Social in this market is not a posting schedule. It is a content supply chain, a community operating system, and a paid amplification layer — and the brands that treat it as all three compound while the rest churn agencies annually.
A social media agency in Dubai manages strategy, content production, community management and paid amplification across Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and Snapchat. Magnetic Keys runs bilingual social for UAE brands with monthly studio production, native Arabic copy and creator partnerships. Engagements start at AED 12,000/month.
Consistent output, no strategy, flat engagement. Activity mistaken for progress.
Every asset a fresh scramble. The calendar slips, quality varies, momentum never builds.
Comments and DMs unanswered for days. In a market where DMs are a sales channel, that is lost revenue.
English-only in a market where Arabic-first content routinely outperforms it on reach and saves.
Take the whole engine or a single module. Each one stands alone and compounds with the others.
What each platform is for, who you are talking to there, and what a win looks like. Different jobs, different content.
One shoot day a month producing a full month of vertical content, so the calendar never depends on improvisation.
Not captions translated at the end — Arabic content conceived for Arabic audiences.
Response time is a growth metric. We treat the inbox as a pipeline, not a chore.
Regional creators selected on audience fit and actual performance, not follower count.
Let organic pick the winners, then put budget behind what already earned attention.
assets from a single monthly studio day
inbound DM volume reported by agent clients
conceived bilingually, not translated
community management with SLAs
Audit, channel roles, content pillars, cadence and templates. First month's calendar planned.
Full production session. A month of assets edited, subtitled and scheduled before month one begins.
Weekly publishing, daily community management, monthly studio day, monthly performance review.
Scales with channel count, production days and community volume.
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Roughly AED 6,000–40,000 per month depending on channels, production and community volume. Ours start at AED 12,000 including a monthly studio day. The cheapest tier in this market is usually scheduling only, with no original production.
Instagram and TikTok for consumer reach, LinkedIn for B2B and executive credibility, Snapchat for younger and Saudi audiences, and WhatsApp as the conversion layer underneath all of them. We pick two or three to do properly rather than six badly.
We produce it. A monthly studio day with a full crew generates 30+ vertical assets, plus design and copy for static and carousel formats. Scheduling is the smallest part of the job.
Usually both, with different content rather than the same post twice. Arabic-first content frequently outperforms on reach and saves in this market, but it has to be conceived in Arabic to work.
Reach and engagement as leading indicators, then inbound DMs, profile-to-site traffic, and attributed pipeline. Follower count is reported but never treated as the objective.
Yes — sourcing, vetting, briefing, contracting and whitelisting across the GCC. We select on audience fit and demonstrated performance, and we prefer structures with performance components.
A 30-minute call and a 5-page action plan inside 72 hours — the priorities, the effort, the likely return, and an honest read on whether we're the right partner. Free, and yours either way.