50 Marketing Habits Every Business Should Have

 If you’re starting a new business or looking for ways to improve your existing business, searching for marketing ideas can be an overwhelming task.

I get it!

Marketing is an entire industry!  When entrepreneurs start up their businesses, many times they don’t anticipate handling every aspect of running a business. Including the many aspects of marketing.

For example, a baker might make the BEST cakes in the world…but that doesn’t mean they know how to market and promote their bakery.

The great thing is that marketing doesn’t have to be overcomplicated! The best way to tackle marketing is to incorporate easy to understand and execute marketing strategies. Better yet, turn them into habits! Habits = “an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary”

By breaking down marketing tasks into easy daily, weekly, and monthly tasks, entrepreneurs – beginner to advanced – can really make a marketing impact!

To make it easy for you to market your business, we’ve created this graphic 50 Marketing Habits Every Business Owner Should Have to help you know exactly what tasks to focus on. The great news is that these are only a few options when it comes to marketing your business. 

Be creative, think outside the box, but most importantly – BE CONSISTENT.

Marketing Habits:

1. Start fresh everyday

2. Get and use business card

3. Write a blog and share helpful info weekly

4. Listen to your customers

5. Keep an ongoing list of creative ideas

6. Read a popular business book for inspiration 

7. Create a Facebook business page

8. Create a twitter profile

9. Create a Pinterest profile

10. Create a Instagram profile

11. Create a Google + page

12. Join Google + community to network

13. Use your social media to engage fans

14. Send an Email newsletter

15. Use your social media to provide customer service

16. Collect Email addresses

17. Offer a Discount or Special offer

18. Host a Giveaway

19. Ask customer for Referrals

20. Ask family and friends for Referrals

21. Create a referral network with other professionals

22. Ask customer for testimonials

23. Sponsor a cause or local event

24. Get interviewed on a blog, magazine or podcast 

25. Use SEO for drive traffic

26. Network with other business owners

27. Use Google AdWords

28. Advertise on Facebook

29. Advertise on Twitter

30. Advertise on LinkedIn

31. Network in LinkedIn groups

32. Advertise on Pinterest

33. Segment for Advertising: New & existing customers + Your email list

34. Add a retargeting pixel to your website to advertise to website visitors 

35. Attend a network event 

36. Offer a freebie to fans

37. Thank your customers

38. Review competitors, See what is working and what is not

39.  Host an Online workshop, webinar or training 

40. Write a guest blog

41. Submit articles to large websites

42. Write a press release 

43. Ask customers for feedback

44. Use video to market your business

45. Network in Facebook group

46. Create your own Facebook group

47. Offer an affiliate program 

48. Ask another business to promote your business

49. Send personal cards to customers

50. Most importantly; everyday; Provide value