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March 9th, 2010
Growing companies face the issue of marketing their products or services in a highly competitive environment. It is possible to use marketing consultants to do this, but marketing consultants often cost too much money for small companies. An affordable option is to try the following low cost marketing ideas to promote the business:
1. Press Releases – Make press releases that are newsworthy and draw the attention of the readers. The releases should be short and to the point with an opening sentence or phrase that is convincing and holds the attention of the reader.
2. Search Engine Marketing – Having a website and using the services of a search engine is a necessity in today’s environment where greater numbers of people are accessing the Internet for their requirements. The website host must be reliable so that prospective customers can access the site without difficulty. The website design should be imaginative to draw attention of viewers. Websites are an inexpensive method for accessing a greater number of people. The website should have the company’s contact details, including the business phone number and email address. Advertise in newsgroups that are in a similar line of business so that the site is easily accessed.
3. Trade Shows – Rent space at trade shows and hand out promotional material to clients. Keep a feedback or order address registry of clients. After the show, contact them, keeping the promised made at the booth.
4. Direct Marketing – Create a finely tuned list of targeted recipients and directly market to them by phone, email, or standard mail, providing them with explanatory material.
5. Yellow Pages – Make an ad stand out in the yellow pages with an attractive design and listing under a specific, targeted category.
6. Public Service – Promote the company in a positive manner in the community by sponsoring events, donating products to local charities and holding events with local groups. Distribute promotional t-shirts, pens, mugs, etc. with the company’s brand emblazoned on it.
7. Business Card & Network Groups – Keep professional and well-designed business cards handy. Join a networking group for support and business leads.
Implementing Low Cost Marketing Ideas:
Use knowledge, skills, systems and tools to create a low cost marketing strategy for new businesses to attract customers on shoestring budgets.
Knowledge: Read books on marketing knowledge, buy a couple of manuals from web marketing masters, or subscribe to online continual education services. Learn marketing strategy from the experts.
Skills: Develop these four important marketing skills: Ask straightforward questions to learn of the client’s needs and problems. Listen carefully and provide a problem solving approach. Write a compelling story of marketing materials to attract customers. Demonstrate practical ideas and understand the working of the product.
Systems: Define responsibilities, schedule marketing activities and use computers to automate tasks and hire people for clerical activities. Focus time and attention on the clients to deliver products or services in a stipulated period. Manage contacts to add to the database. Send information to prospective clients and response to each query to handle clients respectively.
Tools: The basic tools required to target a market include: Communication tools like phone, email and websites. Information for clients about the business, life written proposals, brochures or pamphlets. Things displaying the company name, logo and contact information like business cards.
I hope that these 7 low cost marketing ideas will help you in your business! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need any further guidance with creating a successful marketing strategy for your business.
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March 9th, 2010
The Internet is filled with endless amounts of ‘work at home’ business opportunities, some say that you can be filthy rich in 30 days while others promise a slow-growing but secure financial future, but does working from home really work?
According to many critics out there; it is impossible to make a living with online data entry and affiliate marketing jobs, blogging, MLM, etc, but are the critics really qualified to make such generalisations of all ‘work at home’ business opportunities?
When reading through a friend’s blog a while back regarding ‘work at home’ business opportunities I noticed that the average reader responded saying that it is junk, some responded with questions, some wanted to investigate, and ONE person shed some light on the entire debate.
From hundreds of comments only ONE person knew the truth about home based business opportunities, and the truth is this:
As mentioned in a previous post ‘The TRUTH about ‘Get Rich Quick’” there is a high probability that any of these millions of ‘work at home’ business opportunities will actually make you rich, however most of these opportunities are entered into by what I call the ‘lazy web bum’ – A person who would join an online business and then expect to become a millionaire the very next morning without lifting a finger. Yes, true, this CAN happen, but the probability of that is very minimal (Don’t get your hopes up!).
Allow me to explain this in the simplest manner:
You have just started working at a new company and it is your first day at the office, you are very enthusiastic and all your co-workers seem pleased with your attitude. You decide to sit back and relax while your boss is not around, watching the others work and waiting for your pay cheque. At the end of the month you get fired because your work has not been completed and you do not get paid.
If that was the case under normal circumstances you would not have any success in the company, you will be left at square one; job hunting AGAIN, hoping to find another alternative that will give you the most amount of money with as little work as possible.
‘Work at home’ business opportunities are similar to the above, the only difference is that in this case you are your own boss and we all know that you won’t fire yourself, so what is there to do when things don’t work out? Blame it on the business system that you joined? Yes?….. NO! This is the mistake that many people make, they blame the system instead of blaming themselves for not putting in enough effort, or for not investigating and studying, learning, understanding the business concept, how to make it work, and actually making it work.
The conclusion: YES!! WORKING AT HOME REALLY WORKS!! But the question is, does working at home really work for YOU? Some people do not have the knowledge or self discipline to create a successful home business, but I will leave that topic for another post where we can evaluate whether YOU are a ‘work at home’ entrepreneur or just another rat in the ‘rat race.’
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March 9th, 2010
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March 8th, 2010
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