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Online Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses

September 19, 2011 by Jan Kearney

Contents

  • Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses That Won’t Break the Bank
  • 15 Online Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses.
  • Practical Online Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses
  • Related Posts

Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses That Won’t Break the Bank

marketing ideas for small businessesYou know your small business needs to be online.  The problem is promoting your business online can be confusing and overwhelming.

  • Where do you start?
  • Do you need to pay for internet advertising?
  • Are there alternatives?

The internet is a great tool for promoting your small business and building your brand. The best thing is e-marketing can be effective on a small business budget too.

Many online marketing resources are free to use or require minimal monetary investment. The term free is quite deceptive – you still need to pay with your time!

Start with knowing who your ideal audience is and then which channels you will use to reach them. In other words have an online marketing plan or strategy.

15 Online Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses.

  1. It goes without saying – have a website
  2. Have a blog and post regularly
  3. Submit an online press release
  4. Contribute articles to your industry or sector related websites
  5. Make a video (or several!)
  6. Have a podcast channel
  7. Submit your site to the online business directories and review sites
  8. Collect subscriber names and write an email newsletter regularly
  9. Piggy back on the big names, have an eBay or Amazon store
  10. Write an ebook
  11. Publish a report or case study
  12. Get involved in the social media networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter (no you can’t ignore social media for much longer!)
  13. Take part in conversations on blogs and forums
  14. Make it easy for people to share your content and bookmark your web pages and blog posts often too
  15. Have and account on image sites such as Flickr

These are just a few marketing ideas for small businesses to get you started. Ideally, your online marketing mix should use a range of techniques so that you can reach your ideal audience by their preferred method of communication.

Practical Online Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses

Want to know more? Join in on Facebook and take part in the “7 days – 7 ways” ways to promote your business online challenge.

I’d love to see you there! – Jan

Online Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses by Jan Kearney
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About Jan Kearney

I believe that every business, no matter how small or how local can use the power of the web to gain more customers. I offer no bull coaching and mentoring so small business owners can strategically put the web to work for their business. I've been called a "compass" and a "navigator" and probably a few more names that aren't suitable for a profile!
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Meet Jan Kearney

I believe that every business, no matter how small or how local can use the power of the web to gain more customers. I offer no bull coaching and mentoring so small business owners can strategically put the web to work for their business. I've been called a "compass" and a "navigator" and probably a few more names that aren't suitable for a profile!
Connect with me on Google+, Facebook, Pinterest or Discover More About My Local Business Online…

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