Now, I did create a video that I will be posting. However, something is wrong with my media that I cannot get sound. So I will try again later this week.

There are many sites out there that you can use to drive traffic to your site. What is great about these sites is they have millions of targeted users visiting their site a day. You can list on their sites absolutely FREE of Charge. Of course, you do not want to fill it with SPAM.

One of the fall backs listing on these sites such as Craigslist is that the competition is petty, they will FLAG your listing. Then someone FLAGS your listing; what they are doing is reporting it to the Classifieds site that you are in violation of one of the regulations, and then your ad is taken down.

Okay, so let’s get started.

Below is a list of some of the sites offering you Free Ad placement; along with their

Alexa rating:

Froogle Ranking 2

Craigslist Ranking 38

Backpage Ranking 1,687

Kijiji Ranking 2,261

Oodle Ranking 3,689

OLX Ranking 10,950

Recycler Ranking 31,359

Penny Saver Ranking 241,694

Go to Alexa and search for Backapage

A – This is what you will see. You will find the ranking information and a graph on the traffic. Backpage gets tons of traffic and that means exposure for you.

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B – Scroll down the page you will find a breakdown on the on the Most Popular pages on that site. This is your guide, this will determine for your where to place your ads. Of course I recommend you start placing ads there but also place in as many other Cities as you can.

By doing so, it will also help your own Alexa rating.  Nice huh!

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C – Now, you visit the site directly. You will find the entire list of Cities where you can place those ads.

D – Now that you have determined what Cities are generating the most traffic, its time to select your Category. If you are selling an item; then you know where to go. But if you are offering a service You may want to place them in Services / Community or Job Opportunities.

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E– Once you have determined the category you want to list in click on it. Check what others are doing. You will some include images, phone number, email address and websites. Now, having your website creates a link. That is what you ultimately want. Its easier for them to click on be taken where you want them to land and for them its an added convenience.

Note: I am fluent in Spanish and speak French. If you are a blogger. Guess what, the French are big on blogging. If you speak Spanish; then you will also benefit from Backpage. Backpage advertises in Univision which is huge in the Spanish speaking market. More on that later.

F– This is an example of someone that have taken full advantage of the Free
Classifieds. Looks like a newspaper clipping in full color. You can view this
listing HERE . There are many other listings that are simple and straight to the
point and do generate a good amount of traffic.

Even if you only create a Coupon for your listing that would be wonderful. This seller has created an elaborate ad. A bit too busy. Not only is the contact information provided and website address but the Sellers has also Hyperlinked all the images. Clever…clever

Once you have placed a few ads, visit the others the other sites and place them there too. On Craigslist due to the competition you may want to place a few ads a day or one a day. Create various ad templates. Some sites allow you to input HTML code, so you can use something like Front Page to help you.

Let’s not forget to use the Social Sites also, to drive traffic. Perhaps you want to set up another email address to automatically respond with details or you simply hyperlink everything so they can visit the site directly.

There is software out there to allow to you list in bulk. However, I do not recommend that you over do it. It can get you on the black list. Craigslist is big on this. The last this you want to do is get banned from Craigslist. As long as you list a few ads a day, various categories you should be fine. There are others listing as much as 500 per day and eventually they are banned.

I will list more information on these sites and give you some fun free graphics to help you create an ad.