I heard that there's a lawsuit that involves a classified ads site and a ticketbroker, but I'm going to consider this a rumor since no names will be mentioned. However, I searched "craigslist lawsuit" under Google and didn't see anything related to what this one person brought on one of the forums.
This is what I know about spamming. The CAN-Spam Act is a law that prohibits spam as in sending email to list who did not double opted-in (click here for more info). I don't know if this applies to free classified ads site since nothing is mentioned in that law.
If you double opted into getting updates to let's say something like my blog, i get to send you an email until you decide to unsubscribe.
However, there's no law that prohibits you from sending multiple ads on a free classified ads site or as many of us would say, Spam. The only thing that stands in our way is being compliant of the terms of use and violations of that would result in your account being removed from the system. A judge may try to make a ruling against those who try to post excessively, but it's most likely that they will leave it up to the classified ads site provider to decide on what to do about the poster.
Because most classified ads site is a public site, the only limit you will have is be subjected to the terms of service or terms of use of their service. If they say that you can't bad mouth a particular person, then you can't do that or you'll be in violation of the terms of use. These classified ads site may not limit you on what you put on that site, but remember, they have rules on what you do when you join their party. That means you have to do it under their terms. Otherwise, you will get kicked out of the party.
Note that the CAN-SPAM Act applies only to email. It doesn't apply to posting on public web sites like forums, classified ads site, etc. If a judge tries to rule that you can't post excessively on a classified ads site, he must cite which law does that apply to. As far as I know, he would have to site the 1st Amendment. However, the classified ads site provider has the right to protect their sites from excessive posting through the use of the terms of service, but it must not conflict with what may be offensive to users, posters, and others alike.
The above is based on my opinion. Your opinion may be different and I'm always open to change that stance as it's deemed necessary.
Showing posts with label craigslist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craigslist. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
The Impact Of Craigslist Implementing A Different Captcha System
Sometime last week, Craigslist has implemented another captcha system and it's called reCaptcha. This has created problems for those who use auto-posters to post ads on Craigslist automatically instead of doing it manually. What this does is it renders most automation of their Craigslist posting virtually useless.
The reCaptcha module that Craigslist deployed was started in the Los Angeles area in the Jobs category, but it eventually spread out throughout all cities. Craigslist advertisers then rewrote their ads and put it in either the Service or the For Sale categories. About a week later, it went to all categories.
Recently, they included the reCaptcha challenge in the creation of the Craigslist accounts. Thus when you either post an ad or need to create a Craigslist account, you would need to answer the reCaptcha challenge to be successful.
For those of you who still post on Craigslist manually, there is no impact. However, if you're blasting 400 ads a day, there is a definite impact since the new captcha challenge requires you to enter two words instead of one. Because research shows that there's only a 15% success rate at the most, it makes it difficult for computer programs to recognize the new method that it's now using and even a human being has problems reading the captcha image being displayed.
Does that mean that your auto-posting days are over? Probably not. It becomes more challenging though. Programmers have modified their software programs to allow their users to enter the answer to the reCaptcha challenge. I'm sure there's a way around it because someone will eventually find a way around the reCaptcha function that Craigslist is now using. Google has tried it with their Gmail captcha challenge but others have already solved it. The answer to the reCaptcha challenge would be a matter of time. But some programmers have conceded that it's unsolvable at this time.
Note that Craigslist encourage you to market your products and services locally and if your answer to the reCaptcha challenge is close enough, you've pretty much answered it successfully.
For example, if the reCaptcha challenge shows the words "We're Successful", you can type the following answers and you have basically answered the challenge:
Another solution is to contract the function to have someone else enter the answer to the captcha code. That means that someone at the other end must have the program that interacts with the autoposting software that you use. That means you pay for that function and it won't be cheap.
Nevertheless, autoposting continues unless Craigslist comes up with another snag.
However, if you're still posting on Craigslist and you have trouble getting your ads up, we at Classified Ad Masters have an answer to your problems. We also have a way to keep you posting effectively as possible.
The reCaptcha module that Craigslist deployed was started in the Los Angeles area in the Jobs category, but it eventually spread out throughout all cities. Craigslist advertisers then rewrote their ads and put it in either the Service or the For Sale categories. About a week later, it went to all categories.
Recently, they included the reCaptcha challenge in the creation of the Craigslist accounts. Thus when you either post an ad or need to create a Craigslist account, you would need to answer the reCaptcha challenge to be successful.
For those of you who still post on Craigslist manually, there is no impact. However, if you're blasting 400 ads a day, there is a definite impact since the new captcha challenge requires you to enter two words instead of one. Because research shows that there's only a 15% success rate at the most, it makes it difficult for computer programs to recognize the new method that it's now using and even a human being has problems reading the captcha image being displayed.
Does that mean that your auto-posting days are over? Probably not. It becomes more challenging though. Programmers have modified their software programs to allow their users to enter the answer to the reCaptcha challenge. I'm sure there's a way around it because someone will eventually find a way around the reCaptcha function that Craigslist is now using. Google has tried it with their Gmail captcha challenge but others have already solved it. The answer to the reCaptcha challenge would be a matter of time. But some programmers have conceded that it's unsolvable at this time.
Note that Craigslist encourage you to market your products and services locally and if your answer to the reCaptcha challenge is close enough, you've pretty much answered it successfully.
For example, if the reCaptcha challenge shows the words "We're Successful", you can type the following answers and you have basically answered the challenge:
- weresuccessful
- we're successful
- were successful
- Or any combination of upper or lower case characters since the reCaptcha challenge is not case sensitive.
Another solution is to contract the function to have someone else enter the answer to the captcha code. That means that someone at the other end must have the program that interacts with the autoposting software that you use. That means you pay for that function and it won't be cheap.
Nevertheless, autoposting continues unless Craigslist comes up with another snag.
However, if you're still posting on Craigslist and you have trouble getting your ads up, we at Classified Ad Masters have an answer to your problems. We also have a way to keep you posting effectively as possible.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Posting On The Jobs Category Of Craigslist
Trouble posting on the Jobs Category Of Craigslist?
Perhaps you gotta put something that has value or something that sells.
In my last two postings, I was able to get 95% and a 99.5% sticking rate.
The product I was marketing converted five sales and reeled four of
them today.
With the Jobs category being one of the hardest to post on Craigslist,
you gotta find a way to appeal to those who are looking for a job.
Some MLMers use this section to recruit distributors, but since I'm
not in MLM, I don't really have to worry about using this medium to
recruit distributors.
I'm unsure if I'll ever join another MLM organization, especially with
the way your upline treats you like what happened to me with my
last MLM company. I'm having more fun trying to provide information
that helps people find their niches. However, I like to teach someone
succeed in the same niche I'm in because in the long run, it puts you in
a position to become a leader in your niched industry.
With corporate downsizing, an economy in challenging times, gas prices
approaching $4 per gallon, and management in your company or a government
organization, such as NFESC (a US Naval Command) trying to squeeze every
penny out of you and make life miserable for you, and for those who
have young kids like me paying between $120 to $150 per week for babysitting,
the home-based business avenue is the way to go. This industry is growing
into a multi-billion dollars worth of transaction and will be here to stay,
especially for those who will never return to work for someone else.
However, to be able to pull of this challenge, you must figure out how to do
it first. As a Craigslist Masters student, we have a community that will help
you succeed in your home business, regardless of what Craigslist does to
their systems.
However, you must enroll to become a Craigslist Master member. Whether
you're a seasoned marketer or a novice marketer, you will continuously
be a student of this game because the Internet marketing spectrum will
continue to be dynamic. There are no graduates of this program, but you
will continue to be updated with the changes that surround us.
I'm ready to enroll and crack the code. Sign me up now!
Perhaps you gotta put something that has value or something that sells.
In my last two postings, I was able to get 95% and a 99.5% sticking rate.
The product I was marketing converted five sales and reeled four of
them today.
With the Jobs category being one of the hardest to post on Craigslist,
you gotta find a way to appeal to those who are looking for a job.
Some MLMers use this section to recruit distributors, but since I'm
not in MLM, I don't really have to worry about using this medium to
recruit distributors.
I'm unsure if I'll ever join another MLM organization, especially with
the way your upline treats you like what happened to me with my
last MLM company. I'm having more fun trying to provide information
that helps people find their niches. However, I like to teach someone
succeed in the same niche I'm in because in the long run, it puts you in
a position to become a leader in your niched industry.
With corporate downsizing, an economy in challenging times, gas prices
approaching $4 per gallon, and management in your company or a government
organization, such as NFESC (a US Naval Command) trying to squeeze every
penny out of you and make life miserable for you, and for those who
have young kids like me paying between $120 to $150 per week for babysitting,
the home-based business avenue is the way to go. This industry is growing
into a multi-billion dollars worth of transaction and will be here to stay,
especially for those who will never return to work for someone else.
However, to be able to pull of this challenge, you must figure out how to do
it first. As a Craigslist Masters student, we have a community that will help
you succeed in your home business, regardless of what Craigslist does to
their systems.
However, you must enroll to become a Craigslist Master member. Whether
you're a seasoned marketer or a novice marketer, you will continuously
be a student of this game because the Internet marketing spectrum will
continue to be dynamic. There are no graduates of this program, but you
will continue to be updated with the changes that surround us.
I'm ready to enroll and crack the code. Sign me up now!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Letter By CLM Founder Erik Welker To Craigslist Staff
** Members are free to post this letter all over the Internet! **
I've edited this letter to make sure it's censured.
Dear Craigslist Staff,
For over a decade, people have been relying on your website to put food on the table and to provide financial support their families. Our economy has gone to hell in a hand basket. Now more than ever, people need to communicate their products and services through your website in order to live a better life... in order to escape corporate America, the (obvious) modern day version of SLAVERY!...
We were the one's who drove your traffic ranking through the roof. We were the one's who made you who you are today! We were the one's who sacrificed hours and hours of time hacking away at the keyboard, trying to figure out your system... and you know what? We loved it! It was a game in which the ONLY people that got rewarded were those who took the time to MASTER your system. It was PERFECT in so many ways.
By your actions this past week, you have sent a very strong message to the entire community that believed in you... The Craigslist professional power posting community is well over 100,000 members strong and we will not be left out in the cold.
On Monday May 12th, 2008, I will set into motion a community wide movement, urging my fellow posters and business owners to direct their ad posting efforts and all of the traffic that comes from those efforts to other up-and-coming classified ad sites like Back Page and Kijiji.
You have essentially "Kicked Your Children out of your House."
I realize that once the movement starts and your ranking begins to fall off the map (which has already begun), you will remove some of these ridiculous filters and hoops to jump through, but for many it will be too late. They have already witnessed the ruthless acts that you are capable of.
Some people will come back to your community, and Craigslist Masters will still be here teaching them how to post their ads to your website, even if they need to send in a BLOOD SAMPLE and DENTAL RECORDS. But I believe a lot of your children will never return.
Erik Welker ~
Founder CLM
I've edited this letter to make sure it's censured.
Dear Craigslist Staff,
For over a decade, people have been relying on your website to put food on the table and to provide financial support their families. Our economy has gone to hell in a hand basket. Now more than ever, people need to communicate their products and services through your website in order to live a better life... in order to escape corporate America, the (obvious) modern day version of SLAVERY!...
We were the one's who drove your traffic ranking through the roof. We were the one's who made you who you are today! We were the one's who sacrificed hours and hours of time hacking away at the keyboard, trying to figure out your system... and you know what? We loved it! It was a game in which the ONLY people that got rewarded were those who took the time to MASTER your system. It was PERFECT in so many ways.
By your actions this past week, you have sent a very strong message to the entire community that believed in you... The Craigslist professional power posting community is well over 100,000 members strong and we will not be left out in the cold.
On Monday May 12th, 2008, I will set into motion a community wide movement, urging my fellow posters and business owners to direct their ad posting efforts and all of the traffic that comes from those efforts to other up-and-coming classified ad sites like Back Page and Kijiji.
You have essentially "Kicked Your Children out of your House."
I realize that once the movement starts and your ranking begins to fall off the map (which has already begun), you will remove some of these ridiculous filters and hoops to jump through, but for many it will be too late. They have already witnessed the ruthless acts that you are capable of.
Some people will come back to your community, and Craigslist Masters will still be here teaching them how to post their ads to your website, even if they need to send in a BLOOD SAMPLE and DENTAL RECORDS. But I believe a lot of your children will never return.
Erik Welker ~
Founder CLM
Monday, April 21, 2008
My Review Of The Craigslist Masters Program
Here is my complete review of Craigslist Masters and what I have learned since I joined less than two months ago. I love all the material they provide and it has changed the way I market my products drastically. It even helped me generate instant traffic on my websites. But let me tell you more about it.
Craigslist Masters is a training guide which walks people step by step how to post ads on the classified ads site, Craigslist. Craigslist Masters Provides: Training and Support of over 8 hours of live training per week to assist you in posting ads on Craigslist. Craigslist Masters is the only service with live training daily to teach you how to effectively post aggressively on Craigslist. Craigslist Masters is Erik Welker's training guide to posting ads on Craigslist.
If you have been looking around Craigslist lately, you have seen all the ads for Craigslist Masters among a few others all pushing the latest secrets to Craigslist posting. After a week of trying to get my ads posted and got frustrated because I get ghosted by Craigslist for whatever reason, I clicked on one of the Craigslist Masters ads on Craigslist and checked it out. As much money I was spending on Adwords, the price Craigslist Masters charges is nothing compared to paying for traffic on Google Adwords and Yahoo Search. If you are looking to get lots of free ads on CL, you can't go wrong with Craigslist Masters.
As for multiple affiliate products, Craigslist Masters provides at least 6 different affiliate programs to promote on Craigslist which has nothing to do with recruiting affiliates or distributors. Or you can promote your own business, like your MLM products, your own business, or whatever you want to promote. Regardless of what you promote, Craigslist Masters really show you how to make a full time income by using this proprietary training and systems.
It’s always been a great place to generate leads and sales, and my postings have been MORE effective now using the Craigslist Masters method than in the past. I have generated more than 50 leads within the last month on one product, 207 visits with 28 leads to one of my affiliate sites and more than 390 visits with 35 leads on another site. All this for the $127 I paid to join them and a reasonable monthly fee. In fact, this beats the heck out of paying for Google Adwords. With almost 600 visits within the last two months, I would have paid much more with Google AdWords.
So, yes Craigslist Masters is an ongoing training guide that I would highly recommend to anyone who is serious about posting on Craigslist. These should not be overlooked when considering the $147 fee ($127 if you do it on Mondays and Wednesdays) for the Craigslist Masters training guide. Unlike Google Adwords, you have to pay for traffic and I was averaging over $60 a month advertising with Google and sometimes I don't get a lot of traffic at all.
There are thousands of dollars worth of value in the Craigslist Masters training guide, but only for the few who "take the bull by the horns" and make it happen. Therefore, I encourage you to take a look at Craigslist Masters. The training system provided works for ANYONE, no matter age, sex, education, skill or background. Track your results in "real time" with our affiliate commission tracking program (Only applies to the Craigslist Masters affiliate products).
There are a few things you should know first before purchasing the Craigslist Masters training program. Even with Craigslist Masters there will be a learning curve. Fortunately Craigslist Masters enables their students to shorten the learning curve. We have some real good trainers who are seasoned Craigslist marketers and they teach you what software you should use, how to use it, and most of all, how to make sure that your ads will STICK. So before spending the $147 on Erik Welker's Craigslist Masters, make sure to have a few extra bucks set aside to start your new marketing method, know that work is required, and there will be a slight learning curve when getting started.
Craigslist Masters, is it any good or a rip off. I know some people say that the folks there are upselling members to other products, but you got to decide what you really want. Do you want to win or save money. I can't call it a ripoff or a scam if I'm able to effectively advertise my products for free. In fact, I've already gotten my return on investment. I got some time to do other things, made a few sales, and gotten more credible leads, which I call it valuable. Consider this an intangible asset that you might find very valuable in your Internet marketing endeavors.
Since signing up for the Craigslist Masters membership, my sticking rate more than doubled. I was going from a 22% to almost a 70%. I'm not complaining with that. In fact, I was even amazed by it because I didn't expect to get that much. Furthermore, I also put out about 150 to 200 ads per day and my goal is to increase it to 500+ ads per day, marketing different products on Craigslist.
For more info and a great way to learn fast, check us out by going to the website and filling out the form if you really want more info.
Take Me To The Craigslist Masters Website.
Craigslist Masters is a training guide which walks people step by step how to post ads on the classified ads site, Craigslist. Craigslist Masters Provides: Training and Support of over 8 hours of live training per week to assist you in posting ads on Craigslist. Craigslist Masters is the only service with live training daily to teach you how to effectively post aggressively on Craigslist. Craigslist Masters is Erik Welker's training guide to posting ads on Craigslist.
If you have been looking around Craigslist lately, you have seen all the ads for Craigslist Masters among a few others all pushing the latest secrets to Craigslist posting. After a week of trying to get my ads posted and got frustrated because I get ghosted by Craigslist for whatever reason, I clicked on one of the Craigslist Masters ads on Craigslist and checked it out. As much money I was spending on Adwords, the price Craigslist Masters charges is nothing compared to paying for traffic on Google Adwords and Yahoo Search. If you are looking to get lots of free ads on CL, you can't go wrong with Craigslist Masters.
As for multiple affiliate products, Craigslist Masters provides at least 6 different affiliate programs to promote on Craigslist which has nothing to do with recruiting affiliates or distributors. Or you can promote your own business, like your MLM products, your own business, or whatever you want to promote. Regardless of what you promote, Craigslist Masters really show you how to make a full time income by using this proprietary training and systems.
It’s always been a great place to generate leads and sales, and my postings have been MORE effective now using the Craigslist Masters method than in the past. I have generated more than 50 leads within the last month on one product, 207 visits with 28 leads to one of my affiliate sites and more than 390 visits with 35 leads on another site. All this for the $127 I paid to join them and a reasonable monthly fee. In fact, this beats the heck out of paying for Google Adwords. With almost 600 visits within the last two months, I would have paid much more with Google AdWords.
So, yes Craigslist Masters is an ongoing training guide that I would highly recommend to anyone who is serious about posting on Craigslist. These should not be overlooked when considering the $147 fee ($127 if you do it on Mondays and Wednesdays) for the Craigslist Masters training guide. Unlike Google Adwords, you have to pay for traffic and I was averaging over $60 a month advertising with Google and sometimes I don't get a lot of traffic at all.
There are thousands of dollars worth of value in the Craigslist Masters training guide, but only for the few who "take the bull by the horns" and make it happen. Therefore, I encourage you to take a look at Craigslist Masters. The training system provided works for ANYONE, no matter age, sex, education, skill or background. Track your results in "real time" with our affiliate commission tracking program (Only applies to the Craigslist Masters affiliate products).
There are a few things you should know first before purchasing the Craigslist Masters training program. Even with Craigslist Masters there will be a learning curve. Fortunately Craigslist Masters enables their students to shorten the learning curve. We have some real good trainers who are seasoned Craigslist marketers and they teach you what software you should use, how to use it, and most of all, how to make sure that your ads will STICK. So before spending the $147 on Erik Welker's Craigslist Masters, make sure to have a few extra bucks set aside to start your new marketing method, know that work is required, and there will be a slight learning curve when getting started.
Craigslist Masters, is it any good or a rip off. I know some people say that the folks there are upselling members to other products, but you got to decide what you really want. Do you want to win or save money. I can't call it a ripoff or a scam if I'm able to effectively advertise my products for free. In fact, I've already gotten my return on investment. I got some time to do other things, made a few sales, and gotten more credible leads, which I call it valuable. Consider this an intangible asset that you might find very valuable in your Internet marketing endeavors.
Since signing up for the Craigslist Masters membership, my sticking rate more than doubled. I was going from a 22% to almost a 70%. I'm not complaining with that. In fact, I was even amazed by it because I didn't expect to get that much. Furthermore, I also put out about 150 to 200 ads per day and my goal is to increase it to 500+ ads per day, marketing different products on Craigslist.
For more info and a great way to learn fast, check us out by going to the website and filling out the form if you really want more info.
Take Me To The Craigslist Masters Website.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Creating Several GMail Accounts To Use For Any Purpose
Are you creating several GMail accounts?
I doesn't matter where you use it, but
here are some things that you want to
know for future reference.
Regardless of how you create your GMail
accounts, whether you use an automated program
like the Auto Account Creator or do it manually (which I
used to do myself), there's a time you want to vary
the use of prefix/suffix on your GMail username
to avoid the GMail flagging system.
While I was creating several of these accounts with
the same prefix/suffix, I didn't realize I had created
too many of them and it caused the Gmail system to
notice simply put a block on further accounts matching
a certain pattern that I had. This happened to me
yesterday afternoon.
Refrain from creating more than 5 accounts per IP
Address, per 24-48 hours. The Gmail system will
refuse to cooperate since it may detect it could be
used for spam. At one time, I was creating 10 accounts
at a time, but for whatever reason, the artificially
intelligent Gmail system stop further email
account creation after the 5th one. It was probably
telling me that I have created enough and didn't need
anymore.
Make sure that the number of characters in your first,
last, and the security question are different. Does
it really matter that much what's in it? Not to me.
Although Gmail may detect only English words, it doesn't
mean that it would understand Chinese, German, Arabic,
or Jibberish.
I don't know where you will use your accounts, but I
use the ones I create for posting on Craigslist, since
that other artificially intelligent brainless beast will
block ads if you put too many ads that link to the
same email address. In fact and it has already hap-
pened, Craigslist has been disallowing ads to go live
if the domain names are from a small to medium-sized
business, but they won't refuse all ads to go live if
linked from either a Yahoo or Gmail account - they
know too better to block a Gmail or a Yahoo account
since most of their customers either have accounts
coming from those domain names.
I won't say how many email accounts I have from
either Gmail or Yahoo, but I have enough to do
some power posting on Craigslist if I have to. If you
ever watched the video about me using the Auto
Account Creator, you'll probably have an idea how
many accounts I may have.
Well, I just want to alert you in regards to creating
multiple GMail accounts. If time is a factor in creating
GMail accounts and you plan on using the data that
this program created for something else, like the
Easy Ad Poster, I encourage you to try out the
Auto Account Creator. It really makes life easier for
you when you create GMail accounts because there
is virtually little or no guess work at all.
Thanks for your leadership...Till next time...
I doesn't matter where you use it, but
here are some things that you want to
know for future reference.
Regardless of how you create your GMail
accounts, whether you use an automated program
like the Auto Account Creator or do it manually (which I
used to do myself), there's a time you want to vary
the use of prefix/suffix on your GMail username
to avoid the GMail flagging system.
While I was creating several of these accounts with
the same prefix/suffix, I didn't realize I had created
too many of them and it caused the Gmail system to
notice simply put a block on further accounts matching
a certain pattern that I had. This happened to me
yesterday afternoon.
Refrain from creating more than 5 accounts per IP
Address, per 24-48 hours. The Gmail system will
refuse to cooperate since it may detect it could be
used for spam. At one time, I was creating 10 accounts
at a time, but for whatever reason, the artificially
intelligent Gmail system stop further email
account creation after the 5th one. It was probably
telling me that I have created enough and didn't need
anymore.
Make sure that the number of characters in your first,
last, and the security question are different. Does
it really matter that much what's in it? Not to me.
Although Gmail may detect only English words, it doesn't
mean that it would understand Chinese, German, Arabic,
or Jibberish.
I don't know where you will use your accounts, but I
use the ones I create for posting on Craigslist, since
that other artificially intelligent brainless beast will
block ads if you put too many ads that link to the
same email address. In fact and it has already hap-
pened, Craigslist has been disallowing ads to go live
if the domain names are from a small to medium-sized
business, but they won't refuse all ads to go live if
linked from either a Yahoo or Gmail account - they
know too better to block a Gmail or a Yahoo account
since most of their customers either have accounts
coming from those domain names.
I won't say how many email accounts I have from
either Gmail or Yahoo, but I have enough to do
some power posting on Craigslist if I have to. If you
ever watched the video about me using the Auto
Account Creator, you'll probably have an idea how
many accounts I may have.
Well, I just want to alert you in regards to creating
multiple GMail accounts. If time is a factor in creating
GMail accounts and you plan on using the data that
this program created for something else, like the
Easy Ad Poster, I encourage you to try out the
Auto Account Creator. It really makes life easier for
you when you create GMail accounts because there
is virtually little or no guess work at all.
Thanks for your leadership...Till next time...
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
My Craigslist Posting - Total Automation, Less Frustration
Would You Like To Learn How To Post 20, 50, Or Even 100 Ads On Craigslist Without Having To Babysit The Computer?
Are You Frustrated With Posting In Craigslist?
Are You Frustrated With Posting In Craigslist?
I've been posting on Craigslist since January. I'm still learning the ropes as I post the programs I sell and since I'm involved in network marketing, I also post the business opportunity.
I didn't learn how to advertise on this site without the frustration of my ads not showing up. Lots of resources have been used to get me to where I am in the Internet marketing industry and I'm pretty sure it will get better in the long run.
Because of the awesome traffic I'm getting from this blog and the traffic that I get from my sites through posting on Craigslist and some other forums, I decided to put a massive effort in placing posts on this several sites. Because Craigslist gets about 6 billion visits per month and probably counting, I decided to use this to my advantage.
Last Friday, I upgraded from getting the Easy Ad Poster Standard Edition to the Easy Ad Poster Deluxe. Since then, I was able to place massive ads on Craigslist, although I get like a 66 percent rate of my ads going live on this beast. However, I've been posting on the more challenging categories. At least one thing I don't have to do...that is babysitting my computer in entering all those captcha codes. I've posted several ads on Craigslist on various products and services, and 66% of them went live. Less than 1% of my ads that went live got flagged, but I figured that they could be from competitors. Nevertheless, the campaign continues. Oh yeah, I've converted a few sales, got 10 leads for one product and 11 leads for another product and they're all generated by yours truly.
However, one thing I recommend you do is if you want to really take Internet Marketing seriously, you should be consistent in your marketing, regardless on what method you use. One of my friends has worked really hard in getting promoted to her first leadership level (name and company withheld) using the post card method because she's got that method close...as close to the Pauli Exclusion Principle numbers...down to a science. She's able to control what she can do, but it's not up to her on whether she brings in a piece of business. Just as you market your products and services, it's up to you to market, but it's not up to you to get them to buy into them. I'd expect 1 out of 10 to be a customer.
But you should not put Craigslist advertising on the back burner. This site is going to be here for the long haul. According to Erik Welker of Craigslist Masters, Craigslist has projected that they will make an excess of 80 million this year. Although advertising in this site is free for most cases, they only charge if you post and ad for jobs in the high traffic sites of major U.S. cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York. They charge like $75 for a 30-day ad in San Francisco while they charge $25 to post a 30-day ad in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County (California), Boston, Portland (OR), Seattle, Boston, New York Metro, and the Washington D.C. area. If you're advertising rental in New York, they charge a real generous fee (unlike the newspapers) for a 30-day ad.
One other reason why you should advertise on Craigslist because Google indexes those ads due to its time sensitivity. So if you're advertising how to avoid being ghosted by typing Ghosted By Craigslist you're most likely to either be found on Craigslist or through Google if someone searches using Craigslist Ghosting as the keyword. So you can get Google traffic for free through Craigslist, but you better be posting continuously or all this effort means nothing if you don't have consistency.
However, you need to have several email accounts. I recommend using multiple GMail or Yahoo accounts and strongly recommend that you rotate them to ensure a higher rate of your ads going live. On my previous post, I've demonstrated how you can create 5 GMail Accounts and its corresponding Craigslist accounts on my last blog post. This was using the Auto Account Creator (more info how to get it...) and it's simple to use. If you watch the video, you'll get an idea how it works. In about an hour, I was able to create 60 accounts.
Getting your ads to go live on Craigslist is a challenge. If you want to get to as close as conquering it, go to the link below. There's no better way of taming this beast. Don't be cheap. Learn it now because you cannot afford not to if you're going to get ahead in this industry.
Well, I'll be going now. Kinda late here and gotta crash. Till next time...Tataa...
Sidney Juachon
sjuachon@networkingleader.com
http://aboutsidney.blogspot.com
P.S.
Marketing on Craigslist is a challenge with the high risk of getting ghosted if you don't know what you're doing. Therefore, I encourage you to take a look at Craigslist Masters. This is a highly recommended resource where you'll be able to network with other marketers and you cannot afford not to learn about how this beast works.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Advertising With Ease On Craigslist
Are You Currently Posting On Craigslist?
Tired Of Creating Email Accounts And Its Corresponding Craigslist
Accounts Consuming Your Valuable Time Knowing That You Will
Need Several GMail And Its Associated Craigslist Accounts To Make
Sure Your Accounts Will Stick?
The Auto Account Creator will make your life easier
when creating these accounts.
Watch the video below so you can see for yourself how
powerful is this program and how it can help you
streamline your advertising on Craigslist.
You can always do this manually, but why bother
doing it if this can help you take the guesswork out
of creating Gmail and its corresponding Craigslist
accounts.
However, there's more to this. You will need a Sprint
Data Card. I believe you can still get the Sierra Wireless
Air Card 595U, like the one I have because you're going
to need it if you want to change your IP Address and
create more than 5 gmail and its associated craigslist
accounts. I pay $59.95 a month. You can also use DSL,
Dial-up, or any other Data Card, but you can't use
your cable modem to do this campaign because IP
addresses are not easily changed, unlike what I've
already mentioned.
It will at least improve your business process much better
by not having to create it manually.
However, that's not all. You will also need the following:
Easy Ad Poster - I currently use the Standard Edition
(costs $97), but boy, every post you do with Craigslist
will require you to enter the CAPTCHA code. (The Deluxe
version is HIGHLY recommended if you want to skip
entering the CAPTCHA code and potentially be able
to run your Craigslist posting system 24/7)
IP Green - disconnects you from the Internet after a
certain number of posts have been made. It will reconnect
you back to the Internet with a new IP address. Craigslist
is known to ghost ads when more than 3 posts were done
using the same IP address. I tested the trial version and it
works great with Easy Ad Poster. One license costs $197,
3 costs $247, and 5 costs $297.
PostMore24 - turns your machine into a 24/7/365 posting
machine. Set up your campaigns, determine where and
when you want to post, do more valuable things like following
up with prospects.
When you have this as part of your Craigslist advertising
arsenal, you'll start seeing those leads come in.
As of April 1, 2008, I have the Sprint Data Card, the Auto
Account Creator, and the Easy Ad Poster Standard Edition.
I'm planning to upgrade to the Easy Ad Poster Deluxe edition
(a pain in the ass to enter those CAPTCHA codes when I
post on Craigslist) and get a 3-user license of IP Green.
Once I have this in my system, I can leave the computer
unattended when I do my posting on Craigslist.
Dominate Craigslist With The Auto Account Creator,
The Easy Ad Creator, and IP Green
If you're launching a campaign to advertise your
products and services on Craigslist, you cannot afford
not to have these as part of your arsenal.
Tired Of Creating Email Accounts And Its Corresponding Craigslist
Accounts Consuming Your Valuable Time Knowing That You Will
Need Several GMail And Its Associated Craigslist Accounts To Make
Sure Your Accounts Will Stick?
The Auto Account Creator will make your life easier
when creating these accounts.
Watch the video below so you can see for yourself how
powerful is this program and how it can help you
streamline your advertising on Craigslist.
You can always do this manually, but why bother
doing it if this can help you take the guesswork out
of creating Gmail and its corresponding Craigslist
accounts.
However, there's more to this. You will need a Sprint
Data Card. I believe you can still get the Sierra Wireless
Air Card 595U, like the one I have because you're going
to need it if you want to change your IP Address and
create more than 5 gmail and its associated craigslist
accounts. I pay $59.95 a month. You can also use DSL,
Dial-up, or any other Data Card, but you can't use
your cable modem to do this campaign because IP
addresses are not easily changed, unlike what I've
already mentioned.
It will at least improve your business process much better
by not having to create it manually.
However, that's not all. You will also need the following:
Easy Ad Poster - I currently use the Standard Edition
(costs $97), but boy, every post you do with Craigslist
will require you to enter the CAPTCHA code. (The Deluxe
version is HIGHLY recommended if you want to skip
entering the CAPTCHA code and potentially be able
to run your Craigslist posting system 24/7)
IP Green - disconnects you from the Internet after a
certain number of posts have been made. It will reconnect
you back to the Internet with a new IP address. Craigslist
is known to ghost ads when more than 3 posts were done
using the same IP address. I tested the trial version and it
works great with Easy Ad Poster. One license costs $197,
3 costs $247, and 5 costs $297.
PostMore24 - turns your machine into a 24/7/365 posting
machine. Set up your campaigns, determine where and
when you want to post, do more valuable things like following
up with prospects.
When you have this as part of your Craigslist advertising
arsenal, you'll start seeing those leads come in.
As of April 1, 2008, I have the Sprint Data Card, the Auto
Account Creator, and the Easy Ad Poster Standard Edition.
I'm planning to upgrade to the Easy Ad Poster Deluxe edition
(a pain in the ass to enter those CAPTCHA codes when I
post on Craigslist) and get a 3-user license of IP Green.
Once I have this in my system, I can leave the computer
unattended when I do my posting on Craigslist.
Dominate Craigslist With The Auto Account Creator,
The Easy Ad Creator, and IP Green
If you're launching a campaign to advertise your
products and services on Craigslist, you cannot afford
not to have these as part of your arsenal.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Are You Posting On Craigslist Regularly?
As you all know, I post a lot of ads on Craigslist for my business and needed to use several email addresses and Craigslist accounts to make sure that those ads will stick. However the bad part is creating email addresses with gmail or yahoo and Craigslist accounts take time. Well with this program called Auto Account Creator, you can create gmail or yahoo and its corresponding Craigslist accounts in a snap. Due to the timing requirements required by Craigslist to make sure that they think I'm not using any automated software, I give it about 8-10 minutes to create the accounts.
However, before you consider purchasing this program, you should already know how to do the following manually:
Watch a video below on how you can witness the power of this program:
Now you see how easy that thing works. However, make sure you have the following already in place or you won't be able to get it running:
Now that I mentioned this term called IP Address, what you need to know is that this is an address assigned by your internet service provider that may be configured automatically by your firewall/router device. This address is logged by Craigslist whenever you visit their site. However, Craigslist lets you post up to a certain amount per 48 hours, like up to 4 per email per IP Address. If you can change the IP Address assigned to your router, you would be able to post an additional 4 ads on Craigslist. However, the changing of the IP Address can only work if you have the following:
Now that you read about the ability to automate the task of creating Gmail/Craigslist accounts. On my next blog post, I'll discuss how to automate the posting of your ads on Craigslist using the Easy Ad Poster and IP Green.
Till next time...
If you want to learn more about posting your ads on Craigslist, I recommend you go to Craigslist Masters (not affiliated with Craigslist). Click here if you're one of the frustrated Craigslist posters and want to learn the secrets of dealing with this beast.
However, before you consider purchasing this program, you should already know how to do the following manually:
- Create a Gmail account manually and make sure it's forwarded to the email address of your choosing.
- Create a Craigslist account and tie that Gmail email address to your account by verifying that you created that account.
Watch a video below on how you can witness the power of this program:
Now you see how easy that thing works. However, make sure you have the following already in place or you won't be able to get it running:
- Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or better Installed
- Microsoft Dot.NET Framework Version 3.5 - the Auto Account Creator program relies on the guts of the dot.NET framework version 3.5 to work, so you need to have this installed or some features won't run.
- Internet Explorer 7 - For some reason, the Auto Account Creator (AAC) program won't run on IE6. You will wind up with the "Action Canceled" message when you run the AAC program once you click on the "Create Accounts" button. When I upgraded to IE7, it finally worked after going through the hoops.
Now that I mentioned this term called IP Address, what you need to know is that this is an address assigned by your internet service provider that may be configured automatically by your firewall/router device. This address is logged by Craigslist whenever you visit their site. However, Craigslist lets you post up to a certain amount per 48 hours, like up to 4 per email per IP Address. If you can change the IP Address assigned to your router, you would be able to post an additional 4 ads on Craigslist. However, the changing of the IP Address can only work if you have the following:
- Dial-Up - A little slow, but every time you disconnect and reconnect, you get a new IP Address assigned to you.
- DSL - Faster than dial-up, uses the same phone line as your land line, but you may have to manually switch the power of your DSL device, the sure thing to disconnect from the Internet, wait 10 seconds, then turn the power back on. It works the same way as dial-up in terms of disconnecting and reconnecting. You get a new IP address assigned to your computer.
- Sprint 595U Data Card - I just recently subscribed to this service. Got the datacard for free, plug it in my usb port, install the software on my laptop that comes with it, and I can disconnect and resconnect any time and would get a new IP Address assigned to my computer when I do that. In addition, I can bring my laptop anywhere I want to be. The software works for both the mac os x and the pc.
Now that you read about the ability to automate the task of creating Gmail/Craigslist accounts. On my next blog post, I'll discuss how to automate the posting of your ads on Craigslist using the Easy Ad Poster and IP Green.
Till next time...
If you want to learn more about posting your ads on Craigslist, I recommend you go to Craigslist Masters (not affiliated with Craigslist). Click here if you're one of the frustrated Craigslist posters and want to learn the secrets of dealing with this beast.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Recruiting Through Craigslist
If you're recruiting people to join your downline on craigslist, don't be surprised if your ad doesn't show up. if it did, don't be surprised if it got flagged and deleted. That's because the jobs section is meant for those who are seeking to work for someone else, like a 9-6 job where they commute 2 hours every day back and forth, back and forth, and you know how that goes.
My suggestion is set up an account with craigslist, using an gmail account. However, make sure you have one account per day, so for example if you're going to post on Monday, you set up an account for Monday, like and userid with a Monday on it. Using that account, post your ads on the small biz section. optimize it for a keyword, like "work at home mom" or something like that. Put it in a city like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City, where the ads expire in seven days. Withing 24-48 hours, Google reindexes its search ending and gives time sensitive ads, like craigslist ads a higher ranking. When that ad expires, log back to the account, repost it and the ad will continue to show.
As long as you're consistent, you'll never know what will turn up.
I won't guarantee conversions to signups right away, but if someone Googles "work at home mom", your ad may come up.
Continue your recruiting on the jobs section and the IP address of your computer may be logged and banned by Craigslist.
Sidney
My suggestion is set up an account with craigslist, using an gmail account. However, make sure you have one account per day, so for example if you're going to post on Monday, you set up an account for Monday, like and userid with a Monday on it. Using that account, post your ads on the small biz section. optimize it for a keyword, like "work at home mom" or something like that. Put it in a city like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City, where the ads expire in seven days. Withing 24-48 hours, Google reindexes its search ending and gives time sensitive ads, like craigslist ads a higher ranking. When that ad expires, log back to the account, repost it and the ad will continue to show.
As long as you're consistent, you'll never know what will turn up.
I won't guarantee conversions to signups right away, but if someone Googles "work at home mom", your ad may come up.
Continue your recruiting on the jobs section and the IP address of your computer may be logged and banned by Craigslist.
Sidney
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