Any ideas for advertising an on-line greeting business card company in the UK?

Im looking for free/ cheap ways of advertising my business, www.withhugsandkisses.biz. We sell handmade, contemporary and traditional greeting cards, if anyone has any ideas

Any ideas for advertising an on-line greeting business card company in the UK?
Run around town naked with the website address written on your t1ts and ar5e .... you sould get quite a few men on your site .....
Reply:Hi Laura,


I have a business advice website, it's a not-for-profit site which aims to help people start their own business.


At the moment we are looking for some sucess stories of people who have started their own business, the challenges they overcame to do so etc.. hopefully this will inspire other people to go for it!


This would be great PR for your business and you can add your website details which will help to promote your website and bring some much needed custom your way.


If you are interested please email me via Yahoo answers and I will email you back.


Hope this helps. Rebecca
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1) You need to create your cooperate identity with a custom embroidery company. Create your logo and business name on your cooperate apparel.





2) Put the logo on your Auto





3) Make up business cards and hand them out. Every time you see someone you know hand several of them out. When you give people your business card, always give them more than one and ask them to give them to their friends/coworkers, etc. Print up flyers and post them on public boards if there are any near you and post in a forums that related to your location if there are any!








4) The key for this kind of business is word-of-mouth. Think of some clever ways to encourage your existing clients to tell people about you. Perhaps you could start with a friend or family member to be one of your "spokesperson". I owned a convenience store for 10 years and a lot of business deals started in the checkout line by strangers. Tell everyone about you and ask if they know anyone that could use your service. Ask for a referral from an existing client





5) Start a website as a way to advertise you. Let your website work for you and your clients swap links. When making your own web site do some research on how to optimize your site so that you get a good ranking with a natural search. You do this by embedding smart key words. Your website could show your community involvement and you could have questions and answers on the site.








6) Look for websites that you can advertise for free. Advertise in the Yahoo local. Find free on-line classified web sites for your community. Typically the local chamber of commerce will offer such a service. You can advertise here for free: http://www.hits2u.com/?149843


http://goldbizz.localads.co.uk


http://www.trafficswarm.com/go.cgi?48605


http://www.koolplaz.com/


Post a link to your site for free when it is allowed


Try These:


Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com


Google Base http://base.google.com


Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/


US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/


Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/


Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/


Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/...


7) A Yellow page ad seems to work great also.





8) Try to get your local newspaper to do a free article on your business.





9) Sponsor local sport teams or ballparks that hang up banners. There are also inexpensive ways to advertise like a local penny saver newspaper, high school yearbooks and newspapers, etc.





10) Call radio show call in and contest and always answer or make the statement with "your name and company name and you have been working hard" free radio ads are great.





11) Telemarketing