Wamda

Jordan

4 lessons on scaling from 2014's MENA ICT Forum

Last week, Amman’s King Hussein Business Park played host to the 2014 edition of the MENA ICT Forum, a two-day event that brought together ...

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Global

Could Google's Quality Score make or break your startup?

Yesterday I wrote about what a Quality Score was and how it was measured; today I’m going to tell you about how you can improve it and let y...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's 20 most popular Twitter users

Previously published on alqiyady.com. 25 Trends, a regional social media analytics company, has put together a list of the top 20 most...

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Global

A quick, current, and crucial guide to Google’s Quality Score

Whether you’re brand new to pay-per-click marketing with AdWords, or you’ve been at it for ages, you’ve probably heard others harp on the im...

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Regional

7 coolest office spaces in the Arab world

For a few years now, famous American startups like Google and Foursquare have been using their office as a communication and marketing...

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Maghreb

4 reasons foreign investors should consider Morocco

Morocco has been attracting increased foreign investment recently, thanks to its reassuring macroeconomic status and an economy that is...

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The 10 most lucrative jobs in the world may surprise you

This article is a cross post with Alqiyadi. Many believe that once they graduate from college and get a degree they will be able to get a...

6 ways to gamify your customer acquisition model

If you have never heard the word ‘gamification’, the reason is not because it is not a proven concept, but because companies might not tak...

Gamification Customer Acquisition

Google's top 10 all-time acquisitions

Heard of it? Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998, offering their soon-to-be famous search engine to the world of the...

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Economics for Entrepreneurs 101: 4 things to know about an economy

Recently Wamda posted a list of five basic economic concepts that can help guide decision making and structural analyses of entrepreneurs....

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5 tips to start thinking creatively

We hear a lot about creative thinking, but what does that really mean? Lebanese startup Innovo has one idea. The Lebanese...

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Economics for Entrepreneurs 101: 5 basic concepts

Starting a company or one’s own enterprise is hard for lots of reasons. But you don’t have to go it alone. One of the best ways to ...

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5 tips to get your customers excited about sharing your product

Going viral by having your loyal customers becoming your brand ambassadors is a dream for every brand; this is what enabled my first...

Referral Growth hacking Tips

9 tips to fight a drop in Facebook engagement

Yesterday, we published the first of a two-part series on how – and why – small businesses are struggling for traction ...

Lists Tips Facebook

4 tips for cracking the F&B market

The Arab region is teeming with local and international restaurants offering various types of cuisine to match the increasingly demanding...

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Why is Facebook engagement dropping 40% every year?

It’s been a tough year for businesses on Facebook – especially small businesses. Reaching customers has never been more difficult, and the...

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4 Myths that hinder entrepreneurship in Morocco

In Morocco, we don’t have, strictly speaking, an entrepreneurial culture; as a result, our entrepreneurs often lack experience, standards, ...

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Where to get mentorship in Tunisia

Tunisian entrepreneurs are unanimous: people in their country don’t lack motivation and creativity but they need advice on how to apply i...

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4 tips for successful digital marketing, from Dubai's STEP conference

For the third round of the annual STEP Conference, held April 30th in Al Serkal Avenue in Dubai, organizers chose the topic of...

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8 international accelerators that welcome startups from the Arab region

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5 obstacles Morocco must overcome to foster tech success

The few examples of ‘Made in Morocco’ success tech stories (Microchoix, Jumia, Kaymu) can’t conceal the large number of barriers to the pro...

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3 reasons to launch a startup in Algeria

Following the example of Morocco and Tunisia, Algeria is witnessing more and more entrepreneurs, both young and old. And although we could...

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Regional

How to raise $18M in the Middle East? 5 tips from MarkaVIP founder Ahmed Alkhatib

How do you raise $18 million USD in the Middle East? It’s not easy. Last week I sat down with Ahmed Alkhatib, the man behind the...

MarkaVIP

3 reasons to develop a strategic partnership

Entrepreneurs tend to insist on doing everything related to their startup themselves, often without realizing that there are solutions that...

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