Advertising Your Business

[TupperGal]

Here are some Creative Things you can do to Advertise your business Offline! Your OFFLINE customers are just as important as ONLINE ones!

#1. Put an inexpensive ad in the back of local HIGH SCHOOL year books!

#2. Put an inexpensive ad in the back of HIGH SCHOOL athletic program books, such as football, soccer etc.

#3. Put an inexpensive ad in the back of local school: Play Programs, Choir Programs and etc. They all print out program books for their events!

#4. Banner advertising at local SCHOOL Athletic Events! I see them hanging at football, soccer & baseball games alot!

#5. Local Restaurants & Diners...alot of them use those advertising paper placemats...look at them & get the phone # and call & ask for RATES on adding your Tupperware Ad to one of the paper placemats used at local restaurants!

#6. Local Restaurants & bars...alot of them use advertising paper coasters for their beverages!

#7. Get a vinyl cling for your automobiles made up with your Tupperware Business Info on it!

#8. If you dont want a vinyl window cling, get a plastic license plate made up with your business info!

#9. Get yourself a tote bag & decorate it up with pins & sayings about the GREAT advantages of having a Tupperware Party or joining the Tupperware Oppty! Load that bag up with guest gadgets (sales aids), full size catalogs, mini monthly catalogs, order forms & business cards. Carry it every where you go & hand them out!!!

#10. Where a name badge every time you go out! Make sure it has your name & Tupperware on it! When people see it on you, initiate a conversation about your Tupperware Business.

#11. Take a ShelfSmart 2 and load it up with mini catalogs, guest gadgets and business cards. See if you can leave them on the counter at local deli's, coffee shops, doughnut shops, mini markets and so forth!!! Tell the owner that after all the patrons empty it out with the fillers you have placed inside that they can keep the item! You can also do this with the 2 cup Impressions bowls!

#12. If you can afford it why NOT advertise your business on the side of a taxi cab or public transportation bus! I also see local business ads all over the covered bus station stops (bus sheds) through out our city!

#13. When you go thru a drive thru for the bank or a fast food restaurant, send a business card, flier or guest gadget thru with your deposit/withdrawal slip or money/payment.

#14. Grocery Stores now accept advertising on the back of their cash register tapes! On the back of one of our grocery stores cash register tapes...I see coupons/ads for dry cleaners, stores & video rentals. See how much that would cost to do!

#15. Country Clubs who hold golfing events...alot of advertising opptys there! I always see a slew of advertising banners & so forth at local golfing events!

#16. Local Dentists/Doctors Offices waiting rooms! I made up a little wicker basket that I decorated up with lace & beads & filled it up with mini catalogs, gadgets, coupons & business cards. Every time I go in for appointments, I refill them & hand out little freebies to the staff at these offices. Most of the staff has turned into customers for me!

#17. Rental properties such as apartment & condo complexes can be GREAT sources of new customers & hosts for you! When people move to a new location, they are ALWAYS buying NEW items for their new home/apartment! Capitalize on that! Contact the rental offices & see about leaving mini catalogs, fliers & business cards with them to hand out to their new residents! I know apartment complexes around here that give new tennants a basket filled up with little items donated by local businesses! Get your fillers added to them!

#18. LOCAL Hospitals are always looking for fillers for their NEW MOMMY bags! Around here, all new moms leave the HOSPITAL with one of these bags! Donate a mini catalog, flier, business card & our shape-o-ball toy keychain & print out some 10% OFF coupons to be used on our childrens products! See about donating them to local hospitals for those bags!

#19. Call LOCAL Radio Stations to see if you can donate a Tupperware Prize to one of their ON-AIR or ON-WEBSITE contests! They are always looking for contest sponsors!

#20. Call LOCAL Newspapers or contact them via their websites & offer to donate prizes to one of their numerous contests!

#21. Call LOCAL BINGO HALLS, ask them about you donating some Tupperware Prizes to their BINGO games! I have done this myself & had great results! I always make sure I drop off a few extra catalogs, fliers, business cards & coupons so that those who are playing BINGO that night can take one home with them to contact me in the future about Tupperware!

#22. CALL or Visit LOCAL TV Station Websites. They also hold numerous CONTESTS....see about sponsoring one of their contests too!

#23. Local Bridal Fairs....GREAT way to market & advertise Tupperwares ONLINE Bridal Gift Registry!

#24. Local BABY Expo's & Events! (including BABY Contests which are usually held around Mothers Day & Fathers Day), see about donating a prize, coupons etc for the event!

#25. Watch your LOCAL newspaper for NEW Engagement Announcements...then try to match up the location with info in the phone book or at the website at:
www.searchbug.com
Send the Bride to be a flyer about Tupperwares Bridal Registry, a new catalog, a gadget and a business card!

[TupperGal]

#26. Watch your LOCAL newspaper for NEW BABY announcements! Again, see if you can match up addresses & send the NEW mom a Shape-o-ball toy keychain or other gadget, a catalog & a business card. I also like to include a 10% OFF discount coupon good on any childrens product!

#27. Does your cable company have a LOCAL TV Ads Channel? Ours does! Call them up & see about advertising on that!

#28. Stamp ALL of your outgoing postal mail (including bills) with your website address & the Tupperware Name! You never know...a mailman or bill collector might see it, go visit your website & make a purchase! Alot of "hands" touch your outgoing mail before it gets to the final recipient!

#29. See about advertising on PAPER CUPS that are used at sporting EVENTS in your local area!

#30. See about advertising on PAPER NAPKINS used at local sporting events, restaurants, bars etc!

#31. Contact LOCAL Daycares...both in-home & facility daycares! See if you can leave catalogs, fliers, business cards & coupons with them to hand out to parents! ALL parents LOVE our sipper cups! Why not print out a coupon that gives them 10% OFF our sipper cups? Almost every Parent I know has owned Tupperware Sipper Cups for their kids! Also offer them the Tupperware Fundraiser Oppty!

#32. Contact LOCAL Ambulance & Fire Stations in your LOCAL area & offer the Tupperware Fundraising Oppty to them! They are always doing fundraisers!!!

#33. Contact your LOCAL Welcome Wagon Type of Agency and see about donating a flyer, gadget, coupon, business card, mini catalogs or something to their "Welcome to Our Neighborhood" packages that they hand out to NEW Residents in the community!

#34. Contact LOCAL Assisted Living Centers for Senior Citizens (this is different then a nursing home!) and see if you can come in & offer a shopping oppty. to their Senior Residents! Seniors can NOT get out like they used too so they appreciate being able to shop from home and the majority of them dont own computers & if they do, they are not extremely computer savvy...so offer a one on one shopping experience with them! They also appreciate the adult company!

#35. Contact other Party Plan Consultants in your area & meet up with them! Find out what works for them and also share with them...what is working for you! Its always GREAT to buddy up with some locally to you to bounce ideas off of & to network with!

#36. Attend your LOCAL home business associations events in your community! Get out there & network!

#37. Are there local small summer concerts held in your local parks? We have them here during the summer months! Ask about advertising options during these community events!

#38. Community/Neighborhood Summer BBQ Block Party! Turn it into a Mystery Hostess Party! Hang up fliers thru out your neighborhood! Its a GREAT way to meet other neighbors in your community & a GREAT way to get bookings & sales!

#39. BUY little boxes of Smartie (tm) Candies! Put your Business info on one side & on the front side slap on a label that says "Be a Smartie, Earn FREE Tupperware w/a Party!"
Hand them out every where you go!

#40. By MINI PAYDAY (tm) Candy Bars! Print out a self-stick label and attach to the back! "Ask me how Every Day Can be a PAYDAY w/Tupperware!" Again, hand them out every where you go!

I like to make those up during Halloween time & hand them out to trick or treaters...Last year I got 3 new customers from the parents of the trick or treaters who visited our home!

#41. Make up a basket or Tupperware Container filled up with mini catalogs, shape-o-ball toy keychains, coupons, flyers, business cards or whatever...take them to LOCAL Baby & Childrens Consignment Shops! See if you can leave it with them on their check-out counter! (we have tons of these consignment shops in our city!) If you do a coupon, make it related to Tupperware's Childrens Products since you are leaving this at Baby & Children Consignment Shops!

#41) Make up little goodie packs! Here is what I do: I went to the dollar store and bought cute little cello bags that had little designs on them. I also bought recipe cards that also had designs on them! Inside my little goodie bags, I put in:
my magnetic business card
a citrus peeler stick
discount coupon for 10% off
2-3 blank recipe cards (stamped on backside w/my biz info)
Stickers
mini eraser

Whatever! Put a few little trinkets in the bag and tie with a ribbon. You want to carry several with you while you are out and about! When you dine out...leave one with your tip, while staying at a hotel leave one for the maid, leave one with your bank teller, grocery store cashier and so forth! You have left them with a few little goodies which has sparked their interest to look inside that bag which also has your business info!

#43. Exchange Business Cards, Fliers or Coupons with another Home Party Consultant in a NON-Competing Business and place her filler in your bags & outgoing packages & have her do the same for you! Sort of "scratching each others backs".

#44. Local GYMS with MAINLY if NOT ALL Women/FEMALE Gym Members is a GREAT place to look for new customers & hosts! Why not see if you can set up a table or do a MINI GYM party! You could draft up a coupon for our Tupperware On the GO type of products since these women obviously lead busy on the go lives! I would market the Rock N Serve, Crystalwave, sandwhich keepers, lunch type of products, commuter mugs & so forth to them! Why not draft up coupons for the Thirstbreak Tumblers, Commuter Mugs etc & leave a few at local gyms along with mini catalogs or full size catalogs? Atleast see if you can leave some business cards!

#45. The PUBLIC Library! I go in there often and see all kinds of local advertisements for businesses there! See if you can leave a catalog & a few business cards!

#46. Do a CATALOG SWAP with another party plan consultant (NON competing business). See if she will swap a few catalogs with you. You hand out a few of her catalogs at the END of your party and have her do the same! Hand them out as guests are LEAVING the party!

#47. You can print out labels on your computer to fit around the mini Hershey Candy bars with your business info on it. You can hand them out at parties & through out your community!

#48. I have a friend & fellow network member who prints out for me...mint books...she prints a pretty graphic on it, along with my business info...they look like matchbooks and inside is a piece of peppermint hard candy! They are inexpensive too! I think I paid $8.00 for 40+ of them! She includes the candy too! I can refer her to you if you want to try those! Tell Tonya that Shelly sent ya!

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#49. Get some Pencils or Pens printed up with your business info on them! See if you can then donated them to College Campuses! I would TARGET that even further with donating them to COLLEGE FEMALE GROUPS!

[TupperGal]

#50. When out & about doing your every day activities MARKET YOURSELF like a walking billboard! Where a Tupperware Pin/Name Badge! Get a T-shirt & Sweatshirt that has the Tupperware Wording on it & wear it! Carry around your change in the MINI Canister Coin Holder (sold under the SALES AID LIST) so that others see it & ask about it! You can also carry change in a smidget or midget container!

#51. If you work outside the HOME...carry your LUNCH to work in a Tupperware Lunch Box, Use Tupperware Lunch Products & so forth! When others see them, You can converse with them about the benefits of using these products & take orders!

#52. Got Children in school? Do the same for item #51, let teachers, other students, parents etc...see them using Tupperware Products!!!

#53. Got Left-over Tupperware You dont want? Donate it to a Womens Group or Womens Shelter! Include your business card so that workers/employees can contact you should they wish to purchase products! I donated a $50 surprise pack to a woman's shelter and when 2 of the Ladies got back up on their feet, they requested a current catalog & placed orders! Others remember your kindness!!!

#54. School & Group Bake Sales! Take the bake goods to them in Tupperware Products! Tape your name & business info to the bottom of the container that way if you want it back...hopefully you can get it back....if not....its a GREAT WAY for the recipient to get our business info for future customer contact! When attendees at the bake sale see how the Product Can benefit them...you can accept their orders! Why not distribute coupons while you are there telling the other parents that if they like the products you brought the bake goods in that they can get 10% OFF their order if they place an order within 72 hours!!!!

#55. CHURCH Bake Sales...for these I like to take the bake goods in a Tupperware Product that I am donating to the church....so they sell the bake goods & then the CHURCH keeps the product!

#56. Do a PARTY SWAP with a Consultant in another HOME party business! (NON-COMPETING!) Tell her if she holds a Tupperware Party for you.....you will hold a XYZ Party for her!

#57. Ask about getting your info printed onto golf tee's and golf balls & then donated them to a local golf course or mini golf course!

#58. FOAM DRINK COZIES, the foam thingie you wrap around a cold beverage can! See if you can get some of those with your business info on them & hand them out at local sporting events!

#59. When you need gifts for birthday, bridal showers, baby showers, christmas, weddings, mothers day, fathers day, graduation & so forth...why spend your money elsewhere when it doesnt benefit you? Buy your gifts from yourself! Tupperware MAKES excellent gifts plus you get it at a personal discount! When you present a gift of Tupperware to the recipient in front of others, hopefully they will love the gift you gave and all their friends & family members will LOVE it too and will want to place orders with you to get one! This also helps out your MONTHLY Tupperware Sales Totals! I don't know about you, but I would rather buy gifts & give gifts from my own business that way hopefully others will see the items, like them & will want to purchase some!

#60. Offline Carnivals, Fairs & Expo's! Why not check into getting some advertising at your local events! Banners hanging up through-out an event are awesome! You only have to BUY one or two...pick up your banner after the event so you can reuse for the next event!

#61. Indoor Concert Arena's. Have you attended a concert lately? Tons of advertising by local and national merchants at concerts! Check into doing some advertising!

#62. Flea Markets....you can set up a table/booth and hand out catalogs, give-away sales aids and do a drawing! Make up a tupperware package...have passerby's fill out contest entry forms...that way you can collect their contact info to mail them catalogs, fliers etc in the future. Have a box on the entry form staying: Put a check mark in this box if you would like me to contact you with info about the Tupperware Oppty, another box for Party Hostess info and another box about adding them to your online newsletter to keep them informed of specials!

#63. If you are doing HOME PARTIES, make sure you get some Tupperware Themed Folders (under sales aids) or make your own folders....but slogans all over the covers about the Party Oppty and the Business Oppty that relates to your business...this is a subliminal message to your guests to book parties or to consider joining your business oppty!

#64. Children LOVE Stickers! Buy a slew of stickers with your business name on them....hand them out! Chances are that the kid's parents will see the stickers too!

#65. When doing any type of entertaining in your own home, make sure you USE Tupperware!!! Any time we hold a party here, backyard BBQ, Holiday Dinners etc...I always make sure I use as much as Tupperware as possible! I sold 3 cake takers last Xmas because guests in my home saw the item and saw how I was using them!

#66. Alot of communities have LOCAL AREA Discount Coupon Books....contact those agencies to see if it would be affordable for you to place a discount coupon in their local community discount coupon books!

#67. Make sure you get yourself listed in your telephone book under the white pages & the yellow pages for Tupperware. Alot of NON-Computer users will find a local consultant to them by simply opening up a telephone book! I get atleast 15 new customers every 10-12 months from people finding me in the telephone book!!!

#68. SMALL Community Newspapers. If you have a penny saver, guide, shopper or whatever...small local town or community newspaper, try putting in a Tupperware Ad or a Press Release about your business. Also contact them about you sponsoring some of their contests with donations of Tupperware Prizes!

#69. Local JOB & Business Fairs! They are held often here! Set up a table or booth with info about the Tupperware Oppty. I like to have a BIG Impressions (tm) or Sheerly Elegant (tm) bowl sitting there with entry forms. I collect their info when they fill out the entry/contest form...so that I can talk with them there briefly about the Tupperware Oppty. You gain interest by having a raffle/contest at your table. Then follow up during the following days with info about the Tupperware Oppty with them via phone or email or in person interview/appointments.

Growing your TEAM with Tupperware is important!

#70. Temporary Employment Agencies...again drop off packets of info about the Tupperware Oppty to them. Economy is sluggish in alot of the areas in the USA...ask Temp. Employment Agencies to refer some clients to you who may be interested in a Tupperware Home Business!!! You could offer the staff a discount or free guest gadgets for the referrals.

#71. Local Event Program Guides! Alot of time you will see advertisements from sponsors of the event or just local merchant advertising....find out how you can get your ad into those program guides!!!

#72. Local Visitors Center....we have alot of tourist attractions around here and alot of visitor centers...tons of pamphlets, fliers and all kinds of info there that tourists come in and take the reading materials with them. Print up flyers about your tupperware business & drop them off! Make sure you website info & email is on them since alot of them will be out of area tourists!

#73. Print up some flyers and get permission from local shopping centers to see if you can leave them on car windshields! Always ASK permission first!

#74. BUY and MAIL postcards...they are CHEAPER then mailing catalogs! You can buy some from Tupperware or go to:
www.thebooster.com
I buy some every time we change catalogs and they say "Contact Me to receive a FREE NEW Catalog!" The backside has all of my info!

Thanks to Shelly Hill GrandStyle Enterprises
for this Great Information! :)

[Windy]

this is awsome , ill get rite on it !!!!!!!!
thankx susan hugssssszzzz
windy:)