Advertising Your Business MRR Ebook

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION..6
2 HOW IS ADVERTISING DIFFERENT IN 2018?7
STAND OUT OR NEVER BE KNOWN…7
IMPORTANT MESSAGES IN 2018……8
CREATE AN ADVERTISING PLAN…..10
AN EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING PLAN FOR 2018
TACKLES A WIDE RANGE OF MEDIUMS AND IT
DELIVERS A CLEAR MESSAGE. IT ALSO PROVIDES
CONSUMERS WITH A CLEAR SOLUTION TO THE
EVER-POPULAR QUESTION, “WHAT DOES THIS
BUSINESS DO FOR ME?”..11
3 WORD OF MOUTH IS STILL KING…13
#1: FOCUS ON CUSTOMER SERVICE……13
#2: LOCAL OFFERS….14
#3: BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY……14
#4: SPONSOR LOCAL ACTIVITIES..14
#5: ASK FOR THE RECOMMENDATION…14
#6: ASK CUSTOMERS TO COMPLAIN……15
#7: KEEP THE PROMISES YOU MAKE…..15
#8: DO MORE THAN THE MINIMUM15
#9: SATISFY THE UNHAPPY CUSTOMER15
#10: AS FOR REPEAT BUSINESS LATER, TOO……15
#11: LOOK THEM IN THE EYE..16
4 FREE WAYS TO ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS……17
# 12: GOOGLE LOCAL17
#13: GOOGLE COUPONS…17
#14: CHECK OUT YELLOW PAGES ONLINE….18
#15: GET ON YAHOO LOCAL….18
#16: GET REVIEWS ON YAHOO LOCAL…18
#17: SEND OUT PRESS RELEASES…18
#18: TRADE WITH OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS. . .18
5 BUILD A WEBSITE….20
#19: BUILD A WEBSITE….20
#20: GET YOUR WEBSITE LISTED IN SEARCH ENGINES..20
#21: USE SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION..21
#22: KEYWORD RICH TITLES..21
#23: WRITE AN EFFECTIVE META TAG…21
#24: LOCAL.COM21
#25: CRAIGSLIST……22
#25: GET A BLOG22
#26: SET UP A NEWSLETTER…22
#27: REGULAR EMAIL CAMPAIGNS.22
#28: ALERT EVERYONE THROUGH A PRESS RELEASE…23
#29: RUN A CONTEST23
#30: GET IT PRINTED23
6 SOCIAL MARKETING AS ADVERTISEMENT…24
#31: LINKEDIN..24
#32: FACEBOOK.25
#33: MYSPACE….25
#34: VISIBLEPATH….25
#35: SOFLOW…..25
#36: ORKUT.25
#37: TWITTER….25
#38: DIGG.COM..26
#39:YOUTUBE.COM…26
7 FOCUS ON SEO..27
#40: HEADERS…27
#41: KEYWORD PLACEMENT….27
#42: KEYWORD DENSITY.27
#43: HYPERLINKS…..28
#44: WEBPAGES.28
#45: FOCUS ON THOSE KEYWORDS28
#46: GET LINKS IN….28
#47: LINK YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK SITES…28
#48: LINK HOW TO ARTICLES.29
#49: HUBPAGES (FORMER SQUIDOO)…29
#50: HUBPAGES.29
#51: NETWORK FOR LINKS…..29
#52: EZINEARTICLES.COM……29
#53: OTHER ARTICLE DIRECTORIES……30
#54: FORUMS YOU VISIT.30
#55: ANY PLACE ELSE……30
#56: DO NOT FORGET EMAIL…30
8 WORK THE BLOG……31
#57: POST REGULARLY…..31
#58: INTERACT WITH OTHER BLOGS….31
#59: WRITE A GUEST POST…..31
#60: BE UNIQUE.32
#61: PLACE A BOOKMARK TOOL…..32
#62: BECOME A RESOURCE……32
#63: CREATE AN EFFECTIVE LANDING PAGE32
#64: INTERACT WITH OTHERS32
#65: PAID SEARCH….33
9 HOW TO STAND OUT34
#66: GET ON TELEVISION34
#67: GET ON RADIO..34
#68: OFFER LOCAL DISCOUNTS……34
#69: WRITE FOR THE PAPER…34
#70: AVOID THE GRAPHICS, BUT GO BIG…..35
#71: DO GO FOR MEDIUM.35
#72: FOCUS ON LIVE CHAT……35
#73: OFFER A FREE SERVICE…35
#74: EXPAND YOUR SERVICE AREA35
10 TIPS FOR ADVERTISING YOUR BUSINESS
LOCALLY FOR LESS…37
#75: THE BASIC BUSINESS CARD…37
#76: FLYERS STILL WORK37
#77: USE YOUR CAR..37
#78: CHECK OUT YOUR CHURCH…..38
#79: GET LISTED IN YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE……38
#80: GET INVOLVED IN SCHOOLS..38
#81: PAPER COUPONS WORK..38
#82: CHECK OUT TRADE FAIRS……38
#83: USE THE CLASSIFIEDS….39
#84 USE PROMOTIONAL TOOLS…..39
11 NETWORKING TIPS THAT WORK.40
#85: LOCAL BUSINESS NETWORKING…40
#86: WRITE A DIRECTORY……40
#87: BUILD YOUR BLOG WITH OTHER BUSINESSES…40
#88: TWITTER ABOUT OTHERS41
#89: CHECK OUT YAHOO GROUPS..41
#90: GO WITH THE MOMMY BLOG..41
#91: NETWORK WITHIN GROUPS…41
#92: PULL TOGETHER FOR A CONTEST..41
#93: CHECK OUT INTERNET RADIO42
#94: FLYERS EVERYWHERE…..42
A CONCLUSION WITH MORE……43
#95: DO HIRE A PRO43
#96: DO NOT FORGET THE SALES PAGES……43
#97: GET ELECTRONIC IF YOU CAN43
#98: RESEARCH WHAT’S NEW.43
#99: GIVE A SEMINAR……44
#100: TALK ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS…..44
#101: DO NOT HIDE IT: ASK FOR THEIR BUSINESS…44

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WORD OF MOUTH IS STILL KING

Word of mouth advertising is one of the oldest forms. Simply put, it is the means of one person telling another person something about your business. It has always been one of the most powerful tools to have as an advertising medium. Ask yourself, are you more interested in listening to what a commercial has to say or what your best friend has to say? Who is more believable?

As a business, part of your advertising plan should focus on word of mouth advertising. OF course, it is important to point out that today; word of mouth advertising is not just one person telling another of a product, as in one woman telling another woman about a product they love. Rather, there are many online and off line methods for delivering a word of mouth experience.

In this chapter, we focus on a few methods of advertising that can help you to pull out those recommendations that you want to get from others. How can you get recommendations and referrals from the customers you already have or the ones that you will be getting?

#1: FOCUS ON CUSTOMER SERVICE

The first and most important element of advertising is not spoiling the business that you have. Each customer that comes into your doors needs to be a customer treated as if they are the most important customer for the business. Although this may seem difficult to do, it is all about delivering a quality service and smiling.

Customer service is important to business success. If you have a bad experience at a restaurant, you tell your family and friends about it, and stop them from going there. Not only does the business lose your business but that of your family and friends, too. What you want to create, on the other hand, is an atmosphere in which the words being passed on are top quality recommendations to visit your establishment.

If you are not sure what you can do to improve your customer service, go right to the source: your customer. Find out from them what you can do to improve your overall experience.

#2: LOCAL OFFERS

If your business is a locally based one, as opposed to one that is Internet based, focus on local offers that can help bring in customers. For example, a customer comes in to your hair salon. You know they had a great experience and so you offer them a discount card and one for their friend. If they pass on the card, you have an opportunity for them to tell the potentially new customer about your salon. This is easy advertising!

#3: BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY

Another way to generate more word of mouth advertising is to let others know about your business by allowing them to get to know you. Be an active role player in the community. Churches, community organizations as well as government offices are great ways for you to grow your local popularity. Introduce yourself to your customers. Shake their hand. Be present in your place of business.

#4: SPONSOR LOCAL ACTIVITIES

It does not have to cost you much to sponsor a group of local baseball players or to buy the t-shirt uniforms for the school’s soccer team. It does not cost you anything to host a fundraiser for a local person who is ill where you donate your profits. However, these types of actions get your name in front of the masses. They are all instances that you can show that your business is the business in town to be involved.

#5: ASK FOR THE RECOMMENDATION

Unbelievably, one of the best ways for you to get the customers to respond to you is to ask for a recommendation. For example, you have saved someone $250 off his or her car repair bill. That is nothing to be shy about. As the customer is happily paying their now discounted bill, you can easily say to them that you are looking for new clients. Would they please recommend your service to their friends and family?

When you ask for business, even if it is simply by asking for a group of customers to come back again, you allow those customers to feel welcome within your business. More so, they are happy to tell others about their experience, especially when asked to do so.

More ideas:

Here are a few more, short and easy ideas for building up your business through word of mouth advertising.

#6: ASK CUSTOMERS TO COMPLAIN

Did you know that most customers who have a bad experience never report that experience to the business? However, they do tell family and friends about it, or even worse, they get online and start talking about it. Ask customers to tell you of the problems they have with your business.

#7: KEEP THE PROMISES YOU MAKE

As a business owner, if you promise to do something for a customer, you had better do it. The negative word of mouth advertising this will cause is enough to cause any business to struggle significantly. However, when you do keep your promises, customers will respond to that as well.

#8: DO MORE THAN THE MINIMUM

Next, work on going over the expectations of your clients. You do not want to do the bare minimum or to get the basic level of acceptance. Rather, you want to focus on beating their expectations so that your business can flourish when they come back repeatedly so you can take advantage of what you have to offer.

#9: SATISFY THE UNHAPPY CUSTOMER

The customer is never wrong, even when you know they are wrong. It happens within every business. A misunderstanding leads to a confrontation. You do not want to stand down or to lose business. How do you handle the angry, unhappy customer? Do what you can to satisfy them. In fact, many studies show that when an unhappy customer is satisfied, they become a lifetime customer of the business, simply because the business listened to them and fixed the problem.

#10: AS FOR REPEAT BUSINESS LATER, TOO

At first, you may ask for a customer’s repeat business when they are leaving your establishment or even through your invoice online. However, in a week or so, give them a call. Send them an email. Send them some mail. Ask them to come on back to experience what you have to offer again.

#11: LOOK THEM IN THE EYE

When you are working with customers hand in hand, shake their hand, look them in the eye and let them know how important they are to you. This establishes a bond of trust and it helps to develop customer loyalty. Reach out, ask for their business and thank them for visiting you. This will make a difference.

As you will notice, virtually all of these word of mouth advertising methods are free or inexpensive. They make sense. They should be part of your advertising plan without fail. If they are not, add them in to the mix to ensure that your business has the foundation it needs to excel in 2018.

FREE WAYS TO ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS

We just spent a chapter working on word of mouth advertising. It is what people need to know and need to use as the foundation of their business success. However, every business needs to do more than that to get into the eyes of the customer. However, most businesses, especially the startups will find it hard to pay for these advertising methods.

If you could afford to hire a professional advertising company, you would still see some of these free methods for promoting your business.

However, many people do not put in enough time to learn them.

The following are a few free ways to advertise your business. Some are offline while others are online methods. Use as many as makes sense for your business.

# 12: GOOGLE LOCAL

Google Local is a local listing service on the web for local businesses. You do not have to do much but contact Google Local and provide your company name, address, phone number and website address. You will need to verify this information through a postcard but it is easy and gets you listed on Google easily.

#13: GOOGLE COUPONS

Have you considered coupons? Why not mesh coupons with Google. If it sounds like something that is interesting to you, the good news is that it is easy to do. You are able to bring in new customers and bring the old customers back to you. All of this occurs through Google’s free coupon tool that you use to get your business on local searches that are relevant to your website.

#14: CHECK OUT YELLOW PAGES ONLINE

While it does cost a fee to get your website listed in the big Yellow Page book, it is free to do so on the web. Remember, people come to the web to learn about stuff long before they actually buy from a business. Therefore, being in the online Yellow Pages makes sense.

#15: GET ON YAHOO LOCAL

Just like Google Local, Yahoo Local offers the same type of benefit. Of course, it benefits those who are using the Yahoo search engine instead of those who use Google. Yahoo is the second largest web search engine and highly important to any online search. It is free to get listed on Yahoo Local, too.

#16: GET REVIEWS ON YAHOO LOCAL

One of the things that Yahoo local does that Google Local does not is to allow customers to review your service. It takes only a few minutes to set up this process, but encouraging your customers to visit the website and to write a review is an important step in advertising local businesses. It is free to do and takes moments, but it could mean the difference in a customer choosing your business over another company’s business.

#17: SEND OUT PRESS RELEASES

You can send a press release to a news organization. This is a better option than sitting around and waiting for them to come to you. Be sure that what you have to say is newsworthy, and it should not be a blatant advertisement of your business. For example, it could be a press release announcing your collection of food for a local charity. It could be your special fundraiser for a sit child. You can use online press releases in the same manner, but be sure they are newsworthy before you try to have them sent out.

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