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No budget Marketing Ideas

Coming up with an aggressive marketing plan takes a lot of creative thinking and innovation and money. If you are looking to expand your audience or start up a new business but don’t have the high budgets to compete with the high rollers, there are still many ways and things you need to do to get yourself exposure.

Number 1- Your website -Your website needs to be loaded with information and words that best describe your services, and what you offer. Being innovative in your word usage is extremely important. Think of how people search for you, what would they be typing into the search box, every word you can think of should be used in your website somehow, if you thought about it, they will too. Don’t forget your Meta tags; reiterate some of your words and phrases, as well as their synonyms. There are places you can go to to get a FREE website and FREE hosting, and very easy to design your own site. Feel free to contact me, if you can’t find a good one.

Number 2- Social networking sites – Social networking sites are a FREE and wonderful way to promote your business as well as offer promotions to clients directly in your target areas. Make sure you are signed up to Facebook, Stumble upon, Linked In, Delicious, Twitter and any site that will allow for a FREE profile and listing of your products and services. There are many out there today that will allow for a Free profile listing. Just do a search; you’d be surprised how many you find.

Number 3 – Blogs, blogs and more blogs- If you currently have a blog directly from your site that’s great, but it doesn’t end there. Make sure you also have a blog on blogger, on WordPress and on any free blogging portal you can find. Speak about your products, promotions, services. And make sure you are regularly updating with fresh information.

Number 4- Write articles -Be known as an expert in your field- There are sites that allow for you to write articles about yourself, your business or topics you want to discuss. Some sites are Digg and Reddit. These sites allow for you to share some ideas, thoughts and information about your products and services. One thing is very key, you must participate in these sites and not look to constantly just promote yourself or you might be thought of as a spammer. So make sure you “Digg” other articles or no-one will ever get to really Digg you, because you won’t be lasting very long.

More get listed:
Create a Free yellow pages listing, post a Craigslist ad for your services and make sure you submit your URLs to the major search engines and Send out press releases.

There are many ways to market your business for Free. The most important thing to remember is to make sure you are not just posting a profile and walking away. It is important that you participate in these social networking sites, develop friends, and become part of your community. You can reach a wider audience, the more sites you are involved in. Make sure you constantly update your blogs and communicate with others and what they are doing. Initially, managing social networking sites and blogs can be a job on its own. But once you have them set up, you simply need to dedicate about an hour or so adding new content. If you’re not a writer, hire one. Feel free to contact me through here and I would be happy to help.

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