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Craigslist Advertising

by tdsilk
7 replies
Hello,

I currently post a ad for my service on craigslist until it expires and then repost.
I would like to make sure that my service is posted each week automatically.
Is there special autopost software that will do this or is there a certain method
used manually that will work? Btw, I was under the impression that a lot of the
autopost software was banned?

Thanks,
Troy
#advertising #craigslist
  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    As long as you post within only a few cities you'll be fine -
    though CL posting has a CAPCHA feature, which means
    it screens-out bots pretty well.

    If you're looking to spam 100 cities every week... well,
    then you're in the spamming business and operating
    outside CL Terms of Service.

    CL is pretty permissive with smaller quantities of cross-posting
    to different cities. You have to mix-up the headlines
    and the textual content of your ads a bit, otherwise
    it won't let you post - so modifying your ads is part of
    the job.

    These days you need a phone-verified account to post
    to CL for many of the categories, including services
    offered. Of course if you're in the spamming business
    you'll find a way to buy phone-verified accounts so
    you can spam more.

    If you're just looking to post weekly to a handful of cities
    you can probably slip under the radar with only one
    account - if that account gets banned for spam-activity,
    you'll need to get another to continue your posting
    activity.

    CL is trying to eliminate spammers promoting affiliate
    offers and CPA offers mostly; also phishing. If you
    have a legit business and you want to find clients
    you should be alright if you use some restraint.

    If you're only posting a handful of ads a week it's
    really not time consuming.
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Ames
    Whatever the resume writer services are using works. I suspect they hire people to post all over craigslist for them. Frankly I'm tired of seeing the same postings every day which is exactly what craigslist is trying to avoid. Because they probably use different people with different email addresses and accounts they can keep posting the same tired advertisements over and over every day and not get banned.
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    • Profile picture of the author tdsilk
      Thanks. I'm only looking to post to no more than 10 cities in my area. I will try changing the headline and body content a bit. I only have one account so this will have to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author redfoxseo
    The thing I dislike about CL is not so much the people that spam post but more the people that email me when I post trying to get me to join something. To me that is spam that craigslist has not addressed to my knowledge.
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  • Profile picture of the author majidmaskat
    i too post to craigslist once a week, they it is very efective for one ad a week, imagine 10 like you, you must be getting floods of leads every week?
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    • Profile picture of the author tdsilk
      majidmaskat:

      I do videography and get a pretty good response when I do post. The problem I have is some time I forget that my ad has expired and lose a couple of weeks. If I can post my service to 10 or so cities in my area that would be great.
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  • Profile picture of the author quiescen
    If Craigslist started a paid advertising program for all categories, they'd make a killing.
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