Plenty has been written about marketing of businesses
. But when it comes to the filed, these jargons used by the academic giants and marketing gurus may not be useful for the small business. hence they still remain in theories and confined to the boundary of the classroom.Hence when an entrepreneur starts his small business, he plans it difficult to apply these techniques to the business, which he had learnt by the management lessons.
A small business is totally different from the conventional businesses. The niche area for a small business is also different. The small businesses are meant to cater to a customers of specific needs. Doing this type of business has its own strengths and weaknesses.
First of all a sound marketing plan should be made. Before making a marketing plan, the business owner must do a SWOT ( Strength,weakness,opportunity,threat) analysis.By doing this the actual scene for the business will be clear for the anticipatory decision. A complete stake holder analysis is required. The stake holders contribution and associated impact in the business is to be evaluated. Then the marketing plan can be done effectively.
First of all a good website should be made. Before making a website the functional aspects of the website has to be considered. As per the client requirements the website should be user friendly. Next to this the website should be optimized in a way such that the in search results the website is placed in a favorable position for the business.
Using search engine optimisation techniques a website can be made to appear in the top results. This will help to get more traffic to visit the website and the conversion rate can be more.
Further to this there are other spheres of marketing. You can also submit the business website to the directories for getting more back links.