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[A278]Advertising A New Business

by Lori Gorman, Lor

The first thing you will want to do is send an email to all of your family and friends announcing your new business (make sure it is just to your family and friends as you don't want to spam). Give a brief description of your business and ask that they forward your email to 3 of their family or friends. This should not be an email pressuring them to purchase or sign up in any way. Rather, to do you a favor of passing along your announcement. You will be surprised at how many people this will reach and all for free.

Next, you will want to put your web site address (if you have one) on all of your correspondence. Start with adding it to your email, return address labels and so forth. If you do not have a web site, perhaps you could use a phone number, email or some other source of contact information. The important thing is to get the word out.

Invest in some business cards. There are several ways this can be done. If you are handy with the computer, you can make them yourself. It does not have to be anything fancy. Just something with your business information will do. There are several different styles of business cards you can choose from to print on. Another way is to have them made professionally. Now before you go off spending a lot of money, do some research. There are some companies, such as Vista Print, that offer free business cards. Yes, I said free. They will ask if you want to upgrade and add extra options to your cards, but that is up to you. I would just stick to the free cards for now. You can always go back at another time and order something else.

Once you have your business cards, put them everywhere. I mean everywhere. Send one out with each piece of mail (yes, even your bills). Leave them at restaurants with the tip. On bulletin boards at supermarkets, laundry mats, colleges, etc. Always make sure you have some in your car and on your person at all times.

Another good method of advertising is your vehicle. Bumper stickers or signs are a good means of getting the word out. Again, if you do some research, you can find some great deals on custom made bumper stickers. One such place is makestickers.com. They offer a reasonable price for a quality sticker. Your neighborhood office supply store should have the supplies needed to make a sign for your car. This would involve a magnet and some self adhesive lettering.

The important thing to remember is to get the word out to as many people as possible. If you use your imagination, the possibilities are endless.

One way to let the public know this business exists is to use mail marketing, this is a way that has been used by businesses for many years and can reach large amounts of people at one time. This is by having a mail marketing company run this campaign with printed post cards, fliers or letters sent to the public through the postal service in certain areas.

This has the advantage of reaching people that are within easy traveling distance to the business and it is also a way to keep customers informed of sales and other events to bring them back. This can include even the first mail marketing campaign where a new business entices potential customers by giving them a percentage off if they spend a certain amount. Many businesses use this tactic because there are many consumers that will not allow a deal to pass them by. This means profit to the new business, it also means building a customer base. It is a way to introduce a new business to a wide verity of households that might not have otherwise known about the business.

Mail marketing is often more effective than other types of marketing because it does not depend on a person getting or reading a certain newspaper and it does reach every house in the chosen area. That is a great advantage for a new business to have an advertising campaign that can reach the public and this is what mail marketing does. It is also a time tested method of advertising that does work for businesses and is effective in bringing new and old customers to a business, thereby raising the profit margin.

Another advantage of mail marketing is the cost; it is often more efficient and cost effective than other types of advertising like newspapers, television and radio advertising, which can be extremely expensive. At the same time these other types of advertising are more expensive they, are also not as positive a result as mail marketing. This is because there is no guarantee that every household in the target area watches a certain channel on television or listens to a certain station on the radio.

New businesses are difficult to get off the ground and the statistics for them are not good and that is why the smart business uses advertising campaigns that are proven to work and that are cost effective. The goal is to bring in new business and begin making profits, as well has having repeat customers and mail marketing is one method that has proven to work for new businesses. After the mail marketing campaign has done its job then other mail marketing campaigns can be used in the future from mailing lists collected from the new customer to send special events that will bring them back to the business as a return customer.

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