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Category Archives: Online marketing
A particularly delicious cake
A new survey highlights that there is enthusiasm for behavioural targeting and concern over privacy issues in almost equal measure. Continue reading
Posted in Content, Facebook, Internet, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Newspapers, Online marketing, Publishing, social media, strategy
Tagged advertising, behavioural targeting, consumers, Content, data, demographics, Facebook, Internet, Internet marketing, Internet users, marketing, online, Online marketing, privacy, UAE
10 social media myths exposed
To our delight, more and more Middle East brands are looking seriously at using social media in their communications and making efforts to plan, structure and invest in strategic activities. It’s no secret that Spot On PR is a big … Continue reading
Posted in brand marketing, Content, CRM, Customer care, Customers, Facebook, General, Internet, Measurement, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Online marketing, public relations, SEO, social media, strategy, Twitter
Tagged advertising, agencies, blogging, blogs, Carrington Malin, communications, Content, conversations, CRM, customer service, direct marketing, email, Facebook, Internet, marketing, marketing communications, myths, online, planning, public relations, social media, social networking, strategy, Twitter
Facebook bigger than newspapers? So what?
With Facebook hitting 15 million users in the Middle East & North Africa, more people subscribe to Facebook than get the newspaper. But what does that mean exactly? Continue reading
Posted in Content, Disintermediation, Facebook, General, Internet, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Newspapers, Online marketing, public relations, Publishing, social media
Tagged Algeria, Arab, Arab World, Bahrain, Carrington Malin, Egypt, Facebook, Internet, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, marketing social networking, Maroc, MENA, Middle east, Morocco, North Africa, Oman, online, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, social media, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
15 Million MENA Facebook Users – Report
Facebook has become a force to be reckoned with in the Middle East and North Africa 15 million users in the region. Read more in Spot On PR’s MENA Facebook Demographics Report (May 2010). Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, General, Internet, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Newspapers, Online marketing, social media
Tagged Algeria, Arab, Arab World, Bahrain, Carrington Malin, Egypt, Facebook, Internet, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, marketing social networking, Maroc, MENA, Middle east, Morocco, North Africa, Oman, online, Palestine, Qatar, research, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, social media, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Are you engaging the right fans?
As a communications and marketing agency that helps run a number of social media programs, we spend quite a lot of time looking at Middle East social media marketing campaigns from around the region. It’s still early days, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Content, CRM, Customers, Facebook, Internet, Measurement, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Online marketing, social media, Twitter
Tagged blog, communications, Content, Customers, employees, engagement, Facebook, fans, following, marketing, Measurement, metrics, Online marketing, planning, ROI, social media, social networking
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 Conference, cust, customer service, Customers, digimediame, digital, Dubai, Internet, marketing, MENA, Middle east, online, online advertising, Online marketing, social media, Spot On PR, UAE
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 Arab wordl, blogging, blogs, Carrington Malin, Facebook, media, Middle east, ODwyers, social media, social networking, Twitter
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
Twitter & Customer Service Survey
Spot On PR’s 2010 customer service and Twitter survey found that 95% of Middle East & North Africa Twitter users surveyed welcomed brand engagement via Twitter. Continue reading
Posted in brand marketing, CRM, Customer care, Customers, General, Internet, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Online marketing, social media, Twitter
Tagged Algeria, Arab World, Arabic, Bahrain, demographics, Dubai, Egypt, Facebook, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, MENA, Middle east, Morocco, North Africa, Oman, Qatar, research, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, social media, Spot On, spotonpr, Syria, Tunisia, tweet, Twitter, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
2010 Spot On Public Relations
Night of the anonyhaters
Some people wearing a mask of anonymity, believe they face no consequence for their actions, are capable of remarkable cruelty. What should you do if these are aimed at you or your brand? Continue reading →