Marketing for your business can be challenging.  It’s hard to find the time, the energy and the inspiration to continue to brainstorm about what to do next for your business.  Allowing yourself time to develop and grow your business is key.   Here are 50 ways to do that.

1. Strategize about what you want to achieve
2. Network in Large and Small groups
3. Join your local Chamber of Commerce
4. Find like minded business owners who will promote you and vice versa
5. Find your followers
6. Join an organization
7. Give as part of a charity
8. Read blogs
9. Be active with social media
10. Meet up with your family and friends for feedback and ideas
11. Find/contract businesses that could serve as a continuum of the services you offer
12. Read business magazines
13. See what your competition is doing
14. Watch the BIG corporations and see what they do successfully
15. Identify your milestones and tell your staff, colleagues, friends, and partners.
16. Blog about what you are doing
17. Update your profiles on all social media outlets
18. Talk to everyone who will listen about what you LOVE to do
19. Incorporate your work with trendy and seasonal issues
20. Share content that is related to your industry
21. Talk to people about what they are doing
22. Open up to become inspired by those around you
23. Take breaks and get a different perspective
24. Branch out into areas that are consistent with your are(s) of expertise
25. Focus in on what you what to showcase
26. Evaluate what you do right and what you can improve
27. Learn something new everyday
28. Attract the right clients
29. Develop multiple outlets for marketing your business
30. Be flexible to communicate and meet with people with their most comfortable mechanism for communication (email, text, phone, in-person)
31. Work on massive visibility and credibility
32. Become an expert at what you do
33. Develop sustainable ways to market for yourself
34. Convert leads to clients and clients to repeat clients
35. Increase conversations with targeted groups
36. Create fans that advocate for you
37. Experiment with what works and what doesn’t
38. Stretch your imagination  once you have balance with your life and your work
39. Let creativity be something you welcome into your marketing plan
40. Branch out to different geographic areas
41. Identify your target groups and think of different ways to increase communication
42. Let the pictures do the talking and showcase your work
43. Gather and document testimonials from your clients
44. Revisit why you continue to work in this sector of business and inspire others with stories you have to share
45. Keep the “fun” element in your work
46. There is no substitute for hard work and persistence
47. Be authentic with your marketing and sales as people do business with those they trust
48. Do your best work everyday
49. Know what your limits are
50. Push yourself to be better everyday

The best auto-care place in Gilroy has asked us to help spread the word of their brand new location.

Precision Tune Auto Care has moved to the corner of Swanston Lane and Leavesley Rd.  Stop by and take a look at their brand new building.

South Valley Insurance Services is a premier insurance brokerage located in Gilroy, serving small businesses and families throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Owner-Broker, Jeff Guenther (Lic #0E74280), is committed to being a leading expert in employee benefits and providing a level of customer service that is second to none.  So whether you are a business owner looking for the right employee benefits, or an individual in need of a personal plan, they have the expertise to find the perfect solution for you!

South Valley Insurance Services absolutely never charges for any of their services.  So check out their website today at www.SouthValleyIns.com or contact their office for a free, no-obligation, consultation(408.847.3030 or JDGuenther@SouthValleyIns.com).

The girls at Hello Gorgeous were looking for a new look for their website.  Just for them, we designed a state-of-the-art site with a blog for their events, a style gallery to show off their latest cuts, and a product gallery to describe the great products they sell.

When Leadership Gilroy, Class of 2012, wanted a professional design for their class project, they came to us.

We just launched their new site that not only incorporates a blog to post recent events and activities, but it also has “Volunteer Meeter” to keep track of all the volunteer hours the project has helped organize.

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We are proud to welcome Gilroy Health and Fitness as our newest screen partner.  Using our newest technology all of our advertisements are streamed from the internet and can be updated on their new digital billboard instantly.

Located at 8540 Church Street in Gilroy, this huge facility has the most advanced equipment, state-of-the-art treadmills, stair steppers and spin bikes.  They also have weight machines, free weights, swim programs, racquetball, personal training, Zumba and more.

Their most recent addition to the facility is the expansive Mixed Martial Arts Training Center, Antdawg’s UGH!

Ten-Fortyland is a CPA firm specializing in professional bookkeeping, tax preparation and creative tax planning for sole-owner and other small businesses.

Many small businesses can save substantial amounts of tax annually, improve cash flow and reduce the risk of an IRS audit by doing business as a C Corporation.  For more information on Ten-Fortyland take a look at this video.

Our recent efforts with the Gilroy Advertising Group help local businesses advertise their services, products, and even special events to the local community in a cost effective and timely manner.  This is better than an expensive newspaper advertisement, and can also be an effective replacement for local billboards or expensive signs.

Within the last 6 months, we have been actively marketing the Gilroy Advertising Group.  Now that it has our undivided attention, we have been able to add over 20 new local advertisements for great Gilroy businesses!  We have also changed the way the our screens are updated – allowing us to keep all of our ads fresh and without any expired dates or past events.  We are also proud to have doubled our local screen partners to 6 multimedia advertisement screens in Gilroy alone.  Our current locations are:

First Street Coffee
Victoria’s Mexican Restaurant
Stubby’s Sports Bar & Grill
Hello Gorgeous Hair Specialists
Dutchman’s Pizza
Gilroy Health and Fitness

We are looking for a few good businesses!

Are you a local business owner in the South Bay area?  We are looking for a few new Screen Partners to help grow our ad network in the following locations:

To submit your business for consideration, please fill out our online form.

More information on our local advertising can be found at: Gilroy Advertising

These are our go-to guys for roofing repair!  But did you know they also specialize in Solar installations.  Ask them about their $0 down solar plans.

Visit their website at: http://www.affordableroofing.com/

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