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I HAVE A BIG QUESTION...

by gotoim
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I run 150 ads daily on craigslist, they never get ghosted, and they are rotating every 48 hours per craigslists rules. They are html made and run in all different areas.
I have been doing this for many large companies. My question, the 150 ads that I currently have are not linked to any particular website, but I feel like a huge hole in marketing is being leaked here.
I personally do not promote any particular website I only promote my services, but I was thinking of offering to link up the ads to other websites, and maybe put a monthly price of $10.00 per each link. Do you think this would be helpful to anyone? Do you think marketers would see the value in this?

The ads are geared towards people that sell goods online, so anything from furniture, to homes could be linked to each ad.
The ads are already running, and always get a HUGE amount of exposure daily, so it would seem like a good idea, but I wanted to get other feedback from professionals.

Also if I did decide to do this, how would I market to get the paid links?

TIA!
#big #question
  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Michael
    i dont think many people would go for it, i dont know prove me wrong.

    another idea is find an affiliate offer suitable for every one of you ads, or maybe just slap a generic offer on all of them (ringtones, smileys, toolbars, free stuff)

    and see how that works out.
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  • Profile picture of the author gotoim
    Joe, I never thought of the affiliate ad idea, my only problem is it could take a huge amount of time to find good affiliate links to promote. Also why do you think other people would not be interested? The price, the service?

    I think the added traffic at $10 a month would be well worth it.

    Anyone else have any ideas or feedback?
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    I'm sure that if you're getting good exposure and people see your ads, someone will see value in paying for them.
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    nothing to see here.

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  • Profile picture of the author Jesus Perez
    Once you link them to a website, you'll create a footprint...and I suspect ghosting will surely follow.
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  • Profile picture of the author gotoim
    Well I do post on craigslist and I do not get ghosted, or flagged, I ALWAYS go 100% by the rules. There is not spam or crap allowed.
    I started posting for a friends consignment shop. She sold boat loads, and told local businesses, so then I started posting for them. I keep my ads going daily. I have 150 running right now, but like I said, they promote my services. I never did get around to creating a website.
    As for linking the ads, I have linked most of my clients ads right to their websites and have never had any problems. I do this daily, so i just really wanted to know if I should be linking the current ads I personally have running.
    It does not include the additional clients ads that I run daily.

    Thanks for all ideas so far. I think I might start with the simple affiliate links, or link the ads to other things that would be beneficial to me. I honestly do not even know how to begin offering the links for sale to other marketers.
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