As a Direct Sales consultant, blogger or small business owner, you will need to start promoting and growing your business. There are many ways you can promote a business both Online and off. I have complied 10 helpful things you can start doing now to promote your business Online. I encourage you to implement at least one (that you have not already) as soon as you finish reading this article! 10 Places To Promote Your Business Online 1. Facebook Fan (Like) Page It's against Facebook's terms of service to use your personal Facebook page to advertise. You can create a Facebook Like page to announce your specials, engage in discussions and offer other pertinent information about your business. With so many users on and utilizing Facebook, this is an excellent way to build a community around your business. 2. Blog Commenting If you are not a blogger, then you may find that starting a blog about your home business difficult. Consistently coming up with new blogging topics and blogging … [Read more...]
Faith and Business 101: Finding Affordable Advertising (pt. 4)
Now that we've covered all the different free social media options and blogging for advertisement it's time to move on to advertisement that you would actually pay for. You can actually use social media even more if you're willing to pay for it. You can purchase ads to promote your fan page through Facebook for a fairly reasonable price, and many PR friendly bloggers offer sponsor posts or sidebar ads for not too much as well. There are also many specific PR companies who offer advertising packages for small business owners. For your money they will continuously promote you and your business. A few sites like Living Your Moment offer free basic listings, and then for additional money will promote your business. Many companies are currently doing holiday gift guides, this is a wonderful way to get your product and business right before the eyes of moms who will be in the purchasing mood! A great thing to look for is companies like Mommy Bag Marketing, who offer super unique … [Read more...]
Faith and Business 101: Finding Affordable Advertising (pt. 3)
So far we have discussed the benefits of promoting your business through free social media outlets, namely Facebook and Twitter. Today I'd like to discuss the benefits of blogging for your business. Even if you're not a great writer you can use a blog to help promote yourself and your business. The two main blogging platforms are Blogger and Wordpress. Both of these can be used effectively. If you're totally new to the blogging world Blogger is a great, free, and user friendly option. You can get a Blogger blog up and running in very little time. Now Blogger also offers a bunch of cute, customizable layouts so that you can get a professional blog look without forking out all the money. For someone who is a little more serious about blogging or wants more options for customization, Wordpress is a great option. You can find all kinds of tutorials, and Blogger vs Wordpress articles all over the web. Once you get your blog up and running the next thing you need is *good content*. … [Read more...]
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