Monday, June 4, 2012

How to Get Started With Offline Marketing

By Bridgette Garcia


Offline marketing and online marketing are related; they both offer extensive coverage of your product or service. Internet entrepreneurs up to date have kept away from offline marketing because it is unfamiliar and takes other types of concerns. If you are just starting out with offline marketing; be prepared for a little different approach than you may be used to. Further on we will be addressing how to get your offline marketing on track, for an extended period of time...

Business Cards are a Smart Move: Cards will give you the additional outlet for getting your information to the forefront. It is of utmost importance to get your business cards in the hands of potential customers. The more area you can cover with your cards, the more known your website will be to that many more people. You can find many sites online that will help you get your business cards at an affordable cost.

Give Free Offline Classes: Advertise a free seminar where you'll teach people something helpful about your niche. This seminar is a good opportunity to get people interested in what you have to offer and also make them aware that you have something worth sharing. This way, you'll not only get to see the interested prospects on a one-to-one basis, but it'll also give you a fair idea as to how people respond back to your resource. Make sure that this class is going to benefit people in some way, for if it's only a marketing ploy, they will see through it and not appreciate it.

Try Classified Ads: Everyone knows about offline classified ads, but they can be a cheap and useful tool to promote your business. If you have a compelling ad and offer, a classified ad can be very profitable, so it's worth the small investment to test it. This is hardly an original concept, but it's one that many marketers forget to try; place a classified ad in one of the more popular local newspapers or magazines and see what happens. Don't forget that your first few ads are just tests; once you find an ad that converts, you can place it in other newspapers and magazines anywhere you want.

If there's one thing about offline marketing that you need to keep in mind is that you need to treat it differently than online marketing, but the kind of effort you put should be equal. If you're just starting out with offline marketing then it's obvious that it will take you some time before you start to make an impression on your target audience and get response, but eventually, your efforts will pay off. The better you understand the fundamentals of marketing, the more you'll realize that offline and online marketing aren't really that different after all.




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