How to market on Craigslist - Newb Questions

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Rebtl, Jul 13, 2008.

  1. #1
    So I am fairly new to the affiliate marketing game and I have a couple of very newbie questions about posting on craigslist.

    If I want to market products on craigslist, how can I safely post ads in major cities without getting banned?

    -I am NOT looking to do mass posting of 1000's of ads
    -I am willing to write all of the ads myself to make them each unique
    -I am not going to put direct links in the ads. (I was planning on using an auto-response email with the link in it, but if someone has a better way please let me know)

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Rebtl, Jul 13, 2008 IP
  2. priyakochin

    priyakochin Banned

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    #2
    You goto craigslist site and post your ads in the niche.I used to post in craigslist but did't get any good result.
     
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  3. Rebtl

    Rebtl Active Member

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    yea but won't I get banned from craigslist if I am posting ads in a bunch of different cities that I obviously don't live in.
     
    Rebtl, Jul 13, 2008 IP
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    beacon.seo Well-Known Member

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    just make sure that your ad doesn't look to spammy. make it interesting so people would click on it.
     
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  5. Rebtl

    Rebtl Active Member

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    Maybe I am being naive here but if I understand you two correctly, you are saying, if I write the ads myself and don't make them look like spam, and don't post too many to the same cities etc that I won't get banned? With all the stuff I have read about CL I just feel like there is something I have to be missing.

    -do I need to use multiple accounts on CL? will it matter?
    -anyone have any vague guidelines on how ofter I might be able to post in the different cities etc?
     
    Rebtl, Jul 13, 2008 IP
  6. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    Making money with CL is MUCH harder than most people say. CL works REALLY hard at cutting out any illegitimate offers, meaning you have to be very skilled (and experienced) to beat their system.
     
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    creztor Well-Known Member

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    You won't get banned. All CL will do is your ad will get flagged and deleted. Banning/blocking would only happen I believe if you were hammering CL fast and hard with lots of ads, somethign you said you aren't going to do. The most common problem you are going to face is people flagging your ads once you get them to go live (other than ghosting or actually getting them to show up in the first place).
     
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    aira Active Member

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    choose the right category and write a 'professional' looking advertisement to make it stand out
     
    aira, Jul 14, 2008 IP
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    #9
    if your not willing to work HARD, you will have NO success on craigslist.
     
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  10. Rebtl

    Rebtl Active Member

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    thanks for the info guys, I guess I am going to give it a shot, without over doing the number of ads, and see what happens.
     
    Rebtl, Jul 14, 2008 IP
  11. cucr3

    cucr3 Peon Affiliate Manager

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    Don't post from the same IP address more than 8 times. You can post as a guest (without a CL account), but you will need a different email address for every few posts. Using an auto-responder is iffy too, because to many people it seems like a bait-and-switch scheme and they don't like that.
     
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  12. www.ThizzedOut.Com

    www.ThizzedOut.Com Banned

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    #12
    Making money on craigslist is super easy, as far as getting banned i know all about that and every way around it ill pm you and fill you in
     
    www.ThizzedOut.Com, Jul 14, 2008 IP
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  14. sinol

    sinol Banned

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    #14
    can someone explain in detail
     
    sinol, Jul 14, 2008 IP