I just started a gift basket business in Omaha,NE, what are cheap places I can advertise and get feedback?

I just started my gift basket business in Omaha,NE. I have my own website and e-mail, but when I tried to put flyers on peoples car windows to advertise for father's day, I actually got yelled at by a few people and got no calls or new customers from all that work. Should I continue to advertise on cars and front doors because it doesn't seem to be working for me. Please help!!!

I just started a gift basket business in Omaha,NE, what are cheap places I can advertise and get feedback?
I was in a wives club for the navy and we made baskets for extra income. Most of our customers came from flyers we had out in town. A few good places to post flyers are the


post office, (they usually have a bulletin board)


the gym, (they usually let you in the front or in the locker rooms)


local super market


small corner stores( we did mini marts)


We also went to a few of the larger bisnesses in town and asked if we could include a flyer for their emplyees and they took the flyer and posted it in the lounge for us.


We also dropped off 30 to each school to they could get put into the teachers personal boxes. You wouldn't believe how many hits we got from teachers wanting to give another teacher a small personal gift. Also if you go the school route a good thing to do is ask about back to school night and if you are willing to DONATE a basket (we did a movie theme for open house and a spa theme @ the end of the year) and they had our flyers out and a raffle for the basket. The school made over 100.00 on the basket donation and we got several calls for baskets to be made up.





If you need/want anymore info on ideas or anything let me know! Good luck, starting out can be the hardest, but NO NOT give up!!
Reply:I would try craigslist.com its completely free. Go to your state and city and advertise in the "for sale"section and maybe also the "community" section. You may also try ebay and make sure you put the words "fathers day" in you description, like "Father's Day Giftbasket" that way people looking for father's day gifts will find you. Also there is an ebook on how to attract customers for a gift basket business at http://startagiftbasketbusiness.tk