At Magnetic Marketing Services, we’ve been asked time and time again, what the quickest way is to build a positive profile online.  In addition to the usual Social Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn, we recommend that you have a dedicated website all about yourself.

We recently launched our brand new service (My Online CV) dedicated to Business Owners and Employees which enables you to have your Search Engine Optimised CV on the Internet allowing other businesses and employers to find you for future contracts and work.

In the next few days, we will be publishing a series of videos explaining a bit more about our service and how you can get your CV Online quickly and for a budget suited to most pockets.

Please find above our first video of the series where we illustrate the importance of having an Online CV.  The same is true regardless of whether you are a Business Owner or an Employee.

To summarise, before another business will want to do business with you, they will want to know as much as possible about you.  As part of their due diligence, the company will do a Google search both on you and your company.  The business is likely to accept everything Google tells them about you.

Why don’t you do a quick Google search on yourself today to check to see what information there is about you.  Having nothing on Google is sometimes as bad as having negative reviews, so it pays to have a  good positive online presence.

The more positive information, you have about yourself on Google, the more someone will want to do business with you.

An Online CV can help you build a great positive profile about yourself and your company.  To find more information on how to build your online presence via an Online CV, please go here today:

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Dr Javaid Kiyani of Magnetic Marketing Services, a local Digital Marketing Agency which specialises in Online Marketing and Social Media Strategies for businesses, was back at Shire Oak Academy today.

Dr Javaid Kiyani has been assisting students with Entrepreneurship and starting their own business for several years now.

At Shire Oak Academy, Dr Javaid Kiyani was joined by fellow judge Melody Hossaini, a former Apprentice with Lord Alan Sugar.

The students enjoyed their interaction with the Dragons and yet again, this was a great opportunity for business leaders to interact with students wishing to become the business leaders of tomorrow.

We at Magnetic Marketing Services support entrepreneurship and web based businesses and are becoming more involved with local Schools, Colleges and Universities supporting students interested in Online Marketing and/or setting up their own businesses.

If you represent a School, College or University and would like Dr Javaid Kiyani to present a lecture, run a course or assist in mentoring students, please Contact Us to see how we could work together.

Dr Javaid Kiyani is the Managing Director of Magnetic Marketing Services, which specialises in providing social media and online marketing solutions for businesses.  We have a large list of clients not just in the UK but also globally.

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Dr Javaid Kiyani has been involved in encouraging entrepreneurship and teaching Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategies in local schools, Universities and Colleges for several years now.

Most recently at Shire Oak Academy, Dr Javaid Kiyani was a panel judge responsible for choosing the winning business proposition from a group of Shire Oak Academy students.

All in all, it was a great day not just for the students but also for the Dragons who were all representing local businesses.

We at Magnetic Marketing Services support entrepreneurship and web based businesses and are becoming more involved with local Schools, Colleges and Universities supporting students interested in Online Marketing and/or setting up their own businesses.

If you represent a School, College or University and would like Dr Javaid Kiyani to present a lecture, run a course or assist in mentoring students, please Contact Us to see how we could work together.

Dr Javaid Kiyani is the Managing Director of Magnetic Marketing Services, which specialises in providing social media and online marketing solutions for businesses.  We have a large list of clients in the Midlands area including Birmingham and Walsall.

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It appears that Google + is challenging Facebook’s existence wanting a chunk of their market share. As if to retaliate, Facebook has recently introduced several new features which make it look more like Google + than Facebook!

Whose to say how things will pan out with Facebook and Google +.  In the meantime, I recommend you get yourself onto Google + as well as Facebook and have a play around.  Although Google + does not support businesses at present, there’s a lot you can do for your business using Google +’s many features.

Please read my previous post for Google Plus strategies for your business that you can be using today.

I would love to connect with you on Facebook AND Google Plus.  Please click the links below and let’s catch up on these forums:

Dr Javaid Kiyani is the Managing Director of Magnetic Marketing Services, which specialises in providing social media and online marketing solutions for your business.  We are Social Media Managers and Consultants based near Birmingham, UK.

Our Social Media Strategies are currently being used by businesses all over the country. As a Social Media Agency, we stay up to date with the latest technologies, strategies and techniques ensuring our customers and clients are using the most up to date methods.

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Google Plus has been alive since June 28th, 2011 and offers integration across other Google platforms such as Google Buzz and Google Profiles. Google+ is still very much in the trial phase at present so you are only able to join if an existing member invites you.

At the time of writing, Google does not have a business focussed version of its growing social networking site Google Plus. Thus far, those that did have business profiles on Google Plus have had them removed by Google!

As far as I am aware, Google Plus is working on a site that will allow businesses to join and manage their profiles as facebook currently allows its business members.

So as a business owner, how should you be using Google+ to drive business to your doorstep?

Currently, as you are not able to setup a business profile on Google+, the only thing you can do is set up a personal profile page. As a business owner, I would set up my personal page as I would do with any other social networking site. I would also encourage all my employees to set up their personal pages too. I would place all professional contacts in an appropriately named circle.

You could then interact with your employees through voice and video on Google Plus using Google Chat much like GMAIL chat. You can also use Goggle Plus’s Hangout feature which allows you to have group video conferences with up to 10 people.

As a business owner, I would upload my business images and videos on to Google Plus, along with several personal images also. I would then create ‘buzz’ around my media by inviting comments from my circles and my employees.

Currently, this is pretty much all you can do for your business on Google Plus. However, I expect you to be able to do a lot more once Google Plus for Businesses is launched. Once Google launches its business profile site, I will update you on further Google Plus Strategies for businesses.

If you are not currently a Google Plus member, Contact Me and I will send you an invite.

Dr Javaid Kiyani is the Managing Director of Magnetic Marketing Services, which specialises in providing social media and online marketing solutions for your business.  We are Social Media Managers and Consultants based near Birmingham, UK.

Our Social Media Strategies are currently being used by businesses all over the country. As a Social Media Agency, we stay up to date with the latest technologies, strategies and techniques ensuring our customers and clients are using the most up to date methods.

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I was informed by the Managing Director of the Estate Agency that Social Media was just for kids.

Now instead of Social Media, the Estate Agency was spending anywhere between £2,000 – £5,000 a month on local newspaper advertising. When I asked them how they were measuring the return on their investment, I was informed that their return on investment from print advertising was actually close to £0!

And the only reason they were advertising in the local paper was because their competitors were!

Spending £24,000- £60,000 a year on something which does not provide you with a return on investment in my opinion is absurd.

However, this is not uncommon amongst local businesses. We at Magnetic Marketing Services train a lot of businesses on Social Media Strategies, and the pattern above is very common. Businesses just don’t understand how Social Media can work for them and thus choose to ignore it, instead spending quite often their entire marketing budget on advertising which doesn’t work for them.

We manage Social Media accounts for every type of business and act as Digital Marketing Consultants also. If you don’t know your tweets from your status updates, please give us a call and we’ll see how we can get you on the map.

We are getting more and more enquiries every day. If you don’t contact us today, your competition most surely will.

Dr Javaid Kiyani is the Managing Director of Magnetic Marketing Services, which specialises in providing social media and online marketing solutions for your business.  We are Social Media Managers and Consultants based near Birmingham, UK.

Our Social Media Strategies are currently being used by businesses all over the country. As a Social Media Agency, we stay up to date with the latest technologies, strategies and techniques ensuring our customers and clients are using the most up to date methods.

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It would have been hard for you not to have heard about the recent riots in the UK – many of the major cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Nottingham were affected by the mindless action of a few.

Now the riots certainly haven’t helped our fragile economy and those businesses directly affected will have a tough job ahead of them to clean up the mess caused to their premises and to start trading again.

At Magnetic Marketing Services we would like to do our bit for UK businesses and have decided, for this month only, to offer something we’ve never done before.

We’re currently offering a ‘Riot’ Special in August 2011 to assist businesses and clients with their Online and Social Media presence. Initially this special was only for businesses directly affected by the current riots. However, due to the knock-on effect of the riots and the ensuing financial costs which could run over £100m, we have decided to roll our offer out to all businesses that join us in the Month of August.

We are also offering a scheme which could mean that you pay nothing at all for us to provide you with a professional Social Media Management service.

As a business, you need to be looking to dominate your service offering in your particular location, so your business is the only business of choice for the local consumer. If you are not the business of choice in your local and surrounding areas then you are most certainly losing customers to your competition.

We can help you to create and maintain a strong local marketing presence. We use social media platforms such as Google Places, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn to help our clients gain market share in their local areas. These forums allow your customers to come to you, rather than you having to go out and search for them.

And the great news is, the above can be done for you using a completely ‘hands-off’ approach. We are able to manage everything for you leaving you to concentrate on running your business.

For a short personal message from me, please watch this video today:

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. Please note, the above offer applies for this month only, as I’m sure you understand, we cannot offer this package indefinitely as we need to pay our staff and overheads also.

You may contact us providing details of your company and what you would like us to do for you.

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We are able to offer businesses various Social Media packages to suit any requirements that you may have.  The nature of your business is unimportant.  What is important is that we can help achieve domination on the web through Social Media and other Online Marketing strategies.

If you’re a business looking for a strong Social Media presence, whether this be for branding or client acquisition, please drop us a line.  Please note that we can work with any size of business regardless of your niche and expertise.

Our service offering is geared to your specific needs and can help you achieve the business growth that you desire.

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I was recently speaking to a Business Owner who had decided to hire a Social Media Manager to manage all their Social Media for them. Now the interesting thing was that the business had initially tried to do the work themselves. However, it was only after a few weeks of ‘messing things up’ that they decided to outsource their entire Social Media function to a Social Media Manager.

I spoke to the business owner at length and have decided to share some of the reasons why any business should outsource their Social Media to a Social Media Manager.

1. Your Social Media Manager Will Audit Your Existing Online Presence!

Your Social Media Manager will evaluate your current web presence by looking at your website, blog, traffic solutions and existing social media presence.

A lot of businesses do have some online presence. However, quite often, businesses take advice from web designers and their IT staff and end up making a right mess of their online marketing.

Your Social Media Manager will show you exactly what works online and what doesn’t and will provide you with honest feedback and recommendations.

2. Your Social Media Manager Will Determine Which Platforms Work Best For Your Business!

The fast paced business may enjoy Twitter but could be missing out on the huge potential of Facebook and LinkedIn.

We have also met clients who only use aspects of Facebook and ignore the likes of Twitter and YouTube.

Having an online presence on just 1 or 2 platforms can be detrimental to your business – by doing so you are effectively shooting yourselves in the foot.

For any business, you need to be using several Social Media Platforms to maximise your business’s exposure on the web. If you have no online exposure whatsoever, again the easiest way to get web presence is via the use of Social Media.

Your Social Media Manager will ensure that you have maximum exposure on the Social Web and that your social media sites work together to ensure your business gains maximum benefit from its online activities.

3. Your Social Media Manager Will Create And Manage Your Online Presence!

Whether you have an online presence or not, your Social Media Manager will ensure that you maintain a strong online existence that matches your business’s practices and ethics.

Your Social Media Manager will create your Social Media Accounts and profiles and then manage and maintain your accounts for you.

Whether you are looking for only basic online presence in the form of for example Facebook and Twitter accounts or more detailed content creation & distribution, audience building and basic reputation management across your social media platforms, your Social Media Manager can handle this all for you.

4. Your Social Media Manager Will Clean Up Your Profiles!

Your Social Media Manager will periodically clean up your inbox and direct messages that you may receive on Twitter or messages you receive on Facebook or LinkedIn.

All too often both business and personal social media profiles can get cluttered with a lot of useless information and spam. You only have to take a brief look on facebook to see the many business and personal profiles that are managed poorly and hence show up a lot of spam and inappropriate information on their pages.

Cleaning up profiles can be quite a laborious job as some of our business clients get over a 100 unwanted messages a day across their social networking platforms.

There are programs that can be applied to simplify the method but it is best to have a human eye determine what spam is and what may be important information. Too often the programs available cannot distinguish between automatic direct messages and ‘real’ messages and will hence delete all of them.

In conclusion, it’s best to leave the cleanup operation to a Social Media Manager who will ensure your profile remains clean and professional looking.

5. Your Social Media Manager Will Handle All Status Updates!

As a business, it is important to keep your social media sites alive and active. To ensure this, you need to make regular updates across your social media platforms.

Your Social Media Manager will post pre-approved status updates to make it easier for your business to focus on what you do best.

Your Social Media Manager will research content via blogs and articles that may pertain to your niche and post accordingly. Too often this is where the overwhelm can occur for a business especially one that does not have a dedicated Social Media function.

6. Your Social Media Manager Will Work Closely With You!

Sometimes, businesses may feel that they are not being authentic if they are not answering all of their ‘tweets’ or messages on the different social media platforms themselves.

Your Social Media Manager will not post anything that has not already been approved or sent to you in advance. Hence, anything that is posted, will appear as if it was posted by the business itself.

Your Social Media Manager is here to support the digital relationship and engagement that is necessary for your business to succeed in the online world. Your Social Media Manager will take all the headaches and overwhelm off your shoulders and will partner with you and help you with all the technological aspects that you may or may not have time to learn.

Some businesses may have the knowledge of the technological aspects of Social Media. This is great, however, to execute a full blown Marketing Plan via Social Media can be very tedious and time consuming.

Any business person from any field can benefit from a Social Media Manager or Virtual Assistant. A Social Media Manager can post articles for you on your blog and research content to be shared on the different social media platforms.

In essence, your Social Media Manager will work closely with you to allow you to focus on building and growing your business. And the great news is, the above can be done for you using a completely ‘hands-off’ approach. Your Social Media Manager is able to manage everything for you leaving you to concentrate on running your business.

7. Your Social Media Manager Will Save You Money!

A good Social Media Manager is a valuable asset for any business. Your Social Media Manager will save you money in more than one way.

Did you know that you could spend less for more return if you were to harness the marketing strategies and techniques that work today? A lot of our clients no longer need to use traditional advertising such as Newspaper, Yellow Pages, TV and Radio advertising to bring in new business. Their customers now come to them rather than the business having to actively search for new clients, and all for less than their current advertising spend!

Your Social Media Manager can help you to create and maintain a strong local marketing presence and gain market share in your particular niche.

A full time Social Media Manager is a valuable asset to any business and hence demands a very high salary. By outsourcing the Social Media element of your business to a Social Media Manager, you can save your business thousands, and at the same time gain the expertise of an established expert who is in very much high demand today.

We at Magnetic Marketing Services, help a lot of local businesses with their Online Marketing and Social Media Strategies. Please contact us if you would like us to assist you in using social media to gain more clients.

Dr Javaid Kiyani is the Managing Director of Magnetic Marketing Services, which specialises in providing social media and online marketing solutions for your business.  We are Social Media Managers and Consultants based near Birmingham, UK.

Our Social Media Strategies are currently being used by businesses all over the country. As a Social Media Agency, we stay up to date with the latest technologies, strategies and techniques ensuring our customers and clients are using the most up to date methods.

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However, what I would like to discuss today is how people have capitalised on the back of Osama bin Laden’s death and how you as a business owner can use Online Marketing and Social Media to capitalise on popular worldly events.

But before I do this, I would briefly like to explain why it’s important to use famous and popular events to your benefit. The primary reason for doing this is because people, your potential customers, already know about the event and are already searching for it on the internet. In other words, you already have a captive audience.

If you were to then create a product or service around this event and use Social Media Platforms to present your product to the market, people would ‘naturally’ find it as they are already searching and talking about the event – make sense?

Why Social Media Platforms? Well, in a nutshell, Social Media Platforms have become very very powerful, as indicated by the following events.

It’s not surprising that the news of Osama bin Laden’s death first appeared on Twitter – a Social Media Platform. The tweet “I’m told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden” resulted in a traffic spike of 4,000 tweets per second – eventually resulting in 12.4 million tweets in 1 hour!

A facebook page, again Social Media, entitled: “Osama Bin Laden is DEAD” grew to 150,000 likes within 2 hours, again showing the power of Social Media. Today, this page has close to ½ million likes!

Now any news relating to Osama bin Laden is definitely hot stuff at the moment. So much so that over 360,000 people are searching Google for Osama bin Laden every month. Add to this the search results from other search engines and we’re looking at a cool half million searches every single month.

So how can you as a business use popular events to help your business grow further? To answer this question, I would like to give you examples of how Osama bin Laden has been used by businesses to increase their profit margins.

Firstly, there’s the Osama bin Laden toilet paper – these are selling like hot cakes at the moment! Then there’s the Osama bin Laden stickers, pocket knives, dart boards etc. etc. and then there was the guy who set up a website selling Osama bin Laden t-shirts netting himself 6 figures in just a couple of days.

And not forgetting of course the Osama bin Laden movie….need I go on?

So next time there’s something BIG happening around you, something the press and people are currently talking about, why don’t see how you as a business can capitalise on this hot topic. If you don’t, somebody else most certainly will.

We at Magnetic Marketing Services, help a lot of local businesses with their Online Marketing and Social Media Strategies. Please contact us if you would like us to assist you in using social media to gain more clients.

Dr Javaid Kiyani is the Managing Director of Magnetic Marketing Services, which specialises in providing social media and online marketing solutions for your business.  We are Social Media Managers and Consultants based near Birmingham, UK.

Our Social Media Strategies are currently being used by businesses all over the country. As a Social Media Agency, we stay up to date with the latest technologies, strategies and techniques ensuring our customers and clients are using the most up to date methods.

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