Clever Ideas to Market Your Small Business
by Barney Hughes
1. Overview
1.1. You don’t need to spend buckets of money on marketing.
1.2. Creativity and a bit of gumption to do something different from everyone else in the market can be the difference between business success and business failure.
2. Networking Events
2.1. Attend networking events
2.2. It’s not what you know, but who you know.
2.3. Get out there and network
2.3.1. meet and greet
2.4. You can never have too many friends in life, even if they don’t end up as customers.
3. Public Relations
3.1. Manage your public relations
3.2. Getting your name up in lights on TV and radio, and in newspapers and magazines isn’t as hard as you think
3.2.1. if you’ve got a story worth telling!
4. Seminars and Events
4.1. Host seminars and events
4.2. Hosting your own events and inviting along your best customers and some of their friends is a great way to...
4.2.1. get to know people
4.2.2. connect at a personal level
4.2.3. build deep relationships.
5. Public Speaking
5.1. Become a public speaker.
5.2. If speaking isn’t your number-one fear after death, hone your skills and become a great and entertaining speaker.
5.3. It’s a fabulous way to demonstrate your expertise and generate new business enquiries from the audience.
6. Social Media
6.1. Use social media.
6.1.1. Facebook
6.1.2. Twitter
6.1.3. LinkedIn
6.1.4. Youtube
6.1.5. Blog
7. Sponsoring
7.1. Sponsor a local event or charity
7.2. It really does make you feel good to support your community, and everyone benefits
7.2.1. you
7.2.2. your staff
7.2.3. your customers
7.2.4. the people you sponsor
7.2.5. and, of course, the community at large.