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Expert insight, opinion and advice on PR, influencer marketing and brand communications across the UAE and GCC.

Ranking #1 Doesn’t Matter Anymore: What Zero-Click Search and AI Answers Mean for PR

Allana

For twenty years, the goal of digital visibility was simple: rank on page one, get the click, win the traffic. That model is quietly breaking. Across the industry, “zero-click search” has become one of the…

When “Miracle” Becomes a Compliance Risk: What DHA’s New Social Media Rules Mean for Healthcare Brands

Allana

Dubai has just drawn a hard line around health marketing on social media and as an agency working across this space, we’re fully behind it and feel it’s very much needed in this space. The…

When PR Goes Wrong: Handling a Social Media Crisis as a Beauty or Wellness Brand in the UAE

Allana

Every brand hopes never to need this. Most don’t think about it until they’re already in the middle of it: a product complaint gone viral, a poorly judged post, an influencer partnership that backfired, a…

Organic vs Paid Social: Where Beauty & Wellness Brands Should Actually Spend Budget in 2026

Allana

Every beauty and wellness brand in the UAE has asked some version of the same question: do we need to pay to play now, or is organic still worth the effort? The honest answer is…

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