What are some good, cheap ways of Advertising a small buisness?

[Asda Asdas]

What are some good, cheap ways of Advertising a small buisness?

Hi! I recently started a small buisness with our own store front. The problem is its not very visisble from the street so I will need to advertise by other means.... I LIve in the Tampa Florida area and was just wondering if anyone knows some good ways to advertise, either online or through the mail or criagslist or whatever, any help would be great!

[Stimpy]

Hey I live near Tampa too! I see a lot of people who stand on the curb and wave signs. You could do that yourself or barter with someone to do it. Also Craigslist and start a Facebook page for your business. Contact the Tampa Times (formerly St. Petersburg Times), they have different insert editions for each area of Tampa. Find the one that refers to things closest to your area and contact the reporters. Maybe they'll come out and write an article about your new business. Also check online for neighborhood websites and see if you can place an ad there.

[fenway2k]

There are several possibilities to target local traffic online:

1. Get your business listed in Google Maps, Local by Yahoo, Citysearch, Yelp, and Mapquest.. This will allow your listing to come up in the search engine results locally whenever others in your area search for whatever your business happens to be.

2. Set up a Facebook Fan Page, Twitter account, and Youtube page. All free and can be great tools to target local traffic.

3. Email Marketing. Old School, but still around for a reason.

Just a few to get you started. I know a great site that can help you out with all of your online marketing needs. Most of the advice they offer is free. Go check it out!