Great marketing tips when starting your new 'online' business
1. Print Media - newspapers, magazine, trade publications, etc. **please find attached a handy newspaper listing to help you
2. Check out the training/heaps of info available at www.giveoppsuccess.com
3. Personal Contact Marketing – “who do you know?”
4. “Face-to-Face” Flyers – shopping centres, train stations – you name it!
5. Bandit Signs (ask Anan how!)
6. Advertise your website in the appropriate category on http://www.craigslist.com/
7. Start a blog and submit it to the 100’s of free blog directories.
8. Leave comments on other people’s blogs with a link back to your site.
9. Sign up to Social Networking Sites – Facebook, Twitter, Myspace etc.
10. Submit a video to http://www.youtube.com
11. Use Content or PPC advertising (linkedin/yahoo search/bing)
12. Answer people’s questions on http://www.answers.yahoo.com
13. Add a link in your email signature to your website. It’s a free and easy way to get a little more traffic
14. Post free classified ads on any of the sites that allow it. (search on google)
15. Join ALL social media sites – brand yourself – keep it simple.
16. Use a traffic exchange (low quality traffic, but can sometimes be worthwhile) eg. www.trafficswarm.com
17. Email everyone on your ‘list’
18. Hit “reply all” when you receive junk emails & make a positive comment in the reply leaving your email signature that includes a link to your website
19. Leave a ‘paper trail’ every time you leave home eg: biz cards on a few cars as you walk from the car park into the shopping centre, biz card with the Sales person in each shop you visit, biz card with the waiter – the possibilities here are endless
20. Put signs/magnets on your car (www.vistaprint.com)
You've got enough ideas here to drive literally thousands of visitors to your web site! And MOST importantly HAVE FUN
Friday, October 22, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Do You Have Traits of an Entrepreneur?
Do You Have Traits of an Entrepreneur?
The adage “I think; therefore I am” couldn’t be more true for entrepreneurs. Achieving success as an independent business owner is routed in the traits you possess and, quite simply, the way you think.
Checklist of characteristics of entrepreneurs:
• You are driven to succeed.
• You are a self-starter and go-getter.
• You routinely see opportunities where others see problems.
• You take control of your own destiny and bear responsibility for your own actions.
• You are willing to give up the security blanket of corporate life.
• You thrive on change.
• You understand the importance of making a profit.
The origin of the word “entrepreneur” is the French “entreprendre”, which means “to undertake.” Isn’t it interesting that the focus of the root word is on the action, rather than the outcome? All successful entrepreneurs understand that point implicitly—that taking action is the crucial first step, and being open to new opportunities that might be revealed along the way.
It’s time to ask yourself: are you thinking like an entrepreneur?
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GiveOppTM has a vision for humanity and you can be part of that vision. We are the movement that is creating a world full of beauty, abundance and prosperity.
GiveOpp unite people from dramatically different cultures and walks of life toward a common dream: providing real solutions for real problems. We envision a world in which each human being has the food, home, and quality of life they deserve, for generations to come. We are changing the present. We are changing the future.
The adage “I think; therefore I am” couldn’t be more true for entrepreneurs. Achieving success as an independent business owner is routed in the traits you possess and, quite simply, the way you think.
Checklist of characteristics of entrepreneurs:
• You are driven to succeed.
• You are a self-starter and go-getter.
• You routinely see opportunities where others see problems.
• You take control of your own destiny and bear responsibility for your own actions.
• You are willing to give up the security blanket of corporate life.
• You thrive on change.
• You understand the importance of making a profit.
The origin of the word “entrepreneur” is the French “entreprendre”, which means “to undertake.” Isn’t it interesting that the focus of the root word is on the action, rather than the outcome? All successful entrepreneurs understand that point implicitly—that taking action is the crucial first step, and being open to new opportunities that might be revealed along the way.
It’s time to ask yourself: are you thinking like an entrepreneur?
# # #
GiveOppTM has a vision for humanity and you can be part of that vision. We are the movement that is creating a world full of beauty, abundance and prosperity.
GiveOpp unite people from dramatically different cultures and walks of life toward a common dream: providing real solutions for real problems. We envision a world in which each human being has the food, home, and quality of life they deserve, for generations to come. We are changing the present. We are changing the future.
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