Marketing Techniques… What Works & What Doesn’t for the PC Repair Business

When I wanted to start my own PC Repair business, I thought, “How hard could it be? You just hang a shingle, design a website and post it, maybe place a newspaper ad, get a Yellow Pages ad, and hang a few signs around town. I would be SWIMMING in business! In fact, I need to start looking, right now, for help handling all of my new business!” Well, that wasn’t the case. In fact, that was so far from the case that I almost starved to death trying to figure out what went wrong. Continue reading

Marketing Success – How to get over that first hill and start making some real money!

If you’re like a lot of newbie marketers you have heaps of great marketing ideas all the time. Problem is they just seem to fade into nothing without you ever doing a thing about them, Am I right? After a week you have forgotten all about that great new idea or you have that lingering annoying thought in your mind that you have let another great idea turn into nothing.
I mean, who knows if they’re actually great ideas to start with, but the problem is you will never know. Here are a few tips that will help you get over that hill and finally start putting your ideas into action. Continue reading

Marketing With A Custom Postcard

Custom postcards are often used for direct mail campaigns. The advantages are many. Custom postcards are cheaper to make and mail than traditional direct market brochures or letters. Custom postcards get a higher response rate than most other marketing methods. Potential customers are more likely to look at a custom postcard than a letter. In fact, there is no good reason not to try a custom postcard campaig Continue reading

Marketing Tests – Sample Before You Commit

Marketing tests are an important component of your overall marketing strategy. Make sure you check out the effectiveness of any potential marketing campaign by diligently performing marketing tests.Marketing tests are an important component of your overall marketing strategy. When you first start out you will be on shoe string budget. You need to save money everywhere. Marketing tests will help you determine whether you should spend a large part of your budget on a particular sales tactic or not. Continue reading

Marketing Tips – On a Budget

Marketing a business doesn’t have to be expensive if you just remember to network and use all the tools available to you.I don’t know about you, but when I started my business and even today with a son in college and two kids at home who love to shop as much as mom, I don’t have a lot of money to spend on marketing. I need to make sure that every penny I spend is spent wisely, very wisely. So when I market my business, I need to make sure that I’m creative and use all the tools I have available that don’t cost money. Here are some tips that I have found that worked for me. Continue reading