You've seen them everywhere in every city on the planet. Strips of paper cut into the shape on the left, advertising any service you can possibly imagine. In the age of the mobile phone and the Internets, advertising like this is total madcap insanity.
Wouldn't it be great if there was a way that you could advertise yourself or your stuff or your service to the whole of London from your mobile phone? It would mean that you didn't have to design, photocopy and then physically distribute adverts, or use those other outdated, passive and slow methods of contacting people.
Wouldn't it be great if that service sent you a text the minute someone was interested in what you were offering? Wouldn't it be great if that service kept your number private, so that it didn't get plastered all over the place?
We have good news for you. That service exists and it is Upingme.
Upingme is 'Classified ads 2.0'; a free service that allows you to post adverts directly from your mobile phone. We call it Classified ads 2.0 because Upingme is, real time, active and not passive; as soon as you post your message on Upingme, we send your message out to people who have what you want or who want to meet you. You can post any sort of message that you like; sell your stuff, sell your services, find a place to stay, a party to go to or anything that you can imagine; and Upingme works from any phone anywhere in the world.
As soon as you post your message, it is put in front of everyone everywhere, and best of all, Upingme keeps your phone number secret, so that you can control the people who respond to your adverts.
It's absolutely brilliant.
To post an advert for free on Upingme, text 'U' a space and then your message to +41-79-381-6010 like this:
U I need a cleaner based in London to come round weekly. Ping me if you have good references
You will be sent a confirmation message as soon as your advert is posted. That's when the clever stuff starts. Upingme allows people to subscribe to different types of message. All the cleaners in London with references who are looking for a job will be sent your message by text, at no charge to you.
They will then be able to respond to your messages via Upingme, and Upingme will forward their messages to you, for free. The smartest thing about this is that they will never see your phone number, so you can respond only to the people who are of interest to you. After you have enough leads, you kill your message with a single text, and it is removed from Upingme.
Mission accomplished; you have your new cleaner / sold your bike / bought your bed.....
Put your ad on Upingme right now...and save some trees!