How to Promote Your Business While Traveling
Advertising and promoting your business is obviously essential in all businesses, but at home businesses, or in this case businesses in homes that go places, can be a bit more challenging. Here are some ideas to help you successfully promote your business.
This page has general advertising ideas, for suggestions more specific to varies business endeavors, please see the Product or Services Plus Other Promotion pages.
General Advertising Ideas
Keep This In Mind
Whether you are staying in an RV park, a lodge, a rental cabin, a motel or hotel, or whatever, those are all private businesses and will have their own set of rules for what they do and do not allow in the way of individual's business activities. The ideas in this website are simply to help you find ways to advertise your business, these not suggestions that you should randomly practice without considering and verifying if they are acceptable to the rental accommodations where you are staying.
Remember Laws and Regulations
Most states have sales taxes and also many occupations require licensing. These are things to consider when traveling and working in various states. One thought is to meet the legal requirements for just 2-3 states where you will be spending the most time, such as wintering (snowbird) in warmer states. Then perhaps find an alternate supplement to your income for the months that you travel far and wide.
Advertise on Your Car, Truck or RV - SimpleSteps - by Kathy Helgerson
Basic Ways To Advertise When RVing
- Signs in windows of RV and/or vehicle.
- Magnetic signs for vehicle/metal sided RV.
- Bumper Stickers.
- Ask park manager if you can place business cards in their check-in area.
- Ask park manager if there is a bulletin board where you can place flyer.
- Wear apparel with your information. T-shirts, purse, tote, caps, etc.
- Regular advertising give-a-ways. Pens, rulers, mugs, calendars, etc.
- Kinda expensive, but a car wrap ad.
Ways To Advertise Locally
- Local shopper newspaper.
- Local Craigslist.
- Announce your location on your website/Facebook/Twitter type pages.
- Announce your location on sites like: RVillage, Escapees, NextDoor, and other RV camping membership sites and forums.
- Announce your location in groups you belong to like Facebook and forums.
- Pass out business cards when shopping.
- Place flyers at businesses that allow it.
Get Yourself Known On The Internet
- Join Facebook groups, forums, places to chat.
- Start 2-3 social pages, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Pinterest.
- Find places online that will allow you to post a link back to your business page.
- Write guest articles to submit to other websites.
- Remember to occasionally post your business link on your own social pages.
Other Promotional Ideas & Tips
- Be a guest speaker at clubs and events, talk can be unrelated to your business, but gives you exposure.
- Have your picture on your business cards, people seem to like faces.
- When giving out business cards give two cards if good potential customer, seems harder to throw away two cards for some reason.
- Give gifts with your business card to places for give-a-ways, like senior centers for bingo.