(Newswire.net — April 14, 2013) Melbourne, VIC — New businesses and established businesses who have advertised using traditional offline methods find that advertising online give them an edge over their competitors. The survey conducted by multipleincomes.net interviewed local businesses and the findings suggested that advertising online increased business sales and profits by as much as 30%. In recent years, the internet has opened up a myriad of advertising options and it can be challenging for businesses to find the optimal marketing plan. According to the founder of multipleincomes.net, the key to successful marketing is to keep things simple, in fact, being creative and thinking out of the box can go along way over expensive marketing plans.
Multipleincomes.net revealed local businesses in the area found these marketing methods effective:
Facebook and Social Media
Nowadays, the internet has made it so convenient to connect with everyone from all over the world. When using Facebook and social media, you get to market to a larger audience making your marketing efforts easier. Word of mouth is the most powerful source of advertising, when your fans love you, your sales tend to go viral. However you will need to invest your time in actively engaging your audience, by giving out useful tips, updates and special promotions. Facebook and social media marketing for small business is absolutely free, anyone can start a fan page and you don’t need to be big to get noticed.
Hire Banners Space
A lot of websites now offer banners space for you to advertise your small business. You can hire a space for a monthly fee with your advertisement running on the side bars, headers or footers. You will get many clicks if the website you advertise on is high traffic. It is always useful to check the ALEXA ranking of the website before you invest your money.
Do Blogging
Blogging might sound like fun but don’t underestimate the power of a great blog. You will instantly attract high qualified traffic if your blog contains quality content that your customers like to read about. Again, you will need to invest some time in maintaining the blog with updated information and engaging content to ensure your visitors return. Blogging may take a while to get the targeted traffic you’re after so its always a good idea to equip yourself with online marketing skills such as SEO, keyword research and social media marketing. If you want instant results, you can always blog on an authority site that gets your content to rank faster.
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