Does your business need a sales boost or some fresh thinking for an upcoming campaign? If the answer's "yes" then our list of 6 ways to grow your business has arrived at the perfect time. Whether you're looking to generate leads, boost loyalty and repeat customer sales, promote your business to the community, drive sales conversions and engage with fans - without spending a fortune - here are 6 cool ways to start growing your business now.
#1 Flyers / Brochures
Flyers (or brochures) are a great way to promote a time-limited special offer to potential buyers offline (in-store, at an event or via a mail drop).
The process is easy: find a great brochure maker / designer, get it printed somewhere like Vistaprint and then distribute it (you can crowdsource handing out flyers on services like Taskrabbit and Airtasker).
Check out these examples of flyer designs below, or start your own flyer design project and receive loads of flyer design ideas to promote your business.
#2 Banner Ads
Advertise online with banner ad designs that get more clicks!
With so many of your customers looking for products and services like the one's you offer, advertising online will bring customers to your virtual front-door. A well-designed banner ad, placed on a relevant site with a compelling offer and call to action will generate sales leads for your business.
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freshly designed banner ads like the examples below from DesignCrowd today.
#3 Landing Page Design
A great banner ad or Google ad needs a stellar landing page to ensure traffic converts into a lead, registration or sale. Why not just send them to my website's home page you may wonder. The banner ad is just one step in the process. Once the person clicks on the banner, they expect to see a web page that gives them more detail and tells them what to do next. That action could be download a white paper, buy a product, sign up for a newsletter or consultation which can help you a lot in lead nurturing. You'll see your conversions sky-rocket if you present users with a customised landing page featuring a relevant offer or action.
If you're launching a new product or service that you want to promote, then get a custom landing web page design from our team of web design specialists now.
#4 Facebook
Increasingly customers expect a direct relationship the businesses they buy products and services from. Setting up a builds trust and builds positive word of mouth. Being social can boost your bottom line because you can directly connect with fans, friends and customers who want to 'like' 'share' and promote you to their friends. All that word of mouth referral is no good if users can't tell your business apart from the competition. Facebook lets you customise your timeline headers graphic, profile pic, offers, and profile pages. A professional graphic designer can create a custom look and feel for your Facebook page, which will help it stand out from your competitors.
Customised Facebook pages are great for consultants, personal brand-building as well as established businesses. Check out the example projects below and start a custom Facebook page design project.
#5 Advertising
So you've got a new product to promote, an ad space booked for next week and no creative you're happy with? DesignCrowd's global community of designers can provide you heaps of creative designs to choose from. Why have one designer from an expensive agency create an ad campaign when you can work with hundreds!
The best thing is that you get to play strategist and copy-writer and our designers can come up with loads of creative concepts for half the price of a traditional agency. Start an advertisement design project on DesignCrowd.
#6 Newsletter / Email
Send emails that work with beautiful email and newsletter design.
These days almost everyone has an email address so ask your customers to sign up to your business newsletters. building your own email list is free and will help you educate your customers about your business. An employee template is a valuable tool for businesses to showcase their latest achievements and provide insightful information and guidance on various topics, ranging from industry trends to profiling employees or customers and promoting special offers.
If you're going to invest in email marketing then you need a beautiful email template design to impress your customers. Check out the examples below. Feeling inspired? Start a newsletter design project now.
We hope you enjoyed these 6 tips to help our grow you business. Let us know how you plan to grow your business this year in the comments below!
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Written by Jo Sabin on Friday, June 7, 2013
Jo Sabin is Head of Designer Community at DesignCrowd. She's led the company's public relations and social media programs since 2012. With more than ten years' experience working with Australian and international tech startups in the creative industries, Jo has been instrumental in meeting DesignCrowd's objectives in Australia and abroad. Get in touch via Twitter.
