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Tips For Writing An Effective Classified Ad for
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How to improve Fire Island Classified ad  writing skills and get more responses for quicker sales.
 

• First, get their attention
  • The first word or two in your ad should clearly state the item you are advertising: Real Estate for Rent or Sale, Ocean Beach Real Estate, Prime Ocean Front, offering Summer Shares, seeking Summer Shares, looking for employment, etc. Visitors to Fire Island Classifieds! tend to scan classified ads looking for specific items of interest. If they have to read your whole ad to find what it is you're offering, you might miss a good opportunity.
• Position your ad
  • Capture the readers' attention with larger headings, pictures of your boat, bicycle and so on, white space, or place your Fire Island Classifieds Ad ahead of all the free ads.
• Give enough information
  • Your ad should provide enough information to convince the reader to act. Describe your item in terms that emphasize the benefits it offers the reader.
• Avoid abbreviations
  • Use caution with abbreviations. We often assume that readers will know what is meant but they unusually don't. Cryptic abbreviations might save a little space, but they will also abbreviate results. FI, OB, and OBP may be known to many. You get your message across better if you were to say Fire Island Ocean Beach, or Ocean Bay Park.
• Tell them how to reach you
  • Don't forget to tell the reader how to contact you and try to make yourself available. Many deals are lost because the advertiser was just too difficult to reach. For those afraid to openly include your telephone number or email address, The Fire Island Classifieds offers an email feature that never reveals an address to the other person or in the Ads on The Fire Island Classifieds.
• Include the price
  • Remember to price your offering. It is required on all private party ads except "garage sale" ads. The Fire Island Classifieds simply feels it is good form to do so.
• Edit your Fire Island Classifieds! Ad
  • Check your copy for accuracy. Remove nonessential information and insert more benefits for prospects. Remember, Benefits sell on The Fire Island Classifieds, not features.
• Get help from a pro
  E-mail The Fire Island Classifieds! We can help you create a more productive Fire Island Classified ad.

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