Boosting your online and offline profile

by Jon Davey on 19th Dec 2009 | View all blogs by Jon Davey

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What do you think of this advice? Your feedback is appreciated.

My name is Jon Davey and I have been helping small businesses boost their online profiles for around 10 years. Before that I spent 10 years selling products and services on behalf of corporate employers.

I am actively looking for a meaty project to get my teeth into and this is likely to come from a larger organisation. Setting up your social media takes more than 5 minutes and includes more than technology, it's about profile building both on and offline plus education for the people involved ... if you know of anyone who could use me then please connect me or call 01753 852904 ... thank you.

I decided to produce a bunch of short video clips 60 - 90 seconds in length, that give some key pointers to those interested in boosting their online and offline profiles.

Please watch one or two of the clips below and then do me a favour, rate the content and add a comment to YouTube ... this will boost our profile and also boost yours into the bargain! These videos were shot a couple of days ago and have been loaded up to YouTube in the last few days ... very new, very fresh, your feedback is appreciated.

Because the top few videos always get the most clicks I will re-jig the videos below in order of the most views, with the most popular at the bottom of the list...

Thank you.

1-12 Shoot video clips - 2 views

1-9 Take a walk through your town - 4 views

1-11 Telemarketing smile & dial - 5 views

1-7 Connect with local journalists - 6 views

1-8 Become a thought leader - 7 views

1-5 Join Rotary International - 7 views

1-6 Do you need a blog? - 8 views

1-4 Create a Linkedin profile - 8 views

1-10 Smile both on and offline - 9 views

1-2 Create a single page website - 16 views

1-3 Connect with top networkers - 21 views

1-1 Check out local networking groups - 29 views

Comments

5 Comments

by BRIAN 2 months ago

Hello Jon,

I've looked at all the videos and here's my rating (out of 10), No 11 - 6pts; No 7 - 7pts; No 8 - best sound level!; No 2 - 9pts; No 3 - 9pts; No 1 - 7pts.

Best wishes,
Brian Smith.
ESCALATOR MARKETING LTD
by keithgrover 2 months ago

Hi Jon

Good idea to practise what you preach, and keep 'em short and sweet...

How about a catchphrase or two, a bit like in the traditional a 60-second elevator pitch, and dare I say it, maybe a sign-on, sign-off routine. For example you could end with the URL showing, and sign off with 'Thanks for listening! Go here now to discover more of my killer tips for Social Media success...'

Keep the great advice coming!

Keith Grover, Copywriter
www.networkinginsurrey.com
by Geoff Selvidge 2 months ago

Hello Jon

My business is a new start up and I think that this video series can be helpful for people in a similar situation to myself. As I am in the marketing business then many of the topics I have thankfully, already addressed but I think that the best advice is contained in numbers 1 & 2. Those are the strongest 2 in my opinion.

Overall, I found that the background was a little distracting and, with such short clips, I feel that the script needs a little 'polishing'. But overall a good series, well done!

Geoff Selvidge
www.geoffselvidge.com
by Tellingitstr8 2 months ago

Jon, These are good fun, informative and useful for a small business. What's with the massed ranks of the British army in the background? Are they detonating your environmentally-sound car under the misapprehension it's an IED? I can't choose a firm favourite or two. I reckon that if you've got the right keywords with each one then I would find the most useful one for me regardless of their page order. Andrew Public Speaking Training
by Jon Davey 1 month ago

thanks guys ... i did come up with a catch phrase during one of the videos and used it on others, can't recall it now but before I do my next batch i'll be sure to watch them all again and pick up the key pointers ... the background is obviously windsor castle and i love the energy it gives off and i'm also thinking the yanks will love it!!

if you do a search for Social Media Director on YouTube then we have a couple on the first page ... it's all a numbers game chaps ... £1,500 gets you a day at Hanif's with 4 hours editing and you too can top the search for your chosen market ... think about it!!

http://www.videoshootproductions.co.uk