Hello friends,
Am a fashion graduate and worked under different companies for 3 years and nw want to start my own business, I want to start with a small workshop but get stuck due to money problems and am getting confused how to proceed, so can anybody suggest a better way where small amt of money is involved
Thank u byee

Hi, mrinsuj!

Being in the fashion business can mean more than one thing. Would you elaborate more as to what you want to do, please

Thanks!

Actually I want to start my own workshop where il construct my designs and sell them to customers, and also how will I capture the market, as am very bad at marketing so suggest me some good but cheap marketing techniques

Thanks clough

Hi again, mrinsuj!

Do you have a website and have you ever done any advertising on the Internet?

Thanks!

Hi clough actually I've no idea how to do that and can I make a free website, if yes then hw and how will I advertise

Thanks

Thanks, mrinsuj!

Advertising for free on the Internet is easy. You can also have any number of free websites.

Below, is something that I've already posted on a number of threads. All of the sites are free to use!

If you would like to advertise what you are trying to do and would like to know how to word your ads the most effectively, please let me know. There are good and not so good ways to word ads...

Thanks!


You do need to advertise. One of things that I do for a living is that I am a house painter. I really don't get many calls from my Yellow Page ads. But, most of my new business is from ads that I place on the Internet. The following is from an answer that I have already placed elsewhere on this site.

There are many places where you can have a free website or blog where you could advertise your business or anything else for that matter. Some of them can be found by clicking on the following searches.

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Although I am in the Yellow Pages of the local phone book, most of my new business comes from the free ads that I have placed on the Internet in some way. It does take some time to set things up. But, once you have done it, you are set. You just need to keep track of when you might need to renew your ads. Some of them will let you know when it's time to renew, and most of them won't On some free advertising sites, your ads might not need to be renewed for years. For others, it ranges from maybe 14 days to 90 days.

I copy and paste what I have advertised into a message in my Drafts folder in the email program that is my primary one, and that would be Outlook Express. I also have a file in my email program that is titled "Passwords." It includes all passwords used as well as user names. Not all sites are going to let you use the same password, and the user name that you select might not be available on a particular site.

A really important thing to remember when doing online advertising is that it's not necessarily your name or the name of your business that people are going to be looking for, but what you do and where you are located. So, how you word your ad and the additional keywords that you use in it are very important. Google doesn't look for repeated words in site. However, some other search engines do.

There are a host of free advertising sites available. Most of the best ones that get the best exposure are on the following list. I have been doing online advertising for over three years now. It has paid off...

One time, someone found me looking for goats in Iowa. They are an animal rescue. They saw my ad on a site where one of my piano tuning ads was located and decided that they wanted to have their piano tuned.

I love it when people find me by accident! It could happen for you too with your business!

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Thanks clough for this wonderful help, but please suggest me how will I word my ads more effectively

Please give me a lot of specific words as to exactly what you do. Maybe words like sewing, design, words that have to do with who your potential customers are going to be, gender, etc.

If I know more specifics as to what you do, then I can help you to word an ad.

It's okay if you're even too wordy here. The more information that I have, the better.

If you post a sample ad here of what you would like, without posting any contact information, that would also be helpful.

Thanks!

First you are going to have to have some money, and if you have been working, save money, work a second job and save up money till you can.

You will need several types of sewing machines, lock stitch, a serger, and to do professional even things like tackers and button hole machines.

Then you will need various types of cloth, trims and other items.

None of this is cheap but will take money to buy even small amounts

Also while there is a lot of free advertising, you may want to look at your own web site, where you adverstise, and even allow them to buy off your own site.