{"id":1823,"date":"2017-07-13T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.payumoney.com\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2020-06-28T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T10:31:10","slug":"low-cost-marketing-for-online-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payu.in\/blog\/low-cost-marketing-for-online-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Cost Marketing Tips For Your Online Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marketing, as we know is a broader concept and consists of many different types of techniques. One of this technique, known as Guerilla Marketing is an ancient native to high levels of creativity and attractively. Take a look at a niche yet preferred technique you can use for your online business.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #43c6ac;\"><b>What does it mean?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The simplest way to answer this question would be: it\u2019s a unique and interesting form to cater products and services to the audiences instead of using the expensive ways such as advertising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guerrilla marketing, like the famous guerrilla warfare in the history of mankind, proves to be extremely useful, victorious and attention seeking for all businesses especially startups. As its nature typically points out to high-cost effectivity requiring a low number of resources online. It includes:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Ambient<\/li>\n<li>Viral or buzz<\/li>\n<li>Experiential Marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/hO9fwVKYWeEFIJ\" width=\"750\" height=\"485\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-=\"\" g=\"\" class=\"gr_ gr_142 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"142\" data-gr-id=\"142\">mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;<\/span> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #43c6ac;\"><b>Why Use Guerrilla Marketing?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Unconventional Advertising<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Using mediums like newspaper, radio, TV and other traditional mediums for promotion is quite predictable. Audiences know that they are being advertised to. In contrast, guerrilla marketing is considered unconventional because the audiences don\u2019t have the slightest idea of what they are being exposed to. It is unconventional in terms of look, feel, thoughts, ideas and above all experience. It\u2019s a gentle way of selling your products to the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tactics used here are extremely discreet and surprising. Hypothetically, if you were to scroll on a specific name on your Facebook profile and once done, a magical wand pops up and paints your screen with ribbons and stars. Surprising and different, right? That\u2019s how Harry Potter celebrated its 20th birthday!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.payumoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_26_at_10.17.08_AM.0.png.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1827 size-full\" title=\"marketing online business\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.payumoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_26_at_10.17.08_AM.0.png.jpg\" alt=\"Cost effective marketing for online business\" width=\"920\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/payu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_26_at_10.17.08_AM.0.png.jpg 920w, https:\/\/payu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_26_at_10.17.08_AM.0.png-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/payu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_26_at_10.17.08_AM.0.png-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><em>Image Source: The Verve<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Creative Freedom<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has the potential to set you apart from the marketers and their strategies. Here, there is no specific brief or protocols to keep in mind for your online business. Imagination is your canvas and paints it with the best style and colors you can! It gives you the true liberties to market your products freely to your customers. Understand your creative freedom better with the Harry Potter example mentioned above. It is witty, amusing and addictive. Whether or not one is a Harry Potter fan, one will figure out the context clearly.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>High chances of virality<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As guerrilla marketing for online business is free from all creative protocols. It is bound to seek the attention of people for its uniqueness. If people relate to your campaign or ideas they will go ahead and share your creativity thus help you score high national platform &#8211; faster than any other marketing or ad campaign. It works on the basis of the snowball technique, wherein; consider the classic example of ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. It garnered so much of social media attention and virality. The NGO was highlighted well because of its unusual concept and hence garnered huge profits for the cause.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Cost Effective<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the creative brainchild is up to you, what to do? How to go about? For how long to run the campaigns? And so on, it is absolutely your call as a marketer to get it done for free or to spend at least the minimum. Yes, guerrilla marketing can come for free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here\u2019s a tip: Humor in the form of memes, home videos and so on work well.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #43c6ac;\"><b>Channels of Guerrilla Marketing<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is recommended that your online business campaigns should be full of surprises, unexpected, drastic, humorous and above all cost-effective. You can sell your product using this uncommon marketing strategy by making use of various tools which include:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Unpaid<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Your own website<\/i> &#8211; This is your space and your mind. You can introduce your own offer, coupons and other surprise elements for your customers in the best creative form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Social Media Networks (Profiles, Communities, Groups, etc.) &#8211;<\/i>Facebook communities and groups have a lot of followers and hence by making your presence felt on these communities can increase your product awareness and reach. <i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Emails &#8211; <\/i>This doesn\u2019t indicate spamming at all. Try creating and pushing different types of emailers &#8211; funny, inspirational, gifs and so on to make your customers feel special and cared for. Towards the end, a simple redirection to your website or the main purpose of the emailer helps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Videos &#8211; <\/i>Everyday over 100 million people view videos on Facebook. Videos are trending and creating videos loved by all is an all-time trend. Educate people about your products and services by making use of this channel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Webinars &#8211;<\/i> Educate people for free not about your product but about everything they would face issues with or they are stuck up with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Paid<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Social Media Advertising \u00a0&#8211;<\/i> This segment requires no explanation per se. With rising need and affection for social media, it\u2019s a part of our daily lives and not just any other channel. Social media as mentioned above, is free only if your plan is to promote on your own profile or page, other related groups and communities. But, when it comes to advertising, it does require some amount to score. It\u2019s great to understand the math of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.payumoney.com\/facebook-advertising-commonly-made-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">effective Facebook ads<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Ebooks &#8211;<\/i> Publish an eBook which is relevant to your audience and they have been searching for. If you are running a product photography business, you can \u00a0Eg: If you are an online marketing automation company, you can publish a helpful ebook about \u201c How to write a perfect email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Online Games &#8211; \u00a0<\/i>Rendering your own games for greater effect can sum down to be expensive, but you can still use online games to promote your online business by spending a penny and advertising in the already existing and trending ones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><i>Events &amp; Promotions &#8211; <\/i>We at PayU have come up with an interesting concept to cater to this active segment. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/upstartncodeup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UpStart &amp; CodeUp<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startnowofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StartNow<\/a> are super examples how we have made use of minimalist techniques to reach out to the many. Quora and LinkedIn are other platforms which we use to reach out to our existing and potential customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be it paid or unpaid, exceptional brand awareness and visibility are guaranteed with guerrilla marketing depending on your creative chords. The only sign of caution here is, to target your audience well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guerrilla marketing can be most effective for your online business when it is at its creative best!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Learn more about other <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.payumoney.com\/inbound-marketing-a-cost-effective-way-for-small-businesses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost-effective marketing techniques<\/a> to rise above the evens and march into the new horizons of well-deserved success.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marketing, as we know is a broader concept and consists of many different types of techniques. 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