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How to advertise my Photoshoping skills?

November 17th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

I’m a college student, which means I don’t have much money. I recently designed a website for my cousin using Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver. She told me that I should try to market that skill on campus as a side gig, and I think it’s a great idea. But, I just wouldn’t know how to advertise such a skill. I wouldn’t know where to begin. Any ideas?

Here goes ways to advertise locally.

1) You need to create your cooperate identity with a custom embroidery company. Create your logo and business name on your cooperate apparel.

2) Put the logo on your Auto

3) Make up business cards and hand them out. Every time you see someone you know hand several of them out. When you give people your business card, always give them more than one and ask them to give them to their friends/coworkers, etc. Print up flyers and post them on public boards if there are any near you and post in a forums that related to your location if there are any!

4) The key for this kind of business is word-of-mouth. Think of some clever ways to encourage your existing clients to tell people about you. Perhaps you could start with a friend or family member to be one of your "spokesperson". I owned a convenience store for 10 years and a lot of business deals started in the checkout line by strangers. Tell everyone about you and ask if they know anyone that could use your service. Ask for a referral from an existing client

5) Start a website as a way to advertise you. Let your website work for you and your clients swap links. When making your own web site do some research on how to optimize your site so that you get a good ranking with a natural search. You do this by embedding smart key words. Your website could show your community involvement and you could have questions and answers on the site.

6) Look for websites that you can advertise for free. Advertise in the Yahoo local. Find free on-line classified web sites for your community. Typically the local chamber of commerce will offer such a service. You can advertise here for free: http://www.hits2u.com/?149843
http://goldbizz.localads.co.uk
http://www.trafficswarm.com/go.cgi?48605
http://www.koolplaz.com/
Post a link to your site for free when it is allowed
Try These:
Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com
Google Base http://base.google.com
Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/
US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/
Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/
Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/
Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/…
7) A Yellow page ad seems to work great also.

8) Try to get your local newspaper to do a free article on your business.

9) Sponsor local sport teams or ballparks that hang up banners. There are also inexpensive ways to advertise like a local penny saver newspaper, high school yearbooks and newspapers, etc.

10) Call radio show call in and contest and always answer or make the statement with "your name and company name and you have been working hard" free radio ads are great.

11) Telemarketing

  1. youngboy1606
    November 17th, 2012 at 16:08 | #1

    I appreciate your enthusiasm. I just finished a search for a new graphic artist for my magazine. Every one of them did websites also.

    I’m not sure the amount of people on campus that need a website so that’s prob not a great source.

    I’d suggest you take a look at craigslist.org. You may post there for free.

    Please understand that writing a website does not take a great deal of tech savvy and is usually paid that way also. I’m not saying that you don’t need any skill but there are tons of web designers looking for work. Trust me on this. I just got done looking on careerbuilder and you could solicit a zillion resumes.

    Doing one website for your cousin isn’t much of a portfolio. I’d look to add to this by contacting several non-profit groups on campus and offer them your services for free. This will help you build a client list that a paying customer will want to see.
    References :
    Have done website work for Lowes and Chevrolet. Building computers and programming since 1973.

  2. ۩
    November 17th, 2012 at 16:58 | #2

    Here goes ways to advertise locally.

    1) You need to create your cooperate identity with a custom embroidery company. Create your logo and business name on your cooperate apparel.

    2) Put the logo on your Auto

    3) Make up business cards and hand them out. Every time you see someone you know hand several of them out. When you give people your business card, always give them more than one and ask them to give them to their friends/coworkers, etc. Print up flyers and post them on public boards if there are any near you and post in a forums that related to your location if there are any!

    4) The key for this kind of business is word-of-mouth. Think of some clever ways to encourage your existing clients to tell people about you. Perhaps you could start with a friend or family member to be one of your "spokesperson". I owned a convenience store for 10 years and a lot of business deals started in the checkout line by strangers. Tell everyone about you and ask if they know anyone that could use your service. Ask for a referral from an existing client

    5) Start a website as a way to advertise you. Let your website work for you and your clients swap links. When making your own web site do some research on how to optimize your site so that you get a good ranking with a natural search. You do this by embedding smart key words. Your website could show your community involvement and you could have questions and answers on the site.

    6) Look for websites that you can advertise for free. Advertise in the Yahoo local. Find free on-line classified web sites for your community. Typically the local chamber of commerce will offer such a service. You can advertise here for free: http://www.hits2u.com/?149843
    http://goldbizz.localads.co.uk
    http://www.trafficswarm.com/go.cgi?48605
    http://www.koolplaz.com/
    Post a link to your site for free when it is allowed
    Try These:
    Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com
    Google Base http://base.google.com
    Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/
    US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/
    Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/
    Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/
    Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/
    7) A Yellow page ad seems to work great also.

    8) Try to get your local newspaper to do a free article on your business.

    9) Sponsor local sport teams or ballparks that hang up banners. There are also inexpensive ways to advertise like a local penny saver newspaper, high school yearbooks and newspapers, etc.

    10) Call radio show call in and contest and always answer or make the statement with "your name and company name and you have been working hard" free radio ads are great.

    11) Telemarketing
    References :

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