My Top 5 Tips For New Start Ups!

Starting a business is difficult, the marketing shouldn't be.

Below is some 5 keys things all businesses should be doing to ensure

they get the most out their online presence.

TIP 1:

Build Yourself A Google My Business Page

A common misconception is that it costs money to build a Google My Business

page. WRONG — don’t let companies trick you into believing this. It’s

an incredibly simple process that can take just minutes to set up.

Google My Business is like an online business card for your company.

GMB helps local customers find, trust, and contact your business quickly

and easily when searching for you by business name.

Optimising it for search engines and helping it climb higher in the Google

Maps rankings does require additional work. We can help you with this.

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TIP 2:

Don’t Neglect Social Media.

If I had £1 for every time a client has told me, “But Nick, my customers

don’t use social media,” I’d have enough to put my heating on…

You might be surprised to know the average age of a Facebook user is

32 — and this number keeps climbing.

The 25–34 age bracket makes up the largest proportion of users

on the Book of Face.

People spend hours every day on platforms like Facebook,

Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. Social media lets your business

show up where attention already exists — instead of trying to pull

people somewhere new. You’re not interrupting; you’re joining the

conversation.

TIP 3:

Go Out and Purchase Your Ideal Domain & Business Email

Having your desired www address is always a bonus! However, it might

already be taken, so I suggest checking its availability through providers like

123 Reg or GoDaddy and purchasing it for a small fee today.

My advice: stick with something that isn’t too long and includes your business

name or is clearly relevant to your company. Also, choose .co.uk over .com

or .net where appropriate.

Remember, buying a domain doesn’t mean you instantly have

a website — that still needs to be built, hosted, and managed properly.

TIP 4:

Go Out & Ask For Reviews! 

The power of reviews is unrivalled — you wouldn’t book a holiday without

looking at the hotel’s reviews, so why would your clients be any different?

Your work may speak for itself, but new clients don’t know that yet.

Be loud, be proud, and be proactive in encouraging the collection of reviews.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. Sadly, this is

often the challenge with collecting reviews. Therefore, making the journey

as easy as possible for your customers is a must.

Send review requests, link your Google My Business page in your emails,

or create a review QR code. (https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/ is a good

site for the latter)

Reviews also have an incredibly positive impact on your search engine rankings.

Tip 5:

Contact NS Marketing Solutions for a FREE consultation.

For the incredibly reasonable total of £0.00, you can get a free marketing

audit and consultation with me.

Getting a second opinion on what you’re currently doing could save —

or make — you more than you expect.

My time costs nothing; whether you choose to take your business to

the next step is entirely up to you.

Let’s chat.