Showing posts with label photo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photo. Show all posts

Monday, December 29, 2025

Your First Customers

 You’re raring to go—all you need are customers. 

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How to find them? Try the following tactics:

๐Ÿ’Ÿ Get a business website:

Keep it simple with all-inone website packages that include a domain name, hosting services and design templates. Popular options include GoDaddy, Web.com and Yahoo Small Business. If you’re starting an ecommerce business, look for a website builder specializing in ecommerce, such as Shopify, Volusion or 3DCart.

๐Ÿ’Ÿ Use word-of-mouth: Start your search for customers by asking friends, family members and acquaintances for leads. You never know who might introduce you to your first customer.

๐Ÿ’Ÿ Publicize it: Tapping into existing networks of bloggers who speak to your target audience, making connections, and offering content or services such as writing guest blog posts can align you with your target audience.

๐Ÿ’Ÿ Get social: Use social networks such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest to get your target market’s attention. Create a social account for your business, and post useful content providing information, advice or entertainment.

                Interact with followers regularly, and link posts to your business website so followers can learn more about your business. 

Advertise: If your business targets local customers, use print ads in community newspapers, local directories or local magazines to reach them. You can also get customers by advertising on websites your target market frequents. For instance, a children’s tutoring service can advertise on websites targeting moms of school-aged children, limiting the ads to moms in nearby ZIP codes.

๐Ÿ’Ÿ The direct approach: Try a direct mail campaign to reach your neighbors. The UPS Store offers a service called Every Door Direct Mail. Simply choose an area in which you want to advertise, and The UPS Store will handle the logistics of having your direct mail advertising piece delivered to every address in that neighborhood. It’s an affordable option to reach people in your area.



Collect customer data: Save time and market more effectively by maintaining data about prospects and customers. Customer relationship management (CRM) tools like Really Simple Systems, ZohoCRM and ContactMe let you track every interaction, set reminders and schedule follow-up contacts.


Market with email: Ask prospects and customers to sign up for email messages from your business. (Be sure to comply with the FTC’s CAN-SPAM laws.) Email marketing service providers such as Campaigner, Constant Contact and iContact let you create and send professional-looking emails.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Offer deals: Offering discounts for your first customers can build a foundation for attracting more. This works especially well for businesses that provide recurring services. For example, a lawn-care service could offer six months’ services for the price of three.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Become an expert: Get attention from prospects by building a reputation as an expert in your industry. Offer to speak to local groups your target customers belong to about topics relevant to your business.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Buddy up: Form alliances with established small businesses to help each other get customers. For example, if you have a dog grooming business, you could partner with a local dog-sitter to refer clients to each other.

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Monday, October 7, 2024

Social Media-Free Photography

 

 Make stunning designs in just minutes with beginner-friendly tools and assets.

Read my proposal, customize your design without hiring a personal photographer. Our favorite stock photography resources are all free and will help bring your brand to life.

 

 


 Stock Photography

  • Burst – Free stock photos for websites and commercial use.

  • Paint.NET – Free image and photo editing software for PCs.

  • Pixlr – Free Photoshop-esque photo editor

  • Free Nature Stock – Royalty-free nature photos, updated daily.

  • Life Of Pix – Free high resolution stock photography.

  • Magdeleine – Get one free, hand-picked, high-resolution photo every day.

  • Pixabay – Over 1.4 million royalty free stock photos and videos shared by our generous community.

  • Streetwill – Free high-res vintage photos to use any way you want.

  • Superfamous Images – Free nature and abstract stock images.

  • The Stocks – A collection of the best “non-stocky” stock photo websites, curated in one place.

  • Unsplash – 10 new free photos added every 10 days, available online or via email subscription.

 
 

 
 Photo Editing Software

We can’t all be Photoshop masters, but with these powerful, easy-to-use editing tools we’ll have your photos looking fancy and polished in no time.

  • A Color Story – Instead of filtering your photos so they look all the same, this free app enhances the color you’ve chosen in your composition, making for bright and vibrant imagery.

  • GIMP – The internet’s favorite open source, cross-platform image editor.

  • Paint.NET – Free image and photo editing software for PCs.

  • Pixlr – Free Photoshop-esque photo editor.

  • SumoPaint– A versatile online image editor that works in your browser.

  • VSCO Cam – A photography app and photo editor with stunning filters (it’s often referred to as “the Instagram for photographers”).

 


 Photo Compression

Before you upload any images to your website, run them through one of these free photo compressors. Smaller file size helps keep your website fast while saving money on bandwidth and storage space.

  • Compressor.io – Drastically reduce the size of your images and photos while maintaining a high quality with almost no difference before and after compression.

  • Kraken.io – Image optimizer and compressor

          TinyJPG – JPEG and PNG photo compression