The Classified Challenge: Sell Within Seconds



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Summary:
Good classified ads needn't do all three.
But they succeed in one of these - informing, enticing, or
challenging the reader -- and they get started right away with a
strong headline.

Let's look at a couple of online classified categories to find
some bombs and to find some winners. Do they test the reader with an I-dare-you-to-read-on
headline?

Here are ads that inform the reader right away, selling their
service or product within seconds: 'Music Matters DJ Service.'
Hey, if music is important to you, if you want more than an old
harpist at your reception, wouldn't you keep reading? Our video packages include multi-camera coverage of
the preliminaries, ceremony, and reception.'

Lastly, this ad challenges the creative wedding planner: 'Hire
Elvis For Your Wedding!' He's asking you if you're really brave
enough to throw a truly WACKY wedding, while at the same time
giving you an immediate mental picture of the thing.

Classified ads are useful, easy to use, and quick.
Article:
cryptic publicity is a marketing method that's hundreds of
years old. In the last digital decade online classified
advertising has exploded. You can reach millions of readers
within seconds suitable for creating and posting an ad. It's an
inexpensive way to market yourself, your service, or your
product, and your customer comes LOOKING FOR YOU when reading
classifieds. Yet too few of them score. Why not? They're
vague. They don't sell within seconds.

Read through 20 or 30 online classifieds and you'll unite the
best ones stand out in three ways. They inform, they entice, or
they make war on the reader. This draws the reader into the ad
immediately, likely ending with a phone call or website hit or
better yet, a sale. Good disposed ads needn't do all three.
But they succeed in one of these - informing, enticing, or
challenging the reader -- and they get started right away with a
strong headline.

Let's look at a couple of online assorted categories to find
some bombs and to find some winners. I chose 'Business
Opportunities' for its sheer size online (huge), and 'Weddings',
under Services.

Classified readers are exposed to loads of poorly written ads in
the business dealings Opportunities section. 'Earn BIG BUCKS!!!'
'Opportunity Knocking!' 'Money Making Opportunity.' 'Don't Pass
This Up!' 'Earn Unbelievable Income This Week!' 'Home-Based
Business Opportunity.' That last one does inform us, and you
might even picture yourself working in your glory hole in your
plaid bathrobe; the problem is there are HUNDREDS of others today
with the same headline. What is something SPECIFIC the
business opportunity you want to share with others?

On the other hand, the following ads are informative, telling me
right away far and wide the nature of the opportunity. 'Book Travel
>From Home.' 'NOT MLM.' 'Save 80% On Dental Services.' 'Order
Processor - Work From Home.' 'Own Your Own baths Website.'

I realize with the boom in online free trade opportunities, daily
there are more and more of each of these examples of work
opportunities available. So entice your reader. These are
pretty persuasive: 'Flock To Record-Breaking Company!' 'Moms,
Say Good-bye To Daycare!' And, 'Follow A Proven Plan To
Success.'

Or double-dare your reader. 'On A Mission Moms?' 'Serious Money
For The Serious Minded' challenges the experienced entrepreneur
to stand up and be noticed. He might say to himself, 'I'm smart,
I've been by the paper doll a few times; so I'll read your ad to
see if YOU'RE serious.' A retired person without a lot of
technical experience but who is curious within earshot online businesses
might respond to the headline 'Easy Set-Up' by saying, 'You mean
even I could do it? Tell me more.'

After you write your all-important headline, or simply authorize it
after having an expert do it for you, ask yourself, would Joe
Reader read on?

Say you're planning a wedding. My mother did everything for me
while I exercised furiously to fit into a size 8 gown. But lots
of women are marrying later now, planning for the main day of
their lives themselves - often online. Your addressee here is
educated, sophisticated, and probably particular. Vague
headlines like the following are of no help to them whatsoever.
'Getting Married?' 'Florist.' 'Photographer For Hire.'

Do those inform? Do they entice me, tempt me to scan the entire
ad? Do they test the reader with an I-dare-you-to-read-on
headline?

Here are ads that inform the reader right away, selling their
service or product within seconds: 'Music Matters DJ Service.'
Hey, if music is important to you, if you want more than an old
harpist at your reception, wouldn't you keep reading? 'Wedding
Photography good Style.' This photographer specializes in
warmth, more than the usual posed photos in front of the altar.
You might instantly picture a shot of the wife holding her worn-
out little flower girl on her lap, or maybe a shot of her dancing
with her rosy young nephew. And I love this one: 'Budget?
Stress? Free Wedding Manual.' That gets to the point and directs
the right market to read on: cheapos, girls paying for their own
second wedding, girls like me whose father had four daughters to
marry off. Another: 'Best Price In Town For Photo & Video.'

Or ads can entice the reader to consider something special AND
something specific for their wedding. 'Great Private Weddings On
San Antonio Riverwalk.' (Can't you feel the river mist, hear the
music streaming out of nightclubs, smell the enchiladas?) How
about, 'Elegant Horse and Carriage' or 'Hand-made Wedding
Veils.' Ooh, wouldn't that be lovely? The reader will read on
if it's a match. And since weddings are sentimental, and it's
not a lawnmower for sale here, I chose to keep reading this one:
'The Sights and Sounds of Your Wedding.' The body of the ad gave
great, specific information like, 'Don't let your wedding be a
hazy memory. Our video packages include multi-camera coverage of
the preliminaries, ceremony, and reception.'

Lastly, this ad challenges the creative wedding planner: 'Hire
Elvis For Your Wedding!' He's interrogation you if you're really brave
enough to throw a truly WACKY wedding, while at the same time
giving you an immediate mental picture of the thing.

Classified ads are useful, easy to use, and quick. Readers can
search locally or nationally, and by specific category. (The San
Antonio Riverwalk wedding ad ran within Texas, for example.)
Online arrayed ads are very affordable and reach millions of
readers. So use them, but write them wisely. Remember how?
Inform, entice, or requisition - starting with the headline.



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