• Times Classified Marketplace:

Buy it. Sell it. Find it. It’s a marketplace filled with bargains

The Times Classified Marketplace is Central Minnesota’s place to bring buyers and sellers together. Filled with bargains, service directory, and deals on cars, trucks, pets, antiques, boats, RVs, garage sales and more, Times Classified Marketplace is an active resource for selling merchandise.

Your marketing message in the Times Classified Marketplace, published every Wednesday through Sunday, reaches a broad audience of Central Minnesota adults. Popular with bargain shoppers, Times Classified Marketplace has something for everyone and is the most-relied on source of classified information and used merchandise by adults looking for a bargain.

Classified Reader Profile:

• A broad audience – more than four out of ten adults who read the daily St. Cloud Times routinely read the Classified Marketplace section.
• Spans the generations – Classified Marketplace is equally popular with young and old alike. 51% of 35-49 year olds who read the weekday Times also read Classified Marketplace routinely.
• The Classified Marketplace is particularly popular with single-copy buyers of the St. Cloud Times where 55% of those who regularly read the St. Cloud Times Classified Marketplace section bought it at a single copy retailer or newsrack.

Content

Times Classified Marketplace is filled with bargains. Some of the most popular categories include pets, antiques and sporting equipment, including boats, RVs, snowmobiles, etc. Seasonally, garage sales in summer and winter sporting equipment are very popular. Legal notices in classifieds also provide readers with important information they need to know and follow in monitoring government and school board meeting minutes, mortgage foreclosures and more.

Content is king with our readers. And Classified content is a very important part of what we deliver to our readers every morning.

In addition to the print product, the all-new Classified Marketplace at sctimes.com/classifieds is filled with even more. Photos, more descriptive copy, ads that are searchable by category and simple, easy-to-follow self-serve tools allow our readers to place their ads online and in paper from the convenience of their own computer.

Why should you include the Times Classified Marketplace in your marketing mix?

• It’s the region’s number one source for classified ads, in both print and online.
• Times Classified Marketplace brings buyers and sellers together, reaching a diverse audience of young and old. From college freshmen to active seniors, there’s a bargain to be found for everyone.
• One of our most popular sections of the newspaper. Readers value classified content for searching for merchandise, employment, real estate, automotive and more.

Distribution:

The Times Classified Marketplace, part of the Times Marketplace franchise, which includes the Times Classifieds, sctimes.com/classifieds, the Shopping News Marketplace and Wright Way Shopper Marketplace, is aclassified/merchandise powerhouse in Central Minnesota. In the St. Cloud Times, Times Classified Marketplace is distributed in paper each Wednesday through Sunday. The Shopping News Marketplace and Wright Way Shopper Marketplace are both distributed in six unique geographic zones, each Tuesday. Sctimes.com/classifieds is available online 24/7/365.

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