In these hard economic times the answer is even simpler than it was several years ago when we had a period of prosperity;  the answer for those of us that are just starting out is not to pay.

At this economic stage it is highly probable that you know of at least one person who is out of work, collecting unemployment.  The economy is so bad that for the first time in recent history, Congress had to extend benefits not once, but twice as of this writing.

So where do you find the websites that are willing to give away a free ad?  There are several that exist but some of the more prominent ones are:

Are there others?  Yes, literally hundreds.  Simply browse to your favorite search engine and type in “free classified ads”.