Promote your Business Online like a PRO!

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How do you promote your business effectively?

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Netizens are buzzing about the need to connect with everyone through the Internet and Social Media. We all know very well that advertising is evolving parallel to people’s need in this case. I’d say a huge group of businesses are mostly connected online. It’s evident by the way we shop, pay our bills, make connections and address our human concerns. And so with this, the importance of promoting your line of business on the Internet is a must. In fact, it has been so effective in terms of cost and attention-wise.

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People today are buzzing about the need to connect with everyone through the Internet and Social Media. A huge group of businesses as well are mostly connected online. Most of their marketing and advertising platforms are introduced through the internet.
Before the Internet came into existence, business marketing strategies were only limited to the traditional media – print, radio and television. But now, they have expanded their reach from local to global without paying for additional TV/radio ads and publications. Internet has made it possible for them to reach and to connect to their consumers or customers anywhere around the globe, as long as there is an internet connection.
People have already embraced the importance of online connections. It’s evident by the way they shop, pay their bills, make connections and address their human concerns. And so with this, promoting your line of business on the Internet will surely contribute to its success. In fact, it has been so effective in terms of cost and attention-wise.

True, the conventional way of handing flyers, posting ads on the local bulletin board etc. still works but nothing can reach thousands of viewers in a split of a second than online advertising. Comparing to newspaper ads, television commercials and actual banners, online advertising is cost effective and there are more ways than one to customize it according to your niche, customer base and community.
The conventional way of handing flyers, posting ads on the local bulletin board etc. still works. However, online advertising can reach thousands of viewers in just a matter of seconds or minutes. Comparing to newspaper ads, television commercials and actual banners, online advertising is cost effective and there are more ways than one to customize it according to your niche, customer base and community.

We summarized 5 Online Advertising Methods to promote your business like a pro.

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Listing Ad

– you know those links that comes on top when you search in Google? The one that has a yellow icon on the left? Yes, that’s the one I’m talking about. The most popular listing ad is Google Adwords (actually, that’s how they make money too!) You can buy keywords which can target your niche. What’s more, you can adjust your ad according to your maximum budget per day. You can also make creative descriptions and where to link it. If you have a tight budget and can only afford one advertisement, then Google Adwords is the way to go. It’s also the most effective one too! Sign up today!

Facebook Ad

– If you think all your customers are head over heels about Facebook, then this type of ad is for you and them! Right in the spot effective I may add. One of the good things about it is that you can target users based on area, age, sex, status, language, education, interest, and personal information. The customizations are hemmed specifically that if you’re all about attention, Facebook Ad can give you what you want.

Targeted Ad

– can also be called “retargeting ad” is the process of tracking users behavior, preference or internet history and use it to the advantage of an online merchant. With this information, the browser shows the most effective ad tailored to meet the person’s interests. These ads displayed to the users are customized based on that by using cookies. The most popular service is Criteo. The only thing that may stop you from buying this is the need to prepare a bigger budget because it’s a little more expensive than the ones mentioned above. But if you’ll think of it, the profits you gain may far outweigh the expense.

Affiliate Ad

– this is the use of a third-party merchant or a network to partner and collaborate with bloggers and internet publishers to promote your business on your behalf. This is very famous for fashion bloggers that promote clothing, accessories, cosmetics and more. On the bright side, advertisers only have to pay the affiliate company per completed transaction so you can estimate your cost there. Your ROI will just be the same, they will only charge when the transaction happens. You can check out the list of top affiliate marketing services here.

Email Ad

– this is “sort of” the conventional way of subscribing to online newsletters and email magazines. The merit here is the targeted users you can choose as the mail providers screen the profile of subscribers and deliver to them only the topics and type of themes they want to read.

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Advertising online doesn’t cost that much compared to traditional media. You only have to see how and where to put this advertisements online.

You may also want to try other methods or techniques of advertising in promoting your business online.





1. CREATE YOUR OWN WEBSITE

– websites are a great venue to introduce your business online. It is the place where your consumers/customers can find the basic information about your products and services. You can either build your own site on web hosts such as Weebly and WordPress, or you can pay a website builder to do it for you. Your website needs to be precise and clear with what your business is all about. Aside from information about your business, you can post articles and stories that will inspire or give additional information to your target market.

2. MAKE USE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA

– Social media does not only serve as an instrument for exposure and connections. But it is at the same time a great venue to advertise your products and services since a lot of people nowadays were hooked by the networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest etc.
“It has now become a necessary time investment for every business to make.”
You can create a Facebook page of your business and tie in adds and offers there. In this way, you can make your customers updated with your products and services. You may also put stories and posts quotes and anecdotes that are relevant to your business.
Since Twitter is a conversation type of social media, it can be a great place to interact with your customers. It is also a good way for updating and promoting new latest news and products.
Pinterest is more on the visual media. Businesses can put well – taken photos of their products and other related images. However, these photos should be interesting enough to get the attention of the users and to make them click the “Like” button and pin it to share to their friends.
Other social networking sites offer a variety of apps and services, and it’s up to you to utilize them to help your business get moving.

3. MAKE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR YOUR BUSINESS

– one of the interactive ways to connect to your customers is through videos. (http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/26-ways-to-engage-with-customers-using-video/) Videos can get the attention of the customers. In this way, they can keep contact with your business. Your video ads can help generate publicity and interest to your costumers or clients.
“YouTube provides a free way to distribute creative promotional videos, but in order to succeed you must put up content that people want to view and are relevant to your business—a simple ad will not work.” (https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/openforum/articles/7-ways-to-promote-your-business-online-for-free/)

4. PARTICIPATE IN OR CREATE A BLOG

– one of the ways to create credibility to your customers is to assure them that your business can be trusted. Answering questions on forums, commenting and contributing blogs can help gain the trust of the costumers. Once you get familiar with the interest of your specific target market, you can make a tab for your updated blogs that will give sufficient information and will even give answers to the questions of your costumers.

So there you go, we all hope that your business will truly get the attention it needs to succeed! Promote your business now…

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