How Quickly Did You Make Money Using Classified Ads?

It all depends on the niche, product and market. Some products lend themselves well to classified ads, others not so much.
And in time you should realize that a website is a necessity if you want to keep moving forward.

Check out the classifieds in your niche. Are others promoting affiliate products? If so, could be a good place to start.

I had my best affiliate marketing campaign using a classified ad.

But it's not just a case of chucking up any old thing, you still need to research the product, write decent salescopy and follow up on enquiries

if you do all that there is no reason why it can't work for you

cheers
Steve

If you take a look at the classified ads in various newspapers, magazines, weekly Employment Guides, PennySaver and Thrifty Nickel type of papers and then see ads which are repeated week after week, month after month... you will get some valuable clues about what might work for you as well.

Thanks guys for the great information!!!

Back in 2005, I used backpage, craigslist and ebays classified site to promote affiliate products and my own product as well.

Using only those mediums, I was able to bring in a consistent $3K per month just starting out, and doing all the work myself.

Knowing what I know now, I could've taken that income to $10K per month, but I didn't know what I didn't know.

Most of the profit was made from Craigslist. It was a bit easier then, but it still had it's problems and you needed your workarounds, just as you do today.

Can be done, and if you have more time, and a bit of money, then you can do it as well.

But if you've got funds for paid advertising... then I'd recommend mastering that as that's how you can scale your business up.

By using only classified ad you can't make money well, If you make big $$ money online by affiliate marketing you need to make a landing page and promote this by using solo ads. I personally like solo ads and earned a lot of money by using this solo ad method.

Thanks

It appears you are trying to figure out, where to start promoting your affiliate offer !

Ask Your Self These Questions To Help Guide You and....Where you start depends on:

1) where am I at financially, meaning are you lacking in the funds to invest in advertising your affiliate products
2) how much time you have to invest
3) how fast you want to learn
4) how fast you want to make money online, etcccc
5) how much money do I have to invest right at this moment consistently on a monthly basis
6) have I made a list of my options on how to promote the affiliate offer, weigh out the pros and cons on paper to each of them

Classifieds are tricky, and may still work dependent on how it is approached, for example if you hire someone in india to do massive postings on Craigslist in all the states or other English speaking countries it may work better then posting one single ad that you renew every 2 days on craigslist, since it is being posted maybe 3 times a day for 30 days, it has to be tested and only then will you know if it works or not for your offer.

Also.........This is tricky, because everything has to be right in order for things to possibly work, meaning depending if you know about copywriting, creating good headlines or classified ad titles, the offer, etccc

In my opinion, if you do not have money, then use free online classifieds and other free methods to drive traffic to your affiliate offer, if you have money then invest in better more targeted options where the fish are.

I am a fisherman, when I go fishing I go where I know I can catch fish better, so what I am saying, there are better places to advertise your affiliate offer depending on whom is your offer geared too, do you see what I am saying.

2 Options Which Are More Highly Targeted To Find Buyers For Your Product

SOLO ADS:
For example, if your target market are other affiliate marketers, then buy advertising that serves that audience and it is more targeted, like Solo Ad Vendors that place your ad in their email list of proven buyers of make money online type offers that purchased products from them. This is more targeted type of classified and I would recommend this option as a more sound approach if your market are other affiliate marketers.

EZINE ADVERTISING:
If your audience is some one else, then check out http://directoryofezines.com/ they are the oldest and most reputable source for you to find where the fish are and where others are going to fish to sell their services or products via ezines.

Of course this is just scratching the surface, there are other options to promoting your affiliate offer, but one thing for sure paid advertising is what is going to determine how fast you build a business online, free methods can work but will take longer if you are strapped for cash.

Hope this helps clear some things and makes it easier for you to make a decision where to focus on, let me know which way you decided to go with when you do decide

Great additional information! Thanks guys!

Great things to think about!