{"id":287,"date":"2026-07-16T21:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/?p=287"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:51:21","slug":"the-marketing-strategy-that-costs-r0-and-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/?p=287","title":{"rendered":"The Marketing Strategy That Costs R0 and Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not need a marketing budget to market your business. Here is what works for free:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Google Business Profile: post weekly updates, add photos, ask for reviews<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social media: post useful content your customers care about<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WhatsApp: create a broadcast list and send monthly updates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email: collect emails and send a newsletter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content: write blog posts that answer customer questions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Referrals: ask every happy customer to recommend you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Networking: join local business groups and attend events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of these cost money. They cost time. One hour per day on free marketing will grow your business faster than R5,000 on Facebook ads that nobody clicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start with one channel. Master it. Then add another. Consistency beats budget every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need Help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I set up and manage Google Business Profiles for local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call: 067 863 2867<br>Email: hello@mvisionweb.co.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You do not need a marketing budget to market your business. Here is what works for free: None of these cost money. They cost time. One hour per day on free marketing will grow your business faster than R5,000 on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}