How to Make Money Online Without a Website or a List: Classified Advertising

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Classified advertising is probably one of the oldest ways to market online. Although it’s not always as effective as it once was, it’s still an effective way to market your business online.

The reason is that it is a form of marketing that most people are familiar with. For those new to the internet, it’s an easy way to find things. For those who want to sell, it’s an easy marketing technique.

If you’re new to internet marketing, or you don’t have any money to spend on marketing, classified advertising is the best place to start. It’s easy to learn how to write ads, and there are plenty of free classified ad sites that will allow you to post ads.

Before you post any ads though, here’s a few things to help you make more money from this technique:

1. Choose low cost products to market.

It’s a lot easier to sell low ticket items on classified ad sites than it is high ticket items. If you plan to use classified sites to drive traffic for your high ticket items, then it’s a good idea to create some type of freebie to draw traffic to your site.

Don’t offer your product in the ad. Offer the freebie. Give visitors a reason to visit your site.

2. If possible, optimize your ads for the search engines.

When you’re writing your ads it’s a good idea to write them with the search engines in mind. Try to include your keywords in your ads if possible.

Many classified ad sites, especially free ones, do really well in the search engines. You can easily increase the traffic to your ad by considering the keywords.

3. Try offering physical products too.

Top classified sites like Craig’s List offer just about everything. Just as shoppers may shop auctions to find bargains, classified ad sites are another place to look for bargains.

The best part of offering what you sell through classifieds is that it won’t cost you anything.

4. Write as many ads as you can and post them.

The more ads you write, the more chances you have to make conversions, get traffic, and get sales. Many of these classified ad sites also allow you to renew your ads so you don’t have to retype them.

5. Post ads consistently.

As I mentioned before, many of these sites allow you to renew your ads without reposting them. This will save you a lot of time and help you get your ads out more quickly.

Don’t just renew your ads though. Post more ads and try to do a certain number of ads each day. More ads equal more traffic and ultimately more sales.

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Jinger Jarrett is the author of “Internet Marketing for Free, The GUIDE,” available on Amazon.

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5 Responses to “How to Make Money Online Without a Website or a List: Classified Advertising”

  1. Free classifieds on 27 Jul 2009 at 5:28 am #

    Nice Post!!!!!!. Classified information is easily reach the people. Nowadays many of the people seeing classified sites to view the classifieds. There are many classified sites to post the classifieds. Classified sites having different categories to easily find and post the classifieds.

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  3. Pitambharadharaya on 29 Jul 2009 at 3:04 pm #

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  4. Gadhadhraya on 03 Aug 2009 at 1:40 am #

    amazing stuff thanx :)

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  5. Jinger on 03 Aug 2009 at 1:15 pm #

    Thanks for stopping by and posting your comment. I really appreciate it.

    I’m glad you found this article helpful. I plan to post more about business on this blog because I think it’s important. I want to show readers that Christianity is practical and helpful.

    Again, thank you! Jinger

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