Starting  a business can be stressful, but promoting it is even bigger issue, sure it needs a lot of hard work but there is no use of that work if its not smart enough, and the answer of most of the promotion is the accessible power of the internet, so here are some smart cost effective ways through which you can promote your business.

Inexpensive Ways to Promote Your Business 

SOCIAL MEDIA

There is no  other  way possible, which is more cost effective or/and have this level of success rate , than social media. There are millions of platforms present to help the promotion , by creating content that attracts the audience , and keeps them interested and wanting for more is a surefire way of promotion . Its one of the best branding strategies, for example by creating Facebook instant Articles , you can have interactive articles about your business. There are powerful and creative tools inbuilt which will help the publishers. And another great asset of this is it distributes 10 times faster than mobile articles.

BLOGS

23% of total internet usuage time is actually devoted by people just for reading and viewing blogs . There are various websites where you can make your personal blogs. Blogs are always unpredictably fun to read, millions of people prefer reading online rather than reading a book. Blogs may help in the business to grow, it not only promotes it  for potential clients but also promtes the business in front of other businesses which brings me to my next point .

Joint ventures

It is an business arrangement, in which 2 or more parties agree to pool their resources so that they can accomplish their specific goal or task. If your business is small or new and not recognised by many yet , than its useful to join hands with other business in a joint venture where both of the parties help each other, by joined resources you will have more opportunities to grow and promote and your business could be beneficial to them in lots of other ways.

Reviews

A statics shows that 84% of people trust in reviews, which obviously means good reviews, can help you achieve what you and your business are trying to achieve. But the question is how will you get reviews from trusted audience? Its simple, by easily creating a GOOGLE MY BUSINESS account , through that your local business will be listed on google maps and search , which means  advertising at no cost, and its also beneficial for your SEO  so that your business can be found discovered by people.

Free and Discounted products

What’s more attractive than the line “Free of cost” or “20% discount”, “40% discount” ? Nothing , nothing forces your eyes more than   checking out the product and business that these lines are associated with. Offering discounts can make you feel like you’re losing something but it actually gains a lot of attention, a person who doesn’t even necessarily needs these products will get attracted to your business and will at least think twice before rejecting the idea.

A  successful business is a business which is well known and well heard, this recognition can be gained by these cost effective ways, by these smart tips rather than spending a fortune. A business will only remain a business if it continues to grow, and growing means a lot of promotion .