Marketing on Craigslist. Don't Waste Your Time!

Yeah, I made a newbie blunder by posting in the forums. I didn't consider it spam, because I made a meaningful reply ending with my url.

All I can say is lesson learned, and I need to continue to learn. I have only been a webmaster for a month.

 

When you see the amount of make money on cl schemes floating about involving the affiliate dating links etc .

Im not surprised you get hounded. Anyone using cl as it should be must be sick to death of these ads & messages popping up. It used to happen on yahoo chat before they overhauled it.

CL has been marketed to death. Unless your cute or clever move on to something thats not saturated.

 

Thanks for all the informative opinions, think I'm going to try out CL for a while..

 

ianternet,

Putting one ad at a time on CL is no big deal. What I'd like to know is how to put multiple ads on without getting flagged. It would be nice to find out a simple way of doing that. If anybody can answer please do.
donrock

 

Some people really use some very wicked ways of making money on craigslist by thinking out of box.

 

definitely out of the box... and wicked!

 

I have two services/sites that I have marketed on craigslist. I think both have been quite successful. I think it really depends what you are selling/marketing. There are some websites that simply won't work on Craigslist.

 

I have to agree with the others. I've tried dozens of ways to make money from CL, and still have made squat. In the bigger markets - you have roving TOS squads that get your link shut down in a heart beat

 

use technorati daily

 

I definitely agree with that. There is nothing to be gained by entering a saturated area.

 

Marketing something on craigslist isnt supposed to be 100 for 100, if you post 100 ads and get 5 sales than is it worth it?

 

Cl Is Best.
Only When You Place Ads In Correct Category. I Have Received 428 Unique Visitors After Posting To Cl & Earned $ 89 In Just One Day.

 

try stumble

 

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lol

U probly think we should SEO and write good quality content too huh

 

Don't use forums at CL here, but use CL and it's OK if you keep up with and follow the rules. Sounds like the CL forums are a bit like eBay's, full of many people who sit around and gripe all day So just ignore those bad apples.

Maybe post questions like that at Yahoo Answers and / or other places like off-topic areas of niche forums that have better reputations like here...

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http://www.howtodothings.com/automotive/a2794-how-to-get-a-motorcycle-permit.html

 

Thanks for the heads up.

 

I don't have any experience with the craigslist forums. But I have placed ads and they do pretty well. Sometimes it takes multiple revisions of wording to get traffic and avoid being flagged.

 

LadyHoldem that correct now look at your daily traffic and focus on niche products ans words you use in the site hyper link them

 

If you have the right idea, and market it right to CL visitors, it could be a gold mine.

 

Just To Think That Place "was" A Gold Mine....i Guess You Can Still Get Away With Being An Affiliate For Stub Hub....i Guess