Making the first buck

So you’ve started your business!  It’s official, you’ve got a business name, business license, a website, maybe even a real office.  Now what?  The floodgates don’t magically open with lines of new clients.  How do you get those first customers?  Is there any wonder why businesses frame that first dollar?  You can’t have a ‘build it and they will come’ philosophy without doing some legwork to let people know about your new company.

Here’s a great article from USA Today (brought to me via Smart Brief on Entrepreneurs) by Rhonda Abrams that gives 5 for entrepreneurs to get your first customers, ‘Getting your first customer takes work’.

There are free local resources to help with marketing your business.  You can meet with a SCORE counselor to review your marketing plan, get detailed market research from the local Small Business Development Center or visit our marketing page, just to name a few.