Get In On A Show: Whether it is a craft show, art fair, women’s expo, health expo, trade show, etc. If a crowd of people are gonna be there and your product fits into the theme of the event, be there! You can find all types of events to fit your budget. And if there aren’t any shows at all in your area, create one yourself. You don’t have to put on some huge event – start small. Invite people to your house! Partner with a couple of other business friends and each of you invite your friends and family. Your business will be introduced to new people. Go for it!

Partner On A Fundraiser This idea works best with less expensive items that are easy to create. If you have a product that fits the description, partner with a local organization on a fundraiser. For example, let’s say that you are partnering with a local gymnastics school. You will create flyers / small booklets that the kids can use to showcase your product. They will take orders and then you will donate a certain percentage of the total sales to the gymnastics school. It’s just like when you sold candy or gift wrap for your own school fundraisers – except this time, YOUR product is the fundraiser!

Get Up In Front Of A Crowd: Okay – I know that this one might be a little scary. Or maybe “a lot scary” depending on how much you fear public speaking, but if this is something you can stomach, it can be a great way to promote your biz! Let’s say you offer a service that a local business could use, such as web design or SEO, contact the chambers of commerce in your area and see if you can speak at an upcoming meeting. Many local libraries also have free meeting rooms that you can hold a class in.

The library may have a rule that you cannot sell anything if you are using a free room. That’s okay – you can give a free class and make sure to mention several of your paid services during your presentation. Make sure to bring a clipboard with some paper so that the attendees can sign up for your mailing list, and pass out a coupon at the end with a special offer, such as “15% off your services,” etc.

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Internet Marketing for small business can have big business results! I know it can be frustrating when you don’t know where to turn, so I have created this list of resources to help you find your way!

Focusing your marketing on internet users is different than marketing offline. If you’re new to this, definitely check out Internet Marketing Sweetie. This is a free course to help you get started. And even if you’ve been advertising online for a while, you might pick up a new idea. I mean, it’s free so why not give it a shot?

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I met Angela online, about 4 years ago, through Mom Masterminds. And while we’re on that topic, Mom Masterminds is another great resource for you. It’s a paid online forum. Now, I know that there are plenty of free forums out there, but who do you want to take advice from? From people who are really working from home, who are seriously focused on their business – so focused that they are willing to pay a monthly membership fee to be a part of a forum… Or do you want to take advice from any Sally, Linda, or whoever that can sign up for a free forum, and possibly steer you down the wrong path?

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Let’s take a look at the different ways press releases can help you:

Get Featured In The Media – When you hear the term “press release” this is probably the first thing that comes to mind. Sending press releases to your local media can result in a front page newspaper story on your business or an interview on your local 6pm newscast.

Increase Your Web Presence – Submitting your press releases online will help you get found by editors and reporters who are searching online, looking to interview people for stories they are working on. And it will also help you get found by people searching online for the products and services you offer. Yep, that’s right! Press releases are indexed, and therefore, searchable!

Provide Incoming Links To Your Site – And on that note, press releases provide high quality incoming links to your site. The more you have, the more search engines respect you and the more worth they place on your site.  Once you start getting all this love and respect from search engines, they will place you higher in their search results. When someone goes to a search engines and types in the kind of product or service you offer, you could end up as the first or second result. And that means you’re gonna get a lot of free traffic! (Thanks to those press releases you submitted online!)

So now that you know what press releases can do, the question is why aren’t you sending out more press releases?

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So here is my guest blog post for all you smart and talented Indie Biz Chicks readers:

Easy Marketing Plan – Be Who You Want to Be

Do you ever wish marketing your business wasn’t so hard? Do you wonder why you are even doing what you do to promote your business?

Let’s change it up a little!

What if you just marketed your business in a way that suits YOU. In a way that fits your personality, that makes you feel happy, useful and helpful. Would that make a difference to your business and your life?

I think so.

Marketing Doesn’t Have to Suck

You see, too many people see marketing their business as a nasty task. They hate selling to people. They hate being pushy and trying to shove their business in other people’s faces. If you hate that too then I have a simple solution for you – stop doing it!

You’ve been lied too if you’ve been told that you have to market in a way that goes against who you are and what you stand for. You’ve been lied to if you think marketing has to be an ‘in yer face’ ‘hunter vs. prey’ type of situation where you come out the winner or you don’t get to feed your family.

You absolutely can be the amazing, brilliant, shining YOU and make money!

Ok enough of the fluffy, just how do you do that? How do you make money by being you?

A Practical Plan to Marketing Your Business

The thing is there are hundreds of ways to market your business and they all work. You just need to find out what you like to do.

Me, I love to write about stuff I know. I love to share that with other people. So I blog, I podcast, I do videos, I write articles and I share. While I do that I am marketing my business. Right now I am marketing my business by giving you advice on how to market yours and I LOVE that!

You’ve seen all the lists of how you can market your business on and off the internet. Go to them now with a new mindset. Pick through them based on what you enjoy, what you’re good at and what you can scale up big to make even more money.

I’ve got more ideas for you too! At this point I’d love to invite you to grab a free copy of my special report called “Market From The Heart“. It’s a report that shares How to Be You & Be Profitable. As a special bonus you’ll also be subscribed to my email list where you’ll get only good stuff on how to build a business you love.

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p.s. When you sign up for the report you’ll also find out about the free mini-courses I offer at Marketers Mojo with practical steps to getting more traffic, sales and leads to your business.