Small Business Saturday- Tips for Success

This Saturday is Small Business Saturday, so I'm taking this opportunity to help other entrepreneurs. What's the best advice I can give?   Use all the free marketing and advertising you can find especially online, such as Small Business Saturday. It's a great program and it's free. Be sure to get your website listed on google, Yahoo,  and other free listings. Just do a web search and you will find many places to list your website for free.  Be sure to use google+ and all the social media sites.  Kabbage has some great free guides to help understand the differences between all the social media sites out there.

Budget wisely. What I mean is if you don't have the funds to purchase something, wait and see if needed or you may find it's not essential at all. So that is money saved. A dollar saved is a dollar earned.

We are having a special online sale that we are promoting on our social media sites and e-mail blasts. Shop Ledfoots Pet Bakery this Saturday November 29th and save 15% on your online order of $35.00 or more. Use Coupon Code: Small

MailChimp is an e-mail marketing service provider. If you have fewer than 2000 subscribers, you can send up to 12,000 e-mails per month for free. That is a great deal for any small business trying to survive and bring your business to the next level. 

 I hope these few tips, helps you, and I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. 

Farmers Market

We love this time of year. Farmers Markets will be in full swing by next month. We will be working our booth in Huntley Farmers Market on Saturday and Sycamore Farmers Market on Sunday. Selling our full line of dog treats and cat treats  along with natural pet supplies. It's a great time to give us a try. All dogs that come to the market get a free sample of our homemade dog treats. We also provide a watering station so your dogs won't go thirsty. It's nice to meet everyone in person. Folks have a lot of questions and we provide the answers for living a healthy lifestyle with your pets. 

There are so many great local vendors at the markets. Like our friend Gene with South Street Coffee. He roasts all the coffee he sells. Let me tell you it's the best coffee around and doesn't compare to the coffee you buy at the local grocery store.  You will find a lot of local folks selling their home grown plants, homemade cookies and baked goods. You have a great variety to choose from and won't be disappointed. So give your local farmers market a try, you will be supporting local businesses in your area. 
Do you shop at your local farmers market?