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Been doing this for a couple of years. I've had some success using...

1. LinkedIn Ads - Expensive but you can setup the targetting options to show them to, for example, only: 'CEOs/Managing Directors/Owners of companies with 10-50 employees'

2. Business networking events - Not internet based but perhaps you could set up some kind of affiliate scheme?

3. Referrals - LOADS of our sales come from referrals. Try incentivizing or just asking your happiest customers for referrals.

4. Free workshops and educational events - Perhaps run webinars on how the cloud can help small businesses or what a CRM system is? Include a short and non-pushy sales pitch on your services plus a special offer for attendees only in the last 5 mins of the talk. We run seminars on marketing metrics and planning - people love them.

Good Luck!




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