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What other strategies can you use if you don't have time for blogging?

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Some people who don't have time to blog prefer to do podcasts - you record your voice and stream that instead of writing something. This can be just 5 minutes of your time sharing your opinion on something, and very simple to upload.

Unfortunately it's always a question of money vs time. If you are time poor, hire someone else to take over your online marketing. If you don't have the budget, schedule 2 x 1/2 hour a week at least to it, where you can build up your profile on social networking sites, contribute to online forums, twitter, etc, slowly building up your online reputation over time. Put a link to your website in your signature on these forums, and people will begin following your back if they consider you a valued contributor.

It's best to choose one social networking site to do well rather than sign up to a bunch that you can't properly service - so work out which form will work best for you, that will put you in contact with your target audience, and that is easy for you to contribute to.

And interconnect your phone, so in those moments that you're stuck in traffic, or waiting in line, or have a spare 5 minutes, you can quickly update a status or retweet a comment, keeping you in contact with the community without too much effort.

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twitter is quicker than blogging, if you build up a targetted following you can get clickthroughs to hyperlinks and your profile page link or hire someone to set up a fanbook fan page, twitter and word press self hosted blog - you can set up an automated blog that way.

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Get TV advertisement time. There are TV minutes you can buy, they come in packages and you don't have to pay much. Also, radio advertising can be a good option. Go to a radio station and convince the radio producer you have something offer to the audience and get invited as a guest to a radio show.

Support a charitable cause, that's not only advertising but it's taking care of the community problems as well. Send a newsletter to your clients, you can do it often so they be aware of the sales, discounts or promotions you may have.

If all the advertising methods don't work for you, just check this site out and see what other things you can do besides blogging.

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Blogs are especially helpful for SEO rankings. If you don't have the time to invest in a blog, I would recommend paying for text ads on google. Using adwords you can be included on page one of many searches (for the right price) without investing the time in a blog. Also, a blog takes several months to build up content and credibility. Purchasing keywords is instantaneous.

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