A little bit about me

Hello,

I am Aman Kumra –  a marketing consultant, occasional web designer and soon to be second time entrepreneur. Most of my work is focused on digital marketing strategies, branding and customer engagement strategies. I have worked with companies ranging from Government agencies to international property developers and small startups. I love every minute of it !

A little bit more detail about me….

The Entrepreneur

From the age of 21 I ran a thriving magazine and online community based around student lifestyle, eating, drinking and socialising. With each edition distributing over 10’000 copies and an online community of over 5000 members, we were on track to success, until we were screwed over (couldnt think of a nicer word) on a venue hire for a fashion show we were producing to launch our clothing range. O well we learn from our mistakes, and it ended up being a start to a very successful consulting career.

With major clients such as Barclays bank and PWC, my flair for entrepreneurship was sparked. Since then i have been involved in assisting young startups through training and advisory roles, both privately and through training organisations throughout the UK. My latest advisory role is with Absolute Body Solutions , whereby i am working with the startup founders to determine product offerings, a business model idea for the organisation/individual team members as well as a full digital strategy.

My latest business venture will be launching in June 2011, so watch this space. Recently i have received my first round of funding and am working on a private beta version of the website. I am currently looking for developers, designers and marketing people so please get in touch if you are interested in joining a startup.

The Consultant

Since 2007, I have been working on a range of marketing projects from market analysis, internal brand assessments, campaign planning, strategy planning, event management, rebranding, CRM and digital marketing strategies. Through the exhaustive range of work i have been involved with over the years, i have grew extremely passionate, and focus most of my time, on digital marketing and web design.

My digital marketing experience includes Pay-Per-Click management (on platforms such as Google, Facebook and Linkedin), blogging, content generation, social networking platform, blogging platforms, viral video production, analytics & measurement, online reputation management, online brand positioning, internal communication, blogger relations & content syndication, email marketing and online event planning & management.

My web build experience includes blog building, personal website building, ecommerce sites, social app developement (facebook) and project management of mobile app development (iphone, android, symbian; cross platform development). I also familiar with platform such as WordPress, Tumblr, Drupal and Magento.

My full range of experience and details of each skill set is available on my portfolio

The Speaker

To date, I have spoken to groups of entrepreneurs regarding the motivation of entrepreneurship, web 2.0 strategies and marketing strategies. These talks have ranged from informal meeting of 10 people, to large presentation style formats. These often tied into workshop presentations,startup events and motivation speaking (around business startup).

What i have achieved recently

• At the age of 21 i had sold and managed advertising sales to Multi-National companies such as PWC, Barclays bank and LA fitness
• Won a SPARK business startup grant at Leeds University
• Gained a Undergraduate degree in BioMedical Science
• Gained a Masters in Marketing
• Pitched to a variety of companies over 5 years perfecting my pitching / sales skills
• Manage to gain and maintain business over the past 3 years
• Achieved clients ranging from Government agencies to international property developers
• Helped over 5 business launch within 3 months
• Collaborated and advised on a wide range of social media projects
• Self taught web designer