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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING INSIGHTS

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Localising Content Can Drive $320million in Revenue

The localisation of your content is important to ensure you connect with your chosen audience. The most common example of this I have seen is US headquartered businesses opening operations in Europe. The two compelling reasons to do this are to increase revenue and help establish your brand for future purposes. 

When Paramount released Transformers: Age of Extinction in China they overtook regional hits and the likes of Avatar. There are many reasons attributing to the performance of Transformers (being a great movie*) however the most telling was the planned localisation of the film. This included the cast by including popular actress Li Bingbing and heartthrob Han Geng, product placement for everything from Chinese milk and PCs to Red Bull and authoritarian styles of government.

In comparison, Star Wars is struggling to compete. Their efforts have been PR related through sending storm troopers to the Great Wall of China for a photo opportunity and making a music video called “The Force Inside” with Lu Han, a performer sometimes called “the Justin Bieberof China”. 

Localising content can be a time consuming task, however, by aligning your sales strategy/expectation with the marketing team and using some of the great tools on offer, such as a COS, you can see results similar to those demonstrated by Paramount for your own business.

*For better movie reviews I suggest Lizzy's blog

After only 10 days in release, Paramount’s Transformers: Age of Extinction has become the top-grossing movie of all time in China with $222.7 million in ticket sales, eclipsing the $221.9 million grossed by James Cameron's Avatar. The 3D tentpole achieved the milestone over the weekend. Michael Bay’s cyborg action flick, which has a strong Chinese flavor aimed at wooing audiences here, has outperformed its box office performance in North America. Transformers: Age of Extinction registered 338,793 screenings with 17.72 million admissions after 10 days to become the top-grossing movie in history at the Chinese box office, not accounting for inflation and currency translation, according to data for the week to June 6 from research group Entgroup.

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