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Media consumption & habits of MENA Internet users
Scroll down the page for survey download links The figures in our new Media Consumption & Habits of MENA Internet Users Survey simply confirm what everyone involved in the Middle East’s growing digital marketing industry has already been talking about … Continue reading
Posted in Applications, brand marketing, Facebook, General, Internet, Internet research, Measurement, Middle east, Middle East marketing, Mobile, Newspapers, Online marketing, public relations, research, social media, Twitter
Tagged communications, demographics, digital marketing, Effective Measure, Egypt, Facebook, habits, Internet, magazines, marketing, media TV, MENA, Middle east, Netlog, newspapers, North Africa, radio, research, Saudi Arabia, social media, social networking, Spot On PR, statistics, survey, Twitter, UAE
When social media programs grow up…
I’ve been doing quite a lot of speaking at ‘online’ conference events and workshops recently (this will surprise nobody who knows me) and consequently meeting a lot of people who are experimenting with social media within their organisations. It’s something … Continue reading
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
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
Tweets like grains of wheat
Everyone has done the old ‘one grain of wheat on the first square, two grains on the second and so on doubling with each square’ trick. The same mathematics potentially applies to the humble retweet, of course. Continue reading
Posted in Content, Internet, Online marketing, public relations, social media, Twitter
Tagged Alexander McNabb, Archimedes, buzz, communications, Internet, marketing, mathematics, news, online, social media, tweets, Twitter, website, word of mouth
We’re no longer wowed…
A sea-change in consumer attitudes to technology follows a series of changes in the way in which people inform themselves of new things. The information flow, which used to take place across magazine pages or at exhibitions, now takes place online 24/7. Continue reading
Posted in Content, Customers, Internet, Middle East marketing, Online marketing, public relations, Publishing, social media, strategy
Tagged advertising, campaign, CampaignME, Carrington Malin, Internet, iPhone, marketing, online, product launch, technology, TWAIN

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 →