Akanksha Goel

Akanksha Goel is a marketing futurist, social media insider and founder of Socialize, a social marketing agency and training house headquartered in Dubai. 

Before moving to Dubai, she served as Editor-in-Chief of STUFF Magazine Singapore, a leading consumer technology publication. Under her leadership STUFF magazine pioneered in introducing a locally produced Lifestyle section. She has consulted on special projects with the TATA Group and TAJ Hotels Groups

Akanksha frequently speaks and conducts marketing trainings across Asia and the UAE. Amongst many, she counts companies like the MediaQuest Corporation, Murdoch University, Dubai Knowledge Village and Swarovski as her clients. Akanksha also helped organize South East Asia's first podcamp and was co-creator of the Digital Media Across Asia wiki. In her free time, she organises Tweet-ups and other networking events for entrepreneurs and conversation-starters in Dubai. 

Akanksha’s thoughts about social media and marketing have been featured in Knowledge@SMU , The Gulf Marketing Review, as well as the Six Pixels of Separation Podcast and Web News-sites like Emirates Business 24/7, Zawya and Finding Dulcinea.  She has also been recently interviewed by IQPC, to comment on Social Media Marketing in the Gulf.

Akanksha is currently serving as the Marketing Director for the Sherazade group, which is the parent company for Socialize and represents OneEmpower’s Loyalty Marketing Solutions in the Middle East, Africa and India.   

Named as one of Dubai's '100 most compelling tweeters', you can follow her on Twitter @AkankshaGoel.

Places I've lived

India; Romania; Rotterdam; Singapore; Dubai

Companies I've worked for

Tata Sons; Taj Hotes, Palaces & Resorts; Stuff Magazine, Roshambo Media; WideView (Represents Trainers and Speakers)