Archive
- February 2012
- January 2012
- November 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- January 2011
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
Links
Tags
advertising Alexander McNabb Arab Arabic Arab World blogging campaign CampaignME Carrington Malin communications Content demographics digital marketing Dubai Egypt Facebook Internet Jordan Kuwait Lebanon marketing media MENA Middle east Morocco newspapers North Africa Oman online Online marketing PR public relations Qatar research Saudi Saudi Arabia social media social networking Spot On PR statistics Tunisia Twitter UAE United Arab Emirates YouTube-
Author Archives: Carrington Malin
Social media marketing in the UAE
How fast are UAE businesses adopting social media best practices? Dubai One TV’s Emirates 24\7 news programme interviewed Spot On’s Alexander McNabb about social media trends in the UAE and how social media is changing company communication. Watch the interview … Continue reading
Posted in brand marketing, CRM, Customers, E-commerce, Facebook, Internet, Measurement, Middle East marketing, public relations, social media, Twitter
Tagged Alexander McNabb, brand marketing, communications, Content, digital marketing, Dubai, Dubai One TV, Facebook, marketing, online advertising, public relations, seo, social media, social media policy, Twitter, UAE, United Arab Emirates
Online advertising in the Middle East
Wednesday’s Dubai Eye radio’s #Unwired weekly digital programme featured a special segment on online advertising in the Middle East & North Africa featuring Spot On PR’s own Alexander McNabb; Professor John Grainger Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Vice President Academic Services … Continue reading
Posted in Content, CRM, Customers, Disintermediation, Facebook, General, Internet, Measurement, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Online marketing, public relations, research, SEO, social media, Twitter
Tagged Alexander McNabb, digital marketing, Dubai Eye, Education, google, Internet advertising, Leo Burnett, MENA, Middle east, online advertising, podcast, social media, UAE
Alexander at MediaME Forum 2011
Spot On PR Director Alexander McNabb spoke at the MediaME Forum 2011 in Amman, Jordan earlier this week about digital public relations and reputation management. The annual event organised by Middle East advertising and marketing portal MediaME was attended by … Continue reading
Posted in brand marketing, Content, Disintermediation, Facebook, Internet, Measurement, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Middle East Public Relations, Online marketing, public relations, SEO, social media, Twitter
Tagged agencies, Alexander McNabb, Amman, communications, Conference, digital, Facebook, Jordan, MediaME, Middle east, Objectives, online, Outsourcing, PR, public relations, Reputation Management, speaking
Night of the Twitter bots!
About 9pm Friday evening (Dubai time) my email inbox began filling up with ‘now following you’ email alerts from @spotonpr‘s Twitter account. My first thought was somebody must have name-checked us somewhere, perhaps a #FollowFriday thing, but a quick look … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, social media, Twitter
Tagged bots, Carrington Malin, social media, SPAM, Twitter
Hiring PR people for the digital age
What skill sets should PR job candidates have in the digital age? Carrington Malin explains how Spot On PR’s list of recruitment criteria just got even longer. Continue reading
Facebook Arabic Rising
User of Facebook’s Arabic language interface now account for more than a third of all Facebook users in the Arab world with Facebook Arabic growing at 175% per annum. Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, General, Internet, Internet research, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Newspapers, research, social media
Tagged Arab, Arab World, Arabic, Carrington Malin, Egypt, Facebook, Internet, marketing, MENA, Middle east, Morocco, North Africa, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, social media, social media marketing, social networking, UAE
Strong MENA interest in mobile apps
The latest Effective Measure | Spot On PR survey shows that 85 percent of mobile Internet users in the Arab world download apps. Continue reading
Posted in Applications, E-commerce, General, Internet, Internet research, Marketing, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Mobile, Online marketing, Online Shopping, research, social media
Tagged application development, Arab, Arab World, digital marketing, E-commerce, email, marketing, MENA, Middle east, Mobile, mobile apps, mobile Internet, North Africa, Online marketing, Online Shopping, reports, social media, social networking, statistics, surveys, tablets
Update: Egypt revolution reading list
The Egyptian people’s uprising is undoubtedly one of the most shocking, significant and, some would say, hopeful major socio-political events (update: and now must be said highly dangerous!) that we’ve seen in our 16 years of business in the Arab … Continue reading
Posted in General, Middle east
Tagged analysis, Arab World, Egypt, Middle east, Mubarak, news, politics, revolution
Egypt Facebook demographics
Egypt leads the Arab world in numbers of Facebook subscribers, with 5 million members. Here’s are updated Facebook demographics. Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, General, Internet, Internet research, Middle east, research, social media
Tagged Arab World, Arabic, demographics, Egypt, Facebook, MENA, Middle east, North Africa, reports, research, social media, statistics
Can we say Twitter revolution now? Can we?
There’s already been quite a lot written about the role of social media in the ousting of Tunisia’s President Ben Ali. Here’s our 2 cents worth, plus a list of useful links for anyone interested in learning about the role of social media in Tunisia’s regime change. Continue reading
Posted in Disintermediation, Facebook, General, Internet, Middle east, Newspapers, social media, Twitter
Tagged activism, Arab, Arab World, blocked, blogging, censorship, Facebook, government, hacking, Internet, journalists, media, media law, Middle east, new media, newspapers, North Africa, online, press freedom, social media, Tunisia, Twitter
2010 Spot On Public Relations