One good reason why you need to constantly  market your business is to keep reminding  people about your business and to get them to turn to you if you have what they are looking for. Basically, you will get out of your business what you put into your business. If you put in time and effort you will see the results. Some  results you will see sooner than later depending on how you are marketing your  products, services and what you are marketing.

You have to find ways to stay on your customer's minds. For example, June is my birthday month so my free birthday offers from various businesses and restaurants have already started rolling into my inbox. There are so many different methods of marketing that you may have to go through several different methods to find the right one that will help your business. Marketing a business online is one of the newest ways of marketing a business. Marketing a business online can also be one of the fastest ways to see results.

Building a website or having a website is also a great way to market your business. A website is usually the first thing someone asks about, to take a better look at what you have to offer. You can have a website for your business but you also want people to visit that website. When you market your business there are things that can be done to drive traffic to your website. Believe me, you do not want your website to just sit there with no visitors. Keep in mind blogging is another great way to drive traffic to your website.

Marketing any business will require you to be persistent.

Here's some ways to help with marketing your business:

TV
Radio
Websites
Online/Offline Ads
Postcards
Business Cards
Online Coupons
Social Media
Websites

Here's some things that you can do to help you market your business:

Word of Mouth (Give your customers something to talk about)

Marketing Online (Fan Page, Website, etc... )

Referral Marketing( Come up with some creative ways to ask for referrals)

Cold Calling(Call people that you may be able to do business with)

Newsletter( A monthly newsletter will keep your business on the mind of others as well and let them know about your great offers)

Networking(Network with people that you might be able to do work for or you feel that you can help)

Did you find this blog post helpful? Sometimes we just need a little boost to get our creative juices flowing.

What are some of the ways you market your business? Introduce yourself, Tell us your business name, what you do and your website address along with your marketing tip... what works for you?

Please share your marketing tips in the comments section below.

Michelle Shannon
The Virtual Biz Woman
http://HireTheVirtualBizWoman.com
http://facebook.com/hirethevirtualbizwoman

Yes! Free Advertising. You may have already taken advantage of this opportunity 
to advertise your business for FREE. However, just in case you did not I just 
thought I would mention it anyway. Include your signature lines in your 
emails. Yes! That's it! I told you - Free Advertising.

Include your signature lines in your email. Instead of leaving this space blank. Use this 
space to advertise your website by including a link to your website, advertise your sales or special offers and include your contact info. When your emails are forwarded or received everyone will see your signature line including your link to your website.

There are a lot of folks out there that will be curious enough to click on the link but hey, that's what you want them to do. Right?

Feel free to post the link to your website in the comment section below.

Michelle Shannon
The Virtual Biz Woman
http://HireTheVirtualBizWoman.com
http://facebook.com/hirethevirtualbizwoman

Personal websites are a great way to advertise. If you are in business and you 
do not have a website you are really in need of one and in a hurry!!! Not only 
will it allow you to build your business it will also allow you to open up your 
business to the world 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Just think, before we 
had computers if you wanted a phone number or to find someone or something you 
would grab your nearest yellow pages.  Well, now you  have the
internet which  allows you to go online and search for businesses, products and
services. So if  you keep saying "No, I don't have a website but I need one" you
do need to get  one and fast because you may be losing business. Having your own
personal  website is one of the cheapest ways for you to advertise your
business, product,  services, books and more.

Soooo do you have a website?

Michelle Shannon
The Virtual Biz Woman
http://HireTheVirtualBizWoman.com