I want to tell you about five proven marketing strategies that have worked for me for last 18 years. But remind you they will sound silly at first, but I want you to hear them out in their entirety before you knock any of them out.  After you hear me out then maybe you can go try them in your business and see how your business rises to the top. Welcome to Gas station business 101 podcast, I am your host Shabbir Hossain, and this is episode 56. This is the show where we discuss how to start, run and grow a gas station business successfully and give you an inside look at many real life case studies so you can follow and be successful in this business. Here are five silly sounding strategies you can take and become a unique retailer in your area. Trust me they work; I have tried and tested them for last 18 years. Just trust me on this okay? Before you knock these proven ideas, hear me out, let me explain each and you will see and hopefully agree with me. So here we go... Know your Customer Give them something for Free Feed them Free Support your local community Give out Candy to Kids (Listen to the episode for all the details) If you have any question, feel free to send me an email at [email protected], or you can post it on my Facebook group page by going to shabbirhossain.net Don't forget to sign up for my very important newsletter; you can simply sign up for it by going to http://gasstationbusiness101.com/subscribe For all our international listeners, if you are interested in learning about the investment category visas and how to get one of those by investing in a gas station business, do check out my new book USA Investment Visa to Green Card, How to Qualify, Apply and Obtain EB-5, E-2 and L-1 Visa. You can find this book on most online retailers like Amazon, Apple iTunes store, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and most other online booksellers. In the meantime, if you haven't subscribed to this podcast, feel free to do so, and if you like this show, I would love to see a review from you on iTunes or where ever you download this episode from. Here is a link to my podcast page on iTunes, if you follow this link you can give me a review right on that page. Trust me it will make my day and won't cost you anything other than maybe 30 seconds of your time. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gas-station-business-101-podcast/ Thank you once again for joining me in this episode; I will see you in the next one. Cheers!