Posts Tagged ‘Classified Ads’

While the word “easy” is used rather loosely these days to peddle products, there are some things that are truly just flat out easy.

..and placing online classified ads to generate website traffic is one of them.

There are actually three benefits from placing classified ads online.

1. Direct traffic from your classified ads.
2. Links back to your site from your classified ads.
3. Page 1 & 2 Search engine positions. (Yep! This too.)

Okay so maybe your scratching your head trying to figure out how you can get page 1 & 2 search engine positions from placing classified ads.

You’re basic using a different backdoor and standing on the shoulders of the classified ad sites.

So, I’ll give you the short explanation and then the simple 5 steps to making it happen.

The classified sites that I’m going to recommend you start with are also authority sites and with a properly done “article ad” you can have your classified ad appearing on page 1 & 2 of Google… quickly. I’ve seen it happen in less than 5 hours using the 5 steps below.

How do you do it?

Simple.

1. Write a short version of your and a long version (long version being 350 words or so, use your primary keyword).
2. Post both the short version and long version.
3. Grab the direct url link to the long version of your ad.
4. Ping that long version classified ad url at www.Pingler.com.
5. Social bookmark that same url using your favorite social bookmarking website or program.

That’s it… watch the results.

Speaking of results, the results will vary from ad to ad, market to market, and keyword to keyword.

However following the above 5 steps when placing online classified ads will juice them up in a major way.

A side by side comparison shows more traffic to classified ads following the 5 step process above, then those placed without it.

Of course you can do your own test and see which works better for you and decide which route to go.

All things being consider you must have a compelling ad.

So, whatever your route, I suggest you get to it.

Click here to download your free Classified Ad Traffic Generation Checklist.

The online classified sites I recommend you start with (minus Craigslist and in no special order) are…

http://www.ablewise.com
http://www.usfreeads.com
http://www.adlandpro.com
http://www.backpage.com
http://www.kijiji.com
http://www.epage.com
http://www.classifieds.myspace.com

That’s it for today… see ya back here tomorrow.

Be sure to TalkBack to me before you run off and generate more traffic. I look forward to your feedback.

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Today we will start generating some traffic from classified ads on Craigslist.

Before we get started, let me state here that while Craigslist still represents the apex of traffic generation classified ad sites… posting ads to Backpage  Kijiji, USFreeAds and others are extremely effective.

And for that reason I’ll be posting a “Classified Ads Traffic Generation Checklist” that will cover the universe of classified ad sites that exist outside of the world of Craig and his list.

Now, there’s classified ad traffic…

…and…

There’s Craigslist classified ad traffic!

Some of the best free traffic on the internet from classified ads can be generated from Craigslist.

In some ways, Craiglist is like eBay.

eBay is a huge marketplace with two distinct groups of people… BUYERS and SELLERS.

In similar fashion, Craigslist is a huge marketplace of two distinct groups of people… SHOPPERS and PROVIDERS.

• Shoppers are seeking jobs, products and services.
• Providers are providing jobs, products and services.

What makes this dude Craig and his list so popular is of little importance. What is important are the stats.

It’s reported that…

• +40 million people use Craigslist every month.
• Craigslist gets 10 billion page views a month.
• And Craigslist is currently serving 567 cities in 55 countries.

Seems like there’s just one big international party taking place over at Craigs joint.

His party list has gotten mighty big… and guess what?

YOU are invited to the party…so put on your dancing shoes!

If you are looking for a way to crank up your traffic, leads and sales then I highly recommend you test some free ads on Craigslist.

From my experience, there are three things that will really turn Craigslist into a traffic workhorse for you.

1. A great free offer.
2. Great graphical ads.
3. A large volume of ads.

When it comes to #3, you will want to consider outsourcing this.

Doing large volumes of ads on Craigslist crosses over into more advanced methods as well as using controversial auto-posting software and outsourcing.

There was a time when auto-posting software for Craigslist was abundantly available. Today however, just about all of those software programs are gone.

It’s not that the software didn’t work… it’s that it didn’t work for long. It seemed like Craigslist was always several steps ahead of the automators who tried to exploit Craiglist.

That said, there are still ways to post large volumes of ads on Craigslist, however that goes beyond the scope of this post.

For this post, let’s keep it straight and simple by sticking with the basics that you can use to start posting on Craigslist today.

So, you can click here now to download your 3 page Craigslist Traffic Generation Checklist that will give you the basic steps you need to start generating traffic TODAY from Craigslist!

Once your ad testing on Craigslist shows signs of working for your specific offers, I would recommend that you look into auto-posting programs where you can schedule ads to be place automatically. NOT to spam Craigslist.

You could also considering outsourcing or hiring a professional posting company. There is of course additional cost involved with outsourcing, creating additional accounts, etc. So make sure you factor that in when you do revenue and profit projections from Craigslist.

Okay, so in the words of “Porky” ...that’s all folks! Atleast for today. I’ll see you back here tomorrow with another traffic generation checklist.

In the meantime, be sure to TalkBack to me while you’re here. Ask questions if you have any. Also, please share any experiences you’ve had with Craigslist, any tips of your own or any thoughts, ideas  or feedback you’d like to give. Whatever it is you’d like to share, I’m listening… so TalkBack to me!

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