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Celebrating WeChat India World Sticker Day at Comic-Con Hyderabad

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Last month, WeChat landed at Comic-Con Hyderabad where we announced the winners of the WeChat Sticker Challenge and celebrated ‘World Sticker Day’ in India.

 

“World Sticker Day is dedicated to the world of emoticons and stickers, which have become an integral part of our modern digital lives,”said Nilay Arora, Country Head and Vice President of WeChat India. “Stickers can now replace a thousand emotions without typing a single word.”

 

On the Ground at Comic-Con 

 

At Comic-Con Hyderabad, over 10,000 people came to experience all the fun at the WeChat booth and posed for photos with popular life-sized local stickers: Nautanki Baba, Mona, Jabbar, Narad Muni & Bong babe.

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The winners of the WeChat World Sticker Challenge were also announced after thousands of students across the country participated and submitted their creative designs.

 

And the Grand Prize Winner is….

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WeChatters in India – Design your own WeChat Stickers and Win!

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We know you adore our vast library of stickers and love using them to express your personality and emotions. For our WeChatters in India, you now have a chance to put your creative minds to work and develop stickers that embody your personal style and unique ideas.

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Introducing the WeChat Sticker Challenge, where students from over 1,800 design and art schools across India are invited to submit their own sticker set designs and win up to ₹500,000 ($7,864 USD). Best of all, the winner will have the opportunity to showcase their talent to millions of people!

 

How do I join?

 

Joining the competition is very easy! As long as you live in India and are a college student, you can submit your designs online at http://wechat.com/stickerchallenge

 

Submissions end on July 30, 2015, so put your creative thinking cap on and enter the challenge now! Who knows, your sticker could be the newest addition alongside MamaBB Pau and The Ballers.

 

We can’t wait to see your entries. Don’t forget to download WeChat to see our gallery of stickers for inspiration, or even share your ideas with friends on Moments!

WeChat Helps to Raise Awareness with Swine Flu Official Account

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With the recent outbreak of Swine Flu (H1N1) in India, national health agencies and non-profit organizations are working tirelessly to try to contain the spread of this infectious disease.

 

To help drive awareness, WeChat has launched the official account “Swine Flu Help” – powered by Lybrate.

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Through three key features of the official account, users will be able to receive daily updates about the disease and its treatment.

  1. Access reliable information

Under the “Info” tab, users will be able to read all about Swine Flu, its symptoms, how to prevent it, and treatment options for anyone infected with the disease.

  1. Seek help with the click of a button

Under the “Get Help” tab, users will have direct access to trusted doctors through the Lybrate website. They will be able to receive answers to any health questions they have within 24 hours.

 

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Ten Sports Brings Your Games to WeChat

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Ten Sports, the most popular sports channel in India has launched their official account on WeChat.

 

If you’re an avid sports fan wanting all the latest news on football, tennis, golf and WWE (among many other sports) – then the Ten Sports official account is the place for you. By following WeChat Official accounts, WeChatters have access to some nifty features to keep up to date with all the action and entertainment in the world of sports, fashion, news, and events, just to name a few.

 

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WeDanced at the Sunburn Music Festival

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Combine WeChat and Sunburn, the biggest electronic dance music festival in Asia, and you have one amazing experience. This year, by partnering with WeChat, Sunburn was able to push the boundaries yet again, creating a unique communication platform for festivalgoers through the launch of its official account.

WeChat Sunburn 2Fans were treated to three days of action filled fun in Vagator, Goa, with performances from headliners including Knife Party, Krewella, Sander van Doorn, and Danny Avila. Through the Official Account, followers were able to keep in touch with event organizers, connect with other fans and receive all the latest updates for the best experience.

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120K WeChat Friends Donate to Support J&K Flood Relief Efforts

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In September, the Jammu & Kashmir regions in India were hit by damaging floods caused by heavy rainfall. Several thousand villages were affected and a few hundred villages were submerged.

 

In light of the recent tragedy in Jammu & Kashmir, participants of WeChat India’s ‘Friends n Rewards’ campaign were given the option to donate Rs. 10 with all proceeds helping aid those impacted by this natural disaster.

 

Over 120K WeChat India users came together to raise a total of 12 lakhs ($34,000 USD) for the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to help render immediate relief to these families.

 

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Keeping Up with Cricket on the Go!

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For all you cricket lovers in India, South Africa, Australia, England and world over – keeping up to date with your favorite sport just got easier with WeChat.

 

With the launch of the gocricket official account, you can keep tabs on the latest cricket news, scores and rankings no matter where you are.

 

Gocricket provides access to real-time scorecards, game commentary and in-depth coverage and analysis from the wide world of cricket. You can even checkout match snapshots and share them with your fellow cricket lovers on WeChat.

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WeChat India Offers Free Talk Time in New Friends n Rewards Campaign

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We all love our friends and of course rewards. That’s why WeChat has combined the two for our latest Friends n Rewards campaign in India – Now back with a twist.

 

By simply making a video call, sending a voice message or sharing stickers, WeChat India users have an opportunity to earn up to Rs. 150 of free recharge. This is almost double the reward offered in the previous August promotion where users received Rs. 60 for sending stickers to friends.

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