Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’

I own a flower shop business which has two locations. I have the business for over 3 years now. I’m looking for some out of the box thinking marketing ideas for my business. i’m not looking for the traditional ideas such as local networking meetings, chamber events and all those ideas. I’m looking for some break though ideas for marketing.

I am planning on distributing door hangers all around my local community for marketing my insurance brokerage. I plan on having the front of the hanger say something catchy, and the back having all of our company info and details. Does anyone know or have any ideas on something catchy I could put on the front to get peoples attention? It does not necessarily have to be about insurance, although if it connected that would be great. Just something that will catch peoples eye, and at least give them some interest into seeing what is being advertised. Thanks.

I have tried adwords, mailshots, local press, email….everything, but it seems the only way small business owners will make a purchase decision is based on word of mouth.
Any thoughts/opinions from business owners or marketing experts would be most welcome!

I own a web business, I have been doing web development fo over 15 years. I do fairly well at it.
I want to start a separate off-shoot of the business for web design sparate from the local search directories I own in Atlanta.
I play around in here sometimes so I thought I would see if anyone might have any suggestions.

I am in the process of starting up a small business. There are 2 parts to my business. One is Business to Business (getting local wedding service providers to advertise on y web site) and the second is to get local area brides to visit my web site. I am in a bit of a catch 22 situation. I can’t get Brides to my site if I don’t have valuable information from local services providers. I cannot get local service providers to invest their advertising dollars in my web site because right now there are very few brides visiting my site…. How do I overcome this?

I am starting a Hi Def tvs and accessories business. We have had a local photo store for years, now we’re getting into the HD market. Our niche: internet prices, savvy consulting, delivery, setup, installtion all at lowest prices.
We are already using craigslist. What about cost/benefit of: local radio ads?, promotions through other local retailers- and which kind?, mailings?, we do have a limited website currently, but we sell local only- so how to SEO for that?
We are also Ebay powersellers/drop-off site and use Constant Contact to email blast our existing local customers with deals.
Other ideas on product line and pricing would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.