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How to Market & Scale an Accounting firm in Dubai | Ft. Zubair Mohammad (ex-Xero)

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ? ๐Ÿค”
In this episode, ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ sits down with ๐—ญ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, ๐—–๐—ผ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ , a marketing strategist whoโ€™s helped scale accounting and fintech brands like Xero, IRIS, and several GCC startups.

Zubair shares what heโ€™s learned about real marketing โ€” the kind that starts with understanding your customer, not just chasing clicks.
From product positioning to personal branding, he reveals how founders can move from noise to traction.

They talk about what it means to build relationships that drive business, the difference between Dubai and the UKโ€™s growth cultures, and why trust always beats tactics.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow ๐—ญ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, on LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/4hkxEwA
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.refigured.tech/

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—”๐—บ ๐—œ?
My name is Rayhan Aleem, Founder and CEO of ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ and ๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. At ๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ podcast I sit with top industry leaders for in-depth conversations that dive deep into their success stories, market dynamics, and firsthand tips on entrepreneurship and profitability. Whether you're just starting out or already running your own business, ๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ offers something valuable for everyone.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3U2niHn
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๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
๐Ÿญ-๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
-๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.alphapartners.co
-๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—œ๐—ป: https://bit.ly/3Yf4VRZ
๐Ÿฎ-๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ:
-๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.taxstar.app
-๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—œ๐—ป: https://bit.ly/3ZVjzPD
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๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป:

๐Ÿ”— ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://bit.ly/4nmA53y
๐Ÿ”— ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ: https://bit.ly/47gaW3F
๐Ÿ”— ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†: https://bit.ly/3ZbtGiR
๐Ÿ”— ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: https://bit.ly/4dOfS2f
๐Ÿ”— ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ: https://bit.ly/3Mutunk
๐Ÿ”— ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ!: https://bit.ly/3XfGYbD
๐—˜๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ? ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€!

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Chapters

1. Welcome & intro (00:00:00)

2. Zubairโ€™s early story and first steps into marketing (00:01:32)

3. What he learned scaling Xero across the UK & South Africa (00:03:10)

4. How Xero's marketing approach influenced Zubair (00:05:43)

5. How Ai revolutionized the marketing and ads industries (00:11:16)

6. Key differences between how companies operate in the UK and UAE (00:13:19)

7. Finding your ICP: where every founder should start (00:26:49)

8. โ€œParacetamol vs Vitaminโ€ โ€“ building products people actually need (00:30:40)

9. How accounting firm owners can grow their business (00:36:39)

10. Co-founding "Accounting Refigured" and collaboration between Accountants (00:42:48)

11. Final reflections & closing remarks (00:50:09)

16 episodes

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Manage episode 517639898 series 3595567
Content provided by Rayhan Aleem. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rayhan Aleem or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ? ๐Ÿค”
In this episode, ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ sits down with ๐—ญ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, ๐—–๐—ผ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ , a marketing strategist whoโ€™s helped scale accounting and fintech brands like Xero, IRIS, and several GCC startups.

Zubair shares what heโ€™s learned about real marketing โ€” the kind that starts with understanding your customer, not just chasing clicks.
From product positioning to personal branding, he reveals how founders can move from noise to traction.

They talk about what it means to build relationships that drive business, the difference between Dubai and the UKโ€™s growth cultures, and why trust always beats tactics.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow ๐—ญ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, on LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/4hkxEwA
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.refigured.tech/

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—”๐—บ ๐—œ?
My name is Rayhan Aleem, Founder and CEO of ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ and ๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. At ๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ podcast I sit with top industry leaders for in-depth conversations that dive deep into their success stories, market dynamics, and firsthand tips on entrepreneurship and profitability. Whether you're just starting out or already running your own business, ๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ offers something valuable for everyone.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3U2niHn
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๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
๐Ÿญ-๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
-๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.alphapartners.co
-๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—œ๐—ป: https://bit.ly/3Yf4VRZ
๐Ÿฎ-๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ:
-๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.taxstar.app
-๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—œ๐—ป: https://bit.ly/3ZVjzPD
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๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป:

๐Ÿ”— ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://bit.ly/4nmA53y
๐Ÿ”— ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ: https://bit.ly/47gaW3F
๐Ÿ”— ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†: https://bit.ly/3ZbtGiR
๐Ÿ”— ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: https://bit.ly/4dOfS2f
๐Ÿ”— ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ: https://bit.ly/3Mutunk
๐Ÿ”— ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ!: https://bit.ly/3XfGYbD
๐—˜๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ? ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€!

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Chapters

1. Welcome & intro (00:00:00)

2. Zubairโ€™s early story and first steps into marketing (00:01:32)

3. What he learned scaling Xero across the UK & South Africa (00:03:10)

4. How Xero's marketing approach influenced Zubair (00:05:43)

5. How Ai revolutionized the marketing and ads industries (00:11:16)

6. Key differences between how companies operate in the UK and UAE (00:13:19)

7. Finding your ICP: where every founder should start (00:26:49)

8. โ€œParacetamol vs Vitaminโ€ โ€“ building products people actually need (00:30:40)

9. How accounting firm owners can grow their business (00:36:39)

10. Co-founding "Accounting Refigured" and collaboration between Accountants (00:42:48)

11. Final reflections & closing remarks (00:50:09)

16 episodes

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