How do you advertise?

Figure this might help some of the newbies out.



So, for anyone currently doing it now, tell us how you advertise, and if on sites like craigslist.org do you use image ads, text ads, or what?



For me, other than referrals, repeat business, I get most of it from advertising on craigslist.org using image ads I created using publisher, and hosting them on photobucket.com

I upload the ads, copy the html link...paste it into craigslist.org. Then I edit the first url section so when someone clicks on the ad, they get redirect to my site.

Now if you don't have a website, you can still do everything I just mentioned, but yours just wont redirect to a website.

Website and FaceBook.

craigslist, word of month, cards, flyer, door to door sales, B2B sales, cold calling, new paper ads, videos/youtube, website, posts (here and other places), truck and trailer moving ads.

Going to try a radio ad soon =)

Originally Posted by easyrecycle

craigslist, word of month, cards, flyer, door to door sales, B2B sales, cold calling, new paper ads, videos/youtube, website, posts (here and other places), truck and trailer moving ads.

Going to try a radio ad soon =)

word of mouth, business cards, website, flyers are definitely some of the biggest. That and ads on vehicles/trailers.

I want to do a youtube video ad myself, but trying to find software that will work really great with it.

I am also getting ready to place ads on my truck and trailer. One big one on the back of my truck window (its all one piece), then my website name on the front window, then two car magnets on both sides, 2 on both back quarter panels, and then 2 on the tailgate.

Then two on both sides of my trailer, and one on the tailgate of the trailer.

Out of all the stuff you do, which do you feel is the most effective?

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

............Out of all the stuff you do, which do you feel is the most effective?

That is hard to say. Some of my ad programs just fail one week but another week it gets most of the calls/e-mails.

craigslist = Is a huge way to bring in more calls/e-mails. Having a ad here is very simple to start and keep going.

Door to door sales = Great way to bring in a lot of money at one time in one area. When doing something like this you have to watch the bottom line very closely. Bet times to do something like this is during a "bad" time when people will be hard up for money..they tend you hear you out better.

B2B = Great way to get scrap from companies, Cold calling here help cut down on the cost of walking into each company. No mater how you got ahold of that company they will take alot of upfront time to set the deal so you need to be careful not to have meetings set back to back as you will or could be "stuck" at once place trying to close the deal. But if you can close it and "own" it its will worth the time you put into it. Need to know when to "cut an run" from a company tho or it can end up costing alot of time on a deal that will never happen.

Ending note, Each have there place and you have to have a good program setup to take care of the income of calls, e-mails, an the SCRAP...smaller your space..better you have to run the whole deal.

I use the radio and it works very well. Just target AM radio and you will be ok.

I have a picture of myself on the side of milk cartons.

Originally Posted by KZBell

I have a picture of myself on the side of milk cartons.

You kinda old to be a lost little boy....

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Start with an AM radio ad they are alot cheaper and believe it or not get descent responce.

Originally Posted by High Voltage Processing

I use the radio and it works very well. Just target AM radio and you will be ok.

How much do the radio ads normally costs you guys?

Originally Posted by TheFatMan

Sure, until the DOT busts you from town to town travel. You advertise on your vehicle, you have to register it.

Mine explaining what it is exactly I have to register?

I think when it's a commercial vehicle traveling from state to state then it needs a DOT #. They put one on my dually when I leased on to haul campers.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registratio...escription.htm
Here you go George, but you don't even want to start with the dot inspections if you don't do it now. The fed inspections are a whole new racket all their own, very subject to the honesty of the inspection garage. (SCAM)

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

I think when it's a commercial vehicle traveling from state to state then it needs a DOT #. They put one on my dually when I leased on to haul campers.

I will check into this, just to be safe, and ask some of the guys at my yard that uses advertising on their trucks.

However, you mention traveling from state to state. I just do it in Virginia myself.