Monthly Archives: April 2010

Carrington Malin

What happened to all our fans?

Last night Facebook changed some of the terminology on Spot On PR’s Facebook page. It’s something that has been talked about for the past few weeks (see Mashable story from March) and is being rolled out across Facebook and organisation’s … Continue reading

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Carrington Malin

Does online marketing scare you?

Things are looking up for the online marketing community. Recent surveys and media reports widely credit the region’s online advertising spend to be growing fast and becoming increasingly important to more and more people. Although last year was a difficult … Continue reading

Posted in brand marketing, competition, CRM, Customer care, Customers, General, Internet, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Online marketing, public relations, SEO, social media, strategy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Carrington Malin

Introducing social media in the Arab world

The April issue of O’Dwyer’s PR Magazine has just come out in the USA and it features a report I wrote on social media in the Middle East and North Africa. It’s a very top-level view of social media and … Continue reading

Posted in Content, Facebook, Internet, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Newspapers, Online marketing, public relations, Publishing, social media, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,
Carrington Malin

A tweet in time saves nine

Erroneous, misguided or otherwise badly put together marketing communications are sent out by organisations every day. Most go largely uncommented on, however some resonate for all the wrong reasons. Continue reading

Posted in brand marketing, Customers, General, Internet, Marketing, Measurement, Middle East marketing, Mobile, Online marketing, public relations, social media, Twitter |