Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Beginning a Business: Where to Add

By Charles Ma


Whether you are a SEO Singapore Consultant crossing over to a new field or a fresh graduate who is about to set up his first business, staring an exciting new business will be a challenge. And one of the largest calls you will need to think of is where you should publicize your business.

Advertisements or marketing is the force that each business desires to get consumers. If you do not publicize, only a handful of folk will know about your products or services-and these folks are most likely your pals! And if you need to get a good living from your business, you need to go out there and make pals. And this time, friends mean patrons.

Here's the good news: with the popularity of the internet and other technologies, you now have more methods to advertise- offline and online.

And the bad news is: with all of the millions of ways to advertise, it does get harder to get spotted.

Now, I believe that there is only one golden rule in advertisement: be where the consumers are.

When you would like to advertise, you need to have a focused audience. You should not just do an advertisement campaign, spread it where and when and just hope it reaches somebody's attention. You have to have a target.

So that is the very first thing about where you must publicize. You have to have a targeted or a subset of people who you want to attract.

Next, you need to think like your clients or to draw from your experience. As an example, you are a SEO Singapore Consultant who is now planning to leave the IT world and start her own career as wedding planner (fairly big change, eh?), well, you can use your understanding in SEO to create a wedding planner website.

You need to ask, if I am a bride organizing a wedding (let's face it, grooms do not plan marriages), where will I be going? Bridal shops, marriage bazaars, churches. Where should you be? Online, bridal magazines, bridal sites and the wedding section of newspapers.

Another idea to find buyers is to visit the offline methods of advertisement. Design and print out fliers. Give them out or post them in cafes, malls, etc. Print out your card, give it to new acquaintances. If you've got the budget, advertise on magazines and papers.

Your customers are the most vital ingredient that you need in your business. If you would like a thriving company, you want buyers. And you owe it to oneself, your staff (if any) and your clients to find and think of ways to reach a larger audience.




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