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Good Ol’ Fashioned Marketing is Still Good For Business!

Step It Up VA Coaching

Offer to do a free class or workshop at your local library, women’s business network, or community center, and send press releases to local papers, radio, television, and local business newsletters, such as those sent out by the chamber of commerce. Where do your local entrepreneurs do business or hang out?

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Be An Unforgettable Speaker – Organization Techniques That Make You Easy to Work With

Stephanie LH Calahan

Audio/visual checklist, Press release samples, Intros and outtros. Sample tweets and facebook updates promoting you. Keep all the business cards you collect and affiliated conversations organized with the Contact Keeper. Your high resolution pictures and your low resolution pictures. Any product images.

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How much money do you really need to start your micro business.

The Small Business Blog

People want flashy premises, business cards etc. They should focus on spending their limited budgets only on things that will generate them business. Once this business is being generated regularly only then should you look at the “luxuries&# Poker Promotions Said on May 24th, 2009 at 2:59 pm Your article is interesting.

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Small Business Bootstrapping Techniques | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

They understand that cash is king and should not be wasted on old style advertising and marketing – there are better and almost cost-free ways to promote your small business. Bootstrappers don’t waste time with long business plans they start their small business immediately. I started my business with £50.

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Top 5 Tips for Using Technology for Marketing

The Small Business Blog

Build an identity for your business online by using ready-made stylish templates. Learn how to use publishing software and create eye-catching promotional material. Invest in a colour printer to make business cards, stationery and letterheads look more professional. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Master the Art of Re-purposing Your Work and You'll Save Multiple Hours - 50 Ideas To Get You Started

Stephanie LH Calahan

I also can use the recording to make a cd and give to potential clients or current clients instead of a business card or brochure. 3) Promote your post via social media. (4) I've used client news on emerging trends that debuted originally as a press release to create speaking abstracts for conference and panel pitches.

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Free Blog Posts | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

It’s an ongoing press release, article marketing, a free full-page newspaper ad, it’s an interactive portfolio, etc. I see one of two things, a blogger, who is paid to write content that promotes the services or products of another individual or business (ie. The blog is not a product, it’s a showcase.

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