What are the 5 most popular ways of advertising?
Hi Princess… It always depends on the type of business to be honest. Here are the best ways that I tried for my Window Blind business with the ones with best ‘Return on Investment’ marked with an *: *Directory Advertising (Thomson Local, Yellow Pages, BT Phonebook) Classified Internet Searches (ThomsonLocal.com, Yell.com) Key Word Internet Searches (ThomsonLocal.com Google Adwords, Pay-per-Click) *A good Website, optimised and registered of all search engines and local info pages. Social Networking Sites: MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, BTtradespace.com *Sign Written Vans/car Shop Front Sign or A’board. Email Campaigns *Leaflet Distribution Direct Mail *Door-to-door Canvassing Country Fairs/Exhibitions *Referall Marketing (BNI, Breakfast Clubs, Chamber of Commerce, etc) Newspapers (Classified Ads or a Feature) Business Card Dispensers at Home Base/Sainsburys/Tesco. Sponsorship (Kids Football team to F1 and Premier League clubs etc) Radio/TV Advertising *Local church and community magazines.