21 Ways to Promote Your Business Successfully

I always feel sorry when I am approached by someone who has no clue on how to advertise his or her business. For me there are three components to succeed in business:

You MUST have passion for your business.

How can you possibly succeed in your business if you do not love what you do. Not everybody was born lucky as Pete Sampras, Leonardo DiCaprio or Tiger Woods who found something they loved very young and quickly became highly successful.

Most people may have to wait longer to find something they really love and hope to find the success they expect. It took me 6 years to find what I like and that was being a marketing consultant. Before that I tried many things, but I was never successful because I did not have any passion for those business. The biggest challenge is to quickly realize if you like that business or not. If you do not have the passion for it, you'll never be successful. If you are passionate about what you do, you will most likely work long hours, have fun and help a lot of customers with your business. Please be smart and if you are trying to launch a business you may want to avoid starting an online business where you will be selling items like gifts
baskets.

Just think about it. How many people go online and buy gift baskets online? What are their chances to find your site among billions of other sites? The Internet is a place where many people go to find information. So if you decide to sell selling gifts baskets online you may want to think twice. Another type of business I would probably think twice before I start that type of business is if you have to compete with big chains, such as The Home Depot, Pizza Hut, WalMart etc...

You need to have a little budget to advertise your business.

Well I guess you probably realize that you need some money to advertise your business. You do not necessarily need a lot of money but you need some if not the phone will never ring. I say you do not necessarily need a lot of money as you may think because I started my business from home with no money. I was doing cold calls to businesses. During the first three months of my business I did a little online advertising and believe or not but after only 3 months my business kicked off and I never
had to make a cold call again.

Conclusion: There are many forms of advertising you can use to grow your business and you do not need to spend a lot of
money.

Marketing your business.

That is not an easy task when you are just starting in business and there are no mentors to help you. Many people feel hopeless. When they first begin to devise a marketing plan for their business. One of the most important factors is deciding how you will get potential customers' attention. Here are some tips to make them notice you so you will standout from your competition.

There are many forms of advertising your business.

a) Flyer distribution
b) Direct mail advertising
c) TV advertising
d) Radio advertising
e) E-mail marketing
f) Banner advertising
g) E-mail co-registration
h) Pop advertising
i) Pay per click search engines advertising Cost Per Click (CPC)
j) Lead generation - Cost Per (Lead CPA)
k) Keyword advertising
l) Newspaper advertising
m) Affiliate programs
n) Yellow pages/online yellow pages
o) Viral marketing
p) Coupon advertising

How do you attract new prospects or get more sales from past clients? Here are 21 techniques that will help succeed in your
efforts to market your business.

1) Offer what your competitors don