10 Ways to Advertise Your Business On the Cheap
Who couldn’t use some more advertising, and what are some of the easiest ways to advertise a business on the cheap?
That’s the question I was asking myself today, when I decided to see if my friends on Twitter had any ideas. As usual they didn’t disappoint, and within minutes I had a list of 10 cheap, or free ways to advertise your business.
Advertising on the Cheap
- Add/Claim your business on Google
- Article Marketing – Write expert articles and submit them to sites such as Ezine, or pick from this list of 200 article submission websites
- Advertise on yourself – make some simple t-shirts with your company name and website on them, wear them around town
- Add your business to review sites such as Yelp, or Feedback Jar
- Email signature – Use every email as a way to promote yourself and your business
- Social Networks – There is a social network for every niche. Join one and start networking.
- Forums related to your business
- Leave biz cards in library books
- Post cards on windshields
- Leave biz cards, flyers, etc on community boards
In this economy there is nothing wrong with being frugal, and there are literally dozens of ways to advertise your business economically. Think creatively, and just get out there and do it!
Let me know your best cheap marketing idea in the comments below.
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Another good idea will be to contribute to a local publication that has relevance to your niche. And adding a byline will make readers impressed with your writeup to contact you
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What a great article. I am trying to promote my relatively new blog on the cheap and you have given me some great ideas. Many thanks.
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In a world where everything seems to cost you money, it’s good to see some idea of how you can still promote your business for free.
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How to create a cheap and creative business cards with little spending time? I only have a MS word, power point, and GIMP 2, 6, 8. Can I use any one of this software to create simple cookies business cards and print it from home printer. Please help with detail following steps. Thanks
Cheap but very good tips. Will look into Yelp and Feedback jar. And social networks are now more popular than two years ago when those tips were written.
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i would say the best free advertising could be gained by writing guest articles on related blogs. If you have a service that is interesting or different, you could get exposure. Also press releases are a way to get massive exposure in the media, you just need to come up with a unique angle to promote your business.
In a world where everything seems to cost you money, it’s good to see some idea of how you can still promote your business for free
This is a great information! I have used Facebook for promoting my website’s. Fan page on Facebook also works for promoting your website, and it is free. Thanks for some information on promoting website’s. Cheers
Good article. Short and concise which is really all I have time for now. Thanks. Article marketing particularly on sites like Ezine.com is very effective however it takes sometime to understand their policies and what is allowed and what is not.
Not sure why people are commenting with rubbish since clearly this is a blog with a no follow lol.
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Awesome tips. We can’t all go and spend the big bucks on advertising. Thanks for the tips to do it on the cheap!
Leaving postcards on windshields seems to make people angry more than putting them in a spending money mood.
Thanks for the post AND the comments!
My favorite is building a fan page on Facebook for my clients and then having them keep it up to date.
Second to that is guest writing on related blogs.
RJ
To cut costs of advertising its very important that we should find cheap advertising opportunities.