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Old 10-11-2006, 10:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Any marketing techniques for new IT startup ?

Any business owner can share some tips :biggrin4:

Wondering any cheap and effective strategies to marketing my company IT services? :mellow3:
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Old 13-11-2006, 09:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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The best is still through word of mouth. Especially for IT services, which is kind of difficult to market... place an advertisement on yellow pages, for a first. Is your company a store? You can give out flyers nearby, at places with higher traffic.


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Old 13-11-2006, 09:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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first of all... wat business is it in? IT has a big range...
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Old 13-11-2006, 09:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
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first of all... hahaha is not my business... is the company that i am working for....

IT services include web design, content management implementation, process management implementation...that kind of thing...
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first of all... hahaha is not my business... is the company that i am working for....

IT services include web design, content management implementation, process management implementation...that kind of thing...
since its mostly web businesses... target online ppl.... advertising on various sites is good
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Old 13-11-2006, 10:08 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Apply for online listings/directories, maybe? Get a .com to make a website, for easy searching.


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Old 13-11-2006, 10:13 PM   #7 (permalink)
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hehe... all is done leh... trying to think of better ways to attract customers..

thanks for the info though :biggrin4:
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Old 17-11-2006, 09:25 AM   #8 (permalink)
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theres too many company doing the same thing.. very hard to get customers too..

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Online marketing will be the best channel for you. Advertising in reknown IT forums may help too.

Since there's web design, the company's website is their best marketing tool. When you can do your own site well, people will then trust theirs in your hands.


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Old 17-11-2006, 08:18 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Online marketing will be the best channel for you. Advertising in reknown IT forums may help too.

Since there's web design, the company's website is their best marketing tool. When you can do your own site well, people will then trust theirs in your hands.
Yeah...you will be surprised with how effective online marketing is! Good luck!


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Old 18-11-2006, 03:53 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Hey there, Sherman here.
I noticed this thread so I thought I share some ideas.
A powerful method you may like to try is through Article Writing and Submission.

Basically, write a 500 word article about your business and submit
it to around a 100 article directories. As for the latter, consider using
an automated submission service to save time.

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Old 18-11-2006, 09:53 AM   #12 (permalink)
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thanks for all the ideas :biggrin4:
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SPAM!~ Spam them to death !!!
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First of all you need to know what kind of customer you are trying to attract. After determining your prospect customer, second steps is to let them know who you are. Web designing or providing web solution company are everywhere in the market. How to make yourself shine out of the crowd? Of course you need to get yourself into their list What I mean here is to let them know who you are, and your company profile, portfolio, testimonial, contacts and your salesperson have to be easily accessible. Customer won't ask for more from you if they lack of your company information, unless your company name already strong enough.

Of course many company nowadays provides more than enough information to be accessed by their prospect customers. Hence you need to make your company shine out of the other company. Putting out the big customer that you have, and show your prospect customer. This would definately help to boast your company reputations. As customer, they would always go for more reputable company instead of the other to avoid troubles. Is just like product on the shelf in supermarket, product branding is important.

The another important point is, you must always understand what your customer needs and what your customer wants. Big company would have their own desired budget, and most of the time, they won't go far from their budget. Hence not necessary cheaper offer would win the deal. Create impression of high quality service they going to get from your company. Of course when dealing with smaller firm, you have to adjust your offer to the level where they think is worthwhile.

Anyway winning a deal is just the beginning. Make sure you can fulfill what you had promised to your customer and reputation is just like a brand. People tend to go for well-known brand (so called branded).

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