{"id":2481,"date":"2012-10-08T12:05:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T18:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.periniassociates.com\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2012-10-08T12:05:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T18:05:44","slug":"cost-ways-promote-business-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/08\/cost-ways-promote-business-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Cost Ways to Promote Your Business, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Michael B. Perini, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iabc.com\">ABC<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/library\/\">perini &amp; associates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I often get asked:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is the best way to promote my business when money is tight?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How can I get the word out about my business in the most affordable way?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, promoting a small business is a constant challenge.\u00a0 Here are some ideas great for both a new business or for a business that has been around for years without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Get your website up now!<\/strong> \u00a0If you can&#8217;t afford to have someone custom design the site, put your site up using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\">Template Monster<\/a> or TemplateRover. \u00a0Both provide templates and tools that make it easy to create a basic website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Set up a free listing for your business in search engine local directories.<\/strong> You can do this at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/places\/\">Google Places,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/local.yahoo.com\">Yahoo<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\">Yelp<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/coloradosprings.citysearch.com\/guide\/colorado-springs-co\">city search<\/a>, for example.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0Ask for leads.<\/strong> \u00a0Contact the local chamber of commerce, nonprofit organizations, schools and even other businesses who may need your products and\/or services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Michael B. Perini, ABC perini &amp; associates I often get asked: &#8220;What is the best way to promote my business when money is tight?&#8221; &#8220;How can I get the word out about my business in the most affordable way?&#8221; No doubt, promoting a small business is a constant challenge.\u00a0 Here are some ideas great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,46],"tags":[168,10,37,375,376,102,374,377,333,147],"class_list":["post-2481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-and-counsel","category-business-development-2","tag-advertising","tag-httpblog-periniassociates-advice-and-counsel","tag-branding","tag-free-listing","tag-leads","tag-perini","tag-periniassociates","tag-promote-your-business","tag-small-business","tag-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}