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Brand Foolery: How To Pull Off a Memorable April Fools’ Day Campaign April 1st is always a fun day on social media with brands and businesses joining in on the pranks to give us a good chuckle. Not only is April Fools’ a great opportunity to engage in unique...
Welcome to our monthly roundup of all things marketing strategy, brought to you by Genene Webster, Senior Marketing Strategist at Acorn Strategy. She dives into three game-changing stories that have the regional marketing scene buzzing and rounds up the top insights...
Turning the Tables: What Social Media Platforms Can Learn from Digital Marketing Agencies. Ready for a role reversal, social media platforms? Buckle up, because today, we are trading in our student hats and playing professor, giving you a crash course in the lessons...
Acorn Strategy Unveils Focused Realignment Plan with Key Leadership Appointments Abu Dhabi, 10 May 2023: Acorn Strategy, the award-winning strategic and integrated marketing communications agency, has announced a focused realignment of teams to drive growth and...
Acorn Strategy's insights will help you ace the marketing game this Ramadan. Make the most of the upcoming Ramadan and Eid observance in the MENA region. Connect with your key audiences, build stronger relationships, and leave a lasting impression! Leverage Acorn...
The numbers are good: strong engagement rate, steady increase in performance throughout the campaign, and sufficient pick up by target media. Yet, something isn't right. The campaign hasn't yielded the results these numbers were supposed to produce, and the media...
Ever wondered how culture is impacting your marketing success abroad? In this article, Annabel Amann our Head of Client Experience, explains how greater awareness and understanding of nuances of culture and sub-cultures can help businesses effectively engage customers...
This is the first set of emojis. Recently acquired by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), they were designed by Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita in 1999. Emojis were originally used to give personality to keyboard emoticons and add another level of self-expression...
A renewed Middle Eastern interest in football sponsorships? Kantar stats say that 63% of people are more likely to do business with a brand that aligns itself to something they’re passionate about, 74% feel more loyalty to a brand that is involved in sports and...
Reinventing the wheel is not always necessary when there are treasured guides to the psychology of marketing and prime examples of brands setting the tone since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Which is why ‘The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing’ by Al Ries...