The Journal

Dubai restaurant marketing, with receipts

Written by an operator, grounded in the Synthopia F&B Index of 5,000+ Dubai outlets.

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30 Creative Product Photography Ideas, Sorted by What You Sell

30 creative product photography ideas for skincare, candles, watches, sunglasses, bags, supplements, pet products and toys, each with props and a phone recipe.

29 October 2026
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How to Make a Facebook and Instagram Ad for a Small Business, Step by Step

How to make a Facebook and Instagram ad, step by step: objective, audience, budget, placements and sizes from Meta's own pages, and what to put in the creative.

29 October 2026
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TikTok Dropshipping: How to Make Product Videos Before Your Stock Arrives

TikTok dropshipping videos before your stock arrives: what supplier media you may use, five formats, a sample-day shot list and TikTok's AI and claim rules.

29 October 2026
Best Apps to Make Reels in 2026: 9 Compared, With Prices
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Best Apps to Make Reels in 2026: 9 Compared, With Prices

Nine apps to make reels, priced from each app's own page in October 2026: what each edits or generates, where it runs, and a worked restaurant example.

4 August 2026
Restaurant Video Ideas: Film Once, Use It Everywhere
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Restaurant Video Ideas: Film Once, Use It Everywhere

Film a handful of real service moments once, then cut the same footage into every format each feed wants. A repeatable restaurant video habit.

1 August 2026
What to Shoot in a Restaurant: A Weekly Shot List
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What to Shoot in a Restaurant: A Weekly Shot List

A plain shot list for restaurants: the five buckets to film every week so ten minutes of shooting banks weeks of Instagram and reels content.

30 July 2026
Food Photography for Social Media: Do Restaurants Need It?
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Food Photography for Social Media: Do Restaurants Need It?

A Dubai food shoot runs AED 1,500-5,000 for about 10 dishes. Here's why that alone won't carry your social media, and what actually does.

29 July 2026
How to Make Restaurant Videos With AI Using Your Own Photos
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How to Make Restaurant Videos With AI Using Your Own Photos

The real path from your restaurant's photo library to a usable reel, stills and a carousel, without the fake AI look that invents dishes you don't serve.

27 July 2026