Ad Out

At last... i have put myself out there...
i have advertise my company (I came up with a business name called Outsource Now within 10 seconds!)

i have listed in
www.hotfrog.com.au
www.free-press-release.com
www.truelocal.com.au
www.brownbook.net

well.. we will see how it goes in next few weeks.

Time to increase exposure.

Cheers

Methods to promote your online business for free

Some idea to promote online business for free

1. set up a free website, with Weebly or Wix (gonna check on this one)

2. include your business on Google via a free Google business listing (really? Google do a free listing?, i have to check this one out!)

3. Order free business card from VistaPrint (I do know this one, it is not free free, but you need to pay a minimum fee for delivery)

4.  Get a free word-of-mouth referral from satisfied customers

5. Get listed in free directories related to your target market and the products or services you offer

6. Create a free Newsletter (education purposes) and sent it periodically to your leads

7. Create an email signature with your contact and business info for free (e.g. mylivesignature.com)

8. Create a free Business facebook fan page

9. Ask your past clients for referrals

10. Create a free meetup group on www.meetup.com

11. Make an ebook for free and give it away to prospects at no cost

12. Comment on blogs with constructive feedback and get free exposure

13. Invest some time and answer people’s questions or concerns on forums to get free exposure

14. Offer free consultation sessions or product review

15. Submit guest blog posts to other popular blog and get free traffic from their sites

16. Sign up for free online banner exchange

17. Host a giveaway for a sample of or a gift certificate for your product or service for free

18. Cross-promote and partner up with other businesses to promote your business while you promote theirs

19. Generate free generic traffic through SEO (search engine optimisation)

20. Develop an app for free and include branding within it

21. Post free classifieds informing people of your products and services

22. Write article related to your products or services and publish them on Ezine (?) sites to reach an audience interested in your products and services for free

23. Write and publish a press release about your launch, product or service features for free


And at this moment.. i need to focus on number 1 and number 5.

Andrew Morello - ybr.com.au

You might know him from the winner for the first series of the apprentice Australia.

He shared his tips to become a successful person in life and business….

Always stay close to your family, friends and fools

Look at opportunity with past clients and previous business

Build up your hit list or top 100

Become the expert in your industry

Turn your business, job, career into your lifestyle! You have to be passionate about it

Always win over the gatekeepers

Use different mediums to get and stay in touch

Emails don’t sign contract, people do

Know a lot about a little and a little about a lot

F.O.R.D – Family Occupation Recreation Dreams (Always listen to their Idea)

Go the extra mile

Follow up (Be impeccable with your words, Do NOT over promised and under delivered! Always under promised and over delivered.

Stay humble and be honest

Play to your strengths and work on your weaknesses

Keep living your dream..

I vow to myself. ONE DAY. I will be as successful as Andrew and Alec! Here I come!

Alec Lynch - Designcrowd.com.au

In continuation of the seminar, i have been really lucky to hear one of the most successful entrepreneurs Alec Lynch – the Founder of Designcrowd.com.au

Some of his tips:

1.   If you have an idea, always THINK BIG

2.   If you have an idea, START TODAY.! TODAY!!!!

3.   Speed in innovation is CRUCIAL.

4.   Work Hard

5.   Never stop tasting (in any phase of your company)

6.   Failure is not an option… it comes with the software

7.   When the going gets tough, the tough get going

8.   Screw it, Let’s do it

in summary!! I WILL DO IT NOW!!! NOW IS THE TIME

NOW

Woohoo..

the entourage seminar

Last Saturday went to the entourage seminar and i learnt a valuable lesson.

Share it with you guys below.

The owner of the entourage tips
1. Look for demand in the market! HUNGRY CROWD is your friend... early market penetration and always ask them what they want and HOW do you want us to deliver... and always go for inside out, outside in strategy. it is called 360 branding

in summary ITERATE

2. Leverage your marketing, doing more with less. Save time, cost Productivity. Why? Becase we have less

We need to be credible 
We need to be remarkable
and
We need to be visible

Stop selling, We are in the business of educating customer, Always create solutions to their problem

in summary Looking what is matter

3. Build SYSTEM (documented everything you know!)
then Hire GREAT PEOPLE
then Build CULTURE

That is the steps.. Always SPC -SYTEM PEOPLE then CULTURE

then DILUTE yourself from day today job

Always act without reflectiong.. we do not need to be perfect. 

"WhATever you are doing IS ALWAYS YOUR FIRST DRAFT"

Certainly i wont forget....

Cheers

Grow your business

Read something on the magazine and something that i will find quite useful in the future.

Objectives of the business
Conserve cash
Protect Assets
Reduce costs
Improve efficiences
Grow Customer base

Recommended Best Practive Activities
1. Diligently monitor your cash flow
2. Carefully converst your inventories
3. Re-focus your attention on your existing clients/customers
4. Re-evaluate your staffing requirement
5. Shop for better insurance rates
6. Re-evaluate your advertising
7. Seek the help of outside advisors
8. Review your other expenses

Hopefully in the future.. i will go back to this post and re read and make things better in the worst

Cheers

Emailing

Dear my diary,

One of my to do lists, to find a shop and write an email to them, stating that I would like create a win win business opportunity for both of us.

Once i finished writing my email..

i wrote another action (number 14)

To Contact customer in 5 days time if he or she does not reply on 04xx-xxx-xxx

After a good 10 minutes (while i am procastinating)
I received a phone call, from the number above!

I was like... SHIT... why the hell she/he contacted me so FAST????

and one of my downside is, I HATE TAKING UP PHONE CALL!

and i let it rang.... and guess what? i did not answer the call

HOW DUMB CAN I BE??? I COULD JUST RUINED MY CHANCE TO DO A BUSINESS WITH HIM!!!!!

WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING???

I FEEL SO DUMB NOW!!

i need to change the way i act from now on! Just answer that silly phone first!!!!

How stupid can i be??


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