{"id":4843,"date":"2020-05-14T07:34:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T07:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2020-05-14T07:34:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T07:34:44","slug":"promote-your-home-business-free-or-at-low-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/promote-your-home-business-free-or-at-low-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Promote Your Home Business Free or at Low Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The idea of marketing a home-based business may scare some individuals, merely due to the high costs of advertising and perhaps not knowing where and how. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4845\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/derek-torsani-9gwPgCa8y-E-unsplash.jpg?resize=300%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/derek-torsani-9gwPgCa8y-E-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/derek-torsani-9gwPgCa8y-E-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C598&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/derek-torsani-9gwPgCa8y-E-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C449&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/derek-torsani-9gwPgCa8y-E-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C897&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/derek-torsani-9gwPgCa8y-E-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1196&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of methods to promote your home business without breaking the bank. Here are a few of them:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Get Free Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whenever your home business has some type of accomplishment, sponsors a contest or event, try to think in regards to news articles or press releases.<\/p>\n<p>Use any and every fitting opportunity to send a short article to the regional newspaper, discussing your home-based business associated happenings. Make the home-based business article short and concise and if possible use images, since this will draw more eyes towards your business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Utilize Free Classified Ads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are lots of websites and local classified newspaper which offers complimentary classified advertisements for your home business.<\/p>\n<p>This may take a little time and effort on your part to post the ads, but it does bring results. It&#8217;s also a very reliable method to market your home business and a good way to get visibility, especially when you utilize the free online classified ad boards.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, some online ad boards will even help your business go viral!<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Partner or Link Up with A Similar Home Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most businesses will try to avoid their competition but try to look at it from a different perspective. There are other home-based companies that cater to the same type of customers as yours but do not sell the exact same products or services as you do.<\/p>\n<p>Talk to the business owner and see if they may be open to the idea of a cross-promotion. For example, putting a link to your home-based business on their web website and you do the same on yours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The Money is in The List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to build yourself an email list for your home business. Email marketing remains the highest ROI among all marketing channels, like $35-$40 for each $1 you spend.<\/p>\n<p>There are 3 basic criteria for building your email list:<\/p>\n<p>1. Have some decent traffic to your website<br \/>\n2. Have a decent sign-up form or lead magnet on your website<br \/>\n3. Have an email service provider (so you can communicate with your email list)<\/p>\n<p>A lead magnet is simply something of value that you&#8217;re giving away in exchange for an email address. The main purpose of growing your email list is to turn your leads into potential customers. It\u2019s not always easy to build a profitable list, but you will see much better results if you focus on the quality of your list rather than the quantity.<\/p>\n<p>A quality list begins with having a good rapport and building up trust with your leads. By providing value to your email list, they&#8217;ll soon become your loyal customers who you can reach out to over and over again. Your email list really does become an asset to your home-based business.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of methods to promote your home business without having to invest a whole lot of money. The best home business marketing tool and asset you have will be your mind. With just a little creativity and applying some basic techniques and concepts, any home business owner can easily promote their home business without needing a lot of extra cash to do so.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you can go post a FREE Viral Ad right now when you visit <a href=\"https:\/\/christiansearningonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.ChristiansEarningOnline.com<\/a> Good luck with your home business promotion and may success be yours.<\/p>\n<p>To Your Success,<br \/>\nTerry Phong<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/terryphong.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.terryphong.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a guest post from Terry Phong, if you would like to be considered for a guest post please contact me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea of marketing a home-based business may scare some individuals, merely due to the high costs of advertising and perhaps not knowing where and how. 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