Use Craigslist and Backpage To Advertise Online Free

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Update To Classified Ads 4/14/10

Hello Hubbers,

I learned about a new Classified Ad Website which I found reading a Hubbers Hub. I'm is static.

I don't use Classified Ads everyday anymore but I do use them about a dozen times per year to blast Ads to the Business Opportunity Section to attract a new audience and draw free traffic to my Hubs and websites. Adpost.com has a Business Opportunity Section AND has offers an Affiliate Program.

You earn 25% commission from any sales made through your Affiliate Link.

I love this part of the Affiliate Program. Within your Affiliate Settings you can submit a banner code. What this does is it places a banner at the top of your Affiliate page. For example, if you have 100 page views to your Affiliate Adpost site, your Top-Of-The-Page Banner banners will be displayed 50 times. I already placed a HTML code to a banner I created for free using the InstantBannerCreator linked to a website I created. This is an additional free way to promote online.
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I already wrote to Adpost.com to find out if Affiliate can place an Adsense banner in the HTML section. When I receive an answer I'll come back to post it.
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50% Co-Branding

And of course the ability to promote your Adpost Affiliate link on your website.

OK folks, here is a link to the Hub where I found out about Adpost.com. I felt this person deserved a shout-out. He's been around for a while and he has many Hubs with helpful tips and tricks to help bring traffic to your Hubs. Ryankett Profile

Craigslist and Backpage are Huge...

Thousands of people everyday use free online classified ads to promote their business, website and blogs. Many of the larger free classified ad websites get thousands of hits per day and a selective few reach a million hits per month.

There are two free online classified websites who fit the bill when it comes to reaching a million of hits per month. I feel the two largest and most popular free online classified websites are Craigslist.com and Backpage.com.. I use these two free online classified websites daily. They are easy to use and helps you reach an audience who is actually looking for what you have to offer. Craigslist.com and Backpage.com. have many different categories to fit your business or service.

Here are a few examples of categories you can submit your opportunity or service in:

Communities
Personals
Discussion Forums
Housing
For Sale
Services such as "Small Biz Opportunities"
Jobs
Gigs
Resume section and much more.

A huge perk for using Craigslist.com and Backpage.com. is you can place your ad in the area you want to target. Let me explain. I live in New York, LI and I am always seeking people from my area so when I spare the fifteen minutes per day promoting my business opportunity, I promote in New York, LI section. I have meet a few people posting in the area I live and look forward to meeting more people in the future. I do enjoy meeting people in my area who share my interests and goals.

Besides using the free online classified websites to promote my business opportunity, I have used both classified websites to sell a few items. I sold my old car for $700.00 using Craigslist.com. The car was sold within 24 of posting it. I have also sold a couple of paintings using Backpage.com. I posted an ad with a picture of the paintings and someone from Virginia purchased them. I was thrilled. I also use Craigslist.com and Backpage.com to search for items. I like searching through the "For Sale Section". You never know what your going to find. One more section I browse through is "Community". I like to see what groups and events are happening in my town or nearby areas.

Craigslist.com and Backpage.com are busy websites. So if you are someone who needs another alternative to advertising for free you have found it here.

Have fun everyone and enjoy the freebies.

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DRG Da Real Grinc profile image

DRG Da Real Grinc Level 2 Commenter 2 years ago

Checked out your website, good info, ty....1

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mailxpress Hub Author 2 years ago

Thank you DRG. I enjoy finding freebies for webmaster like ourselves. Free does work.

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liswilliams 22 months ago

thanks, I use craiglist quite a bit, but didn't know about backpage

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mailxpress Hub Author 22 months ago

Hi liswilliams,

Yeah, Backpage also offers an affiliate program. It's pretty cool.

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TinasTreasures 21 months ago

I tried to post on backpage, but they said there was a minimum purchase of $0.99. Am I doing something wrong? Can I post for free?

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vocalcoach Level 8 Commenter 18 months ago

Great hub and so well written. You are a "bank" of wisdom.

So glad I found you. Thanks and a big thumbs up!

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