August focus: Domestic Cleaning Service

To get your business off to a great start you should try to think of some different angle to grab the readers’ attention and write an editorial to send to your local newspaper. For example, if your were to donate all the money you make in your fist month of being in business to your favourite local charity, the newspaper would favour your article and place it into the community interest section of the local paper, giving your business the push it needs to get started. Or, you could write your story from the angle of perhaps being out of work for many months and deciding to start your own business instead of failing all the interviews you have been attending. Local papers generally do not publish stories that seem only to be promoting the business and do not have a community or charity appeal. You must come up with an idea for promoting your business that would appeal to the community. Donating your earnings to charity would certainly appeal to the community, as would picking yourself up from a difficult situation and triumphing over adversity. Continue reading →