5 Low-Cost Ways to Make a Marketing Splash in Your Local Community (Infographic)

Social media is an obvious way to market to a broad customer base, but if you're goal is to win over the customers closest to you, try these local strategies.

By Kara Ohngren Prior • Oct 15, 2012

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We at Entrepreneur are always fielding reader questions about how to do things or do them better. This new infographic series answers some of the most popular FAQs that business owners ask. Today, we look at options for low-cost local marketing.

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Kara Ohngren Prior

Kara Ohngren is a freelance writer and part-time editor at YoungEntrepreneur. Her work has appeared in publications including Entrepreneur Magazine, The New York Times, MSNBC, The Huffington Post and Business Insider.

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