Growing it on your Own: Business Cards and More

Once you get up and going with your idea, one of the first things to do is to ORDER BUSINESS CARDS. They are an indispensable marketing tool, as you always want to be prepared to give people a card when answering the question "What do you do?". My friends at Point Graphics have the most competitive pricing on design and full color business card printing. Check them out at http://www.pointgraphics.net/ and let them know I sent you. They have some great deals available on all promotional and printed materials to get your business off the ground. They also do logo design and will layout all your business materials in a consistent and professional manner.

SEO Resources

Once you have your website up and running, the best way to drive traffic to your site without spending a penny is to optimize it - that is, making changes to your site that allow it to appear in the top rankings of a search engine. Keyword research is essential, and I reccomend WordTracker as the best tool out there for keyword research. Also, tracking your rankings is a good idea for folks who get serious with optimizing their site. AgentWebRanking is a good tracking program to use. If you are in Kansas City, consider taking my "How to Market on the Internet" class, which will give you a good intro to SEO. Otherwise, and even if you have attended my class, do as much research as you can, SEO is an ever evolving monster!