Promoting Your Business |
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Getting the word out is the best way to let people know your available. But how do you go about getting the word out. There are some great resources on the web. Using these ideas and traditional advertising ideas can help you get ahead in this type of market. |
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Flyers. Create a few flyers
and distribute them in your immediate neighborhood. Your Business Name, your Phone Number and description of what your do should be sufficient. Adding more information like your available hours and a possible rate could increase people calling you. Adding an E-Mail and a Website Address if you have one gives people a way to contact you and find out more information on their own. Placing flyers on local community bulletin boards or grocery store bulletin boards are one way to go. Also Telling everyone you know that you watch pets or walk pets can help since you never know who your friends know and they may just know someone that knows someone. |
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Business Cards. Business cards offer a small yet affordable way to get in touch with you they also are easy to hand out and a lot of businesses will let you place a business card holder rather then a flyer. Your local office store can help you create your business cards or you
can find many free resources on the web like Vista Print which offers free business cards you just pay shipping. This is a quick and easy way to get business cards right away for minimal cost. |
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Word of Mouth. I mention this a lot within this web site since this is the most positive way to let people know your a good worker. Someone would always take someone elses word for the job you do then your word for it Especially if they don't know you. This is by far the most effective advertising you can get. Get One Job DO A GREAT job at it and other people will hear about it. Tell all of your friends and all of your other co-workers and they may know someone looking or may hear of someone that needs a good reliable pet walker and your in.
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Web Presence. A web based presence offers you a 24hr 365 day a year storefront where you can let people know what you do and show them with pictures or
quoted statements from clients that you know what your doing and that you have the capability and reputability to take care of their pets. This gives people the
opportunity to contact you directly from the web in a non-intrusive manner and offers them a chance to
thoroughly check out your business compared to others. A professional and well designed web site can say alot about how you operate your own business.
Making it work. A Web site on its own may not be enough you may want broader coverage and may think that you would gather more attention or more clients from advertising on different web sites....the more you
can find to place your info on the better your business may be. Look around find what you like and you decide
what's right for you.
Here are some things to think about when discussing a web presence
A web site consists of the following items: DOMAIN NAME, STORAGE LOCATION, WEB PAGES.
Domain Name. This is the first thing people find or may see about you from a search engine. Something catchy or easy to remember are your best bets. EXAMPLE: www.tampapetwalker.com or www.doggywalker.com prices for a Domain vary and ones that are already taken but are for sale can run to the hundreds of dollars. A typical domain name that is available should run about $10 for a year. Internic Whois can help you find if a domain name is available
Web Hosting. Web Hosting also known as Storage Location is where your web site Web Pages are stored. They need to be in an accessible place on the internet and are typically stored on large web servers but can be hosted on smaller machines perhaps even your own machine if you have a business class connection with a static IP...There are other options but they would require a much more detailed technical discussion which is beyond the scope of this web site. Storage for a typical site should run about $5.00 a month with a yearly prepaid contract and depends on all of the extras and type of services offered.
Web Pages. This the actual web site. These are what the potential customer sees when they open your web site. Graphics, Coding and Functionality all have their cost to create. A Typical GOOD DEAL on web pages is about $50 per professional page. With extra costs going towards additional
functionality and coding.
Extras. E-Commerce. This is the buzz word term for selling items and accepting money over the internet. The costs for having this type of web site can add up quickly and if you have the intial capital and/or products to support or justify the need for an E-Commerce based site then the expense for this type of site might be well worth it.
-- Your best option is to find a place that offers you the best of all worlds and can offer you an affordable immediate solution. Check out our Web Presence offers and see why we can beat or meet any offer you may find. |
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