Free & Effective Ways to Market Your Home Business

• Post free ads for your home business on Craig's List
• Promoting your home business through Google Video or YouTube
• Give a free seminar as an expert on your home business' specialization

Here are several suggestions to help.

• Talk to people. The woman next to you might just be a customer. Find out what they do, and eventually they’re likely to ask what you do. I know of several businesses who brought in significant new business through just such conversations.

• Good Customer service. Send thank you notes to clients. Do follow-up calls. Always be cheerful, friendly and professional. By providing exceptional customer service, not only do you get repeat business, but also you get the best marketing tool of all—word of mouth. Word of mouth happens most often when individuals feel a connection to a company. You can create that connection, and your customers will sell your business for you. A way to keep this synergy going is to offer customers a discount for each new referral that utilizes your service.

• Sponsor Events.A great way to spread the word about your business is to sponsor events in your area. There are many games, events, charity drives, little leagues, etc... That are just waiting for people like you to give a little bit of your money to help out You will usually get your business name on a T-shirt, a sign, a flyer, or something else related to the event. A lot of people will be seeing these events and YOUR business name. It’s a great way to drive local traffic to your online business website or offline business if you have one.
  

• Blog.Having your own business blog can be a great marketing tool. With a blog you can quickly and easily offer free business advice, information, fun stuff, resources, tips, or anything else you want. If you have a very interesting and/or informative business blog people will keep returning for the great stuff that your blog offers. Update it with fresh info and you can build a strong following fairly quickly. I have used this marketing technique successfully for the past 2 yrs.
  

Will love to hear from all you Network Marketers out there. What types of free marketing promotion do you use for your home business?

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blogcatalog.com- Directory of blogs containing articles and reviews aimed at specific interests ranging from cunlinary arts to celebrity gossip
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altamiraweb.net - A directory for Weblogs in Spanish
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www.blog-connection.com- view random blogs and rate them from 1 to 10
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Presentation

Presenting your business opportunity can be as simple as you want it, or as difficult as you want it. Of course, you'll be more profitable if you keep it simple. Here's the rule that should never be broken.

Don't ever present the opportunity without using the systems


Tools Websites Brochures or Booklets

Recorded Telephone Presentation

Fax-on-Demand

Audio Tapes or CDs

Conference Calls

Local Meetings

Previously we learned to ask someone for 15 minutes of their time. That is so easy to do. But what do we do when they say, sure? Yikes! What do I do now?

I don't even know this business myself yet , you might be saying to yourself.
That's okay. In fact, you usually have more success when you can't explain it yourself. The people who use the tools have the most success. So we'll show you how to use the tools. This is so easy you are going to wonder if it really works. It does. Read on.

Your friend says, What's this all about?

That's the one question you are dying to hear! Now is your opportunity not to say a thing! Just point them to one of the tools you have that explains your business.

The key is not to explain it yourself. Your company and upline went through great lengths to develop these systems, so when someone is listening to the presentation they can be thinking,
I can do this.

You could fax the fax-on-demand info to someone while they are listening to an audio overview. Or give them your website address and tell them you'll call them back in 60 minutes (or take them through a tour of the site over the phone).

Some people set up a meeting for coffee and go over a brochure. Yes, that in itself can be a system. If you know these people will be good if they listen to it, you might send them an audio tape-CD.

Some people have parties to sell their product. You can also invite them to meet at a local hotel or restaurant.

Do whatever you feel comfortable asking. And what you think they'll feel comfortable doing. It's that simple. That's all I do, even now, after over 10 years of success.

When they've seen everything, I ask the simple question,
do you see an opportunity here?

If they say yes, I ask them,
is there anything stopping you from getting started now?
And then get them signed up online, by phone, or fill out the forms. How you ask is not as important as that you ask.

But those two lines are very, very effective. Try them.
If they are not ready yet, get them on a conference call or one of the other systems they haven't seen yet. Usually, people need to know that they are not alone in the business.

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Referrals

My favorite method in the world for building the business is through referrals. I do this almost every day. Referrals are very easy to get if you know how to ask for them. And they are the easiest in the world to work, for reasons I'll explain in a minute.


How to Get Referrals

Asking for referrals will become a habit for you. You'll find yourself asking for them at two times during your contact with people.

1. Before they know anything about your products and/or business.
2. After they've learned everything about your products and/or business.

You can approach someone who has never heard of the business by using the referral approach.

"Mark, I've started a new business. I'm opening up this area for a very respectable company. We're looking for some sharp people who want to make some money. There's residual income involved, too.

Could you recommend some people who might want to help me out on a part-time or full-time basis?"


Now Mark is going to say one of three things:

1. "No," in which case you thank him and move on.
2. "Yes," in which case you take names, numbers and notes about the peoples' backgrounds.
3. "What about me?" in which case you smile and introduce him to your products and business.

Can you see the power in asking for a referral that way?

You don't have to use the script I just gave. Use your own words.
Someone else might say, "I've started a new business that is making people in other states some pretty good money.

Do you know of anyone who would want to help me build this business?"

The other method for getting referrals is after someone has been over the entire system with you and says something like, "It's a good program, I just don't have the time."

I'll usually respond by saying, "Kate, let me go to work for you. Why don't you get started with our company, and give me the names of ten people who you would call if you had the time. I can't promise you they'll get involved, but if they do, I'll put them in your business group and help them with the business." You potentially just got ten more names from someone who wasn't interested. I do this all the time.


Why Referrals Work

Referrals are the most powerful method of recruiting because of the psychological edge you get.
When you talk to someone you know they trust you, and they also know you enough to not be polite all the time. Sometimes the people we know best take us for granted. They know our bad side as well as our good side.

When you call someone as a referral, they trust the person who referred them and that brings instant respect for you. And since they don't know your bad side, and they want to be polite, they'll listen to you more attentively.

The secret! Here's an important part of the referral process. When you call someone from a referral, give them a genuine compliment that you received from the referring person. People love to know that other people are talking about them in a positive way. This builds massive rapport, very quickly. Make sure the compliment is genuine and you'll be on your way.
For example, "Jim, I got your name from Craig Ellis. He said you were one of the most successful insurance reps in this area and that you handled your business with integrity. I'm calling about a new business we are starting.

Do you keep your options open?"

Referrals are a lot of fun. You get to meet people you never would have met before, and because you are talking to the top of their list, you get to meet exciting successful people. Always use referrals. Teach referrals, too.

You and your group will never run out of names.