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Posted by Andy on 08/04/05 02:56
"Chris Hope" <blackhole@electrictoolbox.com> wrote in message
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> Andy wrote:
>
>> I want to start classified adds website but I worry that I will have a
>> problem to start that business. On the net I found many websites like
>> that uploaded months ago which do not have any posts. I would like to
>> know from experienced people how to start that business and how to get
>> advertisers. Perhaps I am posting in the wrong newsgroup, but I
>> believe that many people who are subscribers to this newsgroup own
>> that business I would like to start. Your help will be appreciated.
>> Thank you.
>
> You need to spend money marketing your website to get people to it, and
> get good search engine rankings for the sorts of keywords that are in
> your listings. Then you need to find ways to get your visitors coming
> back and make it so good that they'll tell their friends. This is very
> difficult initially because you won't have any listings so how to get
> people coming back again? Very chicken and egg senario.
>
> Too many people think they have a great idea for a website and set it up
> and are disappointed with the result. I am doing a lot of working for
> someone who has a classifieds and business directory site at the moment
> and he's been working on it for about 10 months now. We tweak and
> modify it a lot and he's spending a lot of money marketing it, and
> buying business lists and employing telemarketers to get people into
> the business directory. Slowly but surely it's gaining visitors and is
> starting to make him money only now.
>
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> Chris Hope | www.electrictoolbox.com | www.linuxcdmall.com
Thank You for a quick reply and a good advise.
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