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Good article here with basic points that we sometimes forget when advertising.
http://www.manta.com/small-business/marketing/21secrets_0111?referid=10434&nwslttr=1
FYI, if you haven’t ever heard of manta.com, they send out weekly emails with articles covering a range of topics. Definitely worth joining/signing up as it’s free.
Thanks ddevlin. I really think number 8 on the list is really important.
When you focus on your target market, it is kind of like shooting a shotgun at a clay pigeon from five feet. You’ll definitely hit it and you may even hit a few things around it.
When you don’t focus on your target market, it’s kind of like shooting a shotgun at 20 clay pigeons from 100 feet away. You might hit one, but most likely not.Manta.com is also a great place to put your business contact information because the search engines look at manta.com for information about companies.
thanks Dave,
yeah good article and website, definitely I’ll sign up right now (it’s free, so why not) 🙂
Adrian
just an FYI, most of you are probably already listed on Manta, but without any information other than maybe phone number and address. I don’t know where it pulls its data from, but in doing a general search on there I found a bunch of Heaven’s Best operators listed just in my state (Colorado), but the “page” for them was not updated with any information (contact info, details about company, etc). It is probably worth your time to take at least 5-15 mins and update your listing with your basic info, especially if it’s free. Carpet cleaning is under Consumer Services. Find your company/location (if it exists), click the button to claim it and follow the steps to get it updated. If it’s going to be out in the cyber world with your name/location, it might as well be doing some good for you even if you never go back to the site again.
Dave,
Thanks for the information about Manta. There are so many free things that each of you can do to promote your business, but it does take time and effort. The more places people can find you on the web–the more successful you will be in the business. I encourage each of you to update your information as Dave suggested.
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