Some New and Old Cheap and Tested Marketing Ideas

The technology age changed marketing a bit. While a lot of the principles remain unchanged, and many of the old techniques still work, there are a lot of new ideas out there. A lot of ideas that cost very little, and take very little effort. Things that you can do to give yourself a boost with just a couple minutes of thought.

Marketing is one of my favorite subjects because it allows us to think constructively and creatively. Marketing ideas are really only limited by our own imaginations. For me bouncing ideas around is fun. Testing them not so much, but if you like your idea enough it isn't quite as hard to test as most other projects. Especially now with so much instant gratification tech to play with. No down and dirty scrubs uniforms for most of it. Just a little tinkering.

Small changes to your marketing mix can have a big impact -- especially if you tap the wealth of low-cost tools available to you online.

Here are seven small marketing changes that you can make now to boost your sales in 2011.