The following is a list of twenty five ways to market your Venture. Some of these options may be more relevant to your Venture than others. This isn’t an exhaustive list: be creative and keep developing new ways to let people know about your Venture!
1. Create a profile for your Venture on this website!
2. Write a newsletter that you send out periodically—by email or regular mail—to update people on your Venture’s activities.
3. Keep a blog about your Venture on this website.
4. Keep a bulletin board with up-to-date information about your Venture. Write in the bulletin boards on this website.
5. Develop a logo that people will recognize and associate with your Venture.
6. Create T-shirts, pens, and other merchandise with your name and logo.
7. Create posters and ask permission to hang them in your school, at local businesses, and around town.
8. Set up informational tables during school lunches, in student unions, or at community events. Create a large sign with your logo for your table.
9. Distribute your business cards whenever you can. Youth Venture provides business cards for each Venturer.
10. Learn how to talk about your Venture—then tell everyone about it!
11. Use testimonials—ask someone supportive for a quote about your Venture and then include that quote in flyers, newsletter and other promotional materials.
12. Create a video that highlights your Venture’s activities and post it on your Team profile on this website.
13. Hold events that appeal to many types of people.
14. Write a press release whenever big events or activities occur and send it to local newspapers, TV stations, and other types of media.
15. Invite local newspapers to your Venture’s events.
16. Advertise upcoming events on the local radio or in local newspapers.
17. Publicize events and meetings on your school’s morning announcements or in your school’s newspaper.
18. Call people directly on the phone to tell them about upcoming events.
19. Use free classified ads on the Internet
20. Take pictures at all of your events –these pictures may come in handy later when you’re creating flyers and brochures – and post those photos on your Team profile on this website.
21. Connect with already-established organizations that would be willing to talk about or support your Venture.
22. Send flyers and brochures through email or regular mail to as many people as possible.
23. Barter your service/product for other services/products that your Venture needs.
24. Mail postcards to community members to advertise your Venture and request donations.
25. Offer gift certificates or coupons for free or reduced-cost products and services.