Want to market your business in a fun and easy way? Try these promos.

Publicize your business by putting it on pencils, bookmarks, pens, magnets, caps, tee shirts and hundreds of other products which will help get the word out about your new business. These promos are very effective. Give them to your friends, doctor, dentist, child's teacher or whomever you come in contact with during your daily travels.

The Lillian Vernon catalog (1.800.545.5426 or email: www.lillianvernon.com) has 40 personalized pencils for $9.98. Need more? 40 extra pencils cost $7.98. Buy five sets get one free.

You can buy a package of three white tee shirts at Wal-Mart for $7.98 and hand stencil the name of your business with logo on the shirt or buy some tee shirt transfers at Staples, print your URL or business on transfer sheet, then iron on transfer to tee shirt. Cost of stencils & pens are about $10.00 and can be reused. Transfers are about $1.00/transfer and there are 25 per box. The possibilities are endless.

I wore a tee shirt with my URL on it, just for the fun of it, when I went to the grocery store, post office, bookstore, and department store; you know, one of those days dedicated to zipping around town to pick up this, that, and the other thing. When people asked about www.pamelabeers.com on the front of my shirt, I was all too happy to explain the writing services I provided, leaving them with a business card and a personalized pencil with my URL on it.

Within two weeks, I started generating over $1000 worth of business. I was pleasantly surprised; never thinking the tee shirt trick would be that successful. At this point in time, a portion of my business continues to come from promo advertising, but the remainder comes from public speaking, networking and referrals.

As you know, It is important to get out there and generate interest, which will generate questions, which will generate business. For a few dollars you can advertise your business and get surprising results. It happened to me.