Firstly, a big thank you to Argha Sen, Head of Marketing & CRM for Toys R Us Asia, for being our guest speaker at the last social mixer and for bringing Geoffrey the Giraffe along to hand out plush roses, the night before Valentine. (You can see photos on our flickr group here).

If you missed the event, you can listen to our podcast posting where Argha admits that Toys R Us has "just about scratched the surface with internet marketing" and gives us a reality check on the challenges of incorporating the digital channels into his marketing mix.

Our next event, Social Mixer V10.0, will be on Wednesday 5th March and our guest speaker will be Kenneth Kong, Director of Business Development – Digital Media for IMG Sports, the company that invented sports marketing.



We will be looking at how the sports industry has engaged the online world and how this is changing the promotion and coverage of global events, like the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Of course, with over 547 million mobile users in China, cell phones will also play a major role in leveraging sponsorship of the world’s most anticipated Olympiad.

As per usual practice, the bar opens at 6:30 p.m. and we will start the interview at 7 p.m. We’ll kick off at 6:30 p.m. at Lotus Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge, 37-43 Pottinger Street, Central, Hong Kong.

Don’t forget, to enjoy your complimentary cocktail, simply download the Lotus wallpaper from our mobile website (m.webwednesday.hk) and show it to the bar staff. Lotus will also be offering a discount on drinks, HK$40 for standard booze and HK$25 for soft drinks, and finger food.

If you’re on Facebook (who isn’t?), then please sign up and invite friends via to the event listing.

Finally, we are happy to announce two new sponsors:

Digital Media, the industry magazine, who will be helping us promote the event via their enewsletter and are offering 4 free issues of their magazine to our members (contact Jessie Ho-Avery, Group Circulation Manager, by email or call: (852) 2122 5233.

Beansbox, a passionate web design studio, who created our new logo (we like it’s energy) and this gorgeous email layout.

Looking forward to another memorable evening of networking and sharing ideas!


Napoleon Biggs
Founder & Convener, Web Wednesday
Managing Consultant, Palava Digital
Call: (852) 9278 5898
Email: napoleon@palavadigital.com