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When it comes to promoting a home business online, there are many ways you can advertise your business for free. I always recommend that you start out with free advertising and as your business grows, venture into some paid advertising.

The following is a list of 10 ways you can advertise your business for free.

1. Create A Business Blog – You can create a business blog on various blogging sites for free.

2. Email Signature Tag – Add your business information to an email by creating a signature tag. Make sure it’s attached to all outgoing email.

3. Email Signature Tag Referral – Ask your friends and family members to add your business signature tag to all of their outgoing emails.

4. Forum Boards – Join a few forum boards related to your business niche. If you sell items that women want to buy, join a few mom or women topic forum boards. If you sell weight loss products, join a few boards that are specifically for dieters.

5. Link Exchange – Contact website owners who are in the same niche as you. Ask them to exchange website links with you.

6. Online Talk Radio and Podcasts – If you consider yourself to be an expert or leader in your field of business, volunteer to be a guest speaker on one of their upcoming programs.

7. Article Marketing – Write a few niche related articles and submit them to article databases. Website owners and ezine publishers are always looking for new content. Create professional looking Author’s Resource Box with your business information in it.

8. Banner and Button Exchange – Find a few niche related websites and exchange your button or banner with that site.

9. Social Networking – Join a few of the free online social networking sites such as myspace, face book, linkedin, yahoo groups, ryze and twitter.

10. Barter For Advertising – If you have extra product inventory or you can provide a service that another website owner can use, contact them and offer to barter with them in exchange for some advertising on their website or blog.

NOTE: This article is Exclusive to Work At Home Business Options and can not be reproduced without our permission.

Copyright © 2009 Work At Home Business Options and Shelly Hill

Using your automobile to advertise your business is not a new concept, however these days there are new products out on the market that you might not have considered. Instead of just driving around in your car to do your daily errands, why not put it to work for you?

Here are a few ideas of some items you can purchase and get custom imprinted with your business information or business logo.

1. Custom Designed Licensed Plate
2. License Plate Frames (these go around the license plate and can have your company name or logo)
3. Static Window Clings
4. Bumper Stickers
5. Car Door Magnets
6. Antenna Business Logo Flags
7. Removable Banners
8. Flyer Holder (plastic holder that attaches to the car to hold flyers)
9. Brochure Holder (plastic holder that attaches to the car to hold your company brochures)
10. Magnetic Business Card Holder
11. Automobile Sun Shades (cardboard dash protectors imprinted with business information)

If you purchase any of the above type of products, make sure you save your purchase receipt. Check with your accountant or tax preparer to see if you can write off these type of purchases as a business expense.

The next time you go out to do your daily errands, take a look around and see how many vehicles that you see that have some type of business logo or business information on them.

You can go to any of the online major search engines and do some keyword searches for the products listed above. You will find hundreds of online websites that do custom printed work for a reasonable price.

Putting your vehicle to work for you can be an beneficial way of advertising your home business.

NOTE: This article is Exclusive to Work At Home Business Options and can not be reproduced without our permission.

Copyright © 2009 Work At Home Business Options and Shelly Hill

Many Direct Sales Companies now offer some type of fundraising program that consultants can market along with their home party business.

Your first step to marketing the fundraising program is to sit down and make a list of groups that you can contact. One way of doing this is by printing out this checklist, and opening up your telephone book to gather the names and addresses. Once you have compiled your list, you will have to decide if you want to postal mail them a packet of information, hand deliver the packet of information or give them a call by telephone.

The following is a checklist of groups that might be interested in your fundraising program.

1. Cub Scouts
2. Girl Scouts
3. 4-H Clubs
4. Gymnastic Centers
5. Youth Ballet Dance Centers
6. Little League Baseball Teams
7. Peewee, Pony and Midgets Football Teams
8. Independent Cheerleading Centers and Clubs
9. Athletic Associations
10. Childcare Centers
11. In-Home Daycare Providers
12. Medical Organizations. example: Red Cross, United Way, Cystic Fibrosis Association
13. Oncology Doctor Offices
14. Art Associations
15. Craft Associations
16. High School Athletics Department
17. High School Senior Class Trip Advisors
18. High School Choir Advisor
19. Good Will and Salvation Army
20. Fire Houses
21. Ambulance Associations
22. Police Associations
23. Humane Society
24. Pet Rescue Organizations
25. Foster Care Associations
26. Churches and Places of Worship Groups
27. Other High School Clubs such as: Drama Club, Key Club, French and Spanish Club
28. Food Bank or Food Pantry Organization
29. Women Services Groups
30. Your Local Office of Aging
31. American Legion Clubs
32. Lions Club
33. Hospitals who do fundraising to raise money.
34. Long Term Care Facilities for the Elderly
35. Theaters and Comedy Clubs
36. Historic Societies
37. Tourist Attractions
38. Parks and Recreation Department
39. Local or Township Community Centers
40. Offer to throw a fundraiser for a local family who needs help in your community.

There are a lot of places to contact about the type of fundraising opportunities that you offer, this is just a partial list to give you a few ideas.

Copyright © 2009 Work At Home Business Options and Shelly Hill

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