The internet has made doing business so much easier these days. With this technology in place, aspiring entrepreneurs do not even have to set up a brick and mortar store in order to offer their products and services to consumers.
What’s best about starting an online business is that you have many choices when it comes to promoting your products or services to your target market. And most of them are free to use.
Here are some basic marketing tools that you can utilize to let people know about what you do and what you offer. You can use just one of them or a combination of these and you can be assured of a good traffic to your website moving onwards.
Social media — This is a must today if you want to interact with existing and prospective customers. Just make sure that you sign up on sites where most of your target audience frequently visit. Facebook and Twitter are the top social networking sites you should be on.
But take note that it’s not just about being on that platform. You have to engage in a conversation with people and respond as soon as you can to their queries and complaints, if any.
Email blast — This one is easy to do. You only have to write a captivating letter inviting the people in your database to visit your website and learn more about your business offerings. Don’t forget to include links to your home page and other specific web pages you might want them to look into. Once you’re done with your initial draft, go back to the text, read it again and edit some more until you’re sure it would make a great impact on the receiver. Then simply send the email in bulk using your preferred email service.
Point of sale — This is a digital tool which you use to process payments for the products people purchase from you. Today’s point of sale software, however, can do more than just process transaction and issue receipts. The latest versions are capable of capturing customer data and feedback which business owners can utilize to learn more about the behavior and demographics of their clients.
About the author:
Teresa Te is a freelance blogger who writes articles on retail business and business technology. She is also a contributor to multi store pos.
