I was at an event today and I did not have one business card with me. I had the opportunity to give away a few, but I couldn’t take advantage of it. One of the keys to promoting your home business is to always have promotional material on hand. Here are ten ways that you can promote your home business:

1. Have business cards made up and carry them with you - EVERYWHERE! Drop them in the restaurant giveaways. Hand them to people when they ask what your do, or how to spell your name. Post them on bulletin boards. Include them with any products that you ship. Who knows? One of your customers might pass them on.
2. Always have catalogs, brochures or flyers in your car and in your purse. If your catalogs are large, print up a one page flyer with a few products highlighted that includes all of your information. Be prepared when someone asks you what you do.
3. Keep track of who you give catalogs or cards to. Ask for their email address, it is less intrusive than a phone number sometimes. Ask if you can email them specials and discount codes.
4. Keep samples on hand in your car or wear what you make. I love handcrafted jewelry and I always ask about it if I see a piece that I like.
5. Talk about it! Be willing to talk about your products. Make a goal to talk to one person a day. Then make a new goal to talk to two people a day, etc.
6. Make sure that your name, address, telephone number, url and email address are on all of your catalogs, brochures, flyers and business cards. In more than one place if possible.
7. Coupons, coupons, coupons. If you can, try and include a coupon or a code on your business card or flyer. This may help customers decide to go with your product versus a similar product. Make the coupons codes unique and valid only one time.
8. Schools and other organizations are always looking for fundraisers, could your product fit? Contact the PTO or head of the organization.
9. Contact popular bloggers and ask them to giveaway one of your products on their site. Make sure the blogger asks the readers to visit your website in order to enter the giveaway.
10. Contact local small stores and boutiques. They may be interested in selling your product if it is unique and valuable to their clientele.

Remember, your business is your baby! Be a proud parent!

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