How Businesses in Oman can take advantage of Social Media Artificial Intelligence
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing very fast in business. Social media is no different. Companies are able to leverage their businesses using social media through AI.
The everyday evolving nature of social media makes it very hard for companies to keep a track of all new trends. Hence the companies are seeking the help of AI. The AI-based algorithms can analyze everything that is happening on social media platform in real time and feed that information as data so marketers will be able to utilize them in smart ways. It’s helping the companies to get a better understanding about their customers and their buying patterns, Which means, they are able to market more relevant products to the right targeted audience.
While investment in AI is increasing around the world, companies in Oman adoption of AI technologies is still lagging behind. We at MIRRORS encourage corporates and small businesses in Oman leveraging AI in efforts to gain market share or expand their products and services in the smartest ways.
How will Oman welcome WhatsApp new updated version with limiting message forwarding for 5 times?
Now you will no longer be able to forward WhatsApp messages to more than 5 times. Announcement from WhatsApp on Monday 21st January 2019 said it was restricting worldwide how many times any given message can be forwarded from 20 to 5.
Spreading of Mendacious campaigns and fake stories on WhatsApp has become a big problem around the world. Unlike other social media channels like Twitter and Facebook, WhatsApp messages are private and encrypted. Hence it’s very difficult to track the origin of the message.
WhatsApp spokesman said, “We’ll continue to listen to user feedback about their experience, and over time, look for new ways of addressing viral content.”
Countries like Oman with a fewer number of social problems may be affected by this release negatively as friends and groups are restricted to forward their messages. WhatsApp is already playing a major role in the communication system in Oman, not only among friends but within companies. Due to it’s fast and convenience many companies in Oman are using WhatsApp as a communication method. So we will have to wait and see how the local market will adapt to this new version.
The company will release an update with forwarding limit, first to Android devices and then to IOS devices accordingly. Oman is expected the new release in near future.
Burjeel Photoshoot
Mirrors conducted a photo shoot for our client Burjeel Hospital on Saturday, 10th November 2018. Burjeel is Sultanate’s premier private tertiary healthcare provider, a unit of VPS Healthcare, situated in Al Khuwair, Muscat, Oman. The photos will be used for Burjeel’s marketing material/website and Social Media posts.
SriLankan Airlines - 'Take me Home' Contest
Srilankan Airlines held ‘Take me Home’ Quiz Contest for Diwali 2018. Ms Gayatri Aditya, a visual artist by Profession won the competition from Oman and a return Business Class flight ticket to her hometown in Chennai, India. It was her first Diwali with her family in 7 years. Mirrors Team was given the task to develop the video. The video shooting was held at Muscat International Airport
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 of the semester these four students will be presenting a report on the visit to Mirrors which will be considered as their course project.
NextGen Event 2018
Mirrors Events have organized the Middle East Council of Shopping Centres Next Generation Networking Event on the 19th of March 2018 at the Grand Millennium Hotel in Muscat to celebrate Omanis who turned Retail into a Career.
There was a great turn up of retail professionals from Oman and other GCC countries.
This is the 5th Next Generation event that has been organized by Mirrors in co-operation with The Retail Agency and The Middle East Council of Shopping Centres (MECSC).
Mirrors would like to thank all the sponsors and everyone who contributed to the success of the event. We enjoyed organizing this annual event for the retail sector.
Meeting Social Media Influencers.
Connecting our clients with the right social media influencers is what we do best. At Mirrors, we truly believe in the communication power of social media.
We help our clients engage and activate with audiences and the general public through top social media influencers. Using our expertise, we develop and execute creative influencer marketing strategies to reach your target audience.
If you are a social media influencers, please feel free to contact us for business.
The photo shows Our head of communications Mohamed Shebani with hanood.1 one of the most successful social media influencers in Oman.
New video for Teacher's day with "Caribou Oman"
On the occasion of Teacher's Day and in collaboration with our client Caribou Oman, we would like to gift this special video to all the teachers who made us WHO we are today.
Happy Teacher's Day