Advertising Help.................

[Lustology]

I wanted to start my own little business, what are the best advertising methods or techniques in terms of price and public response to ads???????

Coloured flyer's to houses i have ruled out because the cost is too much and people just trash it without reading it.

Any help will be much appreciated.

 

[Diode]

Wow. A loaded question.
What type of product service are you selling?
Every industry is different. Some, web based, but some require true relationship selling.
Can you give more details?

 

[Lustology]

Wow. A loaded question.
What type of product service are you selling?
Every industry is different. Some, web based, but some require true relationship selling.
Can you give more details?

Well to be honest i'm not even sure yet, nothing big of course because i'm still very young and don't have the capital to invest yet.

Say for example those knock off sunglasses, those cheap one's people sell for like $15, $20 bucks. It's summer time and i think there's a serious demand for them.

Maybe a stall in a mall, i'm not even sure yet but how would you advertise something of that nature???????

It's good money a friend was telling me, i was thinking of even going into the flee market.

 

[elmo]

A stall in a mall will cost you 8-10K per month depending on the mall. You won't need to advertise as the mall traffic will buy from you. Those glasses cost 1-2 bucks each so the potential for large profit is there, but you have to purchase a whack of glasses up front and pay for the stall...do you have the cash for that?

 

[Lustology]

A stall in a mall will cost you 8-10K per month depending on the mall. You won't need to advertise as the mall traffic will buy from you. Those glasses cost 1-2 bucks each so the potential for large profit is there, but you have to purchase a whack of glasses up front and pay for the stall...do you have the cash for that?

I'm ready to invest $5000 which i think should do the job. Hopefully i stay within that number and your right the profit marjin is huge which is really boosting me into this idea.

 

[papasmerf]

I wanted to start my own little business, what are the best advertising methods or techniques in terms of price and public response to ads???????

Coloured flyer's to houses i have ruled out because the cost is too much and people just trash it without reading it.

Any help will be much appreciated.

getting arrested for runing your business

 

[Diode]

Well to be honest i'm not even sure yet, nothing big of course because i'm still very young and don't have the capital to invest yet.

Say for example those knock off sunglasses, those cheap one's people sell for like $15, $20 bucks. It's summer time and i think there's a serious demand for them.

Maybe a stall in a mall, i'm not even sure yet but how would you advertise something of that nature???????

It's good money a friend was telling me, i was thinking of even going into the flee market.

I'm thinking that these are impulse items. What you need is traffic, not advertising!

 

[3Tees]

I'm thinking that these are impulse items. What you need is traffic, not advertising!

Agreed completely. If you're going into a mall or flea market, try to locate near the anchor stores or bigger tenants - more traffic that way.

The only other possible thing I could see in terms of advertising is a website where you sell stuff online. An eBay store would probably fit the bill, and could be used to move merchandise that you can't sell.

Good luck.

 

[goalie000]

When I first started my business I sent out Letters of Introduction to businesses that I thought could use my services. Ads and flyers didn't seem to generate any business for me at all. After I got going, word of mouth was my biggest way to get clients.

 

[Brookstone]

Well to be honest i'm not even sure yet, nothing big of course because i'm still very young and don't have the capital to invest yet.

Say for example those knock off sunglasses, those cheap one's people sell for like $15, $20 bucks. It's summer time and i think there's a serious demand for them.

Maybe a stall in a mall, i'm not even sure yet but how would you advertise something of that nature???????

It's good money a friend was telling me, i was thinking of even going into the flee market.

If sunglasses is actually what you biz idea is, then you should know that there already are those little vendors inside the malls selling for $15-20 a pair. I've bought couple from there past few years, cant complain at all, thats where i'd go if i needed sunglasses. I dont think those are brand name knockoffs though, maybe just some really cheap brand. dont remember.