How Do You Advertise a Home Based Business?

By Ian Pennington

One of the main ways that people make money with home based businesses is by recruiting other people into the same business. So it makes sense than that it is very important to know how to advertise a home based business. This might even be one of the most important things that you can do depending on the business that you are in.

Here are a few ideas that although you have probably heard of before still work and can yield great results:

1. Classified Ads
Not only can you now find great free classified ads to post on but can also find some still very inexpensive local newspaper ads to advertise your opportunity in as well. You can also find free classified ads online that will also give you the option of placing that same ad in that local paper at a good savings.

2. Website Advertisement.
If you have a website that you can promote or if you can get one this is a great way to recruit people. This is also something that you can implement into your classified ads as well. A good website with a good presentation video is always a good idea for any business that wants to recruit new people.

3. Snail Mail Advertising.
A lot of people think that advertising through the mail is old and dead but it is far from the truth and is a great answer to how to advertise a home based business. A good catchy postcard or ad will attract the attention of the recipient. Plus now a days you can even find companies that will design, print, and mail your postcards all at the same time. This can save you time and money.

4. Hot Cards.
These are business sized cards that are usually flashy in some way. Printed on brightly colored paper for instance or might have a shiny metallic picture on the front. This draws peoples attention to it so they will pick it up to look at it. Leave these at laundry mats, salons, libraries and college campuses. You can also send one of these back in your envelope that your monthly bills come in it along with your payment.

These are all good ways on how to advertise a home based business. There are a lot more out there however. There are also many companies out there that can help you with this if you really don't have the time to do all of this yourself. You can even hire companies in most places that will go around and pass out fliers for you. This is also a good way to promote your product or service.

Home based businesses are really taking the world by storm, with all of the families that are in need of a second job or are sick of working all the time and not seeing their families. These people are looking for a good home based business so remember that when you are trying to find them.

Ian Pennington is an accomplished niche website developer and author. To learn more about how to advertise a home based business, please visit Online Home Business Today for current articles and discussions.