2. What are they doing online?
Source: Real Opinions Middle East Online Panel
More respondents
(over a quarter or
28%) in Saudi Arabia
play games daily. This
compares to 16% in
the UAE).
There is also a marked
difference in the
proportion of
respondents who play
games monthly, as this
is 13% for Saudi, and
only 6% for the UAE.
10. 4. TURN YOUR PAGE INTO A LEAD-
GENERATING MACHINE
11.
12.
13. Page Insights
A majority of male from 13-24 year old likes the Radisson Royal Hotel. Almost
5,700 fans are from India followed by people from UAE and Turkey. However,
most people indicated that they live in Dubai and use English as main language on
Facebook.
Number of fans: 9,098
The people number of people who see updates about the page in their ticker, news feed, or on
the page has reach 600 fans. However we can notice a very high number of people who read
about the page thanks to their friends activity or Facebook ads
14. Facebook Advertising
6,458 Facebook users became fan
of the page after clicking on one of
the ads.
After seeing one of the ads 868
Facebook users liked or shared
with their friends one of the post
on the page.
17. Will It Blend ? Blendtec
Blendtec was a faceless B2B/B2C blender manufacturer that couldnât afford a
traditional marketing campaign
Published low-cost videos of CEO blending everything from iPhones, hockey pucks
to the financial bailout
Launched the website WillitBlend.com and a YouTube channel
ROI
Videos went viral generating âmillions of dollars
in brand recognitionâ
Channel Views: 3,469,098
Subscribers: 183,949
Online Blendtec blender sales increased 500%
The videos have made over $50,000 in ad revenue
turning the marketing department into a profit
centre
Lessons learned:
Be entertaining and keep it relevant to your brand
(the videos promote the durability of their blenders without an overt sales pitch)
Experiment â the idea might not have worked, but what could they lose?
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FB Ads: The Basics
CPC (Cost-Per-Click)
You pay each time some one clicks on your
advert. Use this pricing if you want to drive a
specific action to you Facebook
Page. These ads are very effective.
CPM (Cost-Per- Thousand Impressions)
You pay based on the number of people who see
your advert. Use this type of payment ONLY if
you want to raise general awareness within a
targeted audience.
Bidding
The suggested bid range shows you the range of bids that are currently winning the auction among ads
similar to yours. At the agency we constantly and manually monitor the range to make sure that the bid price
is within suggested pricing range provided for your ad. (If the bid is below the range, no one will see the ad â
however, if the bid is above the range weâre wasting valuable money). Your maximum bid is the most you'll
pay for a click on your ad or per thousand impressions delivered depending upon whether you chose to pay
per click (CPC) or per thousand impressions (CPM)
What makes FB ads so much more effective?
You can target your ad by country, age &
relationship/marital status!
Please note, the smaller the target audience,
the more expensive the ad is per click.
36. SMALL BUSINESSES CAN DO SOCIAL MEDIA; IT'S
JUST ABOUT BEING SAVVY ENOUGH TO INCORPORATE
SOME OF YOUR STRATEGIES INTO PROCEDURES THAT
ALREADY EXIST.
NO BUSINESS CAN BE EVERYWHERE, SO FOCUS
YOUR EFFORTS TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE IN THE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM;
NOT JUST WHERE YOU THINK IT WILL BE "COOL" TO
HAVE A PROFILE.
37. A summary: To gain fans, followers and
connection
Be human. Youâre not a detached observer, but a participant
who need to share and give back instead of just taking.
Itâs all about karma. The community wonât share with you
unless youâve shared (your experiences, your thoughts, your
passions) with them.
Take it offline, promote your social platforms along with the
monthly editors note.
Create badges on your email signature and websites
Commit: Donât put a toe in the water and expect to create
more than a ripple. Dive in.
Experience in the best teacher.
Through the course of a day you come across a lot of
information. Share it.
Find what youâre good at and something you can be
consistent with. Make sure youâre doing it every day.
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Lets Get Social:
39. Facebook, Twitter, Internet and Mobile
Subscription Rates in the Arab Region:
(Arab social media report July 2011)
Country
Estimated Number of
Active Twitter Users
(Avg. between
Jan 1st and March 30th,
2011)
Twitter
penetration*
(%)
Number of
Facebook
users
(4/5/2011)
Facebook
penetration*
(%)
Internet users per
100 **
Mobile
Subscriptions
per 100 **
Bahrain 61,896 5.01 302,940 36.83 53.00 177.13
Egypt 131,204 0.15 6,586,260 7.66 24.26 66.69
Jordan 55,859 0.85 1,402,440 21.25 26.00 95.22
Kuwait 113,428 3.63 795,100 25.51 36.85 129.85
Lebanon 79,163 1.85 1,093,420 25.50 23.68 56.59
Oman 6,679 0.23 277,840 9.37 51.50 139.54
Qatar 133,209 8.46 481,280 30.63 40.00 175.40
Saudi Arabia 115,084 0.43 4,092,600 15.28 38.00 174.43
UAE 201,060 2.43 2,406,120 50.01 75.00 232.07
English is the language of choice for most users in seven Arab countries, while French is the language of
choice in five Arab countries, with Arabic the language of choice for most users in three Arab countries. The
remaining countriesâ Facebook populations were split between Arabic and English. The availability of various
language interfaces could partly explain the larger number of Facebook users in the region, as compared to
Twitter users, as Twitter has yet to launch its Arabic interface.
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