We all know, that online marketing and advertising for your business can be tricky. Have you ever thought of making some business cards for your business? Or handing out flyer’s around town? Local advertising is very easy to do. You don’t have to know any marketing ploys online. Local advertising can bring in 40% of your business, if you do it right. I have been really successful doing local advertising. You could even post your business card onto that board at your local supermarket. How bout the local restaurants, everyone leaves there business card at? You could put yours there also. People really do look at the business cards posted.

Business cards can be done for very little money. You could have 500 quality business cards made for about $20.00. The $20.00 you spend on business cards will pay for it self. Hand them out to all your friends. Give them to your family, let everyone know that you are in business. Put the website address to your online store on the business card.

Make it a professional business card. Make your business card original, so it stands out among the rest. Put some quality into your business card. It doesn’t cost much for the better paper. The better the quality of the card, the more people will gaze at your card first. If you can afford video business cards, go for it, they are very effective. Put your company logo on the business card. Pictures speak louder than words. Don’t make the logo too big, remember professional. Gear the colors on the business card to your logo colors. But don’t go too bright with the colors, it doesn’t look good. Try and match the business card up, so the logo matches it. The logo is very important, it is how people will remember you.

Handing out flyer’s is very effective. The one thing you don’t want to do is, litter.Most towns or cities frown upon flyer’s that are all over the ground. Make sure wherever you put your flyer’s, they won’t end up all over the ground. Never put your flyer’s under the windshield wiper of cars. The owner will probably throw it on the ground after reading it. Then you can get in trouble for littering. Use places that the public is around a lot. You can always post your flyer’s at the subway station. The subway station always has a place, you can post your flyer’s to the public. Supermarkets, restaurants, malls, bus stops, tons of places. Just make sure you get permission, if you are posting your flyer’s in a business. If you are posting them in public you can put them all over. But always remember to secure your flyer’s, so they wont go anywhere.

Make the information in your flyer, eye catching and straight to the point. Gear it the same way as your business card. Include your info, so they can visit your website. You can print some really good flyer’s right off your computer. Distributing flyer’s is probably the most effective way you could advertise your business. Its free if you have a printer. All you need to do, is take the time to distribute them everywhere.

Even if you don’t have a website. Advertise your ebay store. GOODLUCK!

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Thanks,

Lisa

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com