How to Use Tip Sheets to Promote Your Business

The Art of Self Promotion #21

The goal of marketing is to make your prospect comfortable enough to say yes to working with you. But while one prospect may need a fancy brochure, another may not be comfortable unless he meets with you. Underneath it all, your prospects just want to trust you.

Use tips to gain that trust. Dont be stingy. Show them you know what youre talking about. Go ahead and give them a freebie. And dont worry that once they have this information in hand, they wont need you. It doesnt work that way. Information is abundant....its help that we need.

How To Use Tip Sheets

1. Tip Sheet Press Release. Editors are on the lookout for information that will be useful to their readers. And like everyone else, theyre looking to save time. Turn your press release into a tip sheet and theyll reprint directly from it, often with a blurb about you. Follow this format and chances are, youll get some publicity. And youll look like the expert

2. Tip Sheet Promotional Newsletter. Promotional newsletters are perfect vehicles for tips. However, most newsletters give nothing but news about a company, its products and services. Not that theres anything wrong with that, but fluff is less interesting to your prospects than practical ideas and solutions to their problems. A balance of the two can satisfy everyones needs. So turn your newsletter into a tip sheet and your clients wont be able to throw it away.

3. Tip Sheet Brochure. Besides using this newsletter as a press release, I also use it as my brochure. It clearly conveys my perspective, as well as a sampling of the kinds of marketing recommendations I make. By reading it, my prospects can usually tell if they want to work with me. The only thing missing that a brochure might have are the details of how I work, such as fees and specific services offered, which can easily be taken care of either on the phone and in a personal letter.

About the Author

Ilise Benun is the publisher of the Web site for The Art of Self Promotion, a quarterly (print) newsletter of manageable marketing ideas, and the author of Self Promotion Online, an invaluable resource for anyone interested in learning effective strategies to promote oneself via the internet.
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