Synthesio also leverages an international team, native to each region to help clients better understand consumers and cultures in these markets.

"For over a year now, expanding our listening into Russia and China has been both challenging and exciting on many levels," said Loic Moisand, CEO and Co-Founder of Synthesio. "We have had to overcome significant technical barriers within these markets and provide local, cultural expertise in order to produce reliable and useful data for our clients in Asia. These are truly fascinating markets and we look forward to continuing to innovate and lead the way."

In March 2013, as part of Synthesio's China Social Media Listening Month, Synthesio produced a White Paper on social media censorship in China entitled, "Breaking Down the Great Firewall of China." Findings include:

• Lay's potato chips managing to increase sales from Happy Farmer players (the copycat version of Facebook's Farmville) by 20% after allowing players to grow their own potatoes and "purchase" Lay's chip factories.

A recent Synthesio study, "4 Fascinating Facts on the Social Media Landscape in Russia" revealed that:

• Despite only 20% of the population being active on social media, that those who are connected to the internet spend more time on their social networks than in any other country in the world.
• Most Russian social network users prefer to use their local Russian sites, Vkontake.ru and Odnoklassniki, as opposed to global platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, something which global brands need to understand before entering the market.

Another brand that has benefitted from social media monitoring in China is Bodog, a leading online gaming company that uses Synthesio's Global Listening Platform for on-going market research.

"The key component at the heart of any social media strategy is listening and with Synthesio as our partner-of-choice we can do just that so we provide the content and interaction our customers actually want," said Torbjorn Wallin, Bodog Asia's Digital Marketing Director. "Guessing doesn't work and like any part of a business if you're not providing what the customer wants you are not doing your job, why should social media be any different?" More info on Bodog's partnership with Synthesio here.

About Synthesio
Synthesio is a global social media monitoring company, helping the world's leading brands and agencies listen to, understand and engage with consumers worldwide. By delivering social media data of the highest quality within 190+ countries & 50+ languages, brands receive crucial insights into their market's opinions, wants and needs.  Driving positive business change, and building stronger relationships with consumers since 2006.

For more information, please visit www.synthesio.com.

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