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Guide to digital marketing in Korea (B2C)

Want to reach South Korean consumers digitally? In Korea, digital is the majority (54%) of advertising in Korea. In 2021, Korean digital advertising had the most revenue with 7.5 trillion won (5.9 billion USD). The total advertising revenue in Korea (Asia’s fourth-largest economy) was 13.99 trillion won (about $11.7 billion), up 20.4 percent from 2020. …

What is Naver and how is it useful for business?

Naver started off as Samsung’s inhouse venture project in 1999 and has since grown to become South Korea’s version of Google with approximately 40 million active users. Naver was initially intended to be one of the quickest search engines available in order to maintain the top stop as the most used search portal in South …

Advertising in South Korea (market, agencies, regulations)

Korean ad market Want to advertise in Korea? In 2021 the total advertising revenue in Korea (Asia’s fourth-largest economy) was 13.99 trillion won (about $11.7 billion), up 20.4 percent from 2020.  In 2021, Korean digital advertising had the most revenue with 7.5 trillion won (5.9 billion USD). The division is as follows: Broadcast / TV …

Naver, Daum and Google search ads overview with graphs – digital marketing in Korea (updated)

Want to promote your company in Korea? Worldwide, there are only three countries where the default search engine is not Google. Those are Russia, China and Korea. The search engine (or more appropriately, portal) most used in Korea is called Naver (owned by NHN). Korea’s second largest portal is Daum, which merged with Kakao (known for the mobile messaging application …

KakaoTalk marketing – digital marketing in Korea part 3

This blog post is about KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app. KakaoTalk is the most used messaging app in Korea, 99% of Koreans use it regularly. Since October last year it is possible to make a company page for free in KakaoTalk. The Kakao company page is comparable to a Facebook Page. You can share coupons, …

Naver PPC ads – digital marketing in Korea part 2

Korea’s online ad market is worth annually U$D 2.26 billion. Want to reach Korean customers? Advertising in Naver is not easy. For foreigners, it may be the most difficult to enter in the world. If you have the stamina and (deep) pockets though, you can try both advertising and optimization in Korea’s largest portal, Naver. The …