Free Marketing Tips to Help Make Money Online
Making money online in a home based business can be both a lot of fun and very profitable. Before you get started you’ll want to have some ideas of how you are going to market your new business. These are some basic ideas of how to market using some no cost and low cost methods.
A great no cost method to start with is free online classified ads. You can Google online classified ads and find over two dozen sites. You’ll want to follow each site’s guidelines in order to stay in good standing, no reason to get booted off a free site.
Personal contact marketing costs very little and can be very rewarding. As you go through your day simply listen to what others are saying. When you hear someone complaining about their hours at work or the long commute give them a business card and tell them that you might have something for them. Wait for them to contact you, don’t ever chase people. If you see them at a later time you might want to follow up, but don’t chase them.
Business cards can also be placed on car doors. Use one with a simple message like “home business opportunity could reap BIG rewards for YOU! call 1 800 XXX XXXX”. Large office buildings and busy shopping malls are great places to distribute a large number of cards in a short amount of time. Place the cards on the driver’s side door window, above the door handle.
You can use plastic corrugated signs which are put on metal “H” stands, these are sometimes referred to as bandit signs, I’m sure you’ve seen them during political campaigns. Use a simple message “Make Money in a Home Business, 1 234 567 8901″. You want to choose a busy intersection where a lot of people will see the sign. You can have these made for as little as $2.00 each if you buy 50 or more at one time.
Newspapers are relatively low cost if you consider the number of people you reach per dollar invested. One drawback is you may not be targeting your market. Choose newspapers with a mid sized circulation, below 200,000, and select a good income area.
Magazines can be very good if you target your market effectively. Keep in mind that magazines will have a lag time between when you place the order and when the next issue is printed, this can be anywhere from 35 to 45 days. An advantage of magazines is that they stay around forever, you might get a call six months or a year from now from an ad placed today.
I wish you the best in your marketing, and hope these tips are helpful to you. Look for more ideas in future articles. Again, all the best and much success!