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Offline,
classified ads
are relatively cheap little ads that appear at the back of newspapers
or magazines. They work well if you’re trying to sell
your old Ford Escort or you’re looking for a new home
for your old sofa. Offline classified ads can even work well
promoting a variety of online products and services.
Online, things are a little different. But not hugely different.
I post ads on classified sites online, but I don’t expect
to make a lot of money from them. What I do expect though is
an opportunity to test my headlines and ad copy before I start
spending hard cash on
AdWords, other PPC’s and text links. |
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That’s
why I don’t bother with the dollar ads. If I’m going
to spend marketing money, I’d rather give it to a search
engine than a classified ad site. You’ll typically get
a much better return with PPC advertising and you know exactly
what you are paying for each visitor.
But there are places where you can place free ads online, and
you can actually do this on some of the really big sites like
AOL and Yahoo.
Even if I don’t make many sales, the fact that I’m
getting my product in front of so many people for free certainly
doesn’t do me any harm. |
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