After spending up in the Boxing Day and New Year sales it might be time to tighten your belt - I know I need to! So let's say you have $5 left and you want to do something in your business that will help to kick off your marketing in 2012. You're probably thinking - there is no way I can get something valuable for marketing my business for $5, right?
OK - how do these sound?
- Get a 1 minute voiceover for your phone messages from a professional voice over artist
- Vamp up your website's staff photos with a pop-art version for a funky effect
- Get help with a new slogan for your business
- Have an assistant research doing business in China for a day for you
- Get 45 pages of tips from a professional broadcaster & presentation coach on how to present information to people with the maximum effect
The website where these services come from is called Fiverr.com and they have designed the concept all around providing and receiving services for $5. There are some slightly dodgy services on offer like getting a video testimonial of your product or service (without the provider actually using it) but overall it provides an innovative way to get the small jobs done in your business.
If you have a $5 service or product you can offer, it is pretty simple to use. Just register, publish it, get notified when it is ordered, then get your dosh forty-eight hours after you successfully deliver the service. They do take a $1 cut of your profit, leaving you with $4 for your work. If you manage to deliver on time and with respect consistently, you can earn the rank of 'top rated seller' which gives you extra benefits like upselling the $5 service to a more expensive/increased service one.
Have fun!
