Advertising is such a dreaded word for many starting entrepreneurs. After all, tapping television, radio, and newspapers require heavy spending. The reality is you need advertise your products one way or the other. You need to get noticed otherwise you will compromise the entire business. Good thing there are some creative and cost-effective alternatives for entrepreneurs like us.
Placing your company or brand logo on t-shirts and giving it to your regular customers will help increase brand awareness. Use bright colors to easily catch attention. Asking your employees to use these t-shirts on their way to office is a good alternative of this approach. Better yet, make this your official employee uniform!
Some people might find it annoying but putting flyers under windshield wipers easily attracts customers to try your products. However, this is not applicable to all products, so be very careful when using this approach.
Sharing business tips or how-to video clips to top video sharing Websites like YouTube, Dailymotion, and Metacafe has become very popular these days. You just need to have a simple video camera, a bit of software (much of it free), and an Internet connection.
Before you think of using these approaches, visit Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog to know the 12 types of ads you can use to your campaign.
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