Richard is CEO and Founder of Augustus Media, an award winning modern media company in the UAE and KSA, publishers of Lovin Dubai, Lovin Saudi and Smashi. He has worked in the media advertising space since 2006 at agencies in Ireland, England and the UAE. He successfully built a regional Social Media department at Mindshare MENA before becoming Managing Director of a creative technology start-up. In 2015 Richard launched Augustus, a ‘new media’ company, with Lovin Dubai, Lovin Saudi and Smashi TV, and which was recognised as Best SME Company in the 2018 MENA EFFIE Awards. In 2019, they added ODEUM, a content studio. YouTube.
In this episode, we sit down with Richard Fitzgerald, who is the CEO and Co-founder of Augustus Media, which owns the Lovin Dubai, Lovin Saudi, Smashi TV platforms. We discuss:
News platforms- what it means to the public and how they prefer to access and interact with it
The media industry in the Middle East vs. global markets
How to monetize and promote media platforms
Richard is the CEO and founder of Augustus Media. He came to UAE in 2012. On September 1st 2015 he founded Lovin Dubai. It’s one of the most popular media platforms in the region. They have over 1.5m followers on their social media accounts and 25m monthly reach. Richard has a podcast where he hosts interviews with entrepreneurs. He is an active sportsman and is frequently involved in triathlons. YouTube link.
Richard Fitzgerald talks about the power of new media, social media marketing and online brands. If you have a personal or business brand Richard will let you in on some interesting facts that will help you grow and thrive in 2020.
Richard Fitzgerald is the founder of Augustus, Lovin Dubai & Lovin Saudi and knows a thing about social media marketing and online brands. What did you think?