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10 Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs by Manuel Washington
10 Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs
by Manuel Washington
1. Barter
If you have a business you should be bartering goods
and services with other businesses. You should try to
trade for something before you buy it. Barter deals
usually require little or no money.
2. Network
Try networking your business with other businesses.
You could trade leads or mailing lists. This will cut
down on your marketing and advertising costs. You
may also try bartering goods and services with them.
3. Wholesale/Bulk
You'll save money buying your business supplies in
bulk quantities. You could get a membership at a
wholesale warehouse or buy them through a mail
order wholesaler. Buy the supplies you are always
running out of.
4. Free Stuff
You should try visiting the thousands of freebie sites
on the internet before buying your business supplies.
You can find free software, graphics, backgrounds,
online business services etc.
5. Borrow/Rent
Have you ever purchased business equipment you
only needed for a small period of time? You could
have just borrowed the equipment from someone
else or rented the equipment from a "rent-all" store.
6. Online/Offline Auctions
You can find lower prices on business supplies and
equipment at online and offline auctions. I'm not
saying all the time, but before you go pay retail for
these items try bidding on them first.
7. Plan Ahead
Make a list of business supplies or equipment you'll
need in the future. Keep an eye out for stores that
have big sales. Purchase the supplies when they go
on sale before you need them.
8. Used Stuff
If your business equipment and supplies don't need
to be new, buy them used. You can find used items
at yard and garage sales, used stores, used stuff
for sale message boards and newsgroups etc.
9. Negotiate
You should always try negotiate a lower price for
any business equipment or supplies. It doesn't hurt
to try. Pretend you are talking to a salesman at a car
lot.
10. Search
You can always be searching for new suppliers for
your business supplies and equipment. Look for
suppliers with lower prices and better quality. Don't
just be satisfied with a few.
Manuel Washington is a internet marketing
consultant- owner of a website that has
free and not so free internet marketing tools and
resources which enable even the most novice of
webmasters (or webmistresses!) to gain an unfair
advantage over their competitors.Manuels Blastomatic
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Best Marketing Tools:10 Blockbuster Ways To Ignite Your Sales
10 Blockbuster Ways To Ignite Your Sales
by Manuel Washington
1. Sign-up to win web site awards. When you win,
some award sites publish your web site link, name
and description on their site.
2. Join online business associations or clubs. If you
join, they will usually list all their members on their
web site. It will give your business extra exposure.
3. Utilize a simple form of viral marketing. Write or
have someone else write a small report with your
ad included on it and allow others to give it away.
4. Improve your business by promoting customer
feedback. Tell them you want their honest opinions
about your business, good or bad.
5. Design your packaging so it sells your products.
Utilize colors and lettering that make your product
more attractive to your prospects.
6. Compare your product's guarantee to your main
competitors. Find a niche were your can design
your guarantee to be more powerful.
7. Try not to assume your audience understands
everything in your ad copy. If you have words they
may not know the meaning to, define them.
8. Build alliances with other online businesses. You
could trade links or ads, create joint venture deals,
cross promote your products, etc.
9. Design your web site to be a valuable resource
for people. Include original content, links to other
interesting web sites, ebooks, software, etc.
10. Compete with the highly branded businesses by
practicing good customers service, strong product
quality and speedy service.
Manuel Washington is a internet marketing
consultant- owner of a website that has
free and not so free internet marketing tools and
resources which enable even the most novice of
webmasters (or webmistresses!) to gain an unfair
advantage over their competitors.Manuels Blastomatic
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