Cambria County Fair has been pretty wet, damp, and slow this year. I’ll be there again this evening, so if you get a chance, stop by and visit, building #3. We’re having a drawing for $75 worth of advertising, so drop a business card in the box at the booth.

The Pennswoods.net Classifieds has a lot of animals for sale on it, and some for free. Enough so that I even provide hotlinks in the bottom right of the front page to find free dogs, and free horses. Currently I see 7 ads for free horses, at least one ad is offering more than 1 free horse. I’m estimating something near 50 ads giving away free dogs. One of the dogs shows a sandy brown dog that looks like it might have some terrier and lab in it. It reminds me of Dusty, my best friend when I was 5. I have some pretty strong feelings about animals, which I mostly keep to myself. However I recently shared how I feel about giving away animals for free on the AIR Network, a joint project between Pennswoods.net and Banks Media Group. And yes, I expect to receive some hate mail for having shared my opinions.

A few days ago I saw a copy of the Johnstown Tribune Democrat. I don’t read many newspapers, and I freely confess that I almost never look at any classified ads except for Pennswoods.net Classifieds. It does give me a bit of a tunnel vision, and sometimes I’m taken rather by surprise. The Tribune Democrat’s front page had wording to the effect of “out of work?!? check our classifieds, 43 job listings!”.
Well my professional curiosity had me right there. I had to look. Almost all of them were print versions sourced from monster.com, a site known far and wide to computer geeks as a head hunter play ground. That is to say most of the ads you will respond to will actually be a recruited looking to broker you into the actual employer.

I checked Pennswoods.net Classifieds, and we had 65 ‘Now Hiring’ ads. I removed 4 that were not actually looking to hire. Yes, if you post AmWay or Avon or similar recruitment ads in ‘Now Hiring’ I will generally remove the ads. If you are persistent I may well remove all of your ads or close out your account. The economy is not good, and I don’t appreciate this web site being used to take advantage of people who need a job right now.

Anyway, I found it interesting that we had 50% more ads, and the ads were direct from local businesses looking to hire now. This morning I see 56 ads looking to hire. Oh, and you can place your ad for free here. Call your local newspaper and ask them how many free classifieds they print.

Thanks for using Pennswoods.net Classifieds!
Chris