www.businesslinks.org http://www.businesslinks.org Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:58:14 +0000 en hourly 1 How Social Media Can Quickly Kick-start A New Business http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/03/03/how-social-media-can-quickly-kick-start-a-new-business/ http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/03/03/how-social-media-can-quickly-kick-start-a-new-business/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.businesslinks.org/?p=10 In the past, advertising was done in more conventional ways. When a company was starting up they would have to play ads in newspapers, magazines, on the radio, on billboards, and on television. This was expensive and a financial gamble for companies that had not even established themselves in the market. However, with the advent of the internet and social media, advertising has been made a lot easier. Companies can now place ads on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Not only can they place ads, but they can also create Facebook pages for their new product( s) in order to attract more potential buyers.

When a new Facebook page is created, people who search about anything related to that page will stumble on it. This will generate interest, especially if that person “likes” or “shares” that Facebook page. This will result in the page appearing on the Facebook feed of all their friends. This is free publicity and the best way for a company to kick start their business. Twitter works in the same way. If someone tweets about a new company with a link to their website, this tweet can be re-tweeted by any of their followers. Just a few re-tweets could see the link being viewed by thousands of people.

]]> http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/03/03/how-social-media-can-quickly-kick-start-a-new-business/feed/ 0 Top Five Sites To Advertise Your Business For Free http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/29/top-five-sites-to-advertise-your-business-for-free/ http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/29/top-five-sites-to-advertise-your-business-for-free/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.businesslinks.org/?p=9 Starting your own business can be an exciting venture. One of the most important things you must consider if you want your business to grow is having a website and advertising. Getting the word out can often be the biggest expense for the company, but it doesn’t have to be. There are lots of ways to spread the word about the services you offer for free. Remember to list your URL on everything you do for the business.

Google and Yahoo local
This is a telephone book for the Internet. Create an account to get listed on the directory. Anyone searching out a business fitting your company’s profile will see your information.

Classified ads are still a great way to get the message out about your company. Post an ad on classified.yahoo.com this site gets thousands of hits everyday.

Sales Spider is an free on line advertising site. You can post by city or a country.

Post add is another free site that lets you post up to 20 ads a day for any service or industry.

Bizzoppers is a business and social network. Create an account and you can post ads, offer free service or coupons.

Last but not the least by any means is the social media available. Use Face Book, Tweeter and your website blog to talk about the business and what you have to offer.

]]> http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/29/top-five-sites-to-advertise-your-business-for-free/feed/ 0 Marketing Is The Most Important Thing For New Businesses http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/25/marketing-is-the-most-important-thing-for-new-businesses/ http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/25/marketing-is-the-most-important-thing-for-new-businesses/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.businesslinks.org/?p=8 Without a marketing plan, new businesses are doomed to fail right from the gate. The mistake is that it will cost so much in marketing and promo that it will be hard to recoup the costs. However, no money into marketing means, they won’t have a business running for long. With the internet, marketing has become a lot easier and cheaper.

Unlike marketing for your business locally with the typical newsletter, sales pitch, etc, the internet has a global scale. There are countless ways to help market your business.

Having a good website is a great first step. That increases your visibility where you can say what your business is about via pictures, mission statement, videos whatever you need. You can get on a listing on a county wide, state wide, regional, or global scale for a much better rate. With a lot of people using mobile devices and computers more often, this is a good way to get traffic.

Another good way is providing a video marketing promotion. YouTube is excellent for making your videos viral. This is perfect for service businesses because people can see what exactly you do. With the right keywords, it’ll spread in no time!

]]> http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/25/marketing-is-the-most-important-thing-for-new-businesses/feed/ 0 Five Best Places To Advertise Your Business Online http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/21/five-best-places-to-advertise-your-business-online/ http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/21/five-best-places-to-advertise-your-business-online/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.businesslinks.org/?p=7 For those that own a business online, you’re probably always looking for new customers. Since the Internet is a rather massive place, there are countless ways to advertise and draw in new customers. With that being said, here are some of the five best places to advertise your business online.

SEO: This is the process of advertising through search engines. Using their organic results, you can target keywords and have your site show up in the top 10 for them. While it takes a lot of work, it can pay off huge dividends.

PPC: Similar to organic results on a search engine, PPC is another way to have your website show up in results. The only difference is that you’re going to have to pay for each website click that your site gets.

Forums: The Internet is packed with message boards on just about every niche imaginable. Consider leaving thought provoking comments here with a link back to your business. Remember, you don’t want to spam!

Social Media: Massive social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter are huge. Both platforms offer an advertising platform that you can take advantage of. Consider advertising your website to target those that would be interested in your product.

Classified Ads: The last place that you can advertise your business is through various classified ads. Consider placing ads here on a weekly basis letting people know about your services.

]]> http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/21/five-best-places-to-advertise-your-business-online/feed/ 0 Free Business Advertising For Those On A Budget http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/19/free-business-advertising-for-those-on-a-budget/ http://www.businesslinks.org/2012/02/19/free-business-advertising-for-those-on-a-budget/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.businesslinks.org/?p=6 When starting your own business, it’s not enough to have an original idea, or even a great product. You need to be able to get the word out about what you’re selling to as many people as possible. Print advertising can run you a lot of money if you’re not careful, and TV commercials are totally going to bust your budget. The best thing to do, as a new business owner, is to consider all of the free opportunities the web provides you to show off your stuff.

It’s very important to optimize your site with keywords, so that the search engines can find it. Listing your site with all the major search engines is free however, if you don’t optimize your site with a good title, descriptive keywords and robust content, you will have a very low ranking or could be passed over entirely. Make sure you’re not just putting words in to get people’s attention. Keywords must be place in the meta data of an HTML document and they have to pertain to the products you are selling.

Be descriptive and try to capture the essence of what makes your product unique when writing about it. Offer a link to those who will link to your online store. The more links from outside sources that go to your site, the better your rating with the search engines will be and the more chances you will have to get the word out about how great your products are.

Social media sites like Facebook, Youtube and Twitter are also very good places to advertise your products and they won’t cost you a cent. Start a free blog and talk about your products, or start up a free newsletter and enable folks who visit your website to sign up to be alerted when there’s sales, or offer coupons.

There are tons of free ways you can advertise your business online. Be creative and persistent and you’ll grow your business in no time.

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