The end of CraigsList Marketing?

Well, you obviously care enough to put down the people who do use it... I don't really use it much myself, but i've read a lot from people talking about it and thought I'd get some feedback... Either way, you must feel like a real hero going into message boards and blurting out your notions of "Superiority" and all foreseen wisdom because you don't use CL and therefore anyone who markets there must be a scum bucket.


So... if you really don't care... prove it by not saying anything.

lol ... that's putting it bluntly. I've never actually used it to try to send people to "offers". I have used it to offer web design services which is a legitimate use and it was pretty successful.

Amongst many other things.......

Yeah, the same thing goes for twitter. "What are you doing?"

Are you serious?

Most people don't want anyone know what they're doing, now they want to tell the entire world by using twitter. Come on, give me a break.

So the OP is a slime bucket?
What a ridiculous answer.

The question was:
NOT:
Some people here really have me stumped.

I agree that CL was't made for IMers but I think if used properly it will not ruin CL.

The problem is with short-sighted spamer who think they are internet marketers.

I see the same problem with Angela's backlink service. There are some links she warns the board owner is getting upset by the spamers and to make a relevent and repsectful comment before dropping your link.

But the short-sighted spamers just load the links into some automated program and auto-post some drival and move on. There posts get removed but are going to ruin it for everyone.

I think it's sad that many Internet marketers give the Make Money Online Niche such a bad name. It's pretty much a group that is despised on most social networks because they overrun it with spam. Craigslist used to be a dynamite site but when you can't use it for what it was intended ... like hiring people ... it's a real shame.

Just about anything you put up there gets flagged in no time. They're very trigger happy there now and don't seem to care if it is a legitimate listing. What amazes me is that those "erotic" ads seem to live on without getting flagged. Maybe everyone is in the wrong business. lol

Spammers have ruined the experience of craiglist. At one time craigslist was cutting edge but the fade has come back down to the ground and it is now just a digital version of a classified ad section. No more community.

I'm still a newbe, ans as such, I do a lot of mistakes. I guess I'm not the only one. As for CL - didn't work for me yet.

I can totally relate to this one... it's especially frustrating when someone actually NEEDS a place to live and they just get a bunch of crap in their email box. I think order to post apartments on cl, you should have to provide some kind of credentials or something before you hve access to that area.
You should have persued it further to try to find out who the owner of the affiliate link was.

Yup same here. A couple months ago. Got pretty excited about the place then was sent an email to a credit report thing and realized what was actually going on. I was pretty pissed at the time but if you think about it, it's actually pretty clever lol

Believe it or not if you look at CL, and Backpage's traffic stats, in the last few months both are way up. So, I don't think that they are going anywhere. In fact I believe that they are getting more popular, especially as the economy worsens (lots of cheap deals), and the way the market place is shifting away from tradition print advertising.

Now this is not to say that it is easy to post ads. I for one make a boat load of money from CL, and BP, but I have spent hours upon hours studying, and testing how to get my ads to stick, ect..ect.. For someone who is a beginner, it is not an easy venture. This is why CL has implemented such extreme measures to basically discourage noobs, and people not willing to put in the time to learn.

There is a lot of people in this forum who talk trash on people who post to CL, which is totally ridiculous. There are certain sections that are great for advertising your business (services, for sale) in CL. If you are not utilizing CL to make sales, I think you are crazy. They get over 100 million visitors per month. Simply convert on .0001% of that traffic and you are sitting pretty.

Call me what you want, I don't care. I make a lot money from Craigslist, and I sleep well at night. My classified ads never hurt anyone.

So to answer the question, with the way the market is shifting towards online advertising and marketing, and the way print is basically dying a slow death, CL is going no where, and will only get stronger.

I totally agree that certain types of marketers, have given others bad names on CL. I for one don't agree with ads which are misleading in any way. For example, I know guys who post in the Apartment For Rent, and Jobs Section with ads saying one thing, and then lead to some junk CPA or affiliate offer. Not cool. And of course you always have the erotic section.

I understand that it has made it more difficult for legit businesses to post their ads. I hear that from people all the time, about how frustrating it is. Honestly, if you do a little research, it is not that hard to get your ads to stick. PM me and I will help you out if you want.

Cheers,
John

I think CL is awesome to use right now because most people gave up trying to figure it out! Less competition, more conversions.........

As an Offline biz owner I was very glad to have CL and Backpage. Without either of them I would have gone broke...sadly there is way too many spammers and scammers.

I happy to see CL crack down on this even if it makes it a little difficult to do postings.

Jae

Craigslist is awesome for the exact reason that you guys are bashing it: The service is intended for a specific purpose and they're diligent in their efforts to keep it that way.

If you're a spammer, you're not a marketer.

I was going to use craigslit, but I didn't was going to get me much traffic

I have a ticket website and used CL for local ads here in DC....now use Backpage.com but looking for suggestions....I have the cheapest event tickets around but need exposure and dont have the adv budget yet for gig Google and Yahoo campaigns......my traffic has dropped considerably since CL ads get flagged immediately..help?

If you don't want discussion, don't post in forums with "discussion" in the title.

You might also consider the difference between a general observation and a personal opinion. It's a useful distinction.

At any rate, you've got the logic all wrong. To the extent that they can keep out the automated postings, CraigsList will become stronger and more useful for the people and purposes for whom it was developed.

I would really like to see most of the people who develop or use most auto-posting software kicked off the net, for terms varying based on how many people have to deal with their auto-posts.

Automation is a wonderful thing, if what you're automating is useful to the people you're automating it "at."


Paul

I don't "advertise my website" per se; I post a pic of a product, ie, windchimes, add a description, then put my website info and people come there to check it out or buy or browse. I had to set up a "commercial" acct; give ph # and answer it to a recording but it's all good, I think that's their way of verifying you're legit! hope that helps.

Why outsource? So I can focus on other things and keep growing my business.

Also, I don't post only locally, I post in several cities at once. That takes time and management.