Where do you advertise?

[babycakesbeauty]

yourself/website etc to gain new clients?

Thanks

 

[kezza*]

Hi
I only set up in September and I have done a number of different things. I paid over £300 for an ad in yellow pages and So far I have had Noone and it came on in November in our area so won't be doing that next year will just stick with the free ad they done. I did a free business focus in local paper and picked up a few people, local post offices and hairdresses. I advertise in the local magazine that goes to every house in our area and I thats been my best advertisement. I did a leaflet drop and that was hit and miss. I pop business cards whereever I can put them.
The other thing I have found is never pay the asking price, set a price in mind and stick to it.

 

[Zo Zo]

You can put a free line on yell.com pretty much instantly I think. If you want a hyperlink to your website then you have to pay. I agree with Kezza about Yellow Pages (book) though... I think it's a bit out of date as most people look on the net instead.

 

[babycakesbeauty]

Thanks for your quick replies, I have done some of the free ones.
Yell.com
Facebook
Netmums
Gumtree
I need to get more word of mouth which I guess will grow with time

 

[Zo Zo]

How about loyalty cards to encourage clients to return? And some sort of recommend a friend incentive scheme.

 

[Miss Pink23]

I do all my advertising on the net, not necessarily out of choice its just happned that way. I get enough business from there so no need to advertise elsewhere.
Look for all the free advertising sites as you have listed already-but there are loads more.
Good luck.
Oh and word-of-mouth is a big one-impress one person and they will recommend you to all their family and friends.

 

[Lynne Baker]

Business networking brings me the bulk of my business. Of my takings today £210 of it came from it, so it's well worthwhile.
I mainly do ladies networking like Athena, Ladies Who Latte, Coffee and Connect because most of what I offer is for women.
I can't praise it highly enough!

 

[jo1983]

Thanks for your quick replies, I have done some of the free ones.
Yell.com
Facebook
Netmums
Gumtree
I need to get more word of mouth which I guess will grow with time

thanks for the idea, just registered on netmums, didnt know the exsisted!
use all the others and i find that they really work!

 

[FindBeautySalon]

Why not use the most powerfull search and use google adwords program to target the keywords you want and drive traffic and sales that way.

 

[Sarah-Jean]

Everywhere!

I'm on all the free local directories, google adwords will be put in place shortly, facebook, twitter,local websites, leafleting, networking.... There's no end to what I'll do! LOL

Unfortunately I find it takes an amazing amount of time to keep up with it all, but it seems to be working. I haven't even opened yet (my salon officially opens on the 2nd November) and I'm already taking bookings and my phone is already ringing 10+ times a day....

 

[SJK]

Lynne Baker (see a couple of posts above) is obviously too modest to mention a terrific thread she started. It's all about networking and promoting your business. It has loads of ideas and is well worth a look.

 

[laurajd28]

Hi,

I only started working mobile at the beginning of September and advertise on Yell.com, Gumtree, Mums Net, Party Pop, Viva Street, Hotfrog, Thomson Local and Free Index. I've also got a website and a Facebook Page.
Facebook is probably my most successful form of advertising at the moment.

Yesterday morning I had 120 'fans' on my Facebook page, and now I have 186!!!! I put a competition for a free Spray Tan on at 7am yesterday and I'm amazed at the response. I've even had 2 bookings for acrylic nails for next week which I'm really chuffed about!!

When I first set up my Facebook business page, they gave me £30 worth of credit to be used for Facebook adverts, which is another good way of promoting yourself!

HTH

Laura xx