7 Ways To Advertise Your Business

Every business needs to do more than that to get into the eyes of the customer. However, most businesses, especially the startups will find it hard to pay for these advertising methods.

If you could afford to hire a professional advertising company, you would still see some of these free methods for promoting your business.

However, many people do not put in enough time to learn them. In this article, we’ll go through few free ways to advertise your business. Some are offline while others are online methods. Use as many as makes sense for your business.

Google My Business / Google+Local

Google My Business / Google+Local is a local listing service on the web for local businesses. You do not have to do much but contact them and provide your company name, address, phone number and website address.

You will need to verify this information through a postcard but it is easy and gets you listed on Google easily.

Check Out Yellow Pages Online

While it does cost a fee to get your website listed in the big Yellow Page book, it is free to do so on the web.

Remember, people come to the web to learn about stuff long before they actually buy from a business. Therefore, being in the online Yellow Pages makes sense.

Yahoo Business Listings / Yahoo Local

Just like Google My Business / Google Local, Yahoo Business Listings / Yahoo Local offers the same type of benefit. Of course, it benefits those who are using the Yahoo search engine instead of those who use Google.

Yahoo is the second largest web search engine and highly important to any online search. It is free to get listed there, too.

Get Reviews

It takes only a few minutes to set up this process, but encouraging your customers to visit the website and to write a review is an important step in advertising local businesses.

It is free to do and takes moments, but it could mean the difference in a customer choosing your business over another company’s business.

Send Out Press Releases

You can send a press release to a news organization. This is a better option than sitting around and waiting for them to come to you.

Be sure that what you have to say is newsworthy, and it should not be a blatant advertisement of your business.

For example, it could be a press release announcing your collection of food for a local charity. It could be your special fundraiser for a sit child.

You can use online press releases in the same manner, but be sure they are newsworthy before you try to have them sent out.

Co-Market with Other Businesses

Is there a business that will compliment your own? When you find one that is you should trade services with them.

Alternatively, trade advertising with them. For example, perhaps your business is a spa. You know that those that come to your spa are concerned about their fitness.

You collaborate with a local fitness club and trade advertisement flyers at your establishment for their business while they do the same for your own.

Build a Website for your Business

Most small businesses that are not selling on the web directly still need a website since customers routinely use the web to research businesses before they actually start using them.

Those businesses that do have the ability to sell on the web will need a specially designed website to accommodate this need, generally an e-commerce site.

In either case, a website should be included. This way, you can inform your customers of who you are and you can educate them on what you can offer to them. Then, you can use your website to promote your business further.

Final Thoughts

No matter your budget, there are numerous methods for marketing your business. The techniques in this post will pay off if you put them into practice, especially if you keep your plan under regular evaluation and revision.