Is Instagram Reels the New TikTok?

The Indian government banned TikTok along with 58 other Chinese apps a few days ago and suddenly Facebook announces its new Reel feature for Instagram! What is Instagram Reels? It is a feature that allows users to create short-form videos (up to 15 seconds long) set to music or other audio 📌You can find Instagram Reels in the explore Page 📌 Separate section for reels in the profile…

Should You Use Instagram Stories for Your Business?

Instagram Stories have been around for a while now, and the effect of it is huge.. but businesses in Oman are not using it much as yet. The reason could be that it has left many brands, influencers, and content creators confused: should we be using Instagram Stories for business? In our opinion, since Instagram in General and Stories, in particular, are huge in Oman Social Media, If you're…

2019 Instagram trend review in Oman

We're into the last few days of another decade. It is a fact that many experts say the 2010’s will be known as the Instagram decade in the social media world: within a relatively short period of time of 9 years, Instagram has completely changed the perception of many of the online platforms. It made a profound effect on many industries. let's take a look back and see how it has changed…

Instagram update will appear influencers in your feed even if you DON’T follow them

With the new Instagram update, influencers and will be forced to appear in your feed even if you don’t follow them. This is because Instagram is now updating so advertisers can pay them to promote their branded content. Instagram is having this update so that advertisers can promote their content and products to the users feed and will be displayed in both the users posts and stories as…

International brands boycotting Facebook

Hundreds of companies have started to halt advertising on Facebook and Instagram as part of month-long boycott which began on Wednesday 1st of July, according to the civil rights groups behind the protest. The boycott is over the social network's handling of hate speech and misinformation. Based on market research, 3 of the 25 largest spenders on Facebook ads have publicly confirmed…

Protecting Facebook Live from Abuse and threats

Facebook has been currently working on improving their security with their Facebook Live feature from all kinds of threats and abuse that could be infiltrated to the platform. Facebook states that the main use of the Live is to spread positivity, such of it could consist of broadcasting events that are happening, sharing moments or even raising awareness for a cause but Live can be abused and…

How not to get scammed with fake social media influencers/accounts?

How not to get scammed with fake social media influencers/accounts? Fake social media accounts and influencers are increasing in numbers and for companies, it’s very difficult to identify who’s fake and who’s genuine. These fake accounts and influencers could cost brands a lot of money. How to avoid getting scammed? It’s very important for brands to discover how to always pair up with the…

La Derma Grand Opening

LaDerma Laser & Skin a new addition to Mirrors Social Media Family held their grand opening at Al Mouj Golf Course, Muscat, Oman on Thursday 8th November 2018 under the patronage of Dr. Raya Bint Qais Al Saeed. The event was attended by community ladies, business leaders, doctors and other elites.  

Al Sahwa School students visit to Mirrors

Leveraging a unique educational approach that goes beyond the classroom, four students in 6th grade and their teacher from Al Sahwa School interviewed Mohamed Shebani , Head of Communications at Mirrors to understand how real-life companies have turned social media into a sustainable marketing tool and to get insights about the local market and the competition through social media. At the end…