Charl Norman

Current

Editor at Bandwidth Blog - Technology News
Operations Manager at Blueworld Communities PTY ltd - BWCOM.co.za
Editor at Car Blog Auto News

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Past

Guest Lecturer (Nomadic Marketing) at UCT Graduate School of Business
Founding member at Infin8 Solutions cc
Automotive editor at Daily Voice

Feature journalist at Speed n Sound magazine

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Education

Naspers Harvard Business Course
Netscope - M.I.T
City Varsity - Multimedia

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Recommended

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480 connections

Industry

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Charl Norman’s Summary

I’m an internet strategist with a variety of skills for online business - including - SEO, PPC and social media marketing, project management, blogging, user interface design, product management (web applications) and public speaking/lecturing.

I currently hold the position Head of Operations and Technology for Blueworld Communities (BWCOM), a company I founded with partners. BWCOM owns social networks in South Africa and was acquired by Media24 in a land mark local internet deal early in 2008. BWCOM’s stable includes Blueworld, the leading locally owned social network and Zoopedup, a motoring enthusiast network which boasts high user engagement metrics. BWCOM’s internet technology also powers internet properties within Media24 such as Speakerbox.co.za.

I blog on my personal online presence and own a blog network including titles such as Carblog which is consistently ranked in the top 3 blogs in South African and a tech blog, BandwidthBlog, which was nominated for Best Technology Blog in the 2007 and 2008 SA Blog Awards.

I have 9 years of online publishing experience and started my first website while still in high school. I was also runner up for ICT Young Entrepreneur of Africa 2008 and nominated for Top 30 entrepreneurs under 30 in Africa.

In my spare time I guest lecture at the UCT Graduate School of Business and CPUT, do public speaking on internet strategy and write technology focused articles for Leadership Magazine, Intelligence magazine and TechLeader.co.za

Please read my blog for more - www.charlnorman.com

Charl Norman’s Specialties:

Search marketing (search engine optimization, ppc campaign management), web design, layout design, webmaster, affiliate marketing, social media strategy, project management, public speaking, product management, freelance journalism

Charl Norman’s Experience

Editor

Bandwidth Blog - Technology News

(Internet industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Internet technology news from local and international startups
Operations Manager

Blueworld Communities PTY ltd - BWCOM.co.za

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Editor

Car Blog Auto News

(Automotive industry)

May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

Carblog is South Africa's leading automotive blog, ranked in the Top 10 Blogs on Amatomu.com's blog rankings.
Guest Lecturer (Nomadic Marketing)

UCT Graduate School of Business

(Educational Institution; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 5 months)

I guest lecture on social networking and mobile marketing
Founding member

Infin8 Solutions cc

(Internet industry)

March 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 10 months)

Web design firm
Search marketing
Email and web hosting
Automotive editor

Daily Voice

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

January 2007 — August 2007 (8 months)

Managed the automotive section - Freelance
Feature journalist

Speed n Sound magazine

(Automotive industry)

January 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 6 months)

Freelance journalist for top motoring publication Speed and Sound magazine. I launched and managed the Cape Town office.

Charl Norman’s Education

Naspers Harvard Business Course

Business Strategy , Internet, Software, Markets , 2009 — 2009
Netscope - M.I.T

M.I.T , Programming, Networking, MCSE , 2004 — 2005

Activities and Societies:

ASP.NET c#, SQL, Javascript, Adobe products
City Varsity - Multimedia

MultiMedia , Design, Advertising , 2003 — 2004