Marketing Your Business for Free?

There are a number of business opportunities available for those that want a quick start up without having to do a lot of the collateral creation, and sales plans on their own when attempting to start a business on their own. From selling candles and dietary supplements to makeup and scrapbooking supplies, there are so many to opportunites to choose from! After the initial start up costs, in most cases, everything is done for you when you become a representative for a company! Your only responsibility is to find customers.  As difficult and expensive as this may seem, there are ways to cut and even eliminate advertising costs.  If you are creative enough, the ways to find customers can be endless, and you can do so on a budget or even for free!

• Family & friends can be your best free advertisement through word of mouth.
• Put signage on you car. Car magnets or window decals are great 24:7 advertisers. You can get these items free through Vistaprint.com when they run their specials!
• Leave brochures/business cards EVERYWHERE that will allow-hair salons, daycares, library, coffee shops, mail depots etc.
• Online promotion- through social media, blog posts, online referrals, link from other related sites etc.
• Utilize press releases! A well written press release can turn into a feature article in a publication, and mean free advertising for you!

If you have found other free ways to promote your business, please share!!