How soon did you advertise before you opened up your grooming shop?

Question

I plan to be opened in about 5 months. Should I start advertising now, if so...how

Answer 1

I found some free and cheap advertising resources on this site: www.kissmyebook .com

I hope this helps

Answer 2

I would start a blog giving free, generic advice about grooming.  (Is this for humans or animals?)  

Then advertise your blog.

On your blog, begin to start a stir about your shop opening.

Especially the closer you get to opening your doors - really start to make it a HUGE deal.

Then, on opening day... have a party at your shop!

This combined with other marketing tactics should make your opening a success.  But with it still being five months out - I would start now with a blog.

Answer 3

Hi,

There are many ways to market a small business on the web.  You can buy banner ads, text links, or use PPC.  However, the best way is to get listed in a bunch of portals. Portals and directories are like phone books, and they often provide a lot of traffic because they tend to rank high on Google.

This portal is giving away a free business card holder for lising your business (I got mine a few days ago in the mail).  If you want to know about some other portals, just let me know.

http://www.directory-exlusive.info

Best of Luck