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PR training international blog visitors

By + on February 2, 2013 in corporate communications, MENA, Middle East, public relations, Self Promotion, Training

Next week’s World Communications Forum in Davos has PR and corporate communications speakers and delegates from dozens of different countries so I thought it would be interesting to take a look at where visitors to my public relations blog come from. Not surprisingly for an English language blog most are from the UK and USA. [...]

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Can social media bring tourists back to Egypt?

By + on January 18, 2013 in MENA, Middle East, social media, Video

Much has been written about the role that social media played in the Egyptian revolution. Online PR and marketing author and speaker David Meerman Scott has been in Egypt teaching a social media master class and in this video asks if social media can be used to help bring tourists back to Egypt?

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Google launches campaign to increase Arabic web content

By + on November 22, 2012 in corporate communications, MENA, Middle East, public relations

Google has announced a new initiative to increase the amount of Arabic content online. Arabic content makes up just three per cent of the total digital content online, yet Arabic speakers make up more than five per cent of the global population. Google’s 30 day Arabic Web Days initiative in the Middle East and North [...]

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Twitter active users in Arab countries

By + on June 8, 2012 in Infographic, MENA, Research, social media

Interesting new infographic showing the number of active Twitter users in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The most useful stats are the ones that show the percentage of population penetration as the 215,000 figure for Egypt reflects its larger population as despite the hype since the Arab Spring penetration is only 0.26%. The [...]

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