IDEAS ON HOW TO BUILD YOUR TEAM AND DISTRIBUTE CARDS!
#1) Use FREE email Signature Tags and attach them to every email you send!
#2) Register your website business on every FREE search engine you can find (first) and then start
targeting the pay per click search engines.
#3) Register your website with Online Shopping Directories.
#4) Register your website with Online Work At Home Directories.
#5) Register your website with Online Classified Ads if you are going to do any recruiting!
#6) In your spare time you can list your website on FFA Link Pages. (use a yahoo/hotmail account)
#7) In your spare time, go to other peoples personal websites and sign their Guest Book, make
sure you include your info so they can find your website too!
#8) Contact other webmasters and offer to exchange banners with them! If you do a online E-Zine
or Newsletter swap banners with others and place them in your online newsletter and have
them do the same!
#9) Run a Contest on your site for Newsletter Members ONLY and then list your contest at all the
FREE Contest & Sweepstakes Web pages!
#10) List your website home business with online yellow page directories.
#11) Add your listing into your local telephone paper-version phone book!
#12) Scout out your local newspaper for the bridal announcements! You can send a business card
and include a flyer for the new bride announcing your services! (bright white smile for pictures)
#13) Scout out your local newspaper for classified ads for Home Based Day Care Centers! Call & ask
them if you can make up info packets to be sent home with their customers!
#14) Scout out your local newspaper for baby announcements. If your company offers products
geared to children or new moms you can try to match up their postal address with their name
in the phone book. Drop into the mail a contact ME sheet, brochure or catalog, and business
card.
#15) Do an Online Bi-monthly or monthly Email Newsletter! After you get your local customer base
built up you can consider doing a print version for those with NON-Computer Access! This will
keep customers informed of your services!
#16) Exchange business cards or flyers with other work at home business owners!
#17) Network with other Home Business Owners! Schedule a Home Business EXPO locally in your
area! Several of you can get together and come up with ideas on where to hold one!
#18) Entice First Time Customers to purchase from you! Offer them an incentive like a personal
discount or a special FREEBIE for them making their first purchase with you! Once you rope
them in, give them the BEST SVC so that they will come back for more and refer you to others
that they know! Word of mouth is sometimes the BEST FREE advertising!
#19) Hold an Open House party! Do this 2-3 times per year! Send out invites to everyone and post
flyers every where! Offer door prizes, refreshments, demo's etc!
#20) Recruit Helper Friends! Have your friends help you spread the word! Give them catalogs, flyers
& business cards! Tell them to pass them out, get you orders etc. Offer the "helpers" free
items or personal discounts! A lot of times these helpers will end up being full recruits after
they see how profitable & easy Your Home Business can be!
#21) Sponsor Online & Local Contests! Donate a Prize or Gift Certificate! This will help get your a lot
of Business Exposure! If you do online sponsoring, make sure you pick HIGH Traffic Websites!
#22) Contact Local Business owners (usually smaller businesses work best). See if you can hang a
flyer in their store window or set up a small table display. Offer them a personal discount or a
freebie for allowing you this business exposure or swap "bag filler" business cards with them!
#23) Contact local Bingo Halls! Offer to donate a Prize for their Bingo games! Make sure you include
a business flyer, catalog, business card etc with the prize you are donating!
#24) Network with other Consultants and find out what works for them and share your ideas with
them too!
#25) Print out your own business cards or buy low-cost ones and pass them out every where! (I
personally get all of mine from vistaprint.com) plus I make my own.
#26) If you want low-cost photo-copying for your business flyers try the public library! A lot of times
they are a lot cheaper for photo-coping then the big print shops!
#27) Distribute Flyers & Business Cards to: Apartment Complex Rental offices!
#28) Get permission to hang up flyers at grocery store memo boards, school teacher lounges, public
laundry mats, church directory memo boards, senior centers, nurses & doctor lounges etc!
#29) Contact your local hospital and ask them if they give out the FREE new baby bags filled with
gifts etc to the new moms in their hospital? If so, ask if you can add a flyer, business card, or
brochure to the mix!
#30) Contact Local Fire companies/fire houses in your area! See if they would be interested in
holding a Fundraiser or Party.
#31) Do you have local Job Fairs? If so, contact them about you setting up a table with Recruiting
Info at your Local Job Fair! You can also contact local temp. agencies and see about you
leaving info with them about the Your Business Opportunity!
#32) If you are into recruiting, place online classified ads every where! You can also place ads online
at your local newspaper, TV stations and radio stations websites! Don't forget to also place a
classified ad in your local print version newspapers too!
#33) Contact local TV stations & radio stations.
#34) Offer to hold parties for friends, co-works & family members! You can get FREE advertising by
having normal bridal shower, baby shower, anniversary parties etc! Try to tie them into your
Business!
#35) Do you have children? If you participate in their bake sale activities try to incorporate your
business in that.
#36) Going to a summer picnic or family/class reunion? Wear a badge advertising your business
#37)Be a good role model-give out those cards and get your recruits to do the same.
#38 Create a box-take one FREE and set-up a table somewhere.
#39Make a flyer with envelope attached with cards inside. And hang up all over town.
#40Make Goody Bags with one of your cards inside.
(Halloween, Christmas, Birthday, any occasion)
#41Mail one with your bill payment
Mail to friends and family.