The Ilfusion team of creative geniuses got together and came up with a master list of ways YOU can promote your business. ALL great ideas, some funny, some obvious, some incredibly awesome (#82), we hope you can gain inspiration and have a good time with our list. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
1. Have an up-to-date website.<\/p>\n
2. Submit your site to Google, Yahoo and Bing.<\/p>\n
3. Register your business on Google and Bing locals.<\/p>\n
4. Create a Facebook “Like” page and be active on it.<\/p>\n
5. Create a Twitter account and be active on it.<\/p>\n
6. Create a LinkedIn group and be active on it.<\/p>\n
7. Rent a billboard.<\/p>\n
8. Hand out fliers at the mall.<\/p>\n
9. Guy in a gorilla suit waving at traffic in front of your business.<\/p>\n
10. Banner on the back of an airplane.<\/p>\n
11. Wear a shirt with your company’s URL on it.<\/p>\n
12. Buy PPC advertisement on Google, Facebook and LinkedIn.<\/p>\n
13. Word of mouth (it’s more powerful than you think!)<\/p>\n
14. Attend as many networking events as possible.<\/p>\n
15. Put ad in magazine.<\/p>\n
16. Put ad in newspaper.<\/p>\n
17. Airbrush your business’ logo on your car (or get one of those nifty magnets!)<\/p>\n
18. Leave strategically placed business cards wherever you go.<\/p>\n
19. Two words: Cork Boards.<\/p>\n
20. Have people take creative photos of objects with your company name or logo on them.<\/p>\n
21. Have a company video on a video-sharing website, such as YouTube or Vimeo.<\/p>\n
22. Television commercial.<\/p>\n
23. Radio commercial.<\/p>\n
24. Superbowl commercial (if you can spare a few million $ of course).<\/p>\n
25. Subliminal advertising in movies.<\/p>\n
26. Customized merchandise (pens, mugs, stress balls, bumper stickers, etc…)<\/p>\n
27. Sponsor events\/local sports teams.<\/p>\n
28. Direct mail.<\/p>\n
29. Start an active blog.<\/p>\n
30. Create a catchy jingle tune.<\/p>\n
31. Have your business host a social event.<\/p>\n
32. Strive to achieve omnipresence on the Internet (search results, networking sites, Q\/A sites, etc…)<\/p>\n
33. Send out press releases.<\/p>\n
34. The power of 6.<\/p>\n
35. Utilize your vendors, existing clients and friends for referrals.<\/p>\n
36. Create a promotional campaign with give-aways.<\/p>\n
37. Hold a contest with a theme that relates to your business.<\/p>\n
38. Get involved with local charities.<\/p>\n
39. Coupons!<\/p>\n
40. Register listing on yellowpages.com.<\/p>\n
41. Be active in your community.<\/p>\n
42. Get on a TV or radio talk show.<\/p>\n
43. Hold lectures about topics of interest to your business.<\/p>\n
44. Start an affiliate program.<\/p>\n
45. Create a targeted sales brochure.<\/p>\n
46. Contact local companies that might be able to refer their business to yours.<\/p>\n
47. Create and send newsletters.<\/p>\n
48. Integrate social media buttons and “Share This” button on website.<\/p>\n
49. Find an agent to promote you.<\/p>\n
50. Pull a publicity stunt.<\/p>\n
51. Comment on others’ blogs.<\/p>\n
52. Draw attention to testimonials and positive feedback on sites, such as Yelp.com and AngiesList.com, etc…<\/p>\n
53. Offer an exchange of service.<\/p>\n
54. Offer free advice\/information in your field.<\/p>\n
55. Utilize your resources.<\/p>\n
56. Participate in trade shows.<\/p>\n
57. Hold a free car wash.<\/p>\n
58. Hire cheerleaders.<\/p>\n
59. Send birthday\/holiday cards to existing and potential clients.<\/p>\n
60. Create web banners and place them on relevant sites.<\/p>\n
61. Name your first-born child after your business.<\/p>\n
62. Shave your head and tattoo your logo on it.<\/p>\n
63. Set up a stand on the street with your business’ sign and free samples of product and\/or demonstration.<\/p>\n
64. Buy the world a Coke.<\/p>\n
65. Have a spotlight logo and shine it in the night (like Batman).<\/p>\n
66. Have a neon sign.<\/p>\n
67. Hand out free stickers and refrigerator magnets on the street.<\/p>\n
68. Set up a free lemonade stand downtown and use cups with your business’ logo.<\/p>\n
69. Company t-shirts in a t-shirt launcher at sporting events.<\/p>\n
70. Advertise on a blimp.<\/p>\n
71. Fly a kite with your company’s logo on it in a busy area.<\/p>\n
72. Get a popular company to mention your business.<\/p>\n
73. Celebrity promotions.<\/p>\n
74. Cold Calling.<\/p>\n
75. Product placement in a movie\/TV show.<\/p>\n
76. Have a mobile application.<\/p>\n
77. Interactive advertising.<\/p>\n
78. Discover a comet and name it after your company.<\/p>\n
79. Have company event photos posted on a photo-sharing websites such as flickr.<\/p>\n
80. Patent an invention for your business\/company.<\/p>\n
81. Travel in a hot-air balloon with your company’s sign on it.<\/p>\n
82. Hire a scuba-diver to swim in the fish tank of a fancy restaurant and hold up your company’s URL.<\/p>\n
83. Discover a new species and name it after your company.<\/p>\n
84. Hire a flash mob.<\/p>\n
85. Advertise in a movie theater (while waiting for feature presentation).<\/p>\n
86. Sponsor a Nascar driver.<\/p>\n
87. Have your company featured in a music video.<\/p>\n
88. Customize mail stamps with your company’s logo.<\/p>\n
89. Put up fliers in apartment complex mailbox areas.<\/p>\n
90. Start a reality TV show about your company.<\/p>\n
91. Advertise in video and computer games.<\/p>\n
92. Make sure all of your employees have business cards to hand out (never know when you’ll need them!)<\/p>\n
93. Door-to-door sales.<\/p>\n
94. Put your logo on candy and give them out.<\/p>\n
95. Start a webshow for your company.<\/p>\n
96. Set up a rewards point system for your employees\/customers.<\/p>\n
97. Get permission to put fliers\/business cards in “Welcome” packages for communities and groups.<\/p>\n
98. Set up a booth at local area job fairs and festivals.<\/p>\n
99. Print business info on matchbooks and hand them out at candle stores, smoke shops, bars, etc…<\/p>\n
100. Add the links to your website and social networking sites to your voicemail message.<\/p>\n