A great marketing plan to get your home based business up of the ground and running as fast as possible if your marketing budget is between $500 - $2000

If you are on a limited budget for your home based business, there are many options for you to drive traffic to your business / personal website. As with any business, home based or not, you will need to be consistent on a daily basis with your marketing efforts to build momentum. Keep in mind that you are simply going to do whatever is required to bring in results on a consistent basis, until you are turning a profit in your home based business endeavor.
Many of the top producers in any company have used the following methods to get their home based business off the ground and begin generating sales. It simply requires consistent, focused action!

In this marketing plan for your home based business, you are going to do 50% free advertising and 50% paid advertising. The free advertising will service two purposes: driving traffic and building your online presence and image. The free advertising can also result in higher conversions of your paid leads, as it will give you a foundation of credibility and authority in your home based business niche.

It's essential that you DO NOT spend all of your advertising funds on one campaign, or on one marketing method. Your goal will be to turn a profit before spending 50% of your advertising budget. This will give you a cushion so that when you do see results, you still have advertising funds to allocate towards the marketing methods that are working the best for you in your home based business.

Spend your funds wisely on tools that will leverage your free marketing such as a subscription to traffic geyser, a web cam, and several of the low-cost article and press release distribution services, or hosting for your blog, and the actual paid advertisements this will ensure the longevity of your home based business.

Part I: Paid Advertising

Choose two for your home based business

__ Ezine Advertising
__ Banner Advertising
__ Paid Email Marketing / Solo Ads
__ Paid Classieds (online)
__ Paid Classieds (offine)
__ Facebook Social Ads
__ Google Adwords (Recommended for Advanced Marketers Only).
__ MSN and Yahoo Pay-per-click

Part II: Content Marketing

Choose two for your home based business

__ Article Marketing
__ Press Release Marketing
__ Video Marketing

Part III. Basic Social Media Setup

In this day and age on the internet, you need to have a presence on social media sites. Setup accounts on the following sites and spend approximately 30 minutes per day networking. This means adding new friends, making posts, joining groups and posting relevant content for viewers.

1. Facebook or MySpace - You can do both, or simply choose one
2. Twitter - This is a micro-blogging site that can be a great way to drive traffic
3. Your Blog - This will serve as your main "hub" where you will post any articles, press releases, links and videos that you generate from your marketing efforts.