Help me get leads for my business! PLEASE

I'm totally new to this market. However.

The first thing you do: look at your competition.

Run a selection of relevant websites through SimilarWeb.com.

Do that, and you'll instantly gain insight into lead-gen possibilities.

- Tom

If you have a limited budget, start off posting on Craigslist. Post at least 3 ads today. You will get at least a few people, not sure how qualified they will be but its a starting point and they may be able to refer you to others.

While not free at all, PPC and SEO are two great ways you can use to generate leads as most people search for what they want online before they buy it. These will start to eat up a bit of your budget but can have serious payoffs if run consistently. If you try either of these methods just try to track the data to see how much you are spending and how much revenue those two advertising sources are giving you.

You should also think about making a Facebook page if you don't already have one. But more than just think about it, you should definitely do it. Start running promotions to your fans and have them promote to their friends. You could make the promotion be something like whoever gets the most likes on a post they put on your Facebook wall, they get some kinda prize. These kinda promotions work like a charm and gets you exposed to someones entire social circle if they are motivated enough from your deal.

You've got hella options. Pick one and get busy.

You can effectively do SEO with articles. Look for a top runner in your business and see the articles that get retweeted and shared, you can use this tool: Free Competitor Analysis Tool for SEO & Social Media. I think content marketing is still the best form of SEO for your kinda market.

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I would hope everyone has a twitter account for your business by now – if not go get one now please

I have posted elsewhere on the site about various ways to increase your twitter following but wanted to drop a mention about JustRetweet

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I do not use Craig's list any more. Back when they allowed clickable links it was OK, but not now. I use to advertise in a local small town newspaper. Sadly, they turned my click able links off and near crushed my company. Also, I do not like back page. Well, they are OK if you pay. Maybe the best strategy is you tube mini movies. These are free and creating them is easy. Realtors are jumping in.

Make sure to take your videos using an expensive camera. Production values are important in getting customers to call you. Spend a little bit of time washing your cars. Like my girlfriend says - there is nothing worse than a dirty car.

Twitter is great if you live in a small rural area. Competition in a big metropolis can crush you. How will people find your tweets if they are buried under a pile that is enormous.

Do try to optimize your mobile web pages. Most people searching for a car... are not using a lap top, but they have a smart phone with a small screen. Check out what your web site looks like on an I phone - can they see the text in your body copy. What about having your screens automatically resize.

Also, do you have any special cars? There are directories for living green. It is great place to list an electric car in one. Maybe you have a Chevy Volt, nissan leaf or a plug in prius.

Check for directories for exotic cars. Please remember that if you compete head to head with the big guys... they will crush you. Learn to zig when they zag.

Honestly i would do some direct mail. Then i would try to reach them via PPC, and sites that have the people that you're interested in targeting.

What do you plan on selling them once you have the leads that you want? Is it an offer that's over the $1,000 mark?