More great ideas… Don’t miss descriptions of some of the best other ideas submitted by contest entrants who want to turn around newspaper classifieds. Scroll down the page or click. Also see our student contest winner! We were looking for innovative and unusual ideas to reinvigorating newspaper classifieds when we offered $500 to the [...]

Congratulations to Will Sommer of Georgetown University, who has won our student competition for best idea to save newspaper classifieds (and will be receiving $500 from ReinventingClassifieds.com). More about Sommer and his idea below. But since he made his entry a multimedia presentation, first take a couple minutes to watch, then read on. (Clicking the [...]

Just a last-minute reminder: The deadline for ReinventingClassifieds.com’s Best Idea for Reinventing Classifieds competitions (one for media/advertising pros, one for students, each with a $500 cash prize) is the end of the day on Dec. 31, 2008. We’re not looking for lengthy proposals (though it’s possible one might win). We’ll judge on the merits of [...]

Tim Windsor, who recently departed his position as VP interactive for the Baltimore Sun, is taking up our challenge to offer a good idea or two for reinvigorating and reinventing newspaper companies’ classifieds operations. On his blog today, Windsor makes the case for first defining the crisis. Check out his chart, crafted from Newspaper Association [...]

I hope you’ve noticed that ReinventingClassifieds.com is running a couple contests, soliciting ideas for saving newspaper classifieds from continuing to spiral downward: one for media pros and another for college students. We’re giving away some cash prizes for the best essay submissions. Quite a few folks shared their ideas over the weekend after I put [...]

Are you a college student who is studying media and/or advertising? Are you innovative? Would you like to help newspapers reinvent classified advertising? … We’ve got a contest for you. Share your ideas or proposed solutions. The winning essay will win $500 cash. Check out the contest. The newspaper industry needs you! >>>