Vanity metrics

Vanity metrics are numbers that look impressive but say little about business results, like follower count or likes on a post that brought no enquiry.

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What it means for a Dubai business

Followers are easy to buy and easy to show off. They do not book consultations. A smaller account full of local buyers is worth far more than a large one full of strangers or bots.

Our check of five Dubai wealth managers found followings past twenty thousand with the latest posts drawing between 10 and 73 reactions. The follower number looked strong. The response did not.

Example

A clinic stops reporting follower growth as its headline. It reports messages from Instagram and new patients who say they found it there.

Common mistake

Buying followers to look established. Platforms remove fake accounts, response rates collapse and buyers notice an account with many followers and no comments.

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