We all know that Craigslist is a powerful advertising tool to use for promoting your online business opportunity. While some marketers have had success with Craigslist and other high-traffic classified ad sites such as USFreeAds, keep in mind that with any free advertising on the internet: * you have to work hard at it
* you have to post a lot of ads on a daily basis
* you have to write effective ads
* you need to follow a strategy or system
If you are on a tight budget and have lots of time, try this strategy for Craigslist:
For affiliate and network marketers, the main challenge on Craigslist is preventing your ads from being flagged/deleted. Craigslist uses ebots that scan ads for similar text and when they find one, out it goes!
One way around this is to create ads as images. Craigslist ebots cannot see text saved as an image.
Additional Tips for Craigslist
* I don't think it's necessary to register for an account with Craigslist which means that you'll just have to click a confirmation link sent to the email address you used when you placed the ad
* register 10 free email accounts with Gmail or Yahoo
* open up a free image hosting account at Photobucket as described in the video above
* you can convert text to an image file (jpeg) at http://convert.neevia.com
* write 30 subject lines (headlines) for your ad. Tips: avoid using words like “click here”, “look at”, “check out”, “go here”, go to”. Craigslist doesn't like these words and may block your ad. Put different symbols, numbers or characters (such as: ###; ***) before or after your subject lines to make each one look different.
* using a different IP adress will prevent Craigslist from bumping your ad. Your IP Address is a string of numbers based on the exact location of your computer and internet connection. You can always check to see what your IP address is by going to www.whatismyipaddress.com.
* a convenient way to hide your IP address is by downloading the software at http://www.change-ip-address.com
* post exactly 10 ads per day to Craigslist using different email accounts, subject lines, and ad content (unless you use image ads as described in the video above)
* you may be able to get away with posting more ads if you change your IP address
* follow this format:
Day 1 - Post 10 different ads to 10 cities
Day 2 - Post 10 different ads to 10 cities
Day 3 - Post 10 different ads to 10 cities
Day 4 and on - Repeat the above sequence (you can repost the same ad(s) every 48 hours, hence the 3 day sequence).
* here are the best cities and countries with the most traffic to place ads:
1. San Francisco
2. Miami
3. Los Angeles
4. Chicago
5. Washington DC
6. Phoenix
7. Toronto
8. New York City
9. Seattle
10. Houston
11. Boston
12. San Diego
13. Dallas
14. United Kingdom
15. Australia
* TIP: go to Google Trends and enter the name of the keyword and/or product name you are targeting to discover the search trends by regions/cities etc.
* post your ads mid-day if possible
The best categories to place your ads are:
Jobs Offered - Sales
Jobs Offered - Real estate
Jobs Offered - Marketing
Services Offered - Small Biz Ads
Services Offered - Real estate
For Sale - Businesses
Discussion Forums - Jobs or Money
The key to this whole process is writing ads that will get noticed.
However, for now, I suggest looking at current ads for similar products and opportunities on Craigslist, USFreeAds, and Google Adwords.
Notice what perks your interest and would make you want to click on the ad.
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Contributor's Note
Duane Matthews is a successful online marketer with the cash gifting program and recently with the Never Ending Success opportunity. Any questions can be directed to:
http://www.neverendingsuccesswithduane.com
duane.neverendingsuccess@gmail.com
or call Duane at (404) 663-1063
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