I am tottaly lost, can somebody give me an idea?

How much you got to spend?

Google Places, Craigslist

Are you talking about SEO or Adwords? Both are not cheap that's why Google's share price is so high.

SEO on Google will take some time so the fastest way for you is Adwords. Just sign up for adwords and go through their training there and you can get traffic almost immediately.

But remember to use the correct keywords and don't go for broad keywords when you are just starting out. Also your landing page must be good to convert visitors and you should also have an email capture form so that you don't waste all those expensive traffic

1) List it on Google Places

2) Take advantage of Adwords

3) Rent a mailing list from the SRDS and target people in your city

4) Learn offline marketing really well

5) Make sure you immediately sell again to your new customers - and recurring customers

6) Do PPC targeting for your city

I'd make a Facebook page and if you can afford it run Facebook ads to your local demographic. I'd place Craigslist ads a couple of times per week as well. To get on Google, add a blog to your site where you discuss different things having to do wither with computer repair (such as useful tips and tricks) or having to do with the local community (such as upcoming events like parades, pictures of how the shop is decorated for the holidays, etc). I'd submit my site to all the major search engines (many free sites where you can do this) and you can find people o Fiverr who can help you with SEO for just $5. Hope this helps!

I'd try SEO before Adwords. It takes a while, but this is the best way for you to keep in touch with the service you provide, to really make a name for it. The hard work you have to do promoting and writing about your service can also teach you how to promote other services and products as well.

The fastest way that comes to my mind is also AdWords. And the results can be quite good, if you do it right. But it's not that cheap...

You want to focus on local seo. I'd get your biz in several local directories and post on craigslist and other sites like that which will give you location credibility.

Once you get into those directories it's all about reputation marketing. Show customers how to leave positive feedback on these review sites because google will take that into account. Also, if you are getting to the top of google but have a bad rep then you screwed yourself anyway.

Blog on topics in your niche and syndicate the crap out of it all over social media while growing your networks.

Cheapo seo is a thing of the past. You have to have a budget for it and you have to know EXACTLY what you are doing...and even then you will still get slapped.

However if you have a lot of hustle, it is 100% possible to create a following on your blog from scratch, and if your content is good and actually helps people, you WILL get ranked in google anyway because you will have built authority on your site

Use Craiglist for your ads, create interesting ads, post important infos and links to your webside.

My friend, I commend you for starting your own business. I could suggest you use the viral blogging platform that I use to market.
It is all set up for you already and it is very easy and inexpensive to use.
Blogging allows you to avoid the headaches and expense of a regular site and can get to reach out to even more customers in a much more engaging way.

Cheers
Clint

Do a Google search for "Warrior Forum Local SEO" and you should find a bunch of threads on here to help you out. Or you could head over to the WSO section and buy an inexpensive local seo product

Looks like everyone has covered the marketing aspect already.

I'd just like to add as a way of getting a little bit extra money out of your clients, install services like MyPCBackup for them (through your own afflink, of course). Just tell them it's a complimentary service they can use.

If you do 100 client visits a month and install MyPCBackup on all of them, that's an extra $600 right there.

Be creative and find other CPA/CPS offers related to your niche to promote as well. There's a lot of em'.

Wouldn't a local strategy based on mobile marketing be a good idea, especially when you're thinking about the future of your business? I saw a website just a few days ago that said local search traffic through smartphones has gone up like five times in the past 2 years or so. It might just be an estimate but judging from the customer's standpoint, if your computer is toast, you're more likely to rely on mobile searches instead of borrowing your neighbor's laptop.

Try : Archive.org

I used to sell computer services over craigslist quite well.. You need to post in other places, and setup some flyers at a local grocery store. This will get you more business than you can handle. Small tiny classified ads in news papers work extremely well for this type of work.

If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't worry about targeting Google.

I would target Facebook.

Why? Because most of your competitors are probably (not) targeting Facebook.

Now... who do you target?

Simple. You target your ideal demographic.

For Computer Repair, I would assume it would be Male & Female 50+

This is a very simple target audience on Facebook.

Get your ads in front of the Grandmas and Grandpas that are having trouble looking at the pictures their kids are posting of their great grandkids... because they need computer repair.

Be creative and fun with your ads, knowing this situation.

Also, you can target locally on Facebook...

Soooo... if you are even (more) creative with your ads, by having your actual picture as the image... you'll become the local celebrity in less than a week and you'll have people stopping you at Starbucks saying...

"Hey, aren't you that guy I see all over Facebook that does computer repair?"

Yep... it's that easy.

Have fun!

Enjoy the spotlight.

1. Get a good domain name
2. Start a blog and share articles through bookmarks (socialposter.com), ezinearticles, etc.
3. Create a few Youtube videos and share, of course
4. Setup a FB page and offer coupons for likes and fans
5. Offer freebies on contest sites
6. Don't spend a dime on Adwords on this competitive niche, just go viral.

Good luck!

Some say Adwords is worth it but last poster says its not worth it. Could someone shed some light if Adwords is good for this niche?

If you want to promote it yourself, you should try to learn some things about SEO. Try writing articles about your business and to link the KeyWords to your site.