Fan Yafu / Southeast Asia marketing architect

Grow across Southeast Asia with someone who has built the machine

Strategy, team training and AI workflows for brands selling in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, from the founder of AsiaInfluencerX.

  • 30,000+verified creators in the AsiaInfluencerX network across MY, ID, TH and VN
  • 800+brands served by AsiaInfluencerX
  • No.1TikTok Shop Partner in Malaysia in TikTok's partner rankings (AsiaInfluencerX)

Services

Three ways to work together

01

Southeast Asia market entry

For brands entering Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand or Vietnam.

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  • Market and platform choice: TikTok Shop, Shopee, Lazada, own site
  • Creator strategy, budgets and KPIs per market
  • Launch calendar and the local team you need
  • Ninety-day plan your team can run
02

Live and short-video team training

In-house training for brand and agency teams.

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  • Live room roles, scripts and product sequencing
  • Short-video formats that sell, with weekly review
  • Creator affiliate programmes and sample management
  • Dashboards and a weekly review rhythm
03

AI marketing workflow rebuild

Redesign how your team plans, makes and measures content with AI.

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  • Audit of current workflow and tools
  • AI-assisted briefs, scripts, captions and reporting, with human review points
  • Data and privacy rules for using AI tools
  • Rollout and training for the team

How engagements run

Start small, then decide

  • Strategy call

    Scope and fee quoted on request

    One focused session on your biggest question, with written notes and next steps.

  • Diagnostic sprint

    Scope and fee quoted on request

    Review of your market data, channels, team and content, ending in a prioritised plan.

  • Advisory retainer

    Scope and fee quoted on request

    Monthly reviews with your team, decisions on budget and creators, and on-call advice.

Background

About Fan Yafu

Founder of AsiaInfluencerX, a Southeast Asian influencer and live-commerce agency with a network of 30,000+ verified creators across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

From May 2019 to April 2021 Fan wrote 网红666, a weekly column on the creator economy, for the Malaysian Chinese daily China Press. He is also the founder and chief strategist of Yafu Global and an author at 5D Library, where he has published ten bilingual monographs with DOIs.

Recognition

AsiaInfluencerX was ranked No.1 TikTok Shop Partner in Malaysia in TikTok's partner rankings. See the rankings.

Published monograph · 研究专著与公开方案

A monograph on this site's subject, published with a DOI

The Economics of Attention注意力的经济学

Simon's Scarcity Law, Power-Law Networks and Conversion Funnels in Creator Commerce

Simon's scarcity law and a daily attention budget, preferential attachment and power-law audiences, information cascades and tipping points, the conversion funnel as an absorbing Markov chain, two-sided platforms and stacked commissions, machine-readable reputation and the merchants of the Shiji, with a four-week attention ledger and a pre-registered trial.

从西蒙的稀缺定律、优先连接与幂律、信息级联与阈值相变,到马尔可夫转化漏斗、双边市场与《货殖列传》,附四周注意力账本与预注册随机试验。

Fan Yafu 范雅福 · 5D Library, 5DL-B-006 · version 1.0.0, 2026 · Preface + 8 chapters · 序 + 八章 · free to read, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Disclosure: this site and 5D Library are run by the same group, founded by the author. 说明:本站与 5D Library 同属作者创办的集团。

Questions

Do you work with small brands?

The strategy call suits any size. Diagnostic sprints and retainers usually fit brands with a marketing budget for Southeast Asia and a team or agency to carry out the plan.

Will you run the campaigns too?

Execution is handled by AsiaInfluencerX or by your own team or agency. This consulting service is about strategy, team capability and workflow.

Can you guarantee sales results?

No. We commit to a clear plan, honest benchmarks and measurable milestones. Results depend on product, price, budget and execution.

What are your fees?

Fees depend on the scope. We quote after a short call to confirm fit.

Book a strategy call

Tell us about your brand and goal. We reply to confirm fit and a time.

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