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    How do I get more traffic to my business?
    Ryan Conway
    Marketing Expert
    Ryan Conway is a Marketing Expert and the Founder of Digital Tradesman, a digital marketing agency that helps builders, contractors, and tradesmen grow their business online. With over a decade of experience, he specializes in marketing, web design, and search engine optimization. Ryan holds a BS in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Studies from Hartford University. He also studied Graphic and Web Design at the Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts. Ryan participated in Seth Godin’s altMBA in the winter of 2016.
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    Expert Answer
    List your business in as many places as possible, like Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Yelp, and Google My Business.
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    How can I promote my small business online?
    Sarah Harkleroad
    Marketing & Branding Expert
    Sarah Harkleroad is a Marketing & Branding Expert and a Co-Founder and Brand Manager at Daor Design. With over 15 years of experience, she specializes in brand strategy, logo design, website design, and marketing for small businesses. Sarah holds a BA in Graphic Design, a BA in Fine & Studio Arts, and a Minor in Business Administration & Management - all from Cedarville University. To date, she and her team at Daor Design have helped over 450 small businesses across the country build their brands.
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    Promoting a business online involves setting up a business website, participating in industry/trade forum discussions, running a blog , setting up accounts on social networking sites, using pay-per-click and banner ads, listing your business information in business directories and employing search engine optimization (SEO) techniques.
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    How do I promote my business locally?
    Ryan Conway
    Marketing Expert
    Ryan Conway is a Marketing Expert and the Founder of Digital Tradesman, a digital marketing agency that helps builders, contractors, and tradesmen grow their business online. With over a decade of experience, he specializes in marketing, web design, and search engine optimization. Ryan holds a BS in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Studies from Hartford University. He also studied Graphic and Web Design at the Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts. Ryan participated in Seth Godin’s altMBA in the winter of 2016.
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    You can use social media sites such as Facebook or Instagram to reach out to people that live in your area.
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    How can I advertise my business for free?
    Sarah Harkleroad
    Marketing & Branding Expert
    Sarah Harkleroad is a Marketing & Branding Expert and a Co-Founder and Brand Manager at Daor Design. With over 15 years of experience, she specializes in brand strategy, logo design, website design, and marketing for small businesses. Sarah holds a BA in Graphic Design, a BA in Fine & Studio Arts, and a Minor in Business Administration & Management - all from Cedarville University. To date, she and her team at Daor Design have helped over 450 small businesses across the country build their brands.
    Marketing & Branding Expert
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    As long as you make your website accessible and easy to use, customers are more likely to return to it and you may get more visibility on Google.
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    How do I promote my business when it's small?
    Community Answer
    You canfind free or cheap directories online.
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    How do I promote my clothing line?
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    Try to recruit an ambassador for your brand, like a music or film star. Otherwise, look for local fashion shows and get featured in them, or organize your own and invite local press. Approach fashion bloggers to blog about your line. Use social media to create visibility for the brand and over time inquiries will come. if you have a website, submit it to all search engines and directories.
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    How do I promote my new event management company?
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    Tell your friends and family about it and ask them to spread the word. Create social media profiles for your company. You can also give out some promotional deals or work with a company like Groupon to get the word out.
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    How do I promote the apps my business makes?
    Community Answer
    Submit you app to Google and Apple and give it away for free at first.
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    How do I promote my tea masala business?
    Anil Kumar Mahato
    Community Answer
    Design your theme for tea masala and advertise through social media and local newspapers.
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    What is the best way to advertise for my new cleaning business?
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    A cleaning business is very local, so take advantage of your local shop notice boards and advertise on Craigslist or on your city's Facebook page. Put the word out among friends that you are opening the business, and ask them to help spread the word.
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    What do I need to do to start up a safari and tour company?
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    This is an ambitious undertaking, but a good start would be to obtain a camera, a website, a marketing budget and team, employees, contacts for discount travel and lodging, international currency exchange connections, safety experts and tour guide regional experts.
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    How can I promote my inspirational talks?
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    1) Who are you targeting with the inspirational talks? Look for other providers in this business and go for a JV (Joint Venture). Look for groups and offer your talks for free to build a name for yourself as a speaker. It maybe worth joining local groups or community groups, even religious groups to get your foot in the door. Alternatively, use social media to promote and brand yourself. Don't forget YouTube.
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    How do I advertise my business in the newspaper?
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    Contact your local newspaper to ask them about their advertisements. They should be able to give you the prices and walk you through the process of getting your advertisement in the paper.
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    How can I promote my own Uber business?
    Community Answer
    Ask people to rate you after a ride, but Uber users cannot request individual drivers, so your best bet for getting more fares is to stay in a very populated area.
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    How do I attract customers?
    Community Answer
    Advertising is key to attracting customers. Keeping your product or services at its best will help you retain the customers, who will then help get the word out.
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    How do I impress my customers and keep them for years to come?
    Community Answer
    Be kind and patient with them. Take a personal interest in their lives. Sell your product at a reasonable price, and if there are problems, take the approach that "the customer is always right" as often as possible.
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    How do I advertise my new supermarket that is located on the outskirts of the city?
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    Community Answer
    Use social media! You can also make flyers, offer a discount of some sort, and tell friends and family to spread the word!
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    How do I promote an egg business?
    Community Answer
    Follow the instructions listed in the article above, and cater your creative advertising to eggs.
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    How do I promote a business using poster?
    Community Answer
    Make a poster featuring your business name, what your business does, and your contact information. Try to make it bright/eye-catching. Then put it up somewhere busy that gets a lot of foot traffic, like a grocery store or gas station.
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    How do I promote my small car detailing business?
    Community Answer
    Consider getting a booth at an auto trade show.
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    How do I get my property rental business more exposure?
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    Social media is the best platform for a real estate business. You can start with a Facebook business page and use targeted mailers on a regular basis.
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