“Start Before You’re Ready”
Do you find yourself excited about starting your new business but you’re not getting the word out about it because you don’t have a website yet? Creating a full blown website can seem like a long and daunting task – honestly because it can be! Don’t let not having a website be the excuse you use for not letting the world know about all the great things you have to offer.
While you’re working on that website, get these things going in the meantime:
Be Active In Facebook Groups
Find the groups where your ideal clients hang out and start reading the posts and see where you can add value. Don’t go in and immediately start promoting your services but instead start by being helpful, making connections and establishing yourself as an expert in your field.
Create a Facebook Business Page
Once you become active and start to get noticed in those Facebook groups, people will naturally become curious and will want to know more about you. They’ll most likely click on your profile and start snooping around to get more info on what you do. Create a Facebook Page for your business and have the link to that page in your personal profile. Start creating interesting content whether it’s written posts or doing live videos. Even if no one is there to watch live, they can always catch the replay.
Get Active on Instagram
Let’s say you’re a photographer and want to show perspective clients your work but you don’t have a website to show them your portfolio. Instagram is the perfect social media platform for creatives!! It’s very visual and you can use it like an online gallery. Start posting your best work and begin to engage and connect with your ideal clients.
Start An Email List
Just because you don’t have a website doesn’t mean you can’t communicate with perspective clients. Sign up with an email provider such as Mailchimp or Constant Contact. Ask your friends and family if you can add them to your list and start with that. You have to start somewhere! You can have links in your emails to both your Facebook Page and Instagram Account.
Having a website is nice to have but as you can see it’s not the “be all, end all” to starting your business online. No more excuses – get these other things going while you’re working on that website of yours!
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