When you are running a small business, marketing will always need to be at the forefront of your mind. You’ll need to ensure that you are always pushing forward and giving your customers – and potential customers – all the information they need to buy from you. You have to make sure you are not forgotten and that you become the go-to name for whatever it is you sell. 

This means ensuring that your marketing is always up-to-date and relevant, and that you are marketing to the right people in the right way. With that in mind, here are some great marketing tips for your small business to help you grow. 

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Know Your Target Market 

It’s a common mistake to try to advertise to everyone. The truth is that your product or service is not going to appeal to everyone, and by trying to make your marketing broad in this way, you’ll be missing the mark for most people because it’s not specific enough. 

In order to do better, you need to know who your target market is. This will involve in-depth market research, which you can do yourself, perhaps through surveys, for example, or which you can outsource. In either case, knowing who is most likely to buy from you means you can focus on that group of people when it comes to your advertising. This will give you better returns on your marketing budget. 

Use Multimedia 

Gone are the days when you only had to think about print advertising. There are now many different options open to you, and it’s a good idea to use as many of them as possible in an effort to get the most reach for your business. This way, even if you are only marketing to a small sector of people, you can reach more of that sector. 

Your website blog is a good place to start, but you need to do more than this to be seen. You should advertise on social media, and you should use images as well as videos. Something that you might not have considered is creating a podcast, but this would cover a lot of ground when it comes to marketing, and your competitors may not have thought about it. You’ll need a few pieces of inexpensive equipment, including wireless microphone systems, and there is plenty of advice about how to get started online. A podcast could be your ultimate secret marketing weapon. 

Send Out Newsletters 

A lot of the time, you’ll be focusing on marketing that involves the potential customer coming to you. They’ll have to search for something and then click on the link to get to your website. They’ll have to then look around your website to find what they need. Why not change things around and take your advertising to the customer? This can be done by sending out email newsletters. Before you can do this, you’ll need their permission to send the information, and they will have to specifically sign up for the newsletter. Once you have a list of people, however, you can design an informational email that offers discounts, news about new products, and plenty more. What you include is your choice, but the point is that whoever receives one of your newsletters is going to be reminded of your business. Send them out regularly, and they won’t forget about you.

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