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5. Place a decal or bumper sticker on your car. Advertise your site when you’re out running errands. This is effortless once you have
sign up. You can order them at http://www.webdecals.com/ or http://www.stickerz.com/.
6. Send out press releases. This takes a bit of time and effort, but media coverage will greatly increase popularity of your site. Try http://www.press-release-writing.com/ if you want to do it on your own, or hire a writer. Remember, you are announcing an event, not advertising your business. Sales will be a side benefit.
7. Word of mouth. Ask your customers to refer you. Give them extra business cards to give to their friends. This makes it extra important to keep your customers happy, since it can work against you.
8. Flyers. Ask around at local businesses if you can leave flyers or brochures at their stores. Some will have a place for you to leave them. Check your local libraries and post offices for community bulletin boards as well.
9. Get listed on search engines. There are companies that will let you do this for free and there are companies that will charge you for this. Whichever you choose, make sure that you are hand submitted to major search engines such as Google. It will greatly increase your odds of getting a good listing. If you want to do it yourself, try http://selfpromotion.com/.
Stephanie Foster is the owner of Aspects of Design, where she offers website design, marketing and writing services at affordable prices. She also publishes the Aspects of Design Newsletter for small businesses or people just thinking about starting a business. For more information, visit http://www.aspectsofdesign.com/.
