2013-08-17

Successful Marketing on Craigslist – Tips to get the most out

of Craigslist

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If you’re not familiar with Craigslist, just have a look on the site. Craigslist is the most trusted in the ad world. Unless you are viewing the Help Wanted ads in San Francisco, New York or Los Angeles there is no cost involved to place an ad through craigslist. This site is a regional advertising medium,  city based which makes it highly lucrative for finding a job, connecting with people and selling any product or service known to man. There are some Dos and Don’ts that must be met for successful marketing on Craigslist. For starters, you cannot display spammy ads and still hope to remain visible on it.

It would be wise to do some research on your target audience and make sure you customize your ad to attract their attention. You will need a catchy title for your ad online. This will appear on the home page with listings of all other securities. You can add banners and images to your ads and links to your site. Your online sales will definitely get a boost from a successful marketing campaign on Craigslist .

As we all know that visitors get more options as people are mostly involved in doing local searches. When searching for nationwide Craigslist, it expands their search radius. This means instead of seeing only 15 children bikes for sale, they are likely to find hundreds or thousands!

It is easier to find items while giving the users to get more options when searching Craigslist locally. But this brings them to the next advantage of being able to search craigslist across the country, it is easier to find hard to find items through it. Lets say if they are looking for a book of college (special edition), a former model or an antique, they are more likely to find suitable info as they expend their search radius and search Craigslist nationwide.

Craigslist and viewers easily flag spam and inappropriate ads posted in the wrong category around the clock, every day of the week. Do not be misleading or someone will publish an announcement to post your dishonesty in the world. Even Google reference messages that are on this site. It is really easy to create an ad on Craigslist for what you are selling or promoting.

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By: Christian Smith

 

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