Local calendar
The week is not Black Friday with a different flag.
Brief the window and the posture. Operators write gift language for CNY, marketplace packs for 11.11, and the right formality for Hari Raya — not a generic red-sale banner.
CNY
Reunion and gift sets. Skip US-style urgency on 除夕.
11.11 / 12.12
Ads, PDP, and CRM from one spine. Marketplace cadence.
Harbolnas
Indonesia’s 12.12 — not Black Friday with IDR swapped.
Golden Week
Japan travel and gifting. Unhurried, then precise.
Songkran
Thai New Year window. Courtesy and timing, not a splash sale.
Hari Raya
MY / SG / ID. Greeting first, offer second.
Mid-Autumn
Gift cadence for HK, TW, and Greater China.
Diwali
India and diaspora SEA. Light, family, not a coupon blast.
APAC formats
The unit of work is not “a social post.”
Operators size copy for the surface: WeChat article, RedNote note, Douyin native, LINE OA, WhatsApp catalog, live script, KOL brief.
- WeChat article / OA
- RedNote note
- Douyin native + live script
- LINE OA broadcast
- WhatsApp catalog
- KOL / KOC brief
- 9:16 mute-first vertical
- Shopee / Lazada PDP
Tone across languages
One voice. Many formality settings.
Lock avoid lists, claims, and brand posture once. Then shift 繁體 vs 简体, です/ます vs 해요체, Thai particles — without the spine drifting.
Locked once
Tone, claims, avoid list, colours. Every Operator inherits them.
Shifts by market
Formality, script, proof density, CTA heat. Same brand, different mouth.