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 Monday, April 9, 2012,
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Events
Do you follow me on Twitter? Then I must have spammed you a week ago for five days tweeting about the largest digital event in the region: Arabnet Digital Summit
I had the pleasure of attending Arabnet 2011, and a greater pleasure returning to Arabnet 2012 as an official blogger among some other great bloggers. This year’s event was bigger, with more workshops and talks, and more focus on details! Read on to know what you've missed ;)
Starting with the Developer Days on March 27 – 28, ther...
Posted by Manal Assaad on Friday, February 10, 2012,
In :
Events
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 Friday, August 19, 2011,
In :
Tech & Gadgets
There’s nothing like spending a week in Lebanon hanging out with friends and having fun… except commemorating it with a golden mobile phone, the Nokia Oro… A phone that’s easy to use and easy to carry, with no compromise on beauty or elegance.
18 carat gold, premium leather and a sapphire home key were surely attention-grabbers every time I held the phone to use it. My friends had a few good jokes about taking it & running away with it :P
Posted by Manal Assaad on Monday, June 20, 2011,
In :
Tech & Gadgets
My favorite colors are red and black as someone who've always sought out passion and power. However, when I was designing my personal brand about a year and a half ago, red and black didn't feel to have the right touch. In a shocking twist, it was pink with black that felt very inspiring to me, I say "shocking" because everyone who knew me knew that I was an anti-pink girl. Ever since I launched my website, my branding identity and my online activity, I experienced growth more than I ...
Posted by Manal Assaad on Friday, February 4, 2011,
In :
People
For quite some time, I've been thinking about how to make my blog more alive and engaging; if you've been an avid follower of mine (on twitter) for a while you'd remember me asking on whether I should allow guest posts on my blog as it's been suggested by a few people. Although I like the idea of giving way to other people's voices on my blog, this is a personal blog and I'd like to keep it personal and to have my flavor all over it. So I came up with the best idea to combine both! A "Meet S...
Posted by Manal Assaad on Saturday, December 18, 2010,
In :
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,
In :
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...
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.
