3 ELEMENTS TO A DEAL-SEALING CLASSIFIED AD

Written by Donald Lee


Have you ever wondered why your perfectly fine classified ad fails to attractrepparttar attention you desire? There should be dozens-no, hundreds-of perspective buyers swamping your e-mail inbox with offers. After all, you are offering a mint baseball card, a vintage coat, pristine used car, those wholesale-priced sporting goods, and whatever other attractive items are in your inventory. Instead, you only have a slow trickle of questions, a handful of sales. What gives? More than likely, your sales are slow because you have not masteredrepparttar 101333 three techniques of writing a classic classified ad.

Of course, give yourself credit for recognizing one important facet of today's selling world. You decided to sell your stuff at an online classified site. As anybody inrepparttar 101334 business knows, online classified ads get you more privacy, a broader selection of buyers, and a wealth of tools to help you keep tabs on your transactions. When compared to a newspaper, cyberspace is also a wee bit more spacious. There are billions of pages onrepparttar 101335 Web, and only a few dozen in your typical neighborhood rag. For you, that means a lot more space for your ad to sayrepparttar 101336 least.

With that space, however, comes great responsibility-and great potential. The extra room gives yourepparttar 101337 freedom to include as much product description and sale copy as you want. You can't just slap together a whole bunch of information, though. You need to userepparttar 101338 three special ad writing techniques that will attract buyers and sealrepparttar 101339 deal: attention, interest, and action.

Attention. Make surerepparttar 101340 buyer stops at your ad instead ofrepparttar 101341 thousands upon thousands of others out there in cyberspace. Your ad's title isrepparttar 101342 first lure to grab his or her attention, andrepparttar 101343 first component of a catchy title isrepparttar 101344 item's best feature, whether it'srepparttar 101345 price,repparttar 101346 item's rarity, or its popularity. Next, be surerepparttar 101347 title includes keywords or other synonyms for your item that a buyer might use in a search. For instance, a buyer could search for "automobile" instead of "car," "pullover" instead of "sweater."

Interest. Once you haverepparttar 101348 buyer's attention, hook them with details. There is a direct relationship betweenrepparttar 101349 amount of information you provide andrepparttar 101350 number of sales you'll make. So describerepparttar 101351 item as completely as possible-size, color, material, designer, model-and provide a clear, digital photo to finishrepparttar 101352 job where your words leave off. Even offer your prospective customerrepparttar 101353 item's history if possible.

Give a Gift of Poetry this year to your Valentine

Written by Gary R. Hess


Valentines day is a special holiday for couples in all stages of their relationship. Married, engaged or just a dating, valentines day isrepparttar time for you.

We all know what comes along with Valentines, chocolate and flowers right? Well, it's time for a change. This year give your loved onerepparttar 101332 gift of poetry. Poetry you ask? Yes.

Poetry lets you show your true emotions and lets your partner fell they are truly special. The poem doesn't have to be something you get from a well known poet and you don't have to go out and buyrepparttar 101333 latest Poetry for Dumbies.

Poetry is about arousing senses and showing emotion. If you do that, you have a great poem.

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