A Craigslist Business Or a Google Business
Small businesses are at an extreme disadvantage when it comes to getting customers from the search engines. They are competing with companies that can afford search engine specialists who are able to get their businesses to the top positions in the search engines. They are better off using craigslist.
The small business owner, who is generally not familiar with search engine specialization, cannot hope to find customers in the search engines through natural search. Small businesses are almost forced into paying a lot for advertising on the search engines. But that is not required on craigslist.
But the small business owner has an advantage in another sense. Studies show that two thirds of the people who go to the search engines look for information on the search engines but like to buy locally. They prefer to see, touch feel the product and know the supplier.
As an alternative to the search engines, craigslist is a local advertising service that a small business owner can use to advertise free and attract local customers. Using this service, and other free advertising methods, the small business owner does not have to hire search engine specialists and can focus on local sales instead of engaging in the battle for search engine position.
Additionally, because sales are focused on a local market, a small business does not have to have an expensive website. It's website can be little more than a business card type web site.
By using the combination of a business card website and craigslist to promote a business, a small business owner can launch and run a local business and effectively compete with the major companies that dominate the search engines.
If you would like, you can get a template for, and procedure to set up, a Business Card type website by going to this link. Free Web Templates
Information about selling on craigslist can be found here. Selling On craigslist
And there are other ways to get free advertising. Information about them can be found at How Not To Pay For Advertising.
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