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| | The Wild Business Women Network is not currently active and cannot accept new posts | | Free tips on posting a classified ad | Views: 1550 | | Nov 27, 2006 6:06 pm | | Free tips on posting a classified ad | # | 
KJ Birchfield | | Writing a classified ad to sell your product isn't as hard as you
might think, if you spend time researching effective copy writing
strategies.
Here are a few to try NOW!
1. Never try to sell expensive items from a small classified ad. Use
the two step method. Request the reader visit your site for free
information or email an auto responder address for more details where
you will respond with longer ad copy to effectively sell your product.
2. Study how other marketers write their sales copy. This is a no
brainer. Simply study the ads in newsletters you are subscribed to. Or
surf to a few of the free classified ad sites and study the ads placed
there. Don't copy their ads word for word but use them as an effective
design to write your own adverts.
3. Advertise in the right Newsletter. That's right. This is basic
stuff. Don't place your ad for cooking lessons in a Sports Trivia
Newsletter. Or High Tech Ebooks on Java-Scripting in a Romance Writers
Newsletter.
4. Target several appropriate publications. Subscribe to the
publications and study their classified ads for several editions
before placing your ads. Practice writing adverts following their
basic ad writing guidelines.
5. Advertise in more than one publication at a time. Why? You want to
pull in as many interested readers as possible in order to make sales.
6. Change your ad copy if it's not working. If people read the same
old ad copy in the publication every month they will get bored and
probably ignore your copy. It's human nature to do this. Freshen up
your copy with new headlines, different lengths, new wording, power
words, appropriate humor, details, interesting facts, testimonials.
7. Key your ads to find out which one's are working. Or simply have
several email addresses or auto responders and calculate which email
address receives the most response to your ads.
8. Keep records of every one who responds to your ads. Follow up with
appropriate messages about your product. Of course give them the
option to opt out of receiving further correspondence.
9. Free Classified Ad Sites are a great way to test your ad writing
skills before placing paid ads in publications online. Study how other
marketers at these sites write their ads. Respond to their ads to see
how they further market their product. Don't forget to set up a free
email account especially to handle your request.
10. Study offline publications. And, advertisements you receive by
snail-mail to see how they put it all together. This will help to
build your ad writing skills and confidence in your copy writing
abilities.
Here are 2 free ad sources that will get you some hits
http://www.FreeViral.com/?r=54610
http://www.ShowMyLinks.com/?ref=8451
Bob Tyndall
Private Reply to KJ Birchfield | | Nov 27, 2006 7:25 pm | | re: Free tips on posting a classified ad | # | 
Karen Dries | | Thanks for the great information. I find it very useful and will save it for future needs. To show my appreciation I would like to offer a link to a site with tons of tools some of which may be useful to you.
http://www.viralmarketinggiveaway.com/vmg/?go=2065
Have fun with them, cool stuff.
Karen DriesPrivate Reply to Karen Dries | | Nov 27, 2006 10:44 pm | | re: re: Free tips on posting a classified ad | # | 
Susan Graves | | Marsha
These are great tips, thanks for sharing.
Susan Private Reply to Susan Graves | | |
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