I am a start-up home based travel agent. Being a start up, my marketing/advertising budget is very small. Any recommendations for getting leads?
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I am more about the hustle than paid advertising. Seems like you are trying to get people to come to you, flip that mindset and go to them. Decent coffee can be had for about $2. If you take people in your circle of influence out for coffee ($4 investment) you can build meaningful relationships with them and ask them who they can introduce you to. As you are getting started you should be telling everyone your story, which means that in 60 minutes and with $4 you can touch considerably more real people than you can ever reach with equal marketing dollars. You may reach a point where your time becomes more valuable and you need to become selective and strategic about who you meet with but for starting out anyone will do. Remember not everyone travels or pays for travel so in your "circle" maybe they dont know anyone that does but there are so many people that pay for travel so you need to figure out how to get in front of them and present your opportunity and offer them your value.