Boots on the ground marketing?

[aard]

I have been in business 28 years, my first year I tried this and I got nothing from it, waste of time. Do great work and your work sells you. I think it took 3 years before I could take a regular pay check.

Also been in business about 28-30 years.
When I started on my own, I would find a busy looking company with an old (usually crappy) and or broken sign. I would then bring in a mockup printout, made on Corel 4ish. They didn't get to keep the copy without a deposit and I had a price ready... I got jobs. About 40% of the time they went for it.... 60% free design work but better than 0% jobs.

 

[BlueRoseAuto]

I found that doing research on the companies and just mailing them a promo box was the way to get their attention. Big companies. we would include screen printed t shirt, a 6"x6" printed banner , pens and so on with our info and then a 6"x4" list of our services. We would mail out about 5 a month, our cost was under $20 and it works

 

[John Miller]

Choose a local sign that is in rough shape. Take a photo, then do a slick design and superimpose it over the bad sign. Print the current sign next to the new one.
Above the two pictures put a phrase like Which business would you trust? or something like that. Mail it to them or drop it off. This works but it requires work.
A restaurant or diner, where would you stop to eat. etc.

 

[adrienbeausoleil]

Doing some boots-on-the-ground marketing in your local industrial area can be really effective. I did something similar when starting out—dropping off brochures and introducing myself to local businesses worked well for me. It’s a personal touch that often gets noticed. Also, investing in luxury business cards might be worth considering. I used them for my own small business, and they really made an impression on potential clients. They’re a bit more memorable and professional, which can help you stand out in a sea of competition.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Doing some boots-on-the-ground marketing in your local industrial area can be really effective. I did something similar when starting out—dropping off brochures and introducing myself to local businesses worked well for me. It’s a personal touch that often gets noticed. Also, investing in luxury business cards might be worth considering. I used them for my own small business, and they really made an impression on potential clients. They’re a bit more memorable and professional, which can help you stand out in a sea of competition.

Thanks AI bot for your super insight perspective.

 

[Humble PM]

Luxury business cards are strictly for psychopaths and their coke snorting associates

 

[JBurton]

Luxury business cards are strictly for psychopaths and their coke snorting associates

And pedophiles. One wouldn't imagine that such folk have needs for advertising. nvm, that's too dark. A bunch of crooks over there at https://www.elegantepress.com/business-cards/luxury/ is all I know. Also, they have no quality assurance, they misspelled my dogs last name, then the business card gave my customers paper cuts, which then got infected with legionnaires. It was a horrible experience, 5/7, do not recommend.