Why I Love Classified Ads

I used classified sites a couple of years back in promoting affiliate products. During that time, classified auto posters were popular. Results for me were so so. I think it depends on what you're offering and the classified site that you're targeting. There are several out there but only a few are really worth submitting to such as Craiglist, Backpage and Kijiji.

Anyways, thanks for the info!

I've used local [both offline and online] classifieds ads to promote seasonal coupon sites and its always paid off quite well for me. I've only only targeted two holidays, Valentines Day and Halloween. Never bothered with any other niches.

Yes, classified ads are the easiest way to start internet marketing and get traffic.

With classified ads, you could get free targeted traffic in very short time... So, what else do you need?

Every newbies should start their internet marketing venture with classified ads. The learning curve and barrier to enter is low.

i actually would never have thought of this while starting out. i can see the benefit of learning IM with this strategy. thanks for opening up my eyes to this.

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Enjoyed reading the post. But how much would it make if anyone try this?

Every time I hear the term "classified ads" I think of that guy with the infomercials who says he mad a fortune with them. Well, the correct term was "tiny classified ads". LOL!

I'm surprised they are still effective. This is something worth looking more into. Thank you for sharing this gcbmark20!

When I first start doing Web Service for offline businesses I got most of my business from craigslist.

If you're still nervous about the phone, this is a good way to get started and get a few clients.

Yea, Craigslist is pretty awesome. You could basically sell or buy anything on that site. This is actually where I get most of my jobs.
And yea most importantly it's free.

I've got mixed feelings on using classified ads...

Don't get me wrong - I've found great tickets
at center ice for a hockey game on Craigslist
but have not mediocre results with pulling big
clients.

I actually did a paid classified in a wildly popular
business magazine that had a distro of about
650,000 (or so they told me).

I received about a little over a dozen calls with only
a few conversions. I didn't lose money, and essentially
educated those who were inept about SEO for free
because they never ended up buying. Lesson learned...

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Classified Ads is great , you jest have to learn the right way to do it , test the websites , identify the once which brings you traffic and post a lot of ads 500-600 a month (You can use software for that ). That will make you good amount of money . Also they are great source of back-links for you websites .
here I've found good article on the subject . Not affiliate . Good Luck to you all .

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749 Free Classified Ad Sites List

http://www.stephanmiller.com/my-link...fied-ad-sites/ Not Affiliate .

Are we talking about newspaper classified ads? I'm a little confused as to how this works.

yea i love classifieds too

Really, there are a few things that you must do (in my own experience) in order to have success with classified ads.

This one little tip has increased my traffic substantially with classified ads, and that is putting an IMAGE in your ad! I'm not talking about some crappy image, but at the same time it doesn't have to cost you a fortune either (I got an image designed over @ fiverr).

Make sure that the image is clickable, and that it goes straight to the website/offer/affiliate link that you are promoting. This one tip will help you out a ton...

Are there any particular classifieds you'd recommend, gcbmark?

There's a lot more to IM than classifieds, without spam in your diet.

Hi Dimitri
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience. It was very timely as I am building traffic to one of my new website.
Thanks everybody for sharing their thoughts and experience.
Parg

Just gone onto Craigslist TOA and they say that you shouldn't post ads which are not city specific on them - so I'm assuming that I couldn't advertise my weight loss blog on there as I don't live in one of the cities that Craigslist covers. Anybody got any feedback on this? Are they strict on this policy? If so, that kinda narrows down what you can advertise there.

Classified ads are great for getting your site in the search engines use long tail keywords.

I found this video a while ago about making classified ads:


Do you think this method will work. Brian Oliver, the maker of the videos, states that you have to put about a 100 ads like this on the internet per day.

I make a living posting classified ads. Especially on craigslist. It's easy, fast and most of all FREE!

Craiglist is in a class by itself, but most classified ads sites
are not worth the time investment. You'll see littel results
except you have a premium paid ad at the top of the listings
so you get traffic from other posters in your category.

When I started first I used these sites as well, but you
learn quickly that the returns were few.

-Ray Edwards

I am using classifieds as well and they do well for me.Never underestimate the power of classified sites especially Inetgiant and a couple more.Post to a few a see which does the job for you.

I find all classified ad sites (except for Craigslist) to be pretty useless.

Usually every month i spend few days to post free classified. But it do not bring that huge traffic to me . Only when i minor down those high PR classified and use with paid then i just notice that , there is a huge different between paid and unpaid.
So you might just choose few local classified that effective to you . Craigslist is highly recommended.

I will try out craigslist too. By the way is there any specific location or cities you post to that gives high result?

I'm new to craigslist. Just to ask if I need to renew my ad every day? Or do they have any specific requirement as I would like to advertise with image of my product.

These are excellent response, online and offline classified ads are the way to go. And advertising on sites which will attract your niche will bring in traffic. Such as payday loans, gambling sites, etc.

The problematic nature of classified marketing is that in many instances quite simply you're violating terms of service.

Sure, it's easy to justify many things or overlook, but are your ads being ghosted and removed? Just food for thought. IE "This isn't really spam" - "This isn't really MLM / make money/ affiliate promotion"

There's no doubt as to the profitability on posting stuff on different classified markets (first hand knowledge); I also concur that ignorance is bliss (regarding the justification of unwanted ads) however I typically try to avoid violating TOS; instead I rely upon paid traffic.

Call me a fickle feeb.

I did classified ads a few years back and made a small fortune, but it's really changed a lot since then and I can't comment much on what to do with them now. I'm sure there are people still making good money on them, but I just felt for me that it was time to move on to other areas.

I generate this video a couple of years ago explaining how to generate leads from Craigslist


I use to generate leads for CPA offers, but most of the times people don't do it i the right way, because they don't collect the email address of the prospects and send them directly to the offer.

Any way, as many of you have said outside Craigslist, and Kijiji the other places don't have enough traffic to be considered or maybe I have not been able to make them work.

hi,
i usually do classified ad positing due to this
the best way to promote your business or service .

dean

Posting ads in classifieds sure can help. Only make sure to choose your city and category wisely as you can only submit single ad at some of the online classifieds.

but i ask if classfieds ads accept to put affiliate link

I love the fact it is free and you can tweak and track everything easily and test like a nutter to get better results.

As I'm in the beginning stages of building my list, I'll make sure to look into classified ads...thanks for the tip!