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View Full Version : marketing tips.....LONG list
marinda
04-08-2006, 06:54 PM
hi everyone,
Im new here..only posted a few times but I was poking around the www.twahms.com (http://www.twahms.com) site and found this. I tried to keep the original authors info with it....its at the bottom.........I thought someone might be able use the stuff in here. I thought they were great ideas!
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63 Ways to Advertise Offline and On!!
1. Bumper stickers
2. Flyers
3. Business cards (Self-Made or VistaPrint)
4. T-shirts with your business name on it
5. Message boards
6. Free classifieds
7. Ezines
8. Paid ads
9. Postcards
10. Purchased leads
11. Bookmarks for libraries
12. Co-ops
13. Newsgroups
14. Word of mouth(friends and family)
15. Forwarded emails (Signature Line!)
16. Inexpensive lapel buttons
17. Pens to hand out
18. Welcome baby cards for hospitals
19. Request 5 mins at the beginning of different mom
groups (Mops,Breastfeeding classes, Lamaz classes,
etc..)
20. Create a tri-fold: More info type handout that
briefly explains The Shali Team. Do a sort of mini
presentation. Dont take up too much of their
time and hand out the flyer with your biz card
attached and maybe a free samples.
21. Welcome baskets of samples + business card to
newcomers in the area
22. Community Colleges (lots of moms w/computers
there)
23. Put a business card in all outgoing mail including
anything that has a postage paid envelope! Credit Card
offers, etc.
24. Visit local doctors, chiropractors, natural
healers, massage therapists (the REAL ones? http://www.twahms.com/forum/Smileys/cats/rolleyes.gif) health
food shops, ask them if you can leave some pamphlets!
25. Car magnets - You can put magnets all over your
car without asking anyone
26. Bookmarks in library books should be cleared with
the librarians first
27. Index cards - leave in restrooms at restaurants or
on cork boards around grocery stores
28. How about on the shelves of where those awful,
nasty toxic products are sold!
29. How about leaving either a postcard or a pamphlet
about your product with your business card with your
hairdresser?
30. Or have a sample basket with your biz card
attached
31. Creating a flyer about your home business. Place
32. Under windshield wipers of cards of people who
attend your Church
33. Sending a pamphlet with a business card with your
child to hand out to everyone in his/her class to take
home to mommy and daddy (or to each teacher)
34. Buy a pre-inked, personalized stamp and put your
ad on it. Stamp the back of all your envelopes that
you mail out. Do you know how many people look at an
envelope before it gets opened by the mail department?
A LOT!
35. Biz cards in the side pockets of diaper bags while
shopping
36. Junk mail with the postage paid envelopes, I send
a flyer back to the company and it's free postage!? http://www.twahms.com/forum/Smileys/cats/grin.gif
37. On our light poles are clear tubes for the park
owners to put flyers and stuff in
38. Gift basket raffles at Church bazaars, fish fries
at your local community hall, any small town function
(biz card in the basket) and biz cards on the table
next to it
39. Lots of people love raffles -
40. ALSO make gift baskets for family, friends,
neighbors, etc. for birthdays, anniversaries,
Christmas, baby showers, bridal showers - you have
to buy a gift anyway - make it a VERY SPECIAL one!
41. Replying to spam email with your business mail.
42. Give your business cards to friends and family and
ask them to give them out to people they know that
might be interested. But turn your business card over
and put their name on it and say if someone asks for
more info and shows you that card they can get a free
sample. Once they try the gold bar,
solumel, etc they will be sold on the products and
they might enroll as a customer or you can put on the
back of the business card that if you show this card
you will receive a free trial size product and free
info
43. Put up flyers at the local colleges and large
grocery stores
44. Slip biz cards into kids books and toy packaging
45. Slip RM Barry pamphlets (Let's stop poisoning our
Children) into children's books at the bookstore
46. In the women's devotional bibles in the Christian
book store I put my card and a pamphlet
47. I left pamphlets by the change machine in the mall
arcade too!
48. Use vinyl letters on the sun visor for your car to
show your site
49. Use the old metal Band-Aid or gum tins&recover
them, put a magnet on the back, then put your business
cards in them. Attach this to your car when you
go into a store
50. If you go to garage sales, ask if you can leave a
few of your flyers there.
5118 wheeler's (Rigs) that travels all over the USA. We have a sign
company preparing a Womens Dream Team AD for the back
of the trailer right now.
If anyone knows any Owner Operators, they could
approach them to ask how much they would charge for
advertising on their trailer!
52.My husband keeps a supply of my business cards with
him at all times and hands them out to waitresses with their tip.
53.You keep a supply of brochures in my car and each
weekend when I take my girls to their soccer games, we
spend some time placing Team brochures on car
windows.
54.I really like the idea of purchasing cheap seed
packets (WAL-MART for .10 each) and putting a cute tag
on them with my pertinent info on it as well
as a saying such as "I'm in the business of helping
people grow". You will be using this idea during our
Community Days parade (if any).
55.Another one is in the process of pulling together
is using babyfood jars filling them with two uses of
Mela-Power, Mela-Soft, and Mela-Brite, wrapping them
with a cute label and handing them out to interested
people at our booth this summer in a small paper bag
basket.
*Of course, they will fall in love with the products
and have to call me back to find out how to get
more!!!
56.Business cards with a magnetic back really "stick"
in people's minds as well as on their refrigerator!
57. You can have a magnet on the back of your car that
actually has gotten me lots of questions and hits to
my website as your URL is on the magnet.
Also have Womens Dream Team brochures that are about the
size of a legal envelope that you hand
out to moms or others instead of just a business
card...gives them just a little more information.
58.I also try to call all the malls and hospitals in
my area to see when they are having a baby expo...when
(they are I go) and walk around and pass out my
business cards and/ or brochures.
59.putting your url on your placemat at the restaurant
60.having your url on the side window of your car with
vinyl letters
61.having catalogs in your vehicle when you are at
ball practice with your kids, so that you can be
looking at "your " order at that moment
62.baby shower gifts
63.The absolute favorite offline ad idea is that each
month when you send out the bills, You insert one of
the business cards into the envelope. It is so easy
to do this and can generated leads each month
consistently!
Of course you can also posted a flyer on the community
board at the local Wal-Mart, in addition to leaving a
few business cards in the kids' section around the
diapers and formula. You can go to the library with
your son and left the business cards as bookmarks in
the kids' section.
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<DIV =signature>I am so excited to offer you this special
announcement: YOU NO LONGER have to sit back and use dangerous products in your home.
We can help you in setting up a membership with a Wellness company that has been around over 20 years. Shop for products you use everyday, safer for your family, home, the environment at wholesale prices. If you choose you can build a residual income by referring others to the Company. No delivery's or stocking.
You can get all the information FOR FREE without pressure and risk!! Join our cause in helping people live healthier lives !!!!
Visit my website http://Martha.womensdreamteam.com
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<DIV =signature></TD></TR></T></TABLE>best of luck...marinda
Im new here..only posted a few times but I was poking around the www.twahms.com (http://www.twahms.com) site and found this. I tried to keep the original authors info with it....its at the bottom.........I thought someone might be able use the stuff in here. I thought they were great ideas!
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width="100%">
<T>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width="85%" height="100%">Hope these help those of you wanting to expand or jump start your Business's. Gook Luck
63 Ways to Advertise Offline and On!!
1. Bumper stickers
2. Flyers
3. Business cards (Self-Made or VistaPrint)
4. T-shirts with your business name on it
5. Message boards
6. Free classifieds
7. Ezines
8. Paid ads
9. Postcards
10. Purchased leads
11. Bookmarks for libraries
12. Co-ops
13. Newsgroups
14. Word of mouth(friends and family)
15. Forwarded emails (Signature Line!)
16. Inexpensive lapel buttons
17. Pens to hand out
18. Welcome baby cards for hospitals
19. Request 5 mins at the beginning of different mom
groups (Mops,Breastfeeding classes, Lamaz classes,
etc..)
20. Create a tri-fold: More info type handout that
briefly explains The Shali Team. Do a sort of mini
presentation. Dont take up too much of their
time and hand out the flyer with your biz card
attached and maybe a free samples.
21. Welcome baskets of samples + business card to
newcomers in the area
22. Community Colleges (lots of moms w/computers
there)
23. Put a business card in all outgoing mail including
anything that has a postage paid envelope! Credit Card
offers, etc.
24. Visit local doctors, chiropractors, natural
healers, massage therapists (the REAL ones? http://www.twahms.com/forum/Smileys/cats/rolleyes.gif) health
food shops, ask them if you can leave some pamphlets!
25. Car magnets - You can put magnets all over your
car without asking anyone
26. Bookmarks in library books should be cleared with
the librarians first
27. Index cards - leave in restrooms at restaurants or
on cork boards around grocery stores
28. How about on the shelves of where those awful,
nasty toxic products are sold!
29. How about leaving either a postcard or a pamphlet
about your product with your business card with your
hairdresser?
30. Or have a sample basket with your biz card
attached
31. Creating a flyer about your home business. Place
32. Under windshield wipers of cards of people who
attend your Church
33. Sending a pamphlet with a business card with your
child to hand out to everyone in his/her class to take
home to mommy and daddy (or to each teacher)
34. Buy a pre-inked, personalized stamp and put your
ad on it. Stamp the back of all your envelopes that
you mail out. Do you know how many people look at an
envelope before it gets opened by the mail department?
A LOT!
35. Biz cards in the side pockets of diaper bags while
shopping
36. Junk mail with the postage paid envelopes, I send
a flyer back to the company and it's free postage!? http://www.twahms.com/forum/Smileys/cats/grin.gif
37. On our light poles are clear tubes for the park
owners to put flyers and stuff in
38. Gift basket raffles at Church bazaars, fish fries
at your local community hall, any small town function
(biz card in the basket) and biz cards on the table
next to it
39. Lots of people love raffles -
40. ALSO make gift baskets for family, friends,
neighbors, etc. for birthdays, anniversaries,
Christmas, baby showers, bridal showers - you have
to buy a gift anyway - make it a VERY SPECIAL one!
41. Replying to spam email with your business mail.
42. Give your business cards to friends and family and
ask them to give them out to people they know that
might be interested. But turn your business card over
and put their name on it and say if someone asks for
more info and shows you that card they can get a free
sample. Once they try the gold bar,
solumel, etc they will be sold on the products and
they might enroll as a customer or you can put on the
back of the business card that if you show this card
you will receive a free trial size product and free
info
43. Put up flyers at the local colleges and large
grocery stores
44. Slip biz cards into kids books and toy packaging
45. Slip RM Barry pamphlets (Let's stop poisoning our
Children) into children's books at the bookstore
46. In the women's devotional bibles in the Christian
book store I put my card and a pamphlet
47. I left pamphlets by the change machine in the mall
arcade too!
48. Use vinyl letters on the sun visor for your car to
show your site
49. Use the old metal Band-Aid or gum tins&recover
them, put a magnet on the back, then put your business
cards in them. Attach this to your car when you
go into a store
50. If you go to garage sales, ask if you can leave a
few of your flyers there.
5118 wheeler's (Rigs) that travels all over the USA. We have a sign
company preparing a Womens Dream Team AD for the back
of the trailer right now.
If anyone knows any Owner Operators, they could
approach them to ask how much they would charge for
advertising on their trailer!
52.My husband keeps a supply of my business cards with
him at all times and hands them out to waitresses with their tip.
53.You keep a supply of brochures in my car and each
weekend when I take my girls to their soccer games, we
spend some time placing Team brochures on car
windows.
54.I really like the idea of purchasing cheap seed
packets (WAL-MART for .10 each) and putting a cute tag
on them with my pertinent info on it as well
as a saying such as "I'm in the business of helping
people grow". You will be using this idea during our
Community Days parade (if any).
55.Another one is in the process of pulling together
is using babyfood jars filling them with two uses of
Mela-Power, Mela-Soft, and Mela-Brite, wrapping them
with a cute label and handing them out to interested
people at our booth this summer in a small paper bag
basket.
*Of course, they will fall in love with the products
and have to call me back to find out how to get
more!!!
56.Business cards with a magnetic back really "stick"
in people's minds as well as on their refrigerator!
57. You can have a magnet on the back of your car that
actually has gotten me lots of questions and hits to
my website as your URL is on the magnet.
Also have Womens Dream Team brochures that are about the
size of a legal envelope that you hand
out to moms or others instead of just a business
card...gives them just a little more information.
58.I also try to call all the malls and hospitals in
my area to see when they are having a baby expo...when
(they are I go) and walk around and pass out my
business cards and/ or brochures.
59.putting your url on your placemat at the restaurant
60.having your url on the side window of your car with
vinyl letters
61.having catalogs in your vehicle when you are at
ball practice with your kids, so that you can be
looking at "your " order at that moment
62.baby shower gifts
63.The absolute favorite offline ad idea is that each
month when you send out the bills, You insert one of
the business cards into the envelope. It is so easy
to do this and can generated leads each month
consistently!
Of course you can also posted a flyer on the community
board at the local Wal-Mart, in addition to leaving a
few business cards in the kids' section around the
diapers and formula. You can go to the library with
your son and left the business cards as bookmarks in
the kids' section.
</TD></TR>
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<TR>
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<HR =hrcolor width="100%" SIZE=1>
<DIV =signature>I am so excited to offer you this special
announcement: YOU NO LONGER have to sit back and use dangerous products in your home.
We can help you in setting up a membership with a Wellness company that has been around over 20 years. Shop for products you use everyday, safer for your family, home, the environment at wholesale prices. If you choose you can build a residual income by referring others to the Company. No delivery's or stocking.
You can get all the information FOR FREE without pressure and risk!! Join our cause in helping people live healthier lives !!!!
Visit my website http://Martha.womensdreamteam.com
<DIV =signature>
<DIV =signature></TD></TR></T></TABLE>best of luck...marinda
littledb
04-08-2006, 07:15 PM
Thanks for sharing!
Debbie
Debbie
yministry101
04-09-2006, 06:05 AM
great list!
