They’re two ways an Entrepreneur can promote his or her business.
1: The offline method
2: The online method
My discussion will be mainly on “The online
method”.
It’s a dream for every Entrepreneur to become a successfully business owner but most fail to achieve there dreams. I found and discover some reasons why they fail.
1: Lack of Planning.
2: Poor Social exposure.
3: No website or blog.
4: They spent lesser time with they business.
5: Lack of understanding.

Here am going to show you “8 Ways To Promote Your Business Online For Free”. Without capital.

#1: Start up your own Blog
Starting up your own blog is the first step to take. Most people believe setting up a blog involve spending a huge sum of money. Nooo you can start blog for free. They’re tons of free website that offers a blog for free. To me I” l advice you to go for
Blogger.com because, it’s the best free blogging platform that comes with premium features with no string attached.

#2:Get social: Now your blog is active the next step is get social. Been socially active online can expose your business to thousands or even millions of people that are interested in what you have to offer. This are the first 3 popular social networks you must use.
*Create a Facebook page : Facebook is the #1 online social networking service with 1.44 billion monthly active users. Imagine advertising your business to such large amount of audience.
*Connect with Google+: GooglePlus is own by google. With 540 million monthly active users.
The big secret about Google plus is by sharing your post regularly to Google plus. You going to get pure organic traffic from google. It’s just like you paying for a free CPC or CPM ads to your blog. That’s the secret most people don’t no.
*Sign up for twitter: With 302 million active users online.
Twitter enables users to send and read short 140 character messages. You don’t need above 140 character message to attract buyers and make good sells on twitter. Twitter will expose your business to Buyers and advertisers. If you not using twitter you better do now.

#3: Join relevant online communities .
Joining online communities is another great way to promote your business. Look for online communities on Googleplus , Facebook and more. Share your ideas with people and remember to add a link back to your website or blog.

for 4,5,6,7,8 continue here: www.geeklogic.net/8-ways-to-promote-your-business-online-for-free/

Nice points raised by the OP.

If your business does not have an online presence, you are losing a lot of money.

Check my article on how to promote your business on Nairaland.

List your Brand on Shoplife Creative Business Market for more Visibility

Get discovered on #1 Lagos Creative Business Market. Grow your Creative Brand Listing reputation with online reviews. List your Media, Arts, Entertainment and event company on Shoplife Lagos Nigeria Market for more traffic! Obtain new customers as you Promote your business. Your event, media and entertainment company profile can include contacts and description, products, photo gallery and your business location on the map.

https://shoplife.com.ng/