09 Mar 2008 03:50:23 | Maria Marsala
There are at least a "zillion" ways you can market yourself and
your business. Marketing intelligently means finding what you're
passionate about and then using your passion to market. If you
are passionate about writing, below are some ways to promote
your business.
Publish an ezine using your original content. You have 7 choices
on how do develop your newsletter.
www.coachmaria.com/articles/ezinechoices.html
Each quarter, take the best of your articles and place them in
your in-print newsletter to use as part of your marketing
materials. Send a copy to your friends, colleagues, family and
potential clients.
Place articles on your website. Include a line on each page that
allows your article to be used by others, with permission. Then
include a link to your email address.
Submit articles to Article Banks on the Web. Find links to
article banks at www.coachmaria.com/articlebanks.html This way
your articles have the chance of getting picked up by other
ezines, helping you to reach a broader audience.
Create an elist especially for other ezine authors who look for
original articles by other writers.
Promote your article through the signature line of your email.
Make it easy for people to request your article by placing it in
an auto-responder. Some auto-responders sites are:
www.ez-responder.com, www.webmailstation.com, www.fastfacts.net,
http://www.sendfree.com
Send articles to your local newspaper (make sure you include
your own copyright information and bio*
Mail, through the Post Office, new articles to your former
clients, current clients and potential clients. Include a hand
written note and your business card.
Pass your new articles out at networking meetings. People seem
to take this type of newsletter more quickly than a brochure
(just my personal observation).
Subscribe to some elists that are set up for authors to
publicize their work. Make sure that you change your
subscription to digest mode! I subscribe to a few on
yahoogroups.com and topica.com Conduct a search using the words
promote articles, advertise articles, or submit articles. There
are new lists popping up all the time.
About Author :
Maria Marsala is an internationally known Business & Life
Coach-Consultant. She has blended her career as a Wall Street
trader and manager, community activist, and experience as a
consultant with training from Coach U to create Maria's Place
for Holistic Evolution. Subscribe to "Helping You and Your
Business Grow", a free weekly ezine at www.coachmaria.com