<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If you have a quality product or services, it is easier than you think to get your business noticed...</p> <p>And all for FREE! We did it! You can do it too!<br /><br />TALK <br /><br />Tell people about your business and its story. People love and always remember a good and funny story. Take ours for instance: My husband, Stephen came home one day with a wooden wine crate and said to me:" I think that I am going to make a pet feeder out of this for our dog..." I gave him an incredulous look and asked:" Did you take your pills today?"....<br /><br />Then I saw the finished product...I was amazed how sensational, unique and beautifully hand-crafted the feeder came out, I immediately prompted him to sell them. <br /><br />Stephen came up with the name "Whiner and Diner" (appropriate and clever! Yes?): our business was born. Now, we just had to promote it and get it to be noticed...even though our advertising budget was nearly nonexistent, after doing a little research, we found out that there are many free ways to promote a business.<br /><br />CREATE A WEB SITE<br /><br />There are many Internet services which offer free web sites. They are user-friendly and enable you to have a professional on-line presence. You just need to purchase a domain name.</p> <p><span>It does not require any programming or coding, just choose your templates, insert text, graphics and photos and you have a web site in no time. It even comes with a branded e-mail address which adds tremendous professionalism to your business, and allows you monitor your web site visitors. <br /><br />Whiner and Diner used Office Live and got noticed. Microsoft even wrote an article about </span><span>our company: "Home Business Has Its Day!" <br /><br />OPTIMIZE YOUR WEB SITE<br /><br />Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is very important for an on-line business. The better your Web site's optimization, the best are your chances for people to find you on-line. Many search engine directories will let you list your Web site for free.<br /><br />WRITE ARTICLES<br /><br />Share your thoughts and expertise with others. Write about what you know and are passionate about. Always include your Web site address; this will provide with free traffic... Just Google "publish your articles for free" and you will find plenty of sites to do so.<br /><br />CREATE A BLOG <br /><br />Blogging is a great way to write on a specific topic (e.g. your business). Connect with people in the same industry as you and share your ideas with your peers.<br /><br />SEND NEWSLETTERS<br /><br />Introduce yourself and your business to potential customers, on-line magazines, products review sites, other sites etc...<br /><br />BUSINESS DIRECTORIES <br /><br />List your Web site on professional directories. Many of them will give you a free basic listing.<br /><br />MEDIA<br /><br />Call your local newspapers, magazines, TV and radio shows. They are always interested in new businesses and interesting stories.<br /><br />OFF-LINE PUBLICITY<br /><br />Business cards, brochures, flyers, posters, stickers...If you have a computer and a printer, you can create all of these yourself. Hand them out to everyone who will take one!<br /><br />NOW, GET TO WORK AND GOOD LUCK!</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2009-10-22T22:46:25Z -1.28419 226 7076 true 15 28898 how-to-get-your-business-noticed-without-going-broke 3 2009-10-23T00:00:13Z 2009-10-23T06:19:08Z

If you have a quality product or services, it is easier than you think to get your business noticed...nearly for free!

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