Simple, Easy And Effective Ways To Promote Your Business

December 9, 2015

Marketing your business is important to helping it grow and succeed. There are various ways to promote your company, and not all of them have to be annoying to people. Here are some simple, easy and effective ways to promote your business.
Social Media
Taking advantage of the biggest digital trend right now is a no-brainer. Social media is an incredibly powerful tool that can be used to reach a vast audience and client base. Each medium has its different traits. Use Instagram heavily for photo-based and visual content. Whereas, you’re best using Twitter for instant updates about your business. YouTube is also a brilliant site to enhance your client-base with. If your business produces a lot of video content, then this can be hosted here. It can then be  shared across all of your social media platforms – maximising your views.
Trade Fairs
Trade fairs are a great way to strum up new interest in your business. They can help your business understand your industry much better. There’s also the opportunity to meet other like-minded people and form B2B relationships. Trade fairs also present the opportunity to present to a brand new client base. Thousands and thousands of people visit trade fairs every year. They provide you with an incredible opportunity to showcase your product or service face-to-face. Unless you own a retail store, this scenario that is hard to come by in this digital age. Hand out promotional products, too.  Branded merchandise is  a great way for potential clients to remember your business after the fair is over.
 
Offer To Be A Speaker
Offering to be a speaker is an exceptional way to network with people and, therefore, promote your business. Instead of just handing somebody a business card, public speaking allows you to engage with them more deeply. Potential clients are going to have to listen to you speak for an extended period of time – so really take advantage of this! It’s important to plug your business and prove its relevance in whatever field of industry you’ve chosen to do your speech about. Voluntarily providing yourself as a speaker also looks incredibly charitable. It will boost your business’ profile.
SEO
If your business doesn’t have a website, get one. If it does, then that’s only the beginning. In this digital age, being at the top of search engine results is pivotal. If you can’t be found online, then you might as well not bother. SEO can be expensive, but the results are well worth it. Helping your business grow is easy and effective. By outsourcing your marketing to an SEO client, you’re left with just the bill to pay for and little else to worry about. This is a seamless service that will deliver the results that will see your business skyrocket.
Promoting your business is obviously key to its growth, and it doesn’t have to be as difficult as you may think. These four methods of strumming up business for your company are simple, easy and effective – see for yourself. Give them a go!

Mark Asquith

That British podcast guy, Mark is co-founder of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host. A Harvard, TEDx, Podcast Movement and Podfest speaker (amongst many more!), he's a wildly approachable Brit and Star Wars/DC Comics geek.

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