WILLINGCONSULTING

Willing — exploring first, making things possible

WILLING FOR EVERYTHING

Financial PR & strategic communications · Shanghai

Long-term value, in a language markets trust

Willing works from two things — relationships across the financial press, and first-hand operating experience — to put what a company actually does into terms capital markets can verify and act on.

100+media relationships we can call on
23regions covered
50+companies currently on retainer
100k+reads on a single piece

Six service lines,
from one story to a listing

Writing, filming, monitoring, roadshows: one team handles all six.

01

Financial Media Relations

News items, features and interviews, handled end to end

02

Executive Positioning & Content

Interviews, plant-floor video and brand films — shot once, reused everywhere

03

Monitoring & Crisis Communications

Daily monitoring and alerts, with a holding statement ready when something breaks

04

Investor Relations & Capital Markets

IPOs, earnings and roadshows — making the equity story easy to follow

05

Events & Forums

Launch events, closed-door roundtables and listing ceremonies, run end to end

06

Owned Media & AI

WeChat and video channels run for you, with AI lifting output

FOUNDATION Three things hold up all six: media relationships, industry judgment, and the network among our clients.
On access

A channel is only worth what it reaches precisely. Volume is not the measure.

Every channel
took years to build

Finding the media was never the hard part. Deciding who should say what is. That takes years, and there is no shortcut.

100+media relationships we can call on, across editorial, business and management
23regions covered, densest in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen
4 categoriesfour tiers, matched to the objective
7×24a named contact on major announcements; most run the same day
LAYER 01

Core financial press

Features and interviews in the financial press that build credibility inside the industry.

LAYER 02

Portals and news apps

News distribution through portals and news apps, widening reach and search visibility.

LAYER 03

Trade and industry

Manufacturing, technology and consumer outlets, plus KOLs, to reach the people who actually decide.

LAYER 04

Hong Kong, China and overseas

Coordinated with financial media in Hong Kong, China and overseas for cross-border capital communications.

Specific outlets and placements are set out in the project contract.

Between our clients,
a network forms

Our clients span manufacturing, food, real estate, technology and consumer goods. The longer we work together, the more overlaps we find, and we make introductions at no charge.

Supply chain · capacity and raw materials Distribution · brands and regional networks Technology · software meets the factory floor

Introductions are made only with both sides' consent and under commercial confidentiality.

Three clients,
three different problems

Different industries get stuck in different places. What they share is that every engagement started with getting the facts straight.

Case 01 · Consumer and foodA leading listed company in grain and oil
01

The challenge A brand film reshot every year at real cost, without ever explaining capacity or quality control.

What we did A GM interview paired with plant-floor footage. One shoot produced articles, video and stills, reused across platforms.

100k+reads on one piece · measured on a tier-one platform
Case 02 · Industrial equipmentAn equipment manufacturer in the Yangtze River Delta
02

The challenge Little visibility in the region, and nothing persuasive to show when pitching new accounts.

What we did An annual retainer: the year's schedule set in January, with articles and a coverage report delivered monthly.

RetainerRetained advisor · steady monthly output
Case 03 · TechnologyAn automation technology company
03

The challenge A high technical bar and dense jargon that neither the market nor the public could follow.

What we did We turned the technology into an industry story: trade media first, financial media second.

Technical translationIndustry view · where we are strongest

Client details are anonymized; figures were confirmed by the client.

How we work

Get the facts first. Every statement should leave behind an asset you can use again.

Make communications routine,
not a one-off project

For listed and growth-stage companies, communications is part of running the business, not a project with an end date.

ANNUAL

Annual plan

The year's schedule set in January — milestones, themes, channels, budget — then adjusted mid-year against what actually happened.

QUARTERLY

Quarterly review

Each quarter we look at what actually worked and where the spend was out of balance, then set the next quarter from that.

MONTHLY

Monthly delivery and coverage report

Work ships monthly, with reach data, media movement and competitor notes delivered alongside.

01

Diagnosis

We map where communications stand, what the objectives are and what the budget can bear, then set priorities.

02

Scope and quote

A proposal on a project or retainer basis: what we do, where it runs, at what cadence, for how much.

03

Delivery

One named contact. Placement links and reach data archived and delivered on schedule.

04

Monthly review

We go through the numbers every month and let the conclusions decide what goes out next.

Standard requests answered within 24 hours; on a major announcement or a live issue, a named contact stays on it and comes back with a plan.

We know the industry,
and we know the press

Willing has spent years on both sides — the financial press and operating industry. We read what a business actually does, then say it to capital markets accurately.

Financial media and communications

Drawn from mainstream financial media and PR. They run media relationships, writing and placement.

Operating background

From front-line management at industrial and technology companies. They turn industry facts into language the market understands.

Content production

In-house video and design. Interviews, plant shoots, brand films and collateral — planned once, delivered in several formats.

Willing — exploring first, making things possibleWILLING FOR EVERYTHING

Long-term value,
in a language markets trust

Media relationships as the channel, industry judgment as the measure, staying with a company while long-term value gets built.