Most people are knowledgeable when it comes to classified Ads because they will have been seen for many years in local and national newspapers.

Classified Ads are not the easiest way to sell any product, but can be very lucrative should you find the right formula. The first lesson in learning to write Ads should be to use your local newspaper and seeing which Ad works and why.

Many people are recommending that people use Classified Ads as a way to sell a product. If you have never written an Ad before then it can be one of the hardest ways to earn a living online. Have you tried to sell something through your local paper before, maybe a car, you will know how few words you have to convey everything you want to tell the reader why they should buy your car.

If you have been successful selling through the classified ads section of your paper then you will not find many problems selling through the classified ads online.

A classified ad will mean very few words to sell your product unlike a sales page which can use as many words as you want. You can use classified ads to get a huge amount of traffic for your affiliate programs. One thing I would recommend is you start with a product you want to advertise and write your ad copy. If you know how to write good ads then you are already on the road to success, but that isn’t what it is all about. That is only part of the formula. The other formula is to know where to place the ads.

If you listen to all the advice then you will never do anything, some will say use free sites, others say don’t use free sites. Free sites can work but not all free sites work. Now that might sound like a strange statement but it isn’t really. You want to put your ad on a free site, and you find one which is suitable. You place the ad and you wait, and wait and nothing happens. You check your ad is there but nothing much else. If you place your ad on a site where there is no traffic then don’t expect to sell anything because nobody will get to see it. The site has to have traffic and it needs more than a few hundred a day to generate any income.

One site which has a huge amount of traffic is Craigslist here you will need to ensure your ad goes into the correct section, there is no point in selling a car and putting it under health. Check around if you don’t know which category your product fits best under. Take time exploring the site and see what is being offered there and what works best.

Another site which has massive traffic is Yahoo. Yahoo will allow you to post a classified as long as it is in the right category and on topic.

How do you write your ad might be your question? Take another look at your local newspaper. Which ads immediately grab your attention? Write down the headline. Which one next? Again write down the headline. Keep working until you see a common thread here. It is likely to be something that grabs your attention. There might be keywords in it which gets you to want to know more.

The difference between PPC and Classified Ads is on PPC every time someone clicks on your ad you have to pay, every time someone clicks on your classified ad you don’t pay. For classified ads you will have either put them onto a free site or paid for a set amount of time like a week or a month.

Certain words will guarantee people to click on your ads, “free;” “cheap;” “limited;” “don’t miss out;” “special offer” all of these will draw the readers eyes and then you need to make sure that they are not disappointed when they get to you ad. Once you have them at your ad you need to keep them there and not only that but desperate to buy what you are selling. Give them some good reasons why they need your product and need it today. Let them know that tomorrow will be too late. Remember you only have a few words to convince them of your product. Don’t waste the opportunity if you want to sell using classified ads.

As you progress and get more and more experience you will move to other sites and publications online to sell your products. But you need to know what works and sells and what doesn’t work and therefore doesn’t sell. Once you have done this you are ready to move big time in the field of classified ads.

Paula Brown is an internet business owner and marketer. Online since 1998, Paula has helped many beginner and long time online business owners achieve success in their internet ventures. Your online business success story can start today! More information on starting an online business and more is available at http://www.patriot78.com