Any entrepreneur would love to promote his business at minimum cost and get maximum mileage at the same time. But when you are running a home based business you have no other option than to promote your business inexpensively. This is because you might not be earning so much money that enables you to have a large promotional budget. However your business needs exposure to grow and the only way to get it is by promotions. In case you are in a fix about the kind of promos you should run, you can breathe a sigh of relief.
This is because there are a lots of online (involving the internet) and offline (conventional) techniques you can use to put your business in the limelight. These are the resources you must have at your disposal to engage in the promoting your business:
– A PC with high speed internet.
– A telephone connection
– A color printer. A cheap printing press in your locality can also do.
– An attitude that says ‘nothing is impossible’!
Once you are sure you have these things, you can get started.
With the PC and internet connection, you can,
– Create profiles on various social networking websites to build your contacts.
– Create profiles on business networking sites and try to get into mutually beneficial deals with other entrepreneurs.
– Write informative articles and post them in free article directories.
– Post information about your business in blogs.
– Send emails to prospective clients about your offering and how they benefit by doing business with you.
With the phone, you can make calls soliciting a prospective deal. You can also get your number listed in various yellow pages and wait for calls from your prospective customers. With the printer, you can create,
– Leaflets and flyers that you can distribute in different places (frequented by people who are most likely to buy your product or avail your service) of your city.
– Print direct mailing postcards.
– In case you have a cheap printing press nearby you can get the job done more professionally. These ideas really work and all you need to do is just give them a try!
