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Neticenzy, a Dubai-based digital marketing agency with a focus on social media, recently won TikTok’s B2B account. Communicate had a relaxed chat with Fadi Khater, Founder & Managing Partner, to discuss this big win and more. Much more. Your PR announcing Netizency’s TikTok win does not read like the typical PR. It was kind of […]

Imad Jomaa, Founder and President of Lebanon-based holding company JGroup, explains how he sees programmatic in light of JGroup’s recent investment in FoxPush, a Dubai-based full-stack solution for publishers and digital advertisers. How fast is the programmatic ad market growing in the region and what is driving this growth? Programmatic advertising is growing rapidly across […]

Global social listening and analytics company, Talkwalker, and inbound marketing and sales platform, Hubspot have released the social media trends for 2021. 2020 was a year no one could have predicted, mainly thanks to the impacts of Covid-19. But with regards to the report, Covid-19 is considered as a catalyst that expedited issues, ideas, and […]

Award-winning integrated creative network Ogilvy has released a new study titled “The Wellness Gap.” The study quantifies the gap between consumers’ wellness expectations of brands and how they judge delivery against those expectations in seven key sectors: food, snacks, skincare, airlines, hotels, cars, and banking. The study surveyed 7,000 consumers from 14 countries across four continents […]

Hootsuite partnered with Altimeter Group to better quantify how sophisticated organizations are using social to deepen customer relationships, increase brand value and media efficiency, and accelerate broader digital transformation. The report surveyed 2,162 marketers and conducted in-depth interviews with leaders working in large enterprise organizations with complex social media strategies. Here are the findings – […]

Launched in 2008, the Annual ASDA’A BCW Arab Youth Survey is the largest survey of its kind of the Middle East and North Africa region, covering its largest demographic – the youth. The findings of the survey provide governments, the private sector, civil society and academia with insights into the hopes, concerns and aspirations of […]

Khaled AlShehhi, Executive Director of Marketing & Communication at the Public Diplomacy Office in the UAE Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, tells Communicate how he got into marketing, what his work means to him, and how he sees the role of government communications. What is your background and when did you start in […]

The concept of customer loyalty is very fragile in today’s economy. Communicate has earlier covered reports citing that consumers aren’t necessarily loyal to brands anymore but are skewing more towards timely delivery service. A consequence of the improvements in digital connectivity and service today. Hence the reason why many brands introduced loyalty programs to attract […]

While brands and advertisers claim to place inclusivity at the top of their agenda, they often fail to engage with communities with hearing impairments, rarely including sign language options in their campaigns. However, some organizations are recognizing the problem and strive to find a solution. Alwaleed Philanthropies, an NGO chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin […]

Global e-commerce consultancy, Wunderman Thompson Commerce releases the 4th edition of their Future Shopper report. The report seeks to identify trends in consumers’ digital buying behaviors, with the aim of helping to influence organizations’ strategies and to ensure that they are ready for the consumer and the channels of the future. Here are the key […]

 Rahul Agarwal, VP Product Partnerships at digital media technology provider Polar, explains the opportunity for programmatic advertising in the pandemic crisis. Programmatic advertising, like every other industry, has not been immune to the negative effects of the current pandemic. As countries around the world were locking down their economies in the beginning of Q2, brands […]

Anghami, the regions largest and most loved streaming service, announced today a new collaboration with The Walt Disney Company Middle East in which brands are able to reach millions of consumers through various branding and media solutions alongside hit Disney movie soundtracks.

Adnan Bashir, Senior Manager for Corporate Communications at Hansen Technologies, explains what you could maybe do better, or differently, in order to get your boss to listen and adopt your ideas. Ever since I made the fateful decision to switch careers and jump head-first into the unpredictable, yet exciting, world of corporate communications half a […]

Elias Karam, Strategic Planner at Publicis Middle East, explains why you should tap into lighthearted communications in times of crisis, and how to avoid blunders doing it. One of the quotes I found to ring most true in times like these is by Benjamin Franklin: “While we may not be able to control all that […]

WARC, the global marketing intelligence service, released its latest report that focuses on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on strategy, across headcounts, budgets, and the role of strategy during the crisis. The report is based on a global survey of strategists that was fielded during the months of May and June 2020. […]

UAE-based podcast network Amaeya Media, launched in 2017, has become a key player in the region’s audio space, with 16 different shows and the UAE’s first audio-dedicated agency. Founder and CEO Chirag Desai explains how this industry is slowly but surely moving forward. In which markets are your podcasts listened to? We now have individual […]

Happiness has been a human pursuit for as long as we can remember. In scientific literature, happiness is referred to as hedonia, the presence of positive emotions and the absence of negative emotions. These 50 photographs with the hashtag #Happiness2019 will definitely light up your mood. Agora images are a free-to-use app social app. The app is for the […]