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Your ad is your key selling tool – it is the first and only chance to catch your target audience’s attention. If the ad has spelling or grammatical errors, you will lose ad credibility, which may result in the person moving on to another alternative.

When you post an ad, it’s very important to spend a couple of extra minutes to check for typos. Remember that if you are looking for a job, the employer will be on the lookout for any mistakes; or even if you are trying to sell a second hand car, your ad may look like a scam.

It is well-known that spelling mistakes can reduce 50% of your sales.

Some tips on how to avoid spelling and grammatical mistakes

1. Write your ad in Word or similar copy writing software
2. Always do a spellcheck
3. Be descriptive about the item/ service that you are advertising
4. Keep your language simple and to the point
5. Use a thesaurus and dictionary to help your ad copy

We are pleased to announce that the winner of our Facebook “Worst Christmas Present’s” competition is Sarah Morris from Birmingham. She’s won £50 worth of shopping vouchers after Vivastreet Facebook users selected her gift of crayons wrapped in newspaper given to her by her little sister as the worst gift.

After hearing the great news Sarah said “I was very excited when I found out that I had won. It was very unexpected as there were many other great entries and I wasn’t expecting to win. I plan on splitting the prize with my younger sister, after all, it’s thanks to her that I won the vouchers! I’d just like to say a big thank you to Vivastreet for holding the competition and giving me the opportunity to win, I’m extremely grateful!”

We hope you enjoy your vouchers Sarah!

Last month we brought you our Random Acts of Happiness by randomly selecting an ad each day and giving away £50 worth of shopping vouchers to each luck Vivastreet user. All of our winners have been notified by email, so check your inbox and email us back if you are one of the lucky ones.

Congratulations to:

• saadispeeder
• naleds
• arthursprivatehire
• kakawas
• britasia
• avolkov
• e4efthymiou
• rhyse
• moo-la-vache
• anthonygarner588
• ukcleaningagency

One very lucky user also received £1000 in shopping voucher’s, congratulations to Vadim Arkhipov

We hope you all enjoy spending your shopping vouchers.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2012.

The Vivastreet UK Team