Here are six Marketing ideas to give your business an instant boost. When you’ve read them, implement them and let us know how you get on.

1. Test a change in the headline on your advertising. It’s one of the key differences that can increase response.

2. Call, mail or email the top 20% of your customers an irresistible offer for an immediate cash bonus.

3. Shift the emphasis of your website from a sales tool, to a vehicle to begin a relationship with your potential customers. You do this by offering valuable free information or products in return for their contact details.

4. Make sure that all of your Marketing copy is a personal communication to the person reading it talking about their needs and desires, rather than a dull description of you and your business.

5. If you haven’t done so already, test pay per click advertising. It’s revolutionizing Marketing and could revolutionize your business.

6. Register your business with as many FREE search engines as possible, the more you do the better known you will become, as finding your business on the internet will be much easier, register your business with as many FREE directory listings as possible. One the internet today there are thousands of these listed all offering a FREE listing service, perhaps you could start off with www.yell.com