Sprout Social, a provider of cloud-based social media management software, has added Yelp to its review management capabilities. Recent studies show that 86 per cent of consumers read online reviews, and 91 per cent of consumers aged 18-34 trust reviews as much as a personal recommendation. As brands seek to manage the growing volume and […]
Ad spend on Facebook and Instagram in the Middle East increased by 33.32 per cent year-over-year (YoY) during Q3, and by 7.38 per cent between Q2 and Q3, said Emplifi, a unified customer experience (CX) platform. Etihad Airways had the top three performing posts on Facebook, generating 1,605,310 interactions, and Emirates the best performing post […]
Twitter launches an online shopping initiative that includes livestreams, and Walmart is already on board as the first retailer to try out the platform. Walmart and Twitter will co-host Cyber Deals Sunday stream event on Twitter, during which viewers can follow along with a live broadcast, shop featured products through Twitter’s Shop Tab and post […]
Demandbase, the B2B go-to-market platform, breaks ground with new Audience Management Destinations for Demandbase. B2B marketers will be able to reach account-based targets on traditionally consumer platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Bing, and Adobe, as well as an expanded integration with LinkedIn. This new functionality is yet another way Demandbase enables marketers to […]
MENA marketing professionals are expecting growth in their mobile budgets. MMA conducted a survey with WARC to showcase the region’s mobile marketing strategies Increased focus on agility and effectiveness has been a key lesson for marketers in the last year, and brand awareness has turned out to be the most common objective when running mobile […]
Hepsiburada, a Turkish eCommerce platform, announced a joint performance advertising platform in partnership with Facebook. Managed Partner Ads (MPA) is a next-generation social media advertising platform designed to be used exclusively by Hepsiburada’s small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs). The platform allows SMEs to place targeted adverts on Facebook and Instagram. Once live, the adverts will […]
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is discussing opening its first retail stores as it looks to break into the metaverse, according to The New York Times. The stores, which have no slated opening date, will allow the company to showcase devices like virtual reality headsets and teleconferencing gadgets that allow people to video chat through […]
Discussing how MENA’s media and creative industry can work hand-in-hand to deliver award-winning campaigns The past year has been dominated by insights and developments of the COVID age, but another potentially industry-changing dynamic has seen tremendous growth – the power of synergies. It is the additive effect of two or more media working together to […]
A decade ago, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, was on Time magazine’s 2010 Person of the Year. He was dubbed “the Connector”. A decade later, the social media company that connected people around the world and was called the industry trendsetter faces a humongous crisis. This month, Time placed Zuckerberg on its cover again, with a […]
Building the Metaverse: The social network isn’t the only one working on the metaverse, and Facebook acknowledged that no single company will own and operate it. In August, Mark Zuckerberg discussed a high-level view behind the ‘metaverse,’ a vision for the future of Facebook Inc in a news announcement. “In the coming years, I expect […]
