I'm Manal Assaad, aka The Manalyst, a Branding Fanatic, Marketing Enthusiast, and Media Addict.
By profession, I'm a marketing specialist with a keen eye in design, a quirky style in communications, and avidity for social media.
By passion, I'm into psychology, sociology, mythology, movies and TV series, technology and gadgets, music and dancing, languages, art and culture, fashion designing and styling.
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Posted by Manal Assaad on Friday, February 10, 2012,
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When you work in the social media field like I do, it becomes inevitable to run into startups that are eager to launch the newest idea, the most tech-advanced service or the best-specialized network. As a startup, it is perhaps important to believe that the product you’re developing will be a success, will bring you fame, and help you cash in, hopefully sooner than later.
I do not claim to be an expert on entrepreneurship and startups, but if there is one thing that I can deduce by common ...
Posted by Manal Assaad on Saturday, December 18, 2010,
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Events
On December 11th, I had the pleasure of attending the 1st Arab Social Media Forum in Amman, Jordan. The forum was the 1st of its kind in the region to target only Social Media topics and share both clients' & agencies' experience dealing with Social Media platforms & different social engagement approaches / show cases (according to their website).
The event, held in Regency Palace Hotel (which, on a side note I must say, has AWESOME beds XD), was under the patronage of His Excellency Mr. Mar...
Posted by Manal Assaad on Friday, December 3, 2010,
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Events
If you were following my tweets on Thursday, December 2nd, you'd know that I was attending one of the most exciting, entertaining and educational events that can take place in Saudi Arabia... TEDxArabia which sought to answer the question "What is Innovation", as well as many other questions under the same theme.
I was invited as the Social Media Associate to bring the happenings of the event to the twittersphere (I knew my tweeting skills would pay off someday :P); and to spread the knowledg...