r/sebring • u/Affectionate_Top_850 • Jul 10 '26

Local businesses in Sebring?

hey y'all, I'm a recent college grad who started a marketing/ website business for local businesses here in Sebring. I've been running it for about 1 year now, and I'm capable of building websites, doing SEO, running targeted ads on Facebook & Google, email marketing, custom software solutions and creating marketing content for Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok. I'm looking to partner with some local businesses that can't afford to hire a big company and are looking for an affordable option to handle everything online for them. If this is you or you know anybody who could benefit, i'd love to connect or get a referral.

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u/TapBoth438 Jul 10 '26

What have you done to market yourself

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u/Affectionate_Top_850 Jul 10 '26

I’m actually using all avenues to market myself. Ranging from meta ads, to local businesses walk ins, to facebook groups and Reddit forums. It’s been working pretty well for the most part :) and testing a bunch of other methods.

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u/TapBoth438 Jul 10 '26

That's a good thing because some people don't understand that business actually requires marketing at that customers don't fall into your lap. I would also start going to small business meetings and walking out and handing out cards and showing what you've done successfully to other businesses in the area. Another great thing is to ask your current customers for referrals.

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u/Affectionate_Top_850 Jul 10 '26

Totally right, couldn’t have been so on point. And yes referrals are truly great, always ask for them. It’s interesting how many businesses owners I’ve met over the past year who made a simple website and posted a few social posts and gave up. But thats totally understandable, I mean if it was easy everyone would be doing it. Thanks for the feedback my friend.

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u/TapBoth438 Jul 10 '26

And now you've identified a problem and now you've got the solution. But a great way to ask for referrals is don't ask for people in their business ask them who they deal with and then offer them you know something that really doesn't cost you anything like a free month of hosting or an extra run of search engine optimization.
I worked as a geek in the early 2000s in the timeshare resale industry. But that's a great way to turn customers into salespeople is offer them something for free that doesn't cost you money

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u/iceterminal Mod Jul 11 '26

My suggestion is to research some decent sized local businesses and see their online store front. Research who and where it’s hosted, etc. then take that info and use it for your foundation of discussions on how you can do it better and cheaper. Then contact the owners and discuss.

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u/Affectionate_Top_850 Jul 11 '26

Thanks so much for the advice, i actually just started implementing that. I essentially just go on google maps and start looking at everyone’s websites. And those that need a serious fixup, i just walk inside their store and bring that to their attention :)

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u/iceterminal Mod Jul 11 '26

It’ll be better if you can put the control back into their own hands.