Need creative advice on business growth.?

I own a home decor direct sales business that I simply LOVE! After 5 years of being mostly a minor player (I also work FT, run a spiritual group and have 2 very active kids) I have decided to take this to the next level.

I need more orders and more homeshow hosts and I need to expand my customer base outward in a big way. I have no money to advertise with so need some creative ideas.

I am in the process of forming an ad company that does door hanger packs for direct sales businesses in my area but I need more participation from others before I can get those distributed. So that's a bit of a ways off.

Please offer me some of your suggestions! Thank you!

Holly
http://www.athome.com/hollypia

You know, I didn't really think about my link that way. In some ways it's a force of habit to sign everything I do- it's someone's choice whether they go or not, I'm not actually advertising anything. But in regards to this question, I think it fairly important that it be there so people know what it is I am in need of advertising. I think I can get more succinct and targeted answers that way. Thanks so much for the input on it. I guess if yahoo removes it, I'll go with that, otherwise I'll leave it for now.

Look into online advertising such as Google Adsense. You can customize your campaign with them. BTW- your link in your question might be seen as spam, you should remove it or this question might be deleted. Good luck.

Hey come check out some of the resources at www.biznetwomen.com as well as www.mymommybiz.com they might both be able to help you.

Try joining some forums and do article writing that pertains to the field that you are in. For example "How to" articles about decorating or address common problems that people have when decorating and then sign with your web link.

Flora
http://www.aestheticaccents.com/index.ht...