Does anyone know of any unique ways to advertise my business. I have myspace and and my own website. But i was wondering if anyone else had any different ideas.

thanks

Email campaigning is the cheapest form of advertising! Also on your website you can provide a blog for the type of profession you market too...do you have a niche? Sometimes the type of client you have will dictate how you market...

you could try advertising in local newsletters or papers. you could also try putting your business card out at places like graphic design centers, copy/fax places. things like that.

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Try twitter. It's a good way of advertising as well.

I ordered some business cards from Vista Print and the order came with a $25 credit for Adwords. I've gotten quite a few hits to my site but really it's been a better tool for me to hone in on creating good keywords. This being said, I suggest that you market through writing a press release and then use the keywords effectively within the text. So my suggestion is a press release...

Knowing your niche, as indicated here would be necessary to successful advertising.

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I have used www.yellowpages.com free online ads. There are others out there that are free if you do a google search for free advertisements.

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I have a marketing/advertising strategy of "try anything and everything and see what works"!

I've put up posters of various sizes and wording depending if I'm advertising in a College or Uni or in an Old People's Home (I had an idea that maybe they would appreciate someone coming in to type letter or send off emails for them).

My first "gig" actually came by seeing that the Uni near to where I lived had a "Typing Service" (I found this out because I had a walk around the area, it wasn't advertised on their website) - I then found out their email address from the Uni's website and contacted them.

I seem to get a good number of people visiting my website from the adverts I place on gumtree (which are free).

Much of the problem, when we are new, is convincing someone that we are going to do their job well and professionally.

I was lucky in the fact that the Uni needed a job doing urgently and I was able to type up the 3,500 essay in the evening and email it back to them so it was there first thing the following morning. I took a lot of time over it because I wanted it to be as perfect as possible (!) He was impressed with the standard of work and delivery time and says he will use me again!

I think the majority of marketing is being persistent and just being in the right place at the right time!

Avocet

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Great ideas. This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing this.

Over time there has been many great posts within this section. I suggest reading back towards the beginning and also check out this thread on the review of the book The Virtual Assistant's Guide to Marketing.

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I suggest advertising in Local Newspapers, Yellow pages, Social Networking and everything which gives you good response