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THE BOOT STRAPPER’S Guide to MARKETING ON A B U D G E T Taking good care of your brand starts with smart marketing. It’s even better when that marketing is free. When it comes to getting the by asHlEy most bang for your buck with alt your business’s marketing efforts, it takes some serious creativity and ingenuity to stretch your wallet. Throwing money at high-dollar adver- tising venues is valuable, but doesn’t provide an automatic customer base, and as it turns out, an investment of your TIME, rather than money, could be your best bet. 40 PULSE ■ September 2017