Ad Placement:
When you place an ad, always take your time to select the most appropriate category. For example, a Home for sale should be placed in the Real Estate category, rather than a general miscellaneous category.
A Good Description:
Take the time to construct a well written advertisement. Keep in mind, your advertisement will make your first impression.
Clear Title and Description:
Most people will search to find ads related to what they are seeking. For this reason, make sure your ad Title and Description are clear and concise. For example, if you are selling a car online, it may be a good idea to have the year, make, and model as the title. On the other hand, Real Estate listings should always have the address for a title. These are the terms most people will use when searching.
Extra Features:
Feature your ad, add Bolding, Attention Getters and more. These extra features are extra but increase sales dramatically!
Competitive Pricing:
Pricing is a key factor when selling. Find similar items or properties for sale within your region. Buyers browsing the site will be comparing your listing to others.
Communication:
Prompt communication is vital to making a sale. Configure your online communications in a manner that is appropriate.
Use Photos:
If applicable, include photos within your advertisements. Photos will help ensure a professional image and provide advertisement logo branding.
Conventional Advertising:
Although the Internet provides a large source of exposure, conventional advertising methods will not hurt. If possible, place viewable signs and flyers to the public, or inform friends and family about your advertisements. With each classified ad, there is a pre configured signs and flyers builder to make conventional advertising easier.
Printable Signs & Flyers
The Signs and Flyers feature of our online classifieds is the perfect marketing tool that we provide FREE of charge to our advertisers.
After placing an ad on our network, simply access your personal, password-protected account. Then lick the "Signs & Flyers" link from the left menu. You will be shown a listing with all of your active ads. Simply choose "Build Sign" or "Build Flyer" for the desired classified ads. Our system will dynamically populate the appropriate fields and create a printable document for you to post or hand out wherever you would like. You will also be given the opportunity to change the entries of certain items so that they display exactly what you want on the sign or flyer.
Flyers are excellent for getting additional exposure from super markets, convenience stores, or anywhere you may find a public bulletin board. Flyers will print out with two columns of "tear off tabs" on both sides of the page. The main body of the page will contain all the information about your sale. Each tab provides buyers with the items CedarValleyClassifieds.com Ad number, and the sellers contact phone number.
Signs make fantastic window stickers for your Automobiles for sale, Brochures for Real Estate boxes, or general display anywhere you can find to post them.