Tips For Building Your Home Business Customer Base

A good home based business will attract customers from a variety of sources

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While many online websites and advisors focus on attracting customers online using SEO and other techniques, today I want to share some ideas for attracting customers to your home business using offline techniques:

• Have business cards with you at all times.  these should promote your online presence.
• Use your vehicle.  On a panel or the rear window, promote your online business.
• Network - local service clubs, local business, social groups.  Get your name out there.
• Write an article about your online business for the local newspaper.
• Offer yourself as a speaker for service groups, talking about the speicalist area of your business.
• Offer live affiliiate revenue - like online affiliates but person to person.  Give a commission if they bring business to you.
• If appropriate, have brochures made and circulate thse through business, friends and others who will speak for your credibility.

It is important to balance your source of new customers and to therefore not rely on just one or two techniques.  Bringing customers to your online business through more traditional offline routes will enhance your operation help drive growth.