Meet More People - A Key for Promoting Your Home Business
Meeting more people enables you to get the word out there about your home business, whether it’s strictly an online business, a physical business, or a combination of the two. The more people who know about your business, the more potential customers/clients you’ll have. Also, there will be more who spread the word even if they don’t purchase immediately, or at all.
Craftspeople and home business owners often tend to be rather solitary people. Those who operate online businesses meet people in cyberspace but often don’t have the opportunity to get acquainted face-to-face. Meeting people, either online or off, enriches our lives and enables us to share information about our business.
Getting the word out and letting people know what you offer becomes a priority. So, meeting more people and developing name recognition becomes important.
*Meet people by joining online groups with similar interests. Don’t blatantly promote your business. Simply begin making friends.
*Develop a blog that offers information about your business and hopefully encourage comments and e-mails. These often evolve into a way to people who help and encourage.
*Join an organization in your physical community to make the acquaintance of new people.
*Volunteer for a local cause that will help others and enable you to make friends.
*Learn to strike up conversations with people wherever you are.
*Perform acts of kindness…not necessarily for promotion but to help others and make friends. “What goes around, comes around,” as the old saying goes.
As you begin to meet people and make friends, you’ll find you truly enjoy it. Then your business will begin to reflect the enjoyment!
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Jun 12, 2007 at 9:20 am
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Yvonne Russell
Jun 13, 2007 at 8:24 am
Wonderful tips Mary Emma - great advice not only for business, but for personal connections and interest too.
Mary Emma
Jun 13, 2007 at 11:18 am
Thanks, Yvonne, for visiting and leaving your comments. Yes, these tips can have wide reaching positive effect on one’s life.
Asasia
Oct 28, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Good post.
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