Stages of Marketing and Promoting

Breaking in takes some time, so to help make it a more manageable process for you, here are four stages to marketing and promotion. 1. Sign up, observe, and educate yourself. 2. Participate. Make yourself known. 3. Share something and grow relationships. Focus on what you give people or what you can share that's of value. 4. Ask for help. Put your connections to work as a means of marketing. People who know you and trust you will be more likely to help you. That's why it's important to establish relationships far before you market and promote a product or service. The relationships have to be meaningful before they have value in a marketing and/or promotion effort.