| v> | | | | Here's what you do: |
| As little as two years ago, classified advertising on | | | | Go to any MAJOR search engine ( , etc.) and do a |
| the internetwas HOT! Believe it or not, up until | | | | search using a phrase someonesearching for your |
| then I had generatedthousands of dollars in | | | | product or service would look for (i.e. if |
| affiliate program sales utilizing freeinternet | | | | you'reselling golf supplies, do searches such as |
| classifieds and services known as Free For All | | | | "golf supplies" , or |
| (FFA) | | | | "golf gear", etc.). You can find some excellent |
| Links pages. | | | | alternative phrasesby looking at each engine's |
| But, alas, things change, and it is necessary to | | | | results, which should contain additionalsearch |
| change with them. | | | | advice (i.e. "people looking for golf supplies also |
| Free classifieds and FFA's have all but lost 99.9% | | | | search for;etc.) |
| of theireffectiveness due to abuse by programs | | | | Take a note of the top 20 sites that come up in |
| known as | | | | each search. Check outeach of these sites, and if |
| "auto-submitters". | | | | they offer paid classified advertising, |
| These programs post to thousands and | | | | THAT IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE! |
| thousands of free classifiedad sites and FFA's, | | | | I've actually advertised on sites that sent me |
| usually for a fee. The problem with using | | | | 100-300 unique visitorsper day for LESS THAN |
| suchservices is thousands of other people are | | | | $30 for a whole month of advertising! |
| using them as well, not tomention the fact that | | | | Here's a specific example: |
| they rarely post an ad to any sites which | | | | Let's say you're a member of a network |
| receivethe targeted traffic you're looking for. | | | | marketing company or similarhome business and |
| What do you think is moreimportant...posting | | | | you want to drive traffic to your referral website. |
| thousands upon thousands of ads to site which | | | | Go to the above major search engines and type |
| NO ONE (except for the auto-submitters) ever | | | | in the phrase "work at home"or "work from |
| visit, or posting ahandful of ads to sites that | | | | home" (there are many more search phrases you |
| receive the quality, targeted traffic youneed? | | | | could use, |
| So is classified advertising dead? In a word....NO! | | | | I'll just use these two as an example). |
| The "secret" to effective online classified | | | | The #1 site for both Google and Yahoo for the |
| advertising is not reallya "secret" at all, but more a | | | | phrase "work at home" isa popular site called |
| case of common sense. As of March, | | | | "Work at Home Moms" ( If youtake a look at |
| 2001, almost 90% of internet users found the | | | | that site, you'll notice they offer low cost |
| sites they are lookingfor through the use of | | | | classifiedadvertising ($25 a month or less if you |
| search engines. | | | | buy several months at a time). |
| Now you might be thinking, "Great, but what does | | | | An ad placed at that particular high-traffic site |
| that have to dowith classified advertising?" | | | | sent more than 100unique visitors a day to our |
| It's Simple! | | | | site! |
| Search engines send targeted traffic to the sites | | | | What's more, the visitors we received were the |
| listed within them,but can also be your best tool | | | | type of TARGETED visitorsthat are worth their |
| to find the high traffic sites that offerlow-cost | | | | weight in gold. |
| classified advertising that both receives the traffic | | | | If you need some relatively cheap, targeted |
| yourlooking for, and the targeted customers you | | | | traffic to your site, give onlineclassifieds a try-you |
| NEED to make sales! | | | | won't be disappointed! |