Classified Advertising

Marketing YOUnique Wealth With Classified Ads

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Overview

Online classified ads can be an effective way get traffic to your website. Most online classified websites allow you to post small ads for free, however if you pay a very small fee you can have your ad placed above all the other free submissions.

First you need to have a good headline that stands out and draws attention to the ad. Your headline should entice the user to click on your ad to see what’s inside. The goal is to get people to look click the link to your lead capture page.

Another key point is to make sure that you post ads daily, and at a number of different free classified sites. You shouldn’t just post one free classified ad per day. You should try to post as many as 20 or more. This will greatly increase the amount of traffic that comes from your free classified ads.

There are many automated posting software tools available to fast-track this process or you can even outsource this to a specialist if you wish.

The free training at GuTzMediaTraining.com has a 7 part video training series on online classifieds.

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Craigslist

Craigslist is a website where you can post ads and get a great response, however there are things you have to watch out for or your ad can be ghosted or removed and you can even get banned.

Here is the key to Craigslist. First you DO NOT want to make any type of account with them. Secondly you DO NOT want to sell people in your ad. If you try to sell people in your ad more then likely it will be flagged and removed from the site. Your goal basically is to get them to click on your link back to your lead capture page or sales page. When using Craigslist post under the jobs section in the sales area or in the small biz section. Posting 20 - 30 ads per day you can expect 2 - 3 ads to be flagged and removed everyday.

Here is the other key to posting on Craigslist. Post ads daily. Your ads will be flagged and removed often and they will drop down in rank on the site fast. So the key is to post ads daily. I post the same exact ads every day of the week. I recommend that you use “notepad” and save every Craigslist ad your write. That way after a few weeks you will have 20+ ads that you can just copy and paste and use over and over again.

If you want to be able to post ads faster and save time, a great tool is Craygo. This program allows you to post ads much faster than doing it manually.

Be sure do download the ads below. Use these to post to Craigslist and Backpage.

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Backpage

Back Page is a classifieds website just like Craigslist where you can post more free ads. The only real difference is to post under the “business opportunity” section. Back Page allows you to post business opportunities so you’ll be able to sell people in the ads that you post, however since BackPage doesn’t get as much traffic as Craigslist does you might only be able to post the same ad every 2 or 3 days, or else you will get a error message saying your ad is already posted. The way around this is to simply make up new ads that you haven’t posted yet.

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USfreeAds

At Usfreeads you can post a few free ads each week. These Ads have a chance of getting ranked high up in Google. You can also post html or plain text messages allowing you to really take advantage of your ad copy. Usfreeads also offers the ability for you to upgrade your account to a paid member. With doing so you can post more ads and get higher positioning. Plus you get discounts if you ever purchase anything from their site.

The key to usfreeads is to optimize your ads so Google ranks them high up for your keywords. The way to do this is to use the heading1 font size for your title and make sure you place your keyword into your title. Then use your keyword in your ad copy as well.

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InetGiant

Inetgiant is a very large online classified ads website. It gets a tremendous amount of traffic each day. Having an ads posted on this site daily will only help you, however with so many ads being placed on this site your ad will drop off very quickly. Again the key is to make sure you post on this site each day of the week to get the best results.

To get even more exposure to your ad for a small fee of around $15 you can have a hot spot ad placed on the left hand side of the site for one week. This will greatly increase your visibility, and the number of hits your ad receives. However make sure you use a catchy headline, as your goal is to get people to open your ad and read it.

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Other Places To Submit Free Ads

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Classified Ad Submitters

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