I'm just starting a new business, How do I get me name out there?

I'm a new massage therapist and I was wondering how I can go about getting people to know that I'm there. I don't have a ton of money (see just started business) so TV and other expensive ads are out of my reach. Plus I don't have the credit needed to pull out a loan. HEEEEELLLLPPP!

local yahoo forums
small ads in the paper
big ads in local community areas like notice boards at supermarkets
Give your clients business cards to pass out, leave business cards everywhere you do (print your own or cheap online)
online: whitepages, insiderpages, etc etc

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Starting a business from home...what is involved...what can I expect to pay?

I've always wanted to start a business. I'm only 16, but I always hear about these young kids starting businesses early. I was planning on some type of home made bath products. Bath salts, lotions, soaps etc. How would I go about doing this? What would be the best way to start out? Would I sell my products to a shop? Should I start a website where people can order products? How much would the cost be?

I believe your choice of biz is a good one. But first let me give some info first about online biz. People on the Net search for information first before buying anything. They will look for useful info and then look for the best deals. Usually they will use the search engine such as google, yahoo or MSN. This three giants comprise 90% of all search done on the NET.

You can use this search engine in two ways, the free one or the paid one. The paid one are called pay-per-click advertising(PPC). If you go to any search engine usually the list at the top and on the right side are the paid one. While the big list usually 10 on each result pages are the free one. These lists are ranked using the search engine algorithm and all search engine has its own algorithm.

There are almost 100 millions website at the moment and you should understand by now it is not easy to be listed at the top. Usually only the first 3 pages of the result page or top 30 will get some clicked. That means if your website stay rank at no 50 for the rest of your life you might never get clicked ever. Anyhow if you need some ideas how it is done to get to the top you can check out below resources. hope that helps a bit.

http://www.clickaudit.com/goto/?89035 (30 min videos)

http://www.clickaudit.com/goto/?89012

http://www.clickaudit.com/goto/?89349 (FREE ebooks)

p/s - below resources is the estimate of daily search for each keyword phrase.

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