Classified ads are the best way to advertise about products and services you offer for sale or you wanted to buy and you can even promote your website or business with classified ads. The key to generating lots of views and replies depends a lot on how you write them and somewhat on where you place them.
Here are some tricks and tips on writing an effective classified advertisement:
Find good free classified sites: Your first step before you write your first advertisement is to find good free classified advertisement sites to post to. You can start this by doing a search on your favorite search engine. Search for terms like free ads, online classifieds, free advertising etc... Once you have found sites, compare these sites on Alexa.com. Alexa.com can give you far more detail on how the site ranks and other sites that link to it, and may even lead you to other free classified ads sites.
advertisement presentation: Now in developing your advertisement, use an eye-catching headline and images in your free classifieds. So be creative and also realize that in eye tracking studies it has been determined that text near an image gathers nearly 90% of the reader's attention for the first few seconds. Make the image and text work together and have a good balance. In headline capitalize only the first letter of each keyword and use no more than 10 words.
Body of advertisement: Now write about body of the advertisement. In body include the most important information that a buyer/seller would want to know about the product or service. In the body you are most likely looking to draw people to your capture page so your advertisement needs to create interest and action. Each sentence should have a purpose and contain the key words you think people would search for. So that search engines will rank your advertisement more highly.
advertisement description: While writing a classified advertisement description, about your product or service or business, be honest and use your own words.
Check for Spelling: Correct spelling and grammar will make people take your advertisement more seriously. So be sure with spellings and grammar.
Read the guide lines of site: Read the guidelines for each site. This can help you write a more effective advertisement, and it can also help you make sure that your advertisement gets accepted.
Don't lie about your product: Don't lie about what you are selling or offering or important information you leave about your advertisement. In the first you may get high traffic but once you are found out, the buyers or sellers will avoid you.
Choose correct category: Think of appropriate category for your advertisement. Incorrectly categorized ads don't reach potential customers.
Capitalization: Only use caps where it's completely necessary. Usually the headline is one place you can use caps to emphasize particular words. Throughout the body, having whole sentences capitalized is a no-no.
Price of your product: Think carefully about price of product you are offering. If you want to sell your items as soon as possible, or you want to attract customers quickly, set a low price and state it up front in your advertisement. If, however, you want to get a good price and you don't mind waiting, list your price as "negotiable," or "Prices/rates vary, please call/email," are phrases you can write to indicate that you do have a price in mind, but the details are too complicated to fit in the advertisement space. Also check deals coupons sales sites to see the latest bargain price for this product or service.
More ads the better: Finally, be sure to keep in mind that this is often a numbers game so the more ads the better. Run your ads on as many classified sites as you can and make sure they have a good amount of users as well.
Prompt the reader: Prompt the reader to take next step. That is to visit your site where the sales letter will do selling for you. Creating a sense of urgency helps and so does a time-limited offer. Use instructions like click through now, visit our site today; here's is link to click...
Where to post your advertisement: One of the secrets to getting more from your ads is to post your ads where your potential customers are.
Don't use "cheap" marketing words: such as, "earn $2,000/week", "read my story about how to earn $5,000/month from home", and their kinds. You will not attract intellectual audiences. Write it in simpler way; let it sound smart and rational.
Stress on the benefits and features of your product/service: What you write at classified ads may be your only chance to make people curious. You should be able to motivate them to find more information.
Submit your free advertisement: Some websites will post your free advertisement immediately. There are some that will need you to confirm the advertisement and may take a few days to be posted to the website.
Preview your advertisement: Preview and Submit your free advertisement. Make sure review your advertisement before submitting.
Use testimonials: Testimonials are a terrific way to let the prospect know how it will feel when they get their hands on the product or service that you're promoting.
Proof read your advertisement: Have a friend or family member proofread your advertisement. Fresh eyes can catch typos and let you know if something sounds weird or seems unclear.
Contact information: Remember to leave contact information. When you write a classified advertisement, listing your town, e-mail, phone number, and the best time to call is the minimum requirement.
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