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Selling the car? Want to get rid of your old computer? Selling some gig tickets? Looking to raise some extra money fast? Then advertising in the 'For Sale' section of the local newspaper looks like a good way to go. Right? You bought the local newspaper a couple of days previously, like you always do, but where is it now? You thought you'd thrown it underneath the stack of magazines and papers on the table in the corner of the room. No, not there. You search some more but the it's nowhere to be found. What to do now? The Yellow Pages - of course! Obvious. Thumb through it until you find the section 'Newspapers and Periodicals' and then carefully go through the list. There's the number. Grab a pen, note down the number and dial. The friendly female voice on the other end of the line politely asks what department you want and you reply, "Advertising". You're almost there. Patience. A few seconds later another female voice asks how she may help you, and you blurt out you want to place a 'For Sale' ad in this week's edition. "You want to put an ad in the 'For Sale' section in next week's paper.", she insists. Maybe she hasn't heard me correctly. "No, in this week's edition.", I repeat. "Sorry, can't do that. If only you'd called us 30 minutes ago. It's the advertising deadline, you've just missed it for this week. It's always midday on a Tuesday, no exceptions. Do you want to advertise in next week's paper?" Silence. I'm thinking. The paper comes out on Friday and yet my ad has to go in on a Tuesday morning. That sucks. It really sucks. I hang up the phone. But wait a second. This is the age of the Internet, instant communication, web sites, email! No need to panic. After all, you've seen many a classified ad site on your web travels, right? You've never given them a second thought. Maybe now you should. Navigate over to Google and enter the query 'classified ads' in the search box. Simple. There are dozens, no hundreds of classified ad sites listed in the search results returned. There are so many to choose from. Spoilt for choice. To get serious for a minute, although the above scenario may be fictitious, it has more than the ring of truth about it. It illustrates one of the five good reasons for using free ads sites - instant advertising. The second good reason is cost. Just about every classified ad site is free to sign up with and is free to post ads. And you can usually post as many ads as you want, whenever you want. It'll save you a fortune. The third reason why you should consider using a classified ads site - there are LOTS of them. Hundreds to choose from. Sign up for one or sign up for 50. It's up to you. And the sign-up process is usually quick and easy. All you need is a valid email address. Going back to our scenario above, local newspapers typically have a circulation of a few thousand readers, all living within a few miles of where you are. Not so with a classified ads web site, which is the fourth good reason for using them. For they have reach. Your ad will be seen across the world, literally. So you are almost guaranteed to find a buyer for the item you are looking to sell. If a picture is better than a thousand words, we come to the fifth good reason for using freeads sites - the ability to add a picture of the item you are looking to sell. Most classified ads sites allow you to upload at least one picture to go along with your ad, at no cost, a service which your local newspaper is unlikely to offer.
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John Donaldson is the owner of classified ads site Freebie Ads. Costs nothing to join or to post ads. Have a look at www.freebieads.co.uk
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