BIZAD
INBOUND MARKETING AGENCY

Foreign customers
never open NAVER.

From Google Maps to Xiaohongshu, Dianping and Amap — BizAd puts your brand where foreign customers are actually searching.

Xiaohongshu search results for Gangnam restaurants (account names hidden)
Stores and ratings around Gangnam Station as they appear on Google Maps
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THE BLIND SPOT

They already searched.
You just weren't there.

Visitors decide where to go before they land in Korea. The catch is that the search never happens where we expect it to. Chinese travellers check Xiaohongshu and Dianping. Everyone else opens Google.

01

Discover

Every market has its own app

Chinese tourists search Xiaohongshu. Western visitors open Google Maps. NAVER appears in neither.

02

Compare

Photos and reviews do the filtering

Rating, recent reviews and photo quality decide whether you survive the shortlist. Stale information gets you cut.

03

Arrive

They arrive on their own app

Chinese visitors keep using the apps they already have. Without an Amap listing, your store is simply missing from that screen.

SERVICES

We don't sell channels separately. We build them in the order a customer discovers, compares and finally walks in.

Google Maps01

Google Maps SEO

Outside Korea,
the map is Google.

We rebuild your Google Business Profile — categories, photos, hours and reviews — around how a foreign customer reads it. Being listed and being chosen are two different problems.

  • Multilingual categories, services and menus
  • Review response standards and a plan to earn more
  • Posts built on local and industry keywords
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Stores and ratings around Gangnam Station as they appear on Google Maps
Google Maps — live viewGangnam Station
小红书02

Xiaohongshu

Not social media.
A search engine.

Chinese travellers read guide notes on Xiaohongshu before they book anything. One good note can put a queue outside your door.

  • Brand account setup and Chinese-language content
  • Creator collaboration notes, planned and negotiated
  • Keyword-driven visibility inside the app
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Xiaohongshu search results for Gangnam restaurants (account names hidden)
Xiaohongshu — live search“Gangnam restaurants”
大众点评03

Dianping

Discovered on Xiaohongshu.
Decided here.

Rating, popular dishes and check-in counts decide the visit. A page that was registered once and then abandoned actively costs you trust.

  • Listing, verification and keeping details current
  • A practical path to earning reviews
  • Signature items placed where they get seen
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Dianping store listings and category rankings (business names hidden)
Dianping — store listingsCategory rankings
高德地图04

Amap

If they can't see you here
you don't exist.

Amap is the map China actually uses, and with Kakao T built in it keeps working in Korea. A Chinese name and address is what lets both the customer and the driver find you.

  • New POI registration and coordinate accuracy
  • Consistent Chinese name and address
  • Photos, opening hours and contact details kept current
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Stores around Gangnam Station as they appear on Amap
Amap — live mapGangnam StationGreen = listed with Chinese names · Red = Korean name only
网红 KOL05

KOL campaigns

We look at fit,
not follower counts.

Fifty thousand followers in your category beat a million outside it. We verify that the creator actually visits and that their content holds up.

  • Sourcing by category fit, with account verification
  • On-site shoot support and content guidelines
  • Reporting on reach, saves and enquiries
Read more
A KOL post on Xiaohongshu (account name hidden)
Xiaohongshu KOL post — exampleCollaboration note formatShown as an example of the post format used on the platform.
PERFORMANCE

Results from projects
we executed ourselves.

Measured Google Business Profile data from venues BizAd ran directly.

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Monthly search impressions

Gangnam head spa · 3 months

×26~111

Stores that grew 26× or more

5 of them — Gangnam, Hongdae, Daehak-ro

+749%

Direction requests

Gangnam clinic · 3 months

56,719

Profile views over 5 months

Bukchon Korean restaurant

Before we started

Mar 2026 (pre-management)

Monthly search views
154
Website clicks
0
Direction requests
34
Call clicks
0

Now (3 months in)

Jun 2026 · phase 1 complete

Monthly search views
17,158×111
Website clicks
20new
Direction requests
191+462%
Call clicks
3new

Massage · head spa · Gangnam

17,158 · Monthly search views · from 154

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More case files

Every figure comes from Google Business Profile Insights. Each case states whether it compares month on month, year on year, or the management period.

THE SILENT LEAK

The search worked.
The sale didn't.

Getting found is half the job. If the customer turns around at the door, that visibility is pure cost. Foreign customers drop off at roughly four points.

Language01

The menu exists only in Korean

They found you, but they can't tell what you sell. No menu, treatment name or price in a language they read, and they conclude you aren't set up for them.

Booking02

A phone number and nothing else

Worst in clinics and salons, where booking is the whole transaction. To someone uneasy about a Korean phone call, a profile with only a number is a closed door.

Reviews03

Nothing written in their language

Glowing Korean reviews answer a different question than "would someone like me be comfortable here?". One review in their own language settles it.

Navigation04

You're absent from the map they use

This one only affects Chinese visitors, but it bites. With no Chinese name and address on Amap, there is not even a screen to show a taxi driver.

Leave these four unfixed and no amount of visibility turns into revenue.

01

Written by native Chinese speakers

Chinese users spot machine-translated copy quickly. Our Chinese content is written directly by native speakers, in the register locals actually use.

02

Account setup included

Business verification and overseas merchant registration handled together with you, not left as homework.

03

Reporting split by channel

You see which channel the customer came from. No single blended number that explains nothing.

04

Four languages covered

Korean, Chinese, English and Japanese — content and review replies handled in all of them.

SELF CHECK

Where does your
business stand today?

Tick what applies. Thirty seconds gives you a read on where you are.

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To a foreign customer, this business is effectively unfindable. That isn't bad news — untouched ground means the room for improvement is large.

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