The New Way to Market - Tinkn.com Makes Its Debut

Boise, ID, April 20, 2009 --(PR.com)-- It’s no surprise that small businesses are having to scrutinize every penny to ensure they stay afloat these days. Customers are scaling back on their purchases and credit is difficult to come by. In the past, one of your tools was to advertise, whether it be on the radio, newspaper, trade magazines, or online. But now undoubtedly the advertising and marketing budget is being slashed just to keep you afloat. But without advertising and marketing, you can’t grow. This is why it’s time to be creative.

There are rising opportunities on the internet to promote your business and to do so extremely inexpensively. We’ve all heard about social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. These tools are invaluable for the small business on a budget. Learning to use them should be part of your overall marketing plan. But the social networking scene can also be a little intimidating and undoubtedly time consuming. Recognizing these barriers, Tinkn.com created a medium to market your business, stay current with your customers, and ultimately increase sales, without consuming all of your precious time and resources.

Tinkn is an online local yellow pages where users rate and review businesses. Businesses can add descriptions of services, a link to their site, a photo and offer promotions. But it contains a few additional appealing features that small businesses need to pay attention to that truly can be critical to your survival.

We all know the best business is repeat business. Satisfied customers mean long term revenue as well as new customers through referrals. And we also know that the best marketing and advertising is being there at the exact moment your customer needs you. Tinkn provides an automated marketing feature to keep customers coming back. When a business offers a new promotion, emails are instantaneously sent to its customers. The more customers that rate the business, the more that receive notifications.

But with today’s economic challenges you also need to stay on top of customer satisfaction. Your competitors are hungry and ready to pounce the moment you look away. Tinkn also provides an automated feedback loop to inform you instantly about what your customers are saying. With each review a customer makes on your business, you’re notified via email. This gives you the opportunity to address any challenges that arise and publicize on your listing any improvements you have made. You can then offer promotions to help lure any disgruntled customers back.

The businesses that will survive these difficult times undoubtedly are the ones who use the precious available resources wisely. Make sure you’re one of them by getting out on the web and taking advantage of the online tools, before your competitors do.

For more information please visit tinkn.com or contact them at info@tinkn.com.

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