Your Best Way of Marketing?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by bushib, May 2, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi there,

    Anyone please share your best marketing strategy for promoting any kind of business?

    Best Regards
    bushib
     
    bushib, May 2, 2007 IP
  2. camp185

    camp185 Well-Known Member

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    Depends what it is. I started a first aid company several years back. We stock first aid kits at business locations. Tried yellow pages, billboards, and misc.. Nothin worked better, or even as close to, just walking through the doors and speaking to the person in charge face to face.

    I think many of us are too comfy hiding behind our computer screens. If you think your site is great go make 1,000+ flyers. How much does that cost? Make them 4 ads to a sheet that explain about your website. Now you have 4,000 ads. Now give one to every person you talk to. You don't have to look for people, just give it to the ones you talk to or even just say hi too.
     
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  3. Courtknee

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    I agree with camp185...the "best" will depend entirely upon what the business is. Article marketing works great for somethings...ppc for others...flyers for others...etc. What are you looking to promote?
     
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  4. 8everything

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    I currently market my business through networking with other people.. depends on what type of business you own though..
     
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  5. bushib

    bushib Banned

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    Hi there,

    Thanks all for your replies.

    I want to promote my business, which have the following services (though currently my biz is in the development phase). But I want to have a good marketing plan before launching my business.

    Web development
    Directory Submission
    SEO
    Graphic Designing
    Content Writing
    Web hosting



    I will really appreciate any help on promoting this kind of business. Please tell me which marketing technique will work best for promoting this kind of business.

    Best Regards
    bushib
     
    bushib, May 3, 2007 IP
  6. Nikolas

    Nikolas Well-Known Member

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    all of these businesses are way too saturated. My advice would be find something unique to offer. This way your clients will promote you, free of charge ;)


    Otherwise you will need to spend a lot of money/energy without being sure for the results
     
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  7. trant

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    I'm not sure what kind of business you are trying to promote.
     
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  8. bushib

    bushib Banned

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    Hi there,

    Thanks for your reply.

    I have something unique to offer for these services. Once I will launch my website you will see it and hopefully you will like my services.

    Competition and saturation is everywhere but if the services are unique and are designed for the customer's satisfaction then hopefully they work well.

    Please just share your thoughts how can I promote these services.

    I will be thankful for any kind of suggestions.
    Best Regards
    bushib
     
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  9. tradeya

    tradeya Notable Member

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    as you are in service business, I would suggest you to
    1.make your online portfolio page on you site also with (real) testimonails .
    2.build reputation through freelance site. there are many companies offering services there and many have got many jobs. eg. www.getacoder.com, www.getafreelancer.com, www.scriptlance.com (i like the 2nd one though)
    3.offer your services in webmaster forums like DP or other (same strategy, start with low price to build reps.)
    4.make your own site and services page look good. no customer will ask you to do SEO when you can put yourself on top10 or your site look not good.

    just my thought.
     
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  10. bushib

    bushib Banned

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    Hi tradeya,

    Thanks for your nice suggestions.

    Any more suggestions please?

    Best Regards
    bushib
     
    bushib, May 3, 2007 IP
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    Backlinks -my best. I get organic SE traffic.
     
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  12. politician

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    Natural traffic from mostly on site SEO work has been the best on all of my sites. Backlinks would be next and Myspace has been alright.
     
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  13. Ivan40

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    Bum marketing is a great method, free and with pretty good results...

    Ivan
     
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  14. JagSenghera

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    I like to create and promote $7 products and make serious cash from the backend of each product.
     
    JagSenghera, May 5, 2007 IP