The WAHM Shack Blog

by Danni Vickers
As a work at home mom myself, I know when I started my business the funding for advertising was not available. I began to look for ways I could promote my business online and offline without spending any money or ways I could market my business cheaply.

After I used many free and cheap marketing ideas, I was able to build my business enough that I could afford to spend money on advertising! Here are the best ways I have found to market your business that actual work.

1: Join Forums- Forums offer a great opportunity to market your business. Now, joining forums just to promote yourself will only get you banned, so you must advertise your business tactfully. When you join a forum, introduce yourself and participate in discussions. Make sure you set up your signature to display with all of your posts. You do not have to sit and post all day, but posting to a few threads will get that signature on several different areas of the forum! Not only will the forum members be interested and check our your website, search engines also index forums and that offers extra exposure!

2: Moderate a chat room or group- Offering to help moderate a chat room or online chat group is another way I have found to work very well! Because you are a moderator, people see you as being an example, which opens a new door to another prospect for your business!

3: Get a website- If you want to run your business online, a website is vital! Once you have a website, you can submit it to search engines for free. If your company does not offer websites, I would highly recommend having a professional build you one. If you are going to market online, you might as well do it right…with a professional looking website.

4: Email signatures- These are very powerful! Set up a signature and attach it to every email you send! Include your name, business name, and website url, even if you email a website about an order or email someone just to ask a question! That puts your website and information in front of another new prospect.

5: Write articles- Take some time and write some articles on a topic that is of interest to you. Many websites use articles for content for their visitors to read and several webmasters use articles in ezines. When you write an article, you can add an author bio, which can include any info you want to add. This area can have your name, business description, website link, and contact info. Just think–if you write 5 articles, 10 websites display the amount of exposure you will have for your business!

Danni is a proud work at home mom of 3 that enjoys teaching other work at home moms how to run successful home based businesses! Let Danni teach you how you can make a great income at home! Visit http://www.homebaseddream.com for more info on a business that offers a great income opportunity for moms!

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