Something For Nothing But Don't Miss Out

Surely you've tried advertising on a classified ads site? No, never? Then you probably don't realise how much you are missing out on potential buyers, eager to buy what you have to offer.

Well, you are not the only one, believe me. In fact, many businesses, large, medium and small have never considered classified ads as part of their marketing strategy either. No, never. Yet they should. Classified ads sites are a potential opportunity not to be missed.

The classified ads sector has spawned some huge online players, who generate, on a daily basis, a huge amount of traffic. They are not to be ignored.

Take Gumtree, for example, one of the giants in the market. It started out as a small local classified ads and community site in London, some eight years ago. Now it boasts a million visitors every month. Amazing. Wouldn't you benefit from a little Gumtree traffic? Sure you would.

Another huge player in the classified ads sector is Loot, combining major print publications with a massive online presence. It all comes under the Associated Newspapers banner which owns the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, Metro and other print titles.

Loot is a houshold name and has been in the buying and selling game for more than two decades. Its total reach is staggering - in the region of 2 million every month, with nearly a quarter of the total visiting the loot.com website alone. Again, wouldn't you benefit from a little Loot traffic? Of course you would!

But it doesn't stop there. For there are other major online classified ads sites which you would be mad to ignore.

But it doesn't stop there. For there are many other major sites which could have been listed and which provide significant traffic, too. But if there are major players then there are lesser players. Don't ignore these although just how much traffic each might provide is much harder to work out.

One of the positives is that the ad placing process is easy and free (as with all the major players, too). So it may be useful to sign up with a few of these minor sites at a time. Together, they should provide a fair bit of traffic. However, nothing is guaranteed. The only way is to try them and see just how good, or bad, they are.

One such "minor" player is freebieads.co.uk - my classified ads site, which has been on the go for about a year now! Hopefully, the site will become a major player in the not too distant future. Time will tell.

It attracts about 5,000 visitors monthly and has about 500 ads at any one time at the moment. Yes, not in the Gumtree, Loot or Vivastreet league. However, were not these major players minor players at one time?

A final thought or two, to lighten the mood. Classified ad sites reflect the world we live in - which at times borders on the weird, judging by some of the ads posted!

Loot, for example, lists a few of the more bizarre ads they've seen, which include the selling of a Mr Whippy ice cream van, Australian shark cartilage, manure, a pencil sharpener collection, an organic wormery and a life size dalek.

Even the British royals have occasionally used Loot, it seems. Apparently, the Duchess of Kent sold her second-hand fridge through Loot in 2004.

So if it's good enough for British royalty then it must be good enough for us lesser mortals, too. So check out classified ads sites both great and small. They just might provide the boost your business has been waiting for.

Article Source: ArticlesBusiness.net

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