What are the 5 most popular ways of advertising?

[Adam B]

Hi Princess...

It always depends on the type of business to be honest.

Here are the best ways that I tried for my Window Blind business with the ones with best 'Return on Investment' marked with an *:

*Directory Advertising (Thomson Local, Yellow Pages, BT Phonebook)
Classified Internet Searches (ThomsonLocal.com, Yell.com)
Key Word Internet Searches (ThomsonLocal.com Google Adwords, Pay-per-Click)
*A good Website, optimised and registered of all search engines and local info pages.
Social Networking Sites: MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, BTtradespace.com
*Sign Written Vans/car
Shop Front Sign or A'board.
Email Campaigns
*Leaflet Distribution
Direct Mail
*Door-to-door Canvassing
Country Fairs/Exhibitions
*Referall Marketing (BNI, Breakfast Clubs, Chamber of Commerce, etc)
Newspapers (Classified Ads or a Feature)
Business Card Dispensers at Home Base/Sainsburys/Tesco.
Sponsorship (Kids Football team to F1 and Premier League clubs etc)
Radio/TV Advertising
*Local church and community magazines.
*Word of Mouth (using your happy customers to spread the word)