Should You Advertise With Craigslist?

Nearly any business that wants to sell more services or products will find Craigslist a useful tool for advertising. It makes no difference if these are currently being sold online or in a physical location. Adding Craigslist to an advertising budget adds another source of potential profits.

One of the major appeals of Craigslist, compared to other advertising, is the low risk associated with posting. This is because it is free to post on Craigslist (real estate and job listings are the exceptions). When you post ads you have to follow the proper guidelines. Because listing on Craigslist is free, the business owner doesn’t have to worry about the return on their investment. Any sales can be considered pure profit.

Finding Your Customers on Craigslist

One other fact why posting ads on Craigslist is such a good idea is the existence of numerous potential customers. According to its own reports Craigslist pages have around four billion views on a monthly basis. The estimates are ten million monthly visitors. It’s obvious that ads shown on Craigslist are going to get some notice from potential buyers.

With such a big amount of people visiting Craigslist every month the possibilities for advertising are virtually unlimited. Of course, this doesn’t guarantee that the visitors will automatically consider what you have to offer. The rules of effective marketing still apply on Craigslist. Your ads have to create curiosity, convey the right information and be in the right place for your prospective customers to see it.

Connect With Your Target on Craigslist

As mentioned, their are millions of visitors to Craigslist every month. But you have to use targeted advertising to make the most of those numbers. If you use a scattershot approach your results will suffer. In simple terms, anyone who has an interest in what you are offering is your target.

One of the main features of Craigslist is the fact that it has different categories for posting. Think of it as a super-powered version of the newspaper’s classified section. After determining the people who would most likely have an interest in your product you need to find the corresponding category on Craigslist. If you are offering guitar lessons post in the music area, as opposed to automobiles. There may be times when posting in more than one category makes sense, as long as they are relevant you should be okay. If you overdo it, it could be considered spamming.

It’s possible that your offer will not fit into a specific section. If that happens you can post in the small business ads section. And you can hope it will be spotted by anyone searching the same category. Another option is to suggest new categories by contacting Craigslist. This isn’t a sure bet, but if they see value in it they may add a category.

Advertising vs. Spamming

You may be thinking it would be a good idea to place your offer on every regional Craigslist page to reach as many people as you can. It is not a good idea. Placing ads in too many categories or many different cities can get you in trouble for spamming. Follow the terms of service carefully and you will have very few problems. Keep in mind that spamming not only can get you banned from Craigslist, but it can also alienate potential customers.

Changing you IP address for cable users..

1). Go to Start/Run and type in cmd

2). At the command prompt
Type in ipconfig and jot down your IP address

3). Then type in ipconfig/release
Note you are disconnected from the internet
And your IP address should be
0.0.0.0

4). Next go to Control Panel/Network Connections
You should see under the LAN .. No Connection.

5). Right click on your cable connection Local Area Connection
And go to properties

6). Highlight Internet Protocol (tcp/ip)
And click properties

7). Click.. Use the following IP
Put 111.111 and tab Once..
This will fill in the subnet mask data..
Click OK and then click Close..

8). Right click again on your cable connection
Highlight TCP/IP and go back to properties
Click radio button that says Obtain an IP Address Automatically
Also Click the radio button that says Obtain DNS server Automatically
Click OK and then click Close.. Walla..

9). Go back to Start/Run/cmd
type in ipconfig
and note new IP address

Enjoy..

Craig

Ps.. I’ll put up a video in the members area today or tomorrow..

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You can apply this in the ad body also. Thank You Craygo..

It was our Elite Team of hard workers, that convinced Craygo. We
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e. Done… Ads are sticking.

2). Look at this screen shot here first. This is a typical ad we use.

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Use this code here: The Image isn’t quite right, leave off tables
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Put your own ad copy here…

Leave off the table stuff at the bottom of browser snapshot.

Hope this helps.

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The No Follow Attibute

When creating the elusive Clickable link in your post on Craigslist, use the relation ‘no follow’ attribute. This attribute is used to tell the search engines that the link is not authorized. The search engine spyders will overlook the link until the ‘NO Follow’ is taken out. Using this same approach on Craigslist, you are in essence telling the local filters that you don’t exist yet. Here is the code to use: <a href="http://subdomain.domain.com" rel="nofollow">Click Here Now</a> This helps with spyder ‘Crawlings’. It tells the them you are not approved yet, so check back later. In the example above, don’t use Click Here or Click Here Now.. Those description seem to be getting blocked. Look on craigslist to see what domains are working for the day. Cloaking your URL still works. Again, look at what others are using. Craig Read the rest of this entry »

Thank You for coming and signing up for this blog. This is a Craigslist Authority Site, engaged in the Conversation, of the techniques we use to post 100s of ads per day on Craigslist. Everyone is invited to add new ideas and techniques for the sole purpose of posting on craigslist.

Craigslist list changes daily. The prime directive is to get your ad in the system, and have it stick. Not getting your ad to post is called ghosting, and any experienced poster knows too well what a challenge this can be. Comments on techniques to prevent ghosting, are always welcome.

Once your ads are posted - ‘ How long will they stay up ‘? Great question. Flagging is not a bad thing, as long as you stay under 50%. Once your ads hit a certain % of flags, determined by Craigslist, your account will be deleted, and by by to the ads.

Bottom Line: This blog is for serious people who want to learn more about posting 100s of ads per day on Craigslist. From Beginners to Experts, all are welcome. Please feel free to come and just Listen or become Active in this Conversation.

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