i am lookin for a suggestion how shd i start doing marketing if i want to sell apparel or textile....with the lowest investment,,or if you ppl have any other idea what shd i do.
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i would probably start by creating an online business that deals with what you are trying to do. That could help you obtain the capital needed to start you big business
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That's a very good question. My wife started our ebay business four and a half years ago. She pulled some of our sons' clothes out of the closet and thought she'd try selling them on ebay. The clothes were in perfect condition, by the way.\n\nI didn't think much of it at the time, but when I saw that my wife was working so hard, I decided to hop in there and help her. The number one thing that filled my mind was the question you're basically asking right here: How can I promote my wife on the Internet - as a whole - and get people from everywhere - not just ebay - to come to her store?\n\nSince I'm a web designer, I already knew we needed to get our hands and feet stretched out there as far as we could on the Web. I already owned MrWebAuthor.com and my wife was going by MrsWebAuthor on her ebay, so we merged our online endeavors and created MrMrsWebAuthor.com. We now own a few different domains, we don't have any paid advertising on any of them, however, every page offers a link either directly or indirectly to my wife's ebay auctions or store.\n\nNow that we're both in all the main search engines (Yahoo, MSN, Google, etc), thousands of people show up at our sites looking for more than just ebay; even though, many of them arrive just for the ebay, too.\n\nI've said all that to say this: Promote yourself OUTSIDE of ebay and folks will come to your store from all directions. Consider this scenario, if you will. How many hundreds of thousands of people visit ebay by initially going through the portal of ebay.com? How many sellers do you think there are within the framework of ebay alone? Lots! Lots! and more Lots!\n\nIf a person thinks they can capture a large market by ONLY capturing the people who are already "inside" ebay, they're cheating themselves of the ever-growing market on the World Wide Web as a whole. My suggestion is that you promote yourself out on the Internet, not as an ebay seller, but rather as an authority at whatever you're proficient at doing.\n\nExample: Let's say you sell fishing stuff on ebay because fishing is your passion. Don't just try and promote your fishing ebay store in and throughout the Internet, but rather write articles in newsgroups, on forums, on your blogs, and even build a website that teaches people how to fish and how to catch those proverbial "big ones".\n\nIf you know how to build your own site, purchase a domain that matches your business, such as HowToFish.com, and make that domain name the name of your business. Then, when people visit your sites and blogs to learn more about fishing, they'll see links to your ebay merchandise and click on them -- if not for anything more than sheer curiosity.\n\nAll of this sounds easy, but in reality it's a lot of HARD work and requires countless hours of your time. But, if you're willing to invest in your business, trust me, it will pay off. Here we are, almost five short years later, and we're shipping product worldwide on a daily basis. It worked for us, and if you have what it takes (and I'm believing you do), it can work for you as well.
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Clothes sell well, even offline.  I would take your unused clothes to an offline store, you'd be surprised what you get!
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A lot of people dream of owning their own clothing store. My recommendation is always to start by researching on the business and learning everything about it -- before starting. Clothing stores, especially, require lots of capital to start so you cannot afford to make a lot of mistakes\n\nHere are some articles that provide information on how to start a clothing store:\n\nHow to Start a Clothing Store http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,287057,00.html\nStarting a Specialized Clothing Retailing Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol89/specialized.htm\nStarting a Retail Clothing Store http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1102419629706&pagename=CBSC_SK%2Fdisplay&lang=en&c=GuideHowto\n\nOne of the first steps is to prepare a business plan. Especially if you are planning on applying for loans, the process of business planning can help you think through your business. It can help you decide on the type of store, determine the costs involved, how to get suppliers to sell to you, how to market the store, expected profitability, etc.\n\nHere are sample business plans for a clothing store that you can check out: \n\nRetail Clothing http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/business-plans/Business-Plans-Volume-01/Retail-Clothing.html\nMen's Clothing Retailer http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/business-plans/Business-Plans-Volume-04/Men-s-Clothing-Retailer.html\nSpecial Needs Clothing Store http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/business-plans/Business-Plans-Volume-07/Special-Needs-Clothing-Store.html\n\nFor detailed information, I suggest you check out the following books: \n\nStart Your Own Clothing Store (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up) (Paperback) by Entrepreneur Press \nRetail Business Kit for Dummies by Rick Segel \nSpecialty Shop Retailing: How to Run Your Own Store Revised by Carol L. Schroeder \n\nYou may also want to check out the resources of the following associations: \n\nProfessional Apparel Association http://www.proapparel.com/ \nAmerican Apparel Producer’s Network http://www.usawear.org/ \nWorldwide Responsible Apparel Manufacture http://www.wrapapparel.org/\nAmerican Apparel and Footwear Association http://www.americanapparel.org/\nNational Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers http://www.nafad.com/ \nFashion Group International http://www.fgi.org/ \nApparel News http://www.apparelnews.net/ \n\nAs for grants, unfortunately, if you are in the US, the government hardly gives any grants for starting a for-profit business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. \n\nNonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.\n\nEven if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.\n\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html\n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\n\nHere is a listing of federal grants for small businesses. See if there is any available for individuals
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Why would you want to sell to someone who has no need for your product.  Money from sales comes from repeat business.  If business has no need for your product, then you will not get repeat business.  \n\nThe cost of the orginal sale is usually more than lthe profit from the orginal sale.  Unless you consider your time has no value.
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I went from a tangible selling Optics to DR offices to an intangible Home health selling services.\nFirst you have to find out who your market is to set down and make a list. \n\nWhat I did is I made a list I could sell to other companies  like home health’s and hospices and do trades I could sell to private individuals family for there loved ones providing a service ,to attorney's  ,To reverse Mortgage people  Long term care insurance people and also refer them. Funeral counselor ETC.\n \nThen you ask yourself why is our product better different or more reasonable then every one else.\n\n I would also practice in a mirror what I would say about the company so it would become natural.\nI would also ask myself what would I ask about this company if it was brand new to me what would some of the questions I would ask of the person who would present this company and why do I want to go with them. I would also ask my friends to ask which questions they would ask.\n\n I would I sell it to each person differently so they would want to go with our company a DR would be sold differently then a Hospice per say. A doctor when I go in I ask the Dr do you have a lot of patients that cancel, well would you like to fix that problem and have a better retenion rate? Well my company does transportation. When the patients say they can't make the appointment because of no car you tell them I know a company who wait while you’re at the DR. for a small fee. They either find a ride or they would call us. I would also mention that we do post surgery and end of life issues \n\nA hospice I would mention my aide’s do12/ 24 hr shifts as needed when The poor family is worn to a frazzle and really need to step back and be the family instead of trying to be the care taker. To give that much needed break.\n If I knew what you were marketing I could have help better I am sure.\n\nHope this helps Diane
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Yeah, I see 3 problems with your question.\n\n1. You don't give enough information. (buyers for what?  from where?)\n2. Your comments are completely different from your question.  You ask about buyers, then make a personal ad??  What's that about?\n3. This ad could all too easily be misintrepted (I hope!) as you wanting to sell YOURSELF.  I assume that wasn't your intention.
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The other here have good advice.\n\nThink about this. Approach a business in the trucking business that would benefit from your product. Let them front the money. They get a discount on future product and maybe you allow their brand on it. And you get to market your product to other trucking companies. WIn-win
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...Hi...You can communicate with people on E-Bay...i am shure you find the answers there...I mean people who are selling or bought things...Otherwise you can take contavt with the people who are controling theit activitis...\nGreetings! ..
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Selling stuff on Ebay. It's hard to find product (and nobody is willing to say what they sell). But, once you find it, it's a great full or part time job. Start by selling your kids old clothes. Take great pictures, ship fast, and you shouldn't have any problems.\n\nJust don't go through a drop shipper! Never, ever sell anything you don't have in your possession!\n\nGood luck!
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word of mouth.also, don't spread yourself too thin by marketing to everyone. find you target market.
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Just briefly, I would be asking you first what it is that you hope to achieve by having a door-door marketing team and if this is the most effective way of furthering sales and establishing yourself within the industry.\nAfter you have asked questions of yourself such as WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY and HOW you will have a better understanding of what you are looking for and where to find it.\nThats my two cents anyways, hope it helps.\nGoodluck and have a great day
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Most important thing is dont give up. More competition the better. What you must try to do is make some difference from what you were and what is available in the other shop.\nFirst go through your sales history and examine what is in demand mostly,  ex. 1. what type of items 2. the quality etc. \nMay be books or candles are more in demand. See whether you can sneak a peek into the other shop. I'm sure that other person started his business after giving a careful consideration to you who has been in business for 18 years. \nDepending on your finances see whether you can change the stuff you have been selling, 'cos your stuff might be a little outdated. We cannot say from here 'cos it depends on what you have been selling. You can even put a small sale and get rid of the old stuff for a cheap price. that could attract more customers , but not for long. \nTry to change the look too. As someone else has said you can put lanterna and candles to make the place attractive. Also go out of the town to a posh big gift shop and see what they have done. You dont have to copy or I'm not saying you should, but that will give you an idea as to what the trend is. You might not even be able to do everything they have done too. \nMy experiance with gift shops is that they must change with the seasons of the year as well as retaining some for someone who wants to buy something such as a b'day gift etc. Also if a person can get something inexpensive but looks good and of good quality the better. So dont give up. Do a bit of research as to the needs of your community. \nGood luck!
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Target your market and think about doing specialty baskets made for exclusively for the recipient.  That means taking orders and not buying items in bulk but you should see a bigger return than what you're seeing now.  Good Luck!
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It really varies. You need to have plenty of sketches for the clothes that you want to be distributed; a target group (corporate wear? children's wear? causual? adults? the list goes on); a good sales pitch to the possible distributor;  excellent interpersonal and communication skills; patience; persistence. It will be easier to start on your own, establish yourselves and then once you are more financially secure, find a distributor.\n\nFor property, you can ask a real estate agent or do the search yourself. Usually, vacant spots have contact numbers available to the public. The classified ads and the internet are some media that you can use.\n\nGood luck.
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OK, first you rent out a MEDIUM or SMALL sized space that is up for rent.\n\nAsk your local church if you can do a clothing drive, and tell them your cause.\n\nAsk your friends for their kids old clothes\n\nTake your old clothes and your kids\n\n\nSearch online for a company that will sell you merchandise for a good price. Then search for how to run a steady business