I believe you already know there is a possibility to market online. But my guess as to why you are reading this article is that you do not know how to market online. Well, there is no need to worry, in this article; I will make sure you get all the information you need. But first of all, the first step to market online is having a business no matter how small it is, or at least you should have something to sell. When that is in place, you will have to make sure you are running your expenses well and you are not running at a loss.
When all that has been taken care of, you can now focus on marketing online. Normally, when you want to market online, you will be asked to pay but I will show you one or two technique to market online without having to pay or just paying a dollar. Well, continue reading below to learn some skills. I hope you understand what i am trying to make out here.
Free Ways to Market Online
There are several ways to market online like I have explained before, but using these ways will attract cost and you just might not be ready for that yet. However like I also said, you can market online for free or just paying a dollar. The ways you can market online for free or just paying a dollar is by using;
- Facebook.
- Or creating a blog.
Now these might not sound ideal, but let us look at it first.
The man aim here is creating a Facebook account and then creating a Facebook group and page. You can also join other Facebook marketing groups and pages. I believe you should already be familiar with the Facebook platform and you can post items on it. Now marketing on it is no different at all. All you need to do is tap on the post box and add your product description, add some pictures, your location and click on the post icon. Alternatively, you can use the Facebook marketplace or you can run Facebook ads. However running of Facebook ads will require you to pay.
Creating a Blog
This is among one of the top ways of marketing. What you are going to do here is create a blog more like an online store. You can as well add feedback and updates to the blog. In case you do not know how to create a blog for free, you can create one for free by following the step below.
- Go to www.blogger.com.
- Tap on the “CREATE YOUR BLOG” icon on the webpage.
- Enter your email address and then your password.
- Now you will be asked to confirm your profile. Simply do so by adding
you display name. - Next tap on the “Continue to Blogger” icon.
- Tap on the “CREATE NEW LOG” icon.
- Enter your blog title and the address you want people to visit to access your blog.
- Choose a template and tap on create blog.
Follow the onscreen instructions given to you afterwards and that is all. You can monitor your blog from the dashboard where you used to create the blog and you can as well add new posts by tapping on the “New post” icon. When adding a new post, bear in mind to add the description of your product and some pictures to describe it.
