If you are a small business owner then you may struggle to market your business on a tight budget. It can be hard to know where to invest your money, especially if you do not have a large budget. You will need to invest in what gives you the best return on investment, but this can vary from business to business.

If you are a small business that deals direct with the public then you may want to take advantage of social media marketing. Social media marketing can be a very cost effective way of gaining enquiries, building up your brand and improving sales.

You can do paid for advertising through Facebook etc but you can also do your own advertising through posts on your page. You will need to build up a community of followers and ensure that you are posting information regularly and that will be of interest to them.

Many small businesses run competitions on social media sites asking people to like and chare their page in order to be entered in to a prize draw.

Other ways to market your small business is through paid for ads on the search engine sites. If you only have a small budget you may be very restricted as to what keywords or phrases you can target but once you can see an increase in sales you may be able to invest a little more.