Make Money Using CraigsList - How are you profitable warriors monetizng CL...(Whitehat tips only)

BTW: How many (different) ads can you post safely on CL without getting in trouble with CL?

Are you allowed to post 10 ads per day per account on CL or is the number lower than that?

Pretty much every CPA network / advertiser in existence HATES Craiglist traffic because it's such poor quality.... however, I'm sure there are definitely some unique other ways you could monetize.

There are a million ways to make money with Cl with out being deceitful or tricking people. And just because most CPA companies don't accept their traffic doesn't mean there isn't 1 million companies or affiliate programs that could care less where the traffic comes from. With over 400 cities and every category under the sun, CL gets around 65 million unique users per month. Over 1 billion page views. If you can't find out ways to make money (legitimately) with those kind of numbers than you shouldn't be in business at all.

The fact is CL is literally one of the cheapest and best targeted traffic methods you will find online. Nothing even comes close as far as CPC when compared to almost every other advertising medium with the exception of organic traffic, and as we all know this can take months if not years to achieve in high volume. CL traffic can be instant.

Now this being said it is not an easy game any longer. You can't just buy a piece of software and throw some ads up. CL has done a very good job at getting rid of the low level spammers (this is good by the way because it gets rid of a lot of the idiots that where making it harder for you in the first place) . The average marketer gave up long ago. Most marketers like the path of least resistance.

So basically only a hand full of guys who really know what they are doing, market on CL anymore. This being said if you can figure it out, there is loads of money to be made. And trust me when I say loads.

I just started to use them to get some clients for my offline services and got one within 24 hours seriously. But actually I contacted them so it may be different.

I use craigslist to find tenants for my rentals.

I've been trying to use craigslist forums to post links, I can't find the thread where I learnt about this but apparently you can post links in your forum posts from 7 days after you register...but I registered nearly 2 weeks ago and it still says to "come back in 7 days" because my account is too new to post links...any ideas?

The only people who respond to my ads are scammers.

I would like to see an up to date WSO on Craigslist marketing or someone I can outsource my posting too.

I use a method i learned from a course where I use thunderbird to catch all the responses and send them to my offer... I dont like to mention any course names but its pretty popular here on the warriorforum.. I dont think the offers that hate craigslist would say anything about that method

In 2009 I ran CL ads in 6 cities a day for a *very* niche product (not adult). I made 108k that year, all from CL. I'm about to start marketing there again for a new niche I'm interested in and I expect it to do well.

All the greyhat/blkht tactics don't mean squat on CL. You'll make very little having someone post ads for you. And if you're not highly specialized, and if you can't write excellent CL angled copy, you'll fail at it.

CL is an odd bird these days for marketing, but if you're careful and know the tricks, you can bring in a good sum. But avoid blkht marketing, you'll just look like a fool.

A properly crafted "Home based Business" Opportunity ad on CL can easily be created, and added to each city across the country IF it is created in such a way that the headline and first few paragraphs are not exactly the same. Home Based Business is usually a category within each city, and of course you can post to general categories or targeted business type categories as you see fit. The trick is, that CL is created to foster local traffic, so you may need multiple accounts, etc. A good spreadsheet or database program would probably be helpful.

Be prepared to be flagged, even if you stick within the guidelines because CL is repleat with self-righteous liberal, capitalist-hating types that have nothing better to do than go around flagging anything that smacks of "Making Money".

YMMV.

-DTM

One tip that you should consider when posting on CL is to look at other ads that are posted in the section you want to post. Look to see what they are using in those ads that makes them "stick". Are they using links? Are they using "reply to email"? Maybe they are using a phone number where they have set up a voice mail to give people more detailed information.

CL seems to always change up there "filters". Looking at ads that have successfully posted can give you an idea of what is working.

In that case, don't use craigs list for your dirty marketing

Go read the CR TOS.

I see, hear and read a lot of crap, doesn't mean it's all true. If it's coming from another marketer trying to sell me something, I'm less inclined to believe it

If you sell real products locally on Craigslist, you will find money in them thar pages.

Otherwise, not so much...