Best way of Marketing without soliciting?

[rev_9k]

My father has owned an IT consulting business for 10 year now and he's always had private clients and customers and been an independent contractor. He's obtained his customers through referrals and never needed to advertise. But due to the rough economy he's had some loss in businesses and i'm trying to market for him. I'm a Systems Engineer myself with a good amount of education and background, but I have no marketing skills. What's the best way to get out there and gain people's trust and pick up some new customers without annoying businesses or soliciting? Would doing a webpage do any good, or going to each business and leaving a business card? Any input would be great! Thanks!

[Angelina Sira]

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[Why Not]

Hey Rev,

The fastest thing you can to help your father in getting new jobs is to join sites like elance.com, guru.com, in addition to peopleperhour.com. These sites will help in posting your profile, portfolio and bid for actual jobs posted online.

Then, start working on your website, how can an IT consulting business without a basic IT marketing Tool. do not forget to do the proper marketing for it.

Last but not least, share your experience and Become part of a social media community, some of the best online communities for business include Facebook , LinkedIn and Twitter. In addition, you may want to participate in a social bookmarking community in which members share with each other information about websites, articles, or news items that they like (or don't like). These include Digg , Delicious, StumbleUpon , and Google Bookmarks.

Marketing today can be done from your living room.

good luck