Free classifieds have been generating huge website traffic for years

There are so many options available to startups these days to post their business information through inexpensive means, or even free classifieds. There are websites that allow any citizen, all over the world, to create advertisements for a company or an individual item for sale. These announcements can be community specific, but they can also be published and made available to a much wider audience.

An excellent tool that you can use is social networking sites. Anyone can advertise their business to friends and family, and through the people on their friend lists, the information goes viral for a wide range of people. It is a kind of digital word of mouth advertising that many companies have found to be a tool they use with great success.

Of course, the good old phone book is still available. Any household with a traditional landline phone receives these books, and many of them use them when looking for goods or services. Creating an eye-catching and attractive ad in the phone book can also link people to your company website or other social media contacts, and from there they can receive more information about the company.

There are a variety of websites available where average people can post their own commercials. These video sharing sites have tag lines where anyone doing a web search can link to your salesperson and can see all the information about the business. This creates a feeling of being more personal, as potential clients can see the people they are about to do business with.

Many social media sites allow you to link videos, as do personal websites. This allows anyone viewing the video to automatically enter the company’s website, where more information is available. Many people prefer to spend money with small business owners, and certainly no large corporate executive would speak in a video to promote their business, as these people do not generally connect with the public.

The Internet is the most powerful tool small businesses have to get their name out there. This is a much more affordable alternative to trying to create a television commercial. Not only that, but most people watch cable networks, which is why television is not that useful for advertising in a specific city or community.

Bulk mailings and flyers are still an effective means of advertising in a smaller area. Grocery stores everywhere still have bulletin boards out front where a cleverly designed flyer can attract a lot of attention and increase traffic to your business. You can pay a print shop to do this, but the average home printer will perform just as well and generally costs much less.

With the availability of free classifieds, social media, and video sharing; There are many affordable options for new businesses to get noticed. With a little creativity and a personal computer, anyone can take advantage of technology. This is a powerful and affordable tool that any small business can use.