{"id":10449,"date":"2022-02-04T01:01:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T06:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/?p=10449"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:05:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T16:05:21","slug":"alternative-ways-to-promote-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/alternative-ways-to-promote-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Ways to Promote Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launching a business nowadays is simply half the battle. Even running the business isn\u2019t half the battle. All the paperwork and permits are nothing when compared to the task of getting eyes on your business.<\/p>\n

The problem is that you probably, hopefully, got into the industry you\u2019re in because you are passionate and are good at it \u2013 and chances are, though not improbable, that industry isn\u2019t marketing.<\/p>\n

This means you\u2019ll need a guide to getting through your marketing. If you\u2019ve got the social media accounts filled with content, your website is up and running and you\u2019re now looking for new ideas, take a look at our guide for extra ideas to promote your business.<\/p>\n

\"\"Start a Podcast<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Podcasts have really taken off over the past few years. Where once we said \u201cradio is for music and nothing else\u201d now we\u2019re asking what your colleagues were listening to over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Everyone with every niche interest can find something to love amongst podcasts, and if they haven\u2019t, they\u2019ve made one<\/a>. Over 68 million people in the US alone had listened to a podcast in the week the study took place by The Infinite Dial who were measuring over 2020. Over 55% of Americans listened to at least one podcast throughout the year, and that is a massive 16% jump from the year before.<\/p>\n

That number is only going to go up as we get into 2022, as it already went up in 2021. In 2022, a lot of businesses are offering an in-depth insight to their industry by hosting their own podcasts. You can offer advice and talking points around your business and have people interested in your business.<\/p>\n

Plus, podcasts allow for brand deals. Usually, the Listeners are doing everything while their favourite podcast plays, with their hands dunked in dishwater or bathwater or busy with some other activity to skip past the adverts that play in between points about the business.<\/p>\n

Host an Industry Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Industry events are a great way to gain eyes on you. You can go to a conference or expo and network with industry peers, gain new insights from speeches and workshops and promote your business to everyone you talk to.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s even more beneficial is if you were to host an industry event. Get a venue, plan some activities and invite everyone in your network to an event where you are the keynote speaker. You will gain all the benefits of an industry event with the added benefit of everyone knowing that you were the one who put on the show.<\/p>\n

And a show it will be. If you go with a United Kingdom based service like RX Global<\/a> for example, to help you organize things, you can put together a spectacular event full of speeches, activities, and workshops to keep all visitors engaged. Use the latest technology to stream the event to peers who couldn\u2019t be there and create a conference full of diverse activities for a diverse audience.<\/p>\n

Ambitious businesses can grow their clientele and ambitious individuals can grow their career.<\/p>\n

Customer Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If your business deals with customers, and you\u2019ve done all you can online, you might want to consider hosting an event to attract customers. There are lots of options for you to pursue.<\/p>\n

It all depends on what industry you\u2019re in, of course, but most customers are looking for a few key things in the customer events<\/a> which they hold. They want to learn something, feel special or have an experience they can keep forever.<\/p>\n

If you have a premise to work out of this can mean setting up an event with activities. Restaurants can host cooking classes, bars can host trivia nights or ladies\u2019 nights, etc. Inspire teamwork amongst strangers with activities like crafts or inspire brand loyalty with charity events. Share insights into your industry that no one else knows, like how to mix the perfect cocktail and have your potential customers leave with reason to come back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Launching a business nowadays is simply half the battle. Even running the business isn\u2019t half the battle. All the paperwork and permits are nothing when compared to the task of getting eyes on your business. The problem is that you probably, hopefully, got into the industry you\u2019re in because you are passionate and are good… Alternative Ways to Promote Your Business<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":10454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10455,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10449\/revisions\/10455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}