Top 10 Inexpensive Ways to Market your Business
1. Seminar—notifying the industry and public of an upcoming seminar is an unobtrusive way to introduce your business to the market place.
2. Samples—Try before you buy
3. Bonus—Toothbrush attached to the toothpaste, dessert with a meal.
4. Special customer notifications—People will talk about the special offer they received…thus talking about your business.
5. Email Marketing—Consistent contact will help you retain 70 to 75% of your customer base.
6. Speaking at different functions—the marketing for the event will include YOU and a bio…that talks about YOUR accomplishments, company and, hopefully, your product goods and services.
7. Sponsor an event—Your Company connected to a good cause is a GREAT thing. Puts you in the forefront of the consumer’s mind that has an affiliation with that cause.
8. Customer gift/thank you notes—With all the impersonal voicemail systems and computer generated calling it will definitely get your customer’s attention to get something with a personal touch.
9. Contest—for products or services. Main thing is to collect email addresses for future offers.
10. Coupons! There are hundreds of coupon offers. Just make sure you have a tracking system so you know which one works!