July 7, 2009
The following are ten inexpensive ways to promote your business: 1. Use every outgoing piece of paper and every electronic document as business promotion. 2. Writing articles on topics related to your business expertise is an excellent business promotion technique. 3. Sending out press releases is another great way to potentially gain free business promotion. 4. If you're an Internet user, spend some of your online time on business promotion. 5. Use buddy marketing to promote your business. 6. Give out freebies as business promotion. 7. Promote your business on a talk show. 8. Promote your business by giving a seminar or presentation. 9. Use your vehicle to promote your business. 10. Promote your business through your leisure activities. A complete explanation of each point can be found at http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/marketing/a/bizpromotion.htm. For further information on “Internet Marketing Basics,” sign up for the SmallBizU Workshop taught by Allen Guthier of Guthier Enterprises on July 21, from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at the SFC CEID. Space is limited to the first 20 people who sign up, so sign up today! To register, please visit www.gainesvillechamber.com and click on “Events & Issues,” “Calendar." For even more ways to promote your business, call Tim Ledvina at 352.334.7105 x323.