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Author Archive for Belal Khan

Belal Khan works as a Social Media Content Producer for Leechon, Inc - a marketing services company focusing on marketing and branding strategy with a concentration on social media and online marketing. More information about Belal can be found at http://belalkhan.com

How @AlMaghribHQ Student Tribes Can Extend Their Community Influence With Facebook Pages

About a week about I was having a conversation with Ammar, the head of student leadership development and training with AlMaghrib Institute on the topic of AlMaghrib student bodies increasing influence and contributing to the communities they’re a part of. One of the things we mentioned that sets the influential student bodies apart from the [...]

Short Film Shot And Edited Entirely On An iPhone 4 in Two Days

First short film made completely from the iPhone 4.

Comfort Zones are the Death of Creativity

What makes people boring is that they’re predictable. They are repetitive and many times aren’t willing to entertain new perspectives. Fun and play are the opposite of predictable boredom. Open up yourself to new ideas and experiences regularly without any real agenda or goals, except that you want to open your mind.

Here are some ways you can do that…

Understanding What PR Involves

I’ve worked actively in professional and community organizations since 1999. A common thread I find throughout is that people don’t understand the importance of PR, much less what it involves. It’s one of the necessary legs of any marketing strategy. Ask someone what a PR professional does and see what sort of responses you get.

The Human Connection in Social Media Marketing

Today if a company or organization isn’t active on social media, it’s like in the year 2000 when a company didn’t have a website.

The only difference is, back in 2000 the website was usually outsourced or assigned to one or two people and was – in the best case scenario – used as an informational outlet. Today, social media isn’t an informational tool. It’s a human-to-human engagement tool.

Most organizations don’t seem to get it.