Here is the list of things that I finally accomplished today. I’ll explain the finally in a bit.
1. Search for Marketing Projects on Craigslist, Domytuff.com, Guru.com and Getafreelancer.com
Okay so I accomplished two of the four but tried hard for three out of four. It took longer then I thought it would on Craigslist and Domystuff.com because I went back to the beginning of March looking for potential projects. I found great stuff too on Craigslist! Basically what I did was look for people that were looking for full and part-time marketing assistants. I then emailed the contact to let them know more about my company as an alternative to hiring an employee. Two of the contacts I mailed a letter and brochure (more on that later). Domystuff.com didn’t really have anything and I am not too sold yet on the validity of that site. Guru.com is down right confusing and I need to spend more time figuring that out which is on tomorrow’s list. Guru.com has options for paid memberships and I am not ready to check that out until I can figure out my free membership. And with all of the above (and below) I didn’t even get to Getafreelancer.com. But now that I am caught up on my first two sites it will make it easier to figure out the other two sites tomorrow.
2. Create a Brochure
Okay so I wanted to create a brochure to hand out to potential clients and to include with sales letters. For some reaosn this project took forever! Isn’t that the way it always goes with projects– they always take longer than you think they will (except if you hire me of course!). Anyway I am really, really picky about design and how I like things to look. I should have known that creating this brochure would take more than half of my day and most of my evening. But it is done and it looks great! I will post pictures later…. Now I have a great and most importantly versatile marketing piece that can be handed out at a moments notice (and while I am still waiting for my new business cards.)
3. Find out how to submit press releases and schedule dates to send
Well this task was a lot less complicated then I thought it would be which was nice for a change. With the exception of the Farmington Independent I was able to find information about how to email my press release to the local newspapers. I am looking at the Farmington Independent, the Sun Newspapers, and This Week newspaper to submit my press release. The Sun Newspapers and This Week newspaper had information under the “Contact Us” section of their websites. I couldn’t find anything for the Farmington Independent so I emailed the editor to ask about the process. This task seemed daunting to me so I am pretty excited that it was so easy. And yes I scheduled it too…Tuesday the 18th I will be writing the press release and Thursday the 20th I will be submitting the press release…more to come!
4. Miscellaneous Tasks
I wrote two sales letters to different people that are looking to hire marketing assistants. I included above mentioned brochure in the envelope.
I submitted my business information to the marketplace directory with the Farmington Independent. While I was looking for information on press releases I found this and thought what the heck might as well do it while I am here.
5. Wrote the blog post and one before it
One of my goals with my blog is to help educate people on my company but also about marketing too. I have struggled with what to write and trying to come up with topics and then I thought why not be honest, let people know what I am doing to market my business? Maybe by me trying these ideas it will bring success to others. I sure hope it does!
Okay one final note about the finally above, I was definitely frustrated today trying to get this all done and work on marketing projects for people. It is hard to wear all the hats isn’t it?! But I must say I do feel pretty good after writing down all that I have accomplished to promote my business today. So there’s another tip…cross off each project you complete. I like to use a highlighter (green at the moment) because it is bright and I can see very well what I have gotten done for the day.
More tomorrow…TGIF but still a work day!
