Craiglist Tips Everyone Should Know

I’m sure you have seen “Craiglist Secrets” posted all over the Internet, but they are really not secrets. They are just pieces of information that you just haven’t tapped into yet and I’m going to share them with you right now!

DO NOT post too many links in your ads. Posting too many links in your ads will have all of your potential customers thinking in terms of a scam. In their mind they are thinking “why do I have to click on some link? why can’t i just get the product directly?” This will cause a lot of your prospects to pass you by. So keep a limit on the links that you include in your posts.

DO NOT pur your links at the end of your post. It has been proven that placing your links at the beginning of your ad post will ensure better results in regards to click and the overall activity of your ad. Also it will improve your results with Google. If you isolate your links at the bottom of your ad you run the risk of Google overlooking them.

Only include necessary information in your ads. People like to get the information that they are seeking in a hurry without any hassle. Therefore, you want to keep your ads straight to the point without wasting time on the extra information. Also, if you bog your prospects down with too much information they may lose interest and that’s something you definitely want to avoid.

Include images, but not too many. Adding images to your ad post is a great attention grabber because people like to see what they are getting if they are purchasing something. But you want to be careful not to over do it. Too many pictures can also give the impression that you are trying too hard to convince them. So this can cause them to keep on going.

Avoid sounding spammy in your ads. If your ads sound like spam they will be treated as spam, whether it really is or not. Craiglist is very serious about spamming and they won’t take a chance with it. If your ad even resembles spam your ad will be flagged and you can be banned from the website.

Make your ad 100 words or more. Doing this will give you a high content to code ratio which is a principle of SEO copywriting.

If you wan’t to know more tips for using craigslist, you might want to check out my ebook “Craiglist Tips You Just Can’t Do Without” which will be published soon. I will keep you posted.