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8 Marketing Tips for Your Business That Cost $Nothing

Anthony | March 25, 2021

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1. Optimize Your Website

One of the easiest things you can do is take action on the basics of SEO. You don’t have to be a SEO expert.  If your website is built on WordPress, you can install the Yoast SEO plugin for free, and it will walk you through setting up the basics of SEO for your site.

The Yoast SEO plugin also automatically creates a sitemap and optimizes your meta title format which makes it easier to complete the rest of the basics on your own.

2. Create Social Media Profiles

You need a Facebook page, however, the other social media platforms, like Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn, are not necessarily required unless they fit with your target demographic.

For example, an electrician is not likely to gain a lot of response on LinkedIn, whereas a business coach likely would.

3. Local SEO Listings

Even if your business isn’t directly serving your immediate area, you still need to make sure you have claimed all the local review sites and local SEO listings. This will ensure that all the information is correct on these listings.

When you claim a listing, you can enter your contact information, add images and respond to reviews.

It’s important to respond to reviews out of respect to current and potential customers.

Some of the places where you need to claim and monitor reviews are:

  • Google My Business
  • Yelp
  • Bing
  • Industry review sites

4. Build a Referral Network

If you offer services in a specific niche, look for other related providers that you could partner with for referrals.

For example, a builder could have a few plumbers on hand that he knows are also great to work with that he can recommend to her clients. The plumbers would hopefully do the same for the wedding planner.

The best way to build this referral network is to build relationships so there is an element of trust.  Start by looking at other vendors for your clients to see if there are opportunities to get to know these other small business owners.

5. Blog Regularly

Blogging has a wide variety of benefits for a small business, from getting more exposure via organic search engine results to establishing your business as a thought leader in the industry.

Start small with just one post per month, then scale up to weekly as you get accustomed to the process.

6. Ask for Reviews

Ask your existing customers to review your small business on Google, Yelp, or other major reviews sites. More reviews can lead to better visibility in review site search results.

No pressure though because fake or deceptively positive reviews are readily identified. Customers should feel free to leave their honest opinions.

7. Answer Online Questions

Spend at least 30-60 minutes a week answering questions online.

Forums like Twitter Chats, Quora, and Reddit are full of users that want to know more about topics in your industry. Taking the time to answer can help establish thought leadership and generate interest in your company and its products.

Always be helpful and not promotional which is key.

8. Email Newsletter

Many email marketing providers have free-level accounts. You can take advantage of this by creating a useful email newsletter for your current and potential customers. Add new and existing customers to your email list, and then offer a subscribe box on your website to add new subscribers.

Every month or week, send out a helpful email newsletter with company news, interesting external articles, product sales, or other information that your customers would find useful.

Taking action on some or all of these tips is sure to make an impact on your business.

Make sure you don’t take on more than you can handle and schedule a time to complete them regularly on your calendar.

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