Online classified websites allow marketers to advertise during recession!

The repercussions of recession are still felt in various parts of the world today, in spite of the phenomena happening 4 years back. Since advertising has always been associated with heavy expenditure, this industry was one of the worst to suffer since companies cut down on their advertising. However, the creative people that marketers are, they devised a form of marketing that could help them during times of recession without them having to worry about spending. Though it is not as effective single handedly, it has proven that it has similar sales potential to print ads.

Apart from that, it is a form of advertising that can perfectly complement other forms of advertising and become a good part of the overall promotional mix. If you are wondering what this wonderful marketing tool is, we are talking about online classified advertising! Classifieds have been around for long but the emergence of internet has put them in the forefront as compared to the small section they were subjected to in the newspapers.

For an Advertiserclassifieds advertising forms an indispensable part of the marketing mix. Several creative advertisers have shown that if used effectively, it can serve the purpose of a print advertisement. A recent classified advertisement which had a farmer putting his black cow up for sale in the pet classifieds section was truly remarkable and caught the eye of many in the advertising industry. Some even offered him a job of a copywriter but sadly, he refused!

The moral of the story: Start using online classifieds today itself!