How To Maximize Your Return From Internet Classified Ads

By Donny Lowy

Classified ads have been a long time staple of the mail order business. They are relatively low priced, and can attract plenty of attention when used correctly

The same applies to Internet classified ads. They are a great resource since they are priced inexpensively in terms of their exposure, and can often be had for free.

Online classified ads are often offered to advertisers for free to build traffic for the publisher.

The publisher wants to create an audience of visitors who will come to his site on a regular basis. One way to build that traffic is by having classified ads that visitors will frequently read.

Since the publisher has other means of earning revenue for the site, he often will provide free classified ads on his site.

These classified ads should not be dismissed due to the fact that they priced low, or that they are free.

On the other hand, when used correctly they can be a great business building tool for any online business.

As a matter of fact, the Google Ad Words and Google Ad Sense program use the classified ad structure in their advertising programs.

Even though free classified ads might only attract a small amount of traffic, when used repeatedly, or in combination with other free classified ad sites, they can soon start proving the advertiser with a strong flow of online visitors.

For online classified ads to work they need to be used as lead generators. The purpose of the online classified ad is only to bring potential customers to your site.

If you are advertising a phone number, or a brick and mortar address, use it to generate leads.

Sales are difficult to obtain through the limited text available through an online classified ad.

But leads, which are the life blood of all businesses, can be quickly obtained through these ads.

Your Internet classified ad should be written in a realistic tone. You want Internet surfers to know that there is a real legitimate Internet business behind the ad.

To obtain a high response rate from the classified ad, and possibly even some sales if you take that route, stress benefits in your online classified ads.

Benefits are what motivate people into trying a new products and services.

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How To Capture Leads with Classified Ad

By Heri Rosyadi

There are many free online/offline classified ad out there. Some people thinks that it doesnt really work to get the prospect with that service. The fact is that many new marketers using it, posting their offer over and over again. Why? because its easy and FREE.

I'll show you the right way to advertise with it. You must use a two step ad. this is the working example:

Ordinary people are making EXTRAORDINARY money WORKING FROM HOME on the Internet! Get FREE info by email. Send your request to: pathtosucessonline@getresponse.com

You can see that the Ad is short eye catching, but the reason why it calls a two steps Ad is because it does'nt lead your prospect directly to your promoted website. It works two steps:

Step 1 asking the prospect to send email to the autoresponder address.

Step 2 the autoresponder capture the email and then send an offering email with your website link in it. You can send blank email to the above address to see how it work from inside.

Most of the time this is the most effective way with Classified Ad, where you can only put a very short Ad in it. So the job of your ad only to grab the attention and drive them to send an email for complete information, make them curious about your product!

In order to execute this type of promotion you need to have your own autoresponder, there are some free autoresponders out there. The autoresponder will capture the email and send the offering email automatically so your job only placing your ad to many free classified ads out there. You need to set up the offering letter first in your autoresponder before placing the ad.

I have used this strategy with local yellowpages and I put my ad only once a week and I got new leads/subscribers everyday with the little effort I've done.

Happy List Building!

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Creating Successful Classified Ads

By M. Jones

Free Classified ads are a useful tool for a number of different occupations. You may be offering/looking for a job or advertising and work from home opportunity. Free classified ads were one of my first ports of call when trying to get referrals for affiliate programmes. They are quick and easy to set up, they are free and most importantly of all they give RESULTS.

There are a zillion different free classified ad sites out there. To find them just type in Google 'Free classified ads' and there will be about 15 million results. My advice would be stick to the first page or so for the simple reason that those are the sites, that get the most traffic and so you ad will be seen the most with then. This does not mean you shouldn't post you ad on sites further down the search results but they will be less effective.

Don't forget to submit to the sponsored links at the top of the search results as well.

Free classified ads will not bring you immediate success, but they are a good place to start. I have never posted a blog ad on them but I post my affiliate links (only on the free classified ad sites where that is allowed).

Free classified ads are usually displayed in a similar way to a forum. They consist of a title, which is what the reader sees (rather like a topic title on a forum) and then the main body of the add (similar to the starting post in a forum, only the reader cannot always reply, unless you give your email address). I would recommend you write the body of your add in a text editor like Microsoft Word and then copy/paste it into the section; although keep it flexible because different free classified ad sites allow you different word limits.

You may want to advertise a few different affiliate links, in which case write your post/ad body for all of them first and post them all on the same site at once, rather than going through all the sites posting one ad and then doing it all again for another. This is because some of the sites you find, despite specifying 'free' in the search, will not be free, or you will not be allowed to submit your affiliate link; you will find yourself trying to post on a site where you already tried and failed with an earlier ad.

Hi, I am studying my A levels at Cambridge,England. I hope (and will!) read archeology and anthropology at University (or 'college'). I have a blog filled with expert advice about making money online. Come visit it at http://matt608.blogspot.com

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Internet Advertising Strategies for Success

By Tom Sample

With the technological and conceptual breakthrough that internet has offered, internet advertising has become a full time employment option not only for companies, but for persons like you and me alike. Because most companies choose to go online with their businesses, the immense market that online advertising offers is like a new gold rush.

There are two primary ways to advertise on the Internet:

1. Register your Web site with major search engines so Internet visitors can find you;

2. Place an ad banner for your site on another Web site that has a lot of traffic (viewers).

Ad banners allow viewers to link to your site when they click on the banner. Internet Advertising Advantages Relatively cost-effective. The costs can also be independent of the size of the audience. For example, a Web presence will cost the same regardless of how many viewers your site has. (You will, however, need to make sure your Internet Service Provider can handle the volume of viewers you anticipate having.)

Advertisers can target specific types of viewers by positioning an ad banner on related Web sites. For example, if you're targeting people seeking information on a specific topic, you can purchase ad space on Web pages that are related to this category in the major search engines (Yahoo, Infoseek, Lycos, WONET - The Women's Online Network, etc.).

So, an organic herb farmer selling through mail order might advertise through the organic foods or gourmet cooking category. The indexing structure of these sites allows you to target your audience by geographic location and related interest area. Messages can be timely because editing the content is often easy and instantaneous.

Ads on the Internet can be interactive. You can request viewer feedback, take orders or answer questions instantly. Ad banners can run with as much frequency as you choose. The Internet is constantly available!

Internet advertisers can potentially reach a global audience. Aside from language barriers, anyone at any location in the world can access information about your products or services.

Internet advertising should not be approached in a vacuum. Instead, it should be one component of a comprehensive Internet Marketing strategy. Although the popularity of the Internet is rising remarkably, it is difficult to gage the impact of advertising on the Internet.

The range of costs to advertise on the Internet can vary greatly. It is best to compare a number of highly-frequented sites to determine the best way to spend your advertising dollars. You must research your options and decide to go for an established company. A successful advertising campaign will inevitably end up bringing you a swarm of visitors to your online store, your website that is. Now it's your own option if you decide to market your own products, promote someone else's, or both. There are practically limitless options of affiliate marketing options available out there, it up to you to go out and grasp it. If you do it the right way, internet advertising may just change your life forever.

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