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30 Ways to promote your business

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Industry Observer with Responsive Pest Control

Hi all: How are you? Fat and happy due to eating too much at Easter yesterday? I have just the solution to get you back on track. The following are 30 ways to promote your business. Enjoy!

1) Email all your contacts, let them know what you do and ask them to spread the word.

2) Use Craigslist classified ads

3) Submit your website to niche web directories

4) Submit your site to local search engines

5) Host a seminar, webinar, or a call

6) Create joint venture partnerships with key players in your industry

7) Advertise in niche magazines

8) Use Facebook

9) Go to leads groups and networking events

10) Get media coverage by organizing a charity event

11) Ask your customers for referrals

12) Engage in video marketing

13) Do article marketing and write a blog

14) Put links to your website in your email signature

15) Use forums and groups

16) Do direct mail

17) Take advantage of affiliate marketing and cost per action (per click) marketing

18) Use online targeted advertising

19) Make podcasts

20) Send text messages to your customers

21) Use discount coupons and gift cards

22) Join your local area Chamber of Commerce

23) Build your own online community

24) Use Twitter

25) Become a guest blogger

26) Build a website that makes you money

27) Use pay per click marketing

28) Take your website to the top of Google with search engine optimization

29) Use Linkedin

30) Use email marketing

That's it. It's as simple as that. I hope you've enjoyed reading the list 30 ways to promote your business. As for me, I'm off to try a few of these. Have a great day!

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Posted by

Paul McFadden

Birmingham Alabama Real Estate, Stephen Wolfe
LivingInBirmingham.com - Birmingham, AL

Paul, while this is long list, the best thing about it for any real estate agent is that most of them are free! In my own opinion, some of the free things are actually a whole lot more productive than some of the ones that cost the most. Great list! I'm evaluating right now...

Apr 06, 2010 01:41 AM
David Krichmar
www.DaveYourMortgageGuy.com - Legend Lending - Sugar Land, TX
DaveYourMortgageGuy.com

Great info Paul. i agree with Stephen, the free items(blogging) have been more productive for me.  Great list, thanks

Apr 06, 2010 02:22 AM
Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner
Karen Parsons-Fiddler, Broker 949-510-2395 - Mission Viejo, CA
Orange County & Lake Arrowhead, CA (949)510-2395

great list! Thanks for the pick-me-up after a long holiday weekend.

Apr 06, 2010 02:31 AM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Paul:  Whenever I see a post that starts out with... "Thirty ways to... " I immediately hear Paul Simon inside my head singing "Fifty Ways to Leave your Lover."  I think you should have that playing softly in the background here which your readers read this post.  Just a thought.  And... it's a good list.  Thanks.

Apr 06, 2010 02:53 AM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

By the way... you asked How am I ?  Fat and happy ?  Well... I AM fat, but I'm sure not happy about it... LOL.

Apr 06, 2010 02:54 AM
Kenneth Young
Uni International LLC - Virginia Beach, VA

Paul - Good list, guess what is important is that you go out and do something instead of sitting around.

Karen - you make me laugh.... thanks

Apr 06, 2010 03:07 AM
Pippa Mac
Chevaux Group Realtor, The Woodlands and Spring - The Woodlands, TX
The Woodlands TX Real Estate

Paul, you have made alot of fantastic points!  pippa

Apr 06, 2010 04:03 AM
Gene Riemenschneider
Home Point Real Estate - Brentwood, CA
Turning Houses into Homes

Nice list.  Sometimes we get so busy good tools get put on the back burner.

Apr 06, 2010 04:08 AM
Anonymous
Anonymous

Thanks for the list! It will help to keep me on track. Which ones are your favourite?|

Apr 06, 2010 05:01 AM
#10
Ceci Burklow
Pride of Texas Real Estate - Austin, TX

Great compilation - thanks for the reminder!

Apr 06, 2010 05:08 AM
Paul McFadden
Responsive Pest Control - Seattle, WA
Pest Control, Seattle, WA.

Cecilia: You are very welcome!

I would have to say my favorites are the charity events, email marketing, and the networking events; not necessarily in that order.

Gene: Thank you. I agree. Hopefully this list will get all of us back on track!

Pippa: Thank you. Enjoy your day!

Kenneth: Thanks! Have a great day today!

Karen: I too gained a pound on Sunday. This week is trending better!

Karen: That's funny. I should have put it into that format or something.

Karen: You're welcome! Back to work, huh?

Dave: You're welcome any time!

Stephen; Thank you. Let me know which ones you adopt and how they're working for you. Take care.

Apr 06, 2010 06:10 AM
Kathy Opatka
RE/MAX CROSSROADS - Ocean City, MD
Serving Ocean City, MD, & The Delaware Beaches

Paul,

This is a good comprehensive list! I do a lot of them already, but I see that I need to get a few more going! Thanks for taking the time to blog this list!

Apr 06, 2010 09:18 AM
Paul McFadden
Responsive Pest Control - Seattle, WA
Pest Control, Seattle, WA.

Kathy: Thanks! I appreciate it. Have a great day!

Apr 06, 2010 10:17 AM
Tina Gleisner
Home Tips for Women - Portsmouth, NH
Home Tips for Women

Thanks for the quick health check, now for more time

Apr 06, 2010 11:09 AM
Beverly of Bev & Bob Meaux
Keller Williams Suburban Realty - West Orange, NJ
Where Buying & Selling Works

there's so much we can do. it's important to keep a mix of plates in the air at all times. thanks for the ideas and reminders.

Apr 10, 2010 11:33 AM
Paul McFadden
Responsive Pest Control - Seattle, WA
Pest Control, Seattle, WA.

Bev: thanks for stopping by. You're welcome for this! Good luck!

Tina: I hear you. It's funny about how we really need to address this "important but not urgent" quadrant the most! Take care.

Apr 17, 2010 03:25 AM
Connie Addison
RE/MAX Sundance Realty II - Fort Myers, FL
Realtor

Thank you, Paul.  That's a great list - I printed 2 copies out and one will be placed over my desk at the office and one will be at the home office.  If we were to take just ONE per week to implement.....let's start out small (kinda like starting a diet when we really want to lose 30 pounds in 30 days!) and I believe that we'll start to see results.

Great post!  Thanks so much,

Connie Addison, RE/MAX Sundance Realty II, Bonita Springs, FL

Apr 24, 2010 03:17 AM
Paul McFadden
Responsive Pest Control - Seattle, WA
Pest Control, Seattle, WA.

Connie: You're welcome! Good luck to you in implementing your list!

Apr 24, 2010 03:20 AM
Wayne B. Pruner
Oregon First - Tigard, OR
Tigard Oregon Homes for Sale, Realtor, GRI

That's a great list Paul. And it is well worth the feature.

May 20, 2010 03:52 PM
Paul McFadden
Responsive Pest Control - Seattle, WA
Pest Control, Seattle, WA.

Wayne: Thank you! Have a great Friday!

May 21, 2010 03:57 AM