On 25 May 2018, the European Union passed the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). One year on, and privacy laws and data across the globe haven’t been the same. “25 May marks the anniversary of Europe’s new data protection rules, the General Data Protection Regulation, also widely known as the GDPR,” Andrus Ansip, Vice-President for […]
Content Marketing is all about personalising your message to your market. Have marketers in the Middle East mastered this skill? Content is now at the heart of any marketing strategy. A marketer must build a relationship with the target audience and prospective buyers to achieve the long-term goal of reduced marketing cost and increased customer […]
Account-based Marketing (ABM) is increasingly becoming a popular business strategy in the Middle East. So what are the challenges and opportunities? Marketing is everywhere! Reading this article is part of a marketing strategy. You walk down a street, and billboards bombard you with marketing content watching a YouTube video without a 5-second ad interrupting the […]
Advertisers in the Middle East are mastering programmatic advertising and are reinventing the art of storytelling to create memorable brand experiences. In 2017, when Audi was about to launch its customisable vehicle, the Q2, the company decided to personalise its marketing. Audi worked with Google to analyse its key touch points about analytics. The data thus […]
Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter find Middle East to be a perfect market due to the high smartphone penetration. As per a report by Crowd Analyzer, Saudi Arabia had the highest number of Instagram (12 million), Twitter (11 million), and Snapchat (14 million) active users in the Middle East in 2018.
June 24, 2018, when Saudi Arabia lifted the ban on women driving, #SheDrives went viral, brands like Renault, Audi, Coca-Cola, Zain, and Nissan capitalised on the historic move with video advertising. While the video ads proved to be emotional and heart-warming, the most endearing one was that from HH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. One of […]
Artificial Intelligence has brought revolutionary changes in the marketing and technology space. With integrated software in the form of chatbots and extensive marketing tools based on conversational AI, businesses are augmenting their sales efforts and improving lead generation. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) bridging the gap between potential customers and business enterprises, conversational AI has taken […]
Braze was previously named a leader in the Forrester Wave™: Mobile Engagement Automation, Q3 2017. Braze, the leading global customer engagement platform, announced that Forrester named the company in the “Now Tech: Cross-Channel Campaign Management Report.” The report is an overview of 42 vendors across 15 different functional capabilities, putting them into three segments. In […]
