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Five Smarter Tweeting Tips
Just in case they’re of any use, here are five smarter Tweeting tips triggered by things I’ve been noticing cropping up on Twitter recently. 1) Want retweets? Write for retweets! Just in case you’re asking, 117 characters is a ‘retweetable’ … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Middle East marketing, social media, Twitter
Tagged Alexander McNabb, communications, Internett, social media, Twitter, Writing
The Freedom Meme
A new report from the University of Washington’s Project on Information Technology and Political Islam comes to the conclusion that social media played a central role in the events we have all come to call ‘The Arab Spring’. Ever since … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Facebook, General, Internet, Measurement, Middle east, social media, Twitter
Tagged Alexander McNabb, Arab, Arab Spring, Arab World, blogs, Egypt, Facebook, Internet, MENA, Middle east, North Africa, politics, revolution, social media, Tunisia, Twitter, University of Washington, Websites
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
Who’s Afraid Of A Regulated Web?
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has come out and said he wants a regulated web – “You need to hear our limits, our red lines” he told an audience at the two-day ‘e-G8′ conference. The AP report is linked here. His … Continue reading
Posted in Disintermediation, General, Internet, social media, Twitter
Tagged Alexander McNabb, citizen-centric government, digital, egovernment, government, Internet, Nicholas Sarkozy, social media, Twitter, Wikileaks
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
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
Middle East bloggers on air!
Tune in to Alexander McNabb on Dubai Eye 103.8FM on Tuesday January 25th at 10am to listen to the Dubai Today show and hear about Middle East blogging from seven bloggers in the region. Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Content, General, Internet, Middle east, social media
Tagged Alexander McNabb, Amman, Arab World, blog, bloggers, blogging, Content, Dubai, Dubai Eye, Dubai Today, Internet, Jordan, Middle east, online, radio, social media, UAE
Should you outsource your conversation?
There’s lots of stuff we do with clients building digital communications programmes, from SEO auditing through to setting up and populating social media platforms. But the one thing we recommend against is take the whole thing off your hands. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Content, CRM, Customer care, Customers, Facebook, General, Internet, Middle East marketing, Online marketing, public relations, SEO, social media, strategy, Twitter
Tagged communications, conversation, CRM, engagement, Facebook, Internet, Internet marketing, marketing, public relations, social media, social media marketing, social networking, transparency, Twitter
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