I would love information on free advertising for my small residential/commercial cleaning business. I currently use newspaper ads, service magic, etc. of which I pay for, of course. CLOUGH if you are reading this, would LOVE feedback from you! Thanks a million! This site is awesome! I love it!

I posted this on a similar thread.

I have a list of things you can do:

If you have a myspace have a link to your business as your signature so others will see it.

I'm not sure if this is illegal: when I ran my own business I used to put my business cards in places like; diaper bags, in containers at stores and just anywhere I could jam the card in [I got a lot of leads this way].

I did it in a list of these places:

-I put them under the lids of formulas, coffee and anything that a lid could be opened that has a sealer to protect the food.
- In the juice box packs, I'd slide it in between them
-In books/magazines
-In pockets of store clothing
-In wallets, purses and backpacks.
-In resealable packages
-In boxes. Boxes usually have a small opening which is perfect enough to slide a card through [i.e. diaper boxes]

Post flyers in laundry mats or community centers.

Post it a free ad kijiji.com or kijiji.ca [not sure if you tried this site yet]

Target a group. My target group were mostly mothers. So I would go to play groups and leave business cards on the table, in the kids section of the library by the other brochures.

Sarah

[QUOTE=mudweiser;1683816]I posted this on a similar thread.

I have a list of things you can do:

Wow, those are some great ideas, LOVE IT! I do post on Facebook, but myspace won't allow acces to my site. It is really annoying because a screen comes up saying that "It's a naughty site, like head lice) OMG, where do they come up with those things. Lol My site is perfectly legal and safe MAIDS 2 ORDER 4 U 248-231-1945 - Home (http://www.maids2order4u.com) But all of those other ideas are so wonderful I can't thank you enough!!

Wow, those are some great ideas, LOVE IT! I do post on facebook, but myspace won't allow acces to my site. It is really annoying because a screen comes up saying that "It's a naughty site, like head lice) OMG, where do they come up with those things. lol My site is perfectly legal and safe MAIDS 2 ORDER 4 U 248-231-1945 - Home (http://www.maids2order4u.com) But all of those other ideas are so wonderful I can't thank you enough!!!

You could also start networking with businesses, it doesn't hurt to try- you can probably land some sort of contract. Offer "discount" prices to seniors, go to those place where the elderly people group [I can't remember what they are called but they have red hats and drive small cars]- they usually have bulliten boards and just throw a stack of your business cards beside it or post a flyer with the bottom being ripable with your business number. Find any buliten board; library, playgroups, gas stations, sometimes even hospitals.

Good luck to you,
Sarah

Wow! You are wonderful, thank you, thank you thank you. I am so new to all of this. My husband was laid off from National Steel in November (here in Michigan things are really bad (economicall) so I just started cleaning a couple of house for extra money and ended up getting insured, bonded, licensed and things are taking off. But again, I am an amateur and your help is appreciated more than you could know. Thank you again, my new friend.

Hi, maids2order4u!

Believe it or not, I just now saw your post about this! I'm sorry about that! If you're still interested in working on advertising together, please let me know.

Thanks!

Are you still around here, maids2order4u? I do hope that you return to this thread!

Thanks!