Starting a Small Business?

There are so many different Idea\’s out there to get your business known in the community. I am going to share a few good Ideas in this article to promote a small local business.

Many Ideas but not all of them are good and even if they are good,it may not be the best for your business. I have learned many different ways to promote a website online, but only a few of them work for local businesses.

In this article, 2 forms of advertising and marketing will be looked at:

1. Online Marketing

2. Real World Promotions

Online Marketing

For a local small business, it is relatively easy to rank on the first page of Google for the key words you are looking for. If you put in the domain name the city of your business and also buy the .com of that domain you most likely will rank on the front page of Google.

The unfortunate think you will have to fight for a local listing that national searches do not have to worry about is the Google Maps section of the search results. To rank nationally you would have to have more authority than usually some big name companies. With a local search you don\’t have to worry about this as much.

To fix the Google Maps listing log into Google maps with your G mail account and then enter your company name and address. Fill in all the boxes you can and make sure to fill out the categories. Now Google will send you a post card to verify your mailing address and guess what now?

You most likely will be ranked in the top few positions for your city after your account is verified.

Real world promotions

This is another way to get your name out locally. This is only one Idea that will hopefully help to get you thinking outside the box. I have rented Cotton Candy Machines and passed out free cotton candy to people passing by our office if they will fill out a survey. Also Walmart sometimes will let you do the same thing. In the Survey make sure to ask basic questions that make the survey taker feel like their opinions matter.

Now also add a section to the survey that allows for the input of the persons contact information and E-mail. This is so you can provide follow up communications.

Use Offline Promotions to Build Online Presence

You can also give away free cotton candy in exchange for Likes on Facebook or Google Plus ones if you have a computer next to the survey. This will help your local listings get ranked higher on Google also!

No it would be better to have them use their I-phones to log into your website so that you would have more IP addresses.

Reflecting on Promoting your Small business

Here are just a few ideas to help getting your name out in the Community. Don\’t get overwhelmed with doing this all at once. The important thing is just to get out and start doing something now. Online presences are built over time and so is your community presence.

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Fred Zimmerman Author of the http://cottoncandymachinerentalct.com

Author Bio: Come Visit my website for more tips on business promotions in the community using Party Supplies and other Online Tactics Connecticut Cotton Candy Rentals

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