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Marketing to Your Local Community?

Stephanie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:10:29 +0000

I’m guilty! I’ve been so focused on building my online business for the past 5 years, that I’ve neglected my local community. I didn’t do it on purpose, but rather I got into the mindset that my local community didn’t need me or what I had to offer. Well, I’m here to say that I have seen the light! What about you? Have you been neglecting your local community too? Does your community even know you exist? Is it fair to say there might be a ‘fear’ of telling locals’ about you and your business?

Here’s some suggestions on getting to know your locals’ this year:

Join your Chamber of Commerce
Seek out networking groups (a.k.a meet ups, coffee talks, mom’s group, etc.)
What local mailings does your target market read?
Post a professional poster at your target markets shopping area
Can you place an ad in the local restaurants menu?
Check out that cafe’, everyone stops there for a drink!
Join a fundraiser, such as a walk-a-thon or bowling for kids sake. This will show you care for those in need and provides for that much needed person-to-person social drought that work from home persons feel!

Just because you (me too!) work from home doesn’t mean we should ‘become’ part of our home! Get up, Get out and Reach out to those in your community. It will do you and them good.

Good Luck!

Steph

Without Work? Take Your Dream to Reality

Stephanie — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:25:00 +0000

I recently had a conversation with an individual who received a ‘pink slip’ from the company they had been employed at for more than a decade. I came to know this individual through a mutual friend who knew I worked from home and wanted to know how they could take their skills and past experience and create their own home-based business.

If you are in this same position or know someone who is, perhaps this brief outline will help you get started.

Assess your skills, even if you don’t have a degree you may still have skills that are marketable
Do you have a business idea? Have you thoroughly researched it to see if it is in demand and profitable?
Make sure the domain name is available.
Pick a business name that uses a keyword that your target market is currently using.
Make sure the business name is not registered by someone else, do so by checking your Secretary of State.
Do not use a free hosting account, its not professional. May I suggest MomWebs.com for your hosting and/or ecommerce solution?

Creating and developing an online presence doesn’t happen over night so don’t buy into the “I made millions in 24 hours” junk. Take your time, do your research and enjoy every step along the way. If you live in Tuscarawas County Ohio and would like some direction, please contact me today. I’d love to help you take your business dream and make it a reality!

###Be Blessed###
Stephanie has worked with authors, coaches, musicians, actresses and mom-owned businesses. She has appeared on internet radio shows including CWAHM Podcast Radio.

If you are looking to interview a virtual assistant or are interested in having Stephanie speak at your next professional meeting, please contact me: buckeyeva@gmail.com

Holiday Marketing Starts Now!

Stephanie — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:30:12 +0000

I’ve just sent out 5 highly recommend tips for Holiday marketing, the only people that get to read these tips are my subscribers!

If you’re a business owner who could use more marketing, then I welcome you to sign-up for my mailing list and I will send you my subscribers-only marketing tips!

This year will prove to be a very competitive business market and the sooner you get your business seen by your prospective customers, the better your chances of getting increased sales. There are so many low-cost and no-cost marketing tactics available to you, you just have to make sure they are done correctly and in a timely manner. This is why you need to know who your target market is, where they are blogging, what they are buying and what they are reading!

God Bless!

Stephanie Fish, owner of Buckeye V.A.

Virtual Assistance for business owners in need of marketing and research!

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