How to Market Your Business for $50 or less

Part Two in a Three Part Series In the first part of this series, I covered a few good ways to get the word out about your small business for companies with short-arm owners or tight budgets, so let’s jump right into the next five: 6. Give Tours. This is perfect for anyone in the manufacturing business, and it cost basically nothing. Look to your local trade school, university or high school and give as many tours as is reasonable. You can even try giving tours to your local media or submitting your company to Science Channel’s How it’s Made . 7. Be an in-kind donor at a local event. Look for local events, contests and charities that you can participate in by giving away in kind donations as part of a winning prize. At Logoworks , for instance, we gave away a free logo design for the winners of a local university business plan competition. The cost to us we minimal, but we got our logo plastered everywhere and even got some coverage in the local newspaper. ...