$500 reward: Best idea to save classifieds

By Steve Outing • September 19th, 2008 • E-mail this post E-mail this post

Hey there, innovative media/advertising thinkers. The newspaper industry needs your ideas, now more than ever! Help us figure out how to reinvent and save newspaper classifieds, and thus the industry. … We’ve got a competition going that will reward $500 to the person with the best idea. Check it out and fire up those brain cells for a worthy cause. >>>

Click here for the competition form and rules.

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"$500 reward: Best idea to save classifieds" by Steve Outing was published on September 19th, 2008 and is listed in Featured, Ideas, Media pros.

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Comments on "$500 reward: Best idea to save classifieds": 2 Comments

  1. A big job: fixing classifieds — Zero Percent Idle wrote,

    […] These are just a few ideas. I imagine Steve Outing at Reinventing Classifieds will be assembling quite a few good ideas about fixing classifieds now that he’s created a $500 bounty for the best idea. […]

    Link | September 23rd, 2008 at 8:41 am

  2. Shopper Discounts and Rewards wrote,

    Thanks for the contest. Yes, bringing back online visitors to print media definitely needs some innovative ideas. I will be entering into this contest with more ideas!

    -David.

    Link | September 27th, 2008 at 9:08 am

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