marketing is such a huge part of being a successful business owner. when i started last may i was overwhelmed with where to start. here’s a great list of 100+ (FREE) marketing tips.
1. Be willing to try new things!
2. Do something EVERY day!
3. Get yourself some systems & forms
4. Have a niche
5. Stop trying to qualify people too early – right of first refusal!
Share, Share, Share
6. Post blog comments
7. Subscribe to email newsletters and send emails back to the author 8. Comment on social media posts 9. Help charities or friends
Basics
10. Pick color
11. Have a logo
12. Have only one business card!
Video & Photo Marketing
13. Video Email – Eyejot.com
14. Video testimonials on your blog 15. Screencast-o-matic.com ($12/yr) 16. Jing Project ($15/yr)
17. YouTube.com
18. Vimeo.com
19. Tube mogul
20. Name your pictures!
21. Flickr.com
QR Codes
22. qrstuff.com – make codes
23. Flyers
24. Signage
25. Business card
26. Offline only! ONLY time is to put in your phone # on computer
Social Media
27. Facebook – Profile & Biz Page 28. Facebook – Events
29. Facebook – Add YouTube
30. Facebook – Notes
31. Twitter – Profile
32. Twitter – Hashtags
33. Twitter – Twellow.com
34. Twitter – Twibes.com
35. Twitter – WeFollow.com
36. Twitter – Sign up for paper.li
37. LinkedIn – Profile & Biz Page
38. LinkedIn Events
39. Google+ Profile & Biz Page
Social Media – Misc
40. Feedburner to send RSS feeds
Social Media – Posting (2X per wk)
41. Twitter 42. Facebook 43. LinkedIn 44. Google +
Social Media Aggregating Services
45. Hootsuite.com
46. Amplify.com
47. Ping.fm
48. SocialOomph.com
Social Media Monitoring Services
49. Socialmention.com
50. Twittergrader.com
51. Twittercounter.com
52. Klout.com
Blogging
53. Have a blog
54. Blogger.com
55. WordPress.com (free)
56. Publish regularly (1-2X per week)
57. Pick 3 keywords and stick to them
Microblogging
58. Posterous.com
59. Tumblr.com
Website Monitoring Tools
60. Woorank.com
61. Websitegrader.com 62. Alexa.com
Submit Your Blog to Directories
63. Dmoz.org
64. Blogcatalog.com
65. Syndic8.com
66. Feedzilla.com
Share Documents
67. Slideshare.new 100FreeMarketingIdeas.com Copyright© 2012
68. Scribd.com 69. Ehow.com
Get Backlinks!
70. Learn to make keyword targeted hyperlinks
71. Make comments
72. Fill out your profiles
73. Digg.com
74. Reddit.com
75. StumbleUpon.com
76. Technorati.com
77. Del.icio.us
Google Bits
78. Add your company to places. google.com/business
79. Use the webmaster tools to submit your site map
Free Ad Sites
80. Add your products or services to craigslist.com
81. Add your ad to backpage.com 82. Add your ad to usfreeads.com
Good Community Links
83. BetterNetworker.com
84. OnderousTribe.com
85. SelfGrowth.com
Meetings & Webinars
86. AnyMeeting.com
87. MeetingBurner.com
Get Reviews
88. Yelp.com
89. TripAdvisor.com
90. UrbanSpoon.com
91. FourSquare.com
92. Google Places
93. Speakerwiki.org
94. LinkedIn Recommendations
Surveys
95. Use SurveyMonkey.com to poll your clients
96. HAVE A DATABASE!
97. GROW YOUR LIST!
98. Have a professional email address (godaddy.com $10/yr)
99. Newsletters, specials, tips, news
100. Write great subject lines for your emails
101. Signature line links
Free Web 2.0 Sites
102. Set up a Squidoo page
Submit a Free Press Release
103. Free-press-release.com ($5)
104. I-Newswire.com
105. Prlog.com
Free Article Marketing Websites
106. EzineArticles.com
107. ArticlesBase.com
Thanks Nicole!
This is a fabulous list! **bookmarking**
wow!! I’m pinning this wealth of knowledge! thank you!
This post is so info-rich, it’s overwhelming! Now to pick a number in the list and start growing! Thanks Nicole.