Is anyone doing something like this?
I created a site today geared towards my local area. The site is medinarocksdotcom
If you look at it, you will see it is not quite done - but you should be able to get the gist of where I'm heading with it. My ultimate goal of the project is to gain a local following of people looking for deals and coupons. My plan is to utilize email opt-ins and a Facebook page to create a way to keep the site and deals in front of people. In other words, I want to build a list of local consumers, which is exactly the group of people we are trying to get our clients in front of.
I think that if it works, this would be a huge asset to any local client I work with. The end product of our services is customers, having a way to get directly to them seems to me a huge asset you could pass on to your clients.
Although down the road I see it as feasible to charge for advertising, there is no real profit motive in place now.
Here's the immediate goal of the project...
I want a way to walk into businesses, introduce my company and hopefully land some new clients - but without any feeling of sales pressure in the air. I plan to walk in, introduce myself and my company, hand them a card and then jump right into my main reason for being there - to see if they want to put their business on the site for free. They would be helping me out by helping me build the site, and in return they get free advertising.
I don't plan on mentioning anything about their current online marketing....but will be glad to talk about it when they ask! Even if the topic never comes up, they will at least have my card, know my name and see me as a local businessperson who gave them something absolutely free. And - once they start getting customers from my site, I will gain instant credibility.
Any feedback at all would be highly appreciated. Am I on the right track? Or am I wasting my time?
PBN site builder. Expired domain scraper. Website Hoster.....Oh, and an amazing guy. :)
Growing older but not up!
Melanie James
entrepreneur/writer
Get free tips on credit card processing, merchant cash advance, and other credit card merchant services.