STEP 5: PROMOTION
Reach Your Customers
Now that your business is all setup, it is time to find your customers and sell them your products.
There are many ways to promote your products, some are free and some cost money. Here are some ways to promote your online business.
PAID ADVERTISING
- Search engine sponsored ads
- Yahoo
- Bing
- eBay
FREE ADVERTISING
WARNING: Please do not spam and post your website address everywhere because your website might get blacklisted and your site may be shut down.
- Craigslist – Post that your products are for sale and also respond to people looking for your items
- Social Networking sites – Utilize Twitter and Facebook to reach out to people about the products you sell
- Email – Let your friends and family know about your business and ask them to forward the email to their friends
- Forums – Add the link to your online store in your signature for forum posting.