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Publsh Media Group Named Exclusive Commercial Partner for Yas Marina Race Weekend 2026

Under the agreement, Publsh will develop, market, and manage commercial partnerships, branded media assets, and experiential activations across Yas Marina throughout the event.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Entrepreneurs

Beyond Trends: How Branding, Marketing Strategy, Design, and Education Shape Modern Leadership

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Marketing

Medical Aesthetics Marketers in MENA Get a New Guide for Turning Patient Interest into Demand

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

The Truth About Agentic Marketing

By Yara Milbes

Marketing

Gate’s Biggest Investment Isn’t Crypto—It’s Culture

For Gate, partnering with Inter Milan is about far more than football sponsorship. It is a calculated play for cultural relevance, institutional trust, and long-term positioning in Europe and beyond.

By Mina Vucic

Social Media

Alexandra Carvalho on 10 Years of Building a Self-Funded Business in the UAE

After 10 years of running the self-funded Alex’s House of Social, founder and creative strategist Alexandra Carvalho reflects on redefining business events, personal branding, and community-driven marketing in the UAE.

By Tamara Pupic

Business News

Dubai Creative Company ThinkSmart Hub Supports Local Businesses with Free Promotional Reels

Businesses are invited to submit their profiles via the company’s social media page for a chance to be featured.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Marketing

NextAud.io Announces Exclusive Agreement with AdsWizz to Sell Streaming and Podcast Inventory in MENA Region

NextAud.io today announced that it has entered into an agreement with AdsWizz Inc. to become AdsWizz’s exclusive sales representative for advertising on streaming and podcasts in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt. In addition, NextAud.io is now AdsWizz’s preferred reseller for this inventory in Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, […]

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Marketing

The Silent Power of Luxury: Why the Most Premium Brands Build Desire by Saying Less

Luxury has never been about being seen everywhere. It has always been about being remembered. I have spent years inside rooms where brands debate what to show the world, what to post, what to announce, what to push next. The conversation is almost always framed as addition: more content, more campaigns, more touchpoints, more visibility. […]

By Wael Mckee

Marketing

Understanding the Middle East Consumer: Where International Brands Fall Short

Success in this region depends on recognizing that audiences are multilingual, behaviors shift with seasonality, convenience shapes decision-making, and platforms play different roles across the customer journey.

By Namita Ramani

Marketing

Kia NMC highlights success from partnership with SeezBoost

Digital marketing in automotive retail is evolving fast. For Kia NMC, the challenge was clear: how to connect the right audience with the right message while ensuring every marketing riyal delivers measurable impact. Over the past two years, a partnership with SeezBoost, an AI-driven performance marketing service, has transformed how Kia NMC approaches digital campaigns, […]

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Marketing

Built in MENA, For MENA: How Platformance is Disrupting Adtech From the Inside Out

Platformance.io founder and CEO Waseem Afzal reflects on what true disruption means, the cultural values that fuel his team, and the insights he offers to founders striving to create something original and lasting.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Marketing

xNDigitize Is Disrupting Corporate Marketing And It’s Working

Turning boardrooms into brainstorms and making corporate stories impossible to scroll past

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Marketing

Dubai PodFest 2025 to Spotlight Content Creation and Audio Influencing

Sector experiencing rapid growth.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Smiles and Etihad Guest Partnership Offers Better Rewards Across Both Loyalty Programs

The integration is available exclusively through the Smiles app now, with the opportunity for members to transfer via the Etihad website and newly launched mobile app in the near future.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

UAE Media Council Launches Advertiser Permit for Social Media Promotions

New regulation to take effect in three months.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Brand Lessons from Dubai: Evolving with Purpose and Power

This is a clear message to brands: if your creative is still playing it safe, or feels like a copy-paste job, you're already behind.

By Victoria Gleeson

Marketing

CAP.G VENTURES Introduces its Fractional CMO Model to the UAE

"CAP.G was built to bridge the gap between bold ideas and real-world execution."

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Build It Backwards: Why Great Marketing Starts at the Bottom of the Funnel

If you're in the early stages of building a business, my advice is simple: start where it counts. Let your marketing efforts be shaped by outcomes, not assumptions.

By Vickram Agarwal

Marketing

Editor’s Note: Saudis Are Becoming The Kings of Content

The Kingdom's content creator industry is growing at incredible pace.

By Anil Bhoyrul

Business News

Am I Too Late to Work on My Personal Brand?

Why the best time to start was yesterday—and why today will still change everything?

By Kelly Lundberg

Business News

Rebuilding Brand Trust in a Distracted Economy

MENA consumers are more likely to trust a brand that says less but says it with precision than one that shouts constantly with aesthetic polish.

By Mahmoud K. Youssef

Business News

Marketing Maven: Ziad Melhem, Chief Marketing Officer, CFI

Ziad Melhem, Chief Marketing Officer, CFI, reveals the secrets of CFI's outstanding marketing campaigns.

By Tamara Pupic

Business News

World’s Most Valuable Brands: e&, ADNOC, and Emirates Join the List

UAE companies show outstanding performance in an annual report highlighting the world's most valuable and strongest brands.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Emaar Founder Mohamed Alabbar Shares “Why I Let Go of My Marketing Team”

Alabbar says team were not able to change strategy.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Content is Dead—Here’s What’s Replacing It

Today's consumers of content are, ironically, discontent.

By Maria Najjar

Business News

How TikTok Helps Small Businesses To Maximize Shopping Season

TikTok empowers SMBs to fully capitalize on the "Golden Quarter" beyond the typical promotional peaks, while protecting their brands from the diminishing returns of a purely promo-driven approach.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff