How to Advertise on Community Billboards
Advertise on community billboards to increase the visibility your ad. Learn how to display your ad to draw people in. Take a picture of the item you want to sell to appeal to a customer's emotions. You can benefit from using community bulletins for your advertising purposes if you run a small business or plan to hold a selling event such as a garage sale.
- Seek out billboards around your community. Check by the entrance and exits of grocery stores for community bulletin boards. Other good places to look for advertising possibilities include coffee shops, apartment clubhouses and libraries. Ask to speak to the store or apartment manager if you're unsure of how or where to place your advertisement.
- Contact your local newspaper and ask for the advertising department. Pull up the paper's website. Check to see if they offer free advertising. You need to pay a small fee to get your product information out and read. However, advertising with the newspaper can increase your ad readership.
- Post an ad on online advertising websites. Place an ad on Craigslist (a popular buyers and sellers online marketplace.) Type in the name of your city and "for sale" to see if your area contains a local, online advertising community. In Ocala, Florida, for example, people can look on Ocala4Sale to find household goods, cars, real estate and employment.
- Write or type out your name, phone number and product description. Potential buyers will want to understand what they're looking at. Writing too quickly or neglecting to check your spelling as you type can result in a messy ad.
- Include a photo of the item you plan to advertise. Place an image with your ad if at all possible. Adding an photo allows for the potential customer to identify with your product. The familiarity associated with the picture can sway a person if they're sitting on the fence about purchasing an item from you.