Shaz Memon

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Shaz Memon
Born
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationMarketeer, Author, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Known forMarketing, Brand management, SEO, Business, Charity (practice)
WebsiteOfficial Website

Shaz Memon is a British entrepreneur, author, marketeer, and philanthropist. Shaz Memon studied BSc eCommerce at Brunel University London. He is the founder of Digimax Dental Marketing (London), the world’s highest rated dental marketing agency, and founder of charity, Wells on Wheels. Memon was voted as the "15th Most Influential Person" in UK Dentistry 2020, and was named in the "Top 10 Global Water Charity Philanthropists" of 2020.[1]

Academic and professional career[edit]

Memon studied at Brunel University London, qualifying in 2004. He established Digimax in 2003, whilst coming up with the business name in 2000 during high school. By 2005, Memon launched Digimax Dental, a niche dental marketing agency. Shaz founded "Wells on Wheels", on 30th May 2019, a charity to ease the burden on young girls in rural India by providing Water Wheels.

Shaz Memon is a designer, marketeer, thought leader and philanthropist.[2] He is the founder of Digimax Dental in Marylebone, London. He opened the business in 2003 and developed it into a niche dental marketing agency employing over 30 people. Nominated as one of Dentistry's most influential top 50 2020 and 2021 [3] and a speaker for The British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry – the world leading authority on Cosmetic Dentistry.[4]

Memon has been featured in Forbes[5], Times of India [6]Medium[7], Huffington Post[8], The Guardian[9], The Telegraph[10], Business Reporter[11]and Digital Marketing Magazine.[12]

Charity[edit]

Memon founded the NGO Wells on Wheels in mid 2019 to help young girls and women to save their time instead of having to collect water in 40° heat. The NGO distribute water-wheel carts in villages.[1][2][13][14] Wells on Wheels was listed as one of the top ten water charity philanthropists by The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.[15]

Book[edit]

Memon is the author of Instagram for Dentists (2020) and Instagram for Business.[1] Instagram for Dentists provides marketing knowledge for dental professionals who wish to use Instagram for marketing.[16] The book covers topics like: the kind of Instagram account one should have, branding an account, identifying one's voice, keeping things interesting, attracting new patients, hashtagging, getting and growing authentic followers, using the influencer approach, using instagram stories and Instagram TV, creating right images, determining the content and the timing to post etc.[16] The book uses a recipe book like approach to explain the primary functions of Instagram. A photographic representation has been given for each page of the text.[17] Thea Dickens reviewed the book in British Dental Journal. She called it a "well-produced" and "attractive" book which "holds a glamorous style throughout". She found some of the images used in the book "irrelevant", "contributing only to the style of the text rather than the substance".[17]

Awards[edit]

Shaz Memon is a recipient of the 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Award.[15] He was a finalist for the Business Leader of the Year of Dental Industry Awards 2020.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Forbes Profiles".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Evans, Seb (11 June 2019). "Shaz Memon launches Wells on Wheels fundraiser to aid India's women water carriers".
  3. ↑ Dentistry Top 50
  4. ↑ BACD
  5. ↑ Forbes
  6. ↑ Times of India
  7. ↑ Medium
  8. ↑ Huffington Post
  9. ↑ The Guardian
  10. ↑ The Telegraph
  11. ↑ Business Reporter
  12. ↑ Digital Marketing Magazine
  13. ↑ Jain, Pragya (13 March 2020). "Wheels of change: UK NGO makes carrying water easy". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Keep rolling on: Digimax founder Shaz Memon on a mission to change lives one water wheel at a time". The Parliamentary Review. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "London based NGO gets applauded in UK for showing kindness in Maharashtra". Free Press Journal. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Insider Knowledge To Excel in Social Media". British Dental Journal. 228 (3): 219. 2020. doi:10.1038/s41415-020-1245-z. ISSN 0007-0610.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Dickens, Thea (2021). "Instagram for dentists". British Dental Journal. 230 (10): 638. doi:10.1038/s41415-021-3117-6. ISSN 0007-0610.
  18. ↑ Bissett, Gaby (26 October 2020). "Dental Industry Awards 2020 – the finalists".

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