Sales Promotion: 10 Secrets On How To Promote Yourself And
Generate Sales
A lot of people are insecure about buying something or doing
business with strangers.
To make people feel comfortable to buy from you or do business
with you, give them a little information about yourself or
business.
The information could be your profile, employee profiles,
overall business history, education credentials, awards you've
won, etc.
Below are 10 sales marketing secrets that you can use to promote
yourself.
1. Teach a free chat room class on a subject related to your
business. You could install a chat room on your web site or use
a free one from another web site. Before the class starts tell
them a little about yourself.
2. Publish a free e-zine. Use some of the extra space in your
e-zine to write about yourself or business. This could be called
"A Note From the Editor".
3. Publish a section on your web site called "About Us". With
your information you could also include pictures. This shows
people your not hiding behind your business.
4. Write an article on your area of expertise. Include a
resource box at the end of the article. You can add information
about yourself in the resource box. E-mail the article to web
sites or e-zines that accept article submissions.
5. Create and giveaway a free ebook. In the ebook include a
section called "About The Author". Also, include an
advertisement for your business.
6. Participate in online communities like newsgroups, discussion
boards, e-mail discussion lists and chat rooms. You will meet
many people and in return they will get to know you.
7. Donate your time, products, or services to charities. You can
list the charities you've contributed to on your web site. This
will show visitors that you and your business care about others.
8. Promote yourself offline; teach a free class offline, speak
at business seminars, join a business club or association.
Assemble fundraisers for charity. These are just few ideas to
promote yourself offline.
9. Offer free consulting to your visitors. You could do it via
e-mail or phone. They will get to know you and feel more
comfortable buying your products.
10. Publish information about yourself and business history in
your ad copy. While people are reading it they begin to trust
you and your business. Don't over do it though, you want to keep
them interested in your product.
May these sales marketing secrets help you to make a lot of
money.
Warmly,
I-key Benney, CEO