There is an old saying "There's no free lunch". There may not be a free lunch any more but there are free classified ads that don't cost the advertiser anything. Where are free classified ads and how do you find them? That's the easy part.
Newspapers are the old school way of doing things. Newspapers provide a limited audience for what you want to sell. The classified ad in the paper is limited to only those who get the newspaper and then only those who are interested in buying something. A free classified ad posted on the Internet gets you more exposure and no cost.
If are computer literate, you can do a Google search for free classified ads. That search will turn up over 50 pages of websites that provide free classified ads. Some of these websites provide national or international exposure, some are product oriented and some are geographically oriented. Prior to posting your ad, you want to think about what group of people you want to see it.
Chances are you have heard about Craigslist. Craigslist is a website that posts free classified ads. Posting a free classified ad on this website involves little more than putting the item you want to sell into a category and then deciding what city or town you want it to fall under. Other websites use this same technique to make it easier for someone to find a particular product in a particular place.
Craigslist has free classified ads from all over the country. Websites are available that are customized for a particular location. Another Google search with the city name and then free classified ads. A search like this will net you dozens of websites that offer free classified ads for a specific location.
Some websites that offer free classified ads do not have a geographic discrimination. If you have a product that you want to advertise, it simply gets put in with all of the others of that same product. If you sell silk flower arrangements and live in Michigan your free classified ad will be put in next to one from Florida. This exposure allows you to sell your product nationwide or worldwide with no advertising expense.
Who pays for this? It almost seems like you are getting something for nothing. The answer to that question, is each website has advertisers who pay the owner of the website. Each time someone visits the website, or hits it, the owner of the website gets paid a small fee by the advertiser. The advertisers pay for the website to be up and running and you get your ad run for free. What could be better than that?
If you have something to sell, why do it the old school way why pay a newspaper to run your classified ad to a limited audience. Free classified ads on the Internet reach more people and best of all they are free.
Newspapers are the old school way of doing things. Newspapers provide a limited audience for what you want to sell. The classified ad in the paper is limited to only those who get the newspaper and then only those who are interested in buying something. A free classified ad posted on the Internet gets you more exposure and no cost.
If are computer literate, you can do a Google search for free classified ads. That search will turn up over 50 pages of websites that provide free classified ads. Some of these websites provide national or international exposure, some are product oriented and some are geographically oriented. Prior to posting your ad, you want to think about what group of people you want to see it.
Chances are you have heard about Craigslist. Craigslist is a website that posts free classified ads. Posting a free classified ad on this website involves little more than putting the item you want to sell into a category and then deciding what city or town you want it to fall under. Other websites use this same technique to make it easier for someone to find a particular product in a particular place.
Craigslist has free classified ads from all over the country. Websites are available that are customized for a particular location. Another Google search with the city name and then free classified ads. A search like this will net you dozens of websites that offer free classified ads for a specific location.
Some websites that offer free classified ads do not have a geographic discrimination. If you have a product that you want to advertise, it simply gets put in with all of the others of that same product. If you sell silk flower arrangements and live in Michigan your free classified ad will be put in next to one from Florida. This exposure allows you to sell your product nationwide or worldwide with no advertising expense.
Who pays for this? It almost seems like you are getting something for nothing. The answer to that question, is each website has advertisers who pay the owner of the website. Each time someone visits the website, or hits it, the owner of the website gets paid a small fee by the advertiser. The advertisers pay for the website to be up and running and you get your ad run for free. What could be better than that?
If you have something to sell, why do it the old school way why pay a newspaper to run your classified ad to a limited audience. Free classified ads on the Internet reach more people and best of all they are free.
About the Author:
Alex Wu loves numbers and marketing. He operates a free classified ads website that combines social networking with business marketing in this free classifieds network.
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