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Will You Add? - Niche Marketing To Craigs List
February 2nd, at approximately 7:30 a.m. local time on Gobbler’s Knob in a small town in western Pennsylvania, 20,000 people and a national radio and television audience anxiously await the prognostication of America’s favorite furry forecaster. In a tradition dating back 119 years, Punxsutawney Phil emerges from hibernation…and if he sees his shadow, it’s back into the burrow for six more weeks of cold weather.The celebration of Groundhog Day in America and Canada has its roots in the ancient Roman Feast of Lights and the early Christian tradition of Candlemas Day. However, it took a giant leap in popularity - as did Punxsutawney Phil and the entire town - with the 1993 release of the popular Bill Murray-Andie McDowell movie.In the film, Murray plays a cynical weatherman - appropriately nam
Craig’s list is operational in hundreds of cities all over the world now. This gives the opportunity to put free ads in front of thousands and thousands of people every day, focused and targeted toward your niche. However, who has the time to post hundreds of advertisements? I certainly do not. And, one thing about the Craig's list niche marketing strategy - you must post a lot of ads and rotate them regularly.
This is not easy as Craig’s list has duplication flag that will not allow you to post the same message in more than one location or at one time. So, the way around this is to write several different ads. Just change the wording; it is simple. Yet, it takes time. You only have to do it once. It is time well spent.
What I do is write several different ads/postings for different categories.
For example: I have “Free Stuff" Ads for the Community and other non-sales areas. I have several free reports and several e-mail newsletters. So, I have four or five different v
Telecom companies have flooded the junk box and other means with their campaigns and commercials, thus making every offer look even more lucrative than the last one. Innovation and creativity seems to rule the flow. Every other promotional campaign has a new outlook promoted by various stars. However, in the entire bargain, it is extremely difficult for the end consumers to analyze the offerings of different telecom equipments, especially for small businesses whose entire operations rely on these communication channels. These expensive equipments insist diligent check before making the purchase, as ignorant decisions might create endless problems. Even a minor trouble can lead to huge losses. An hour’s delay on part of these carriers can result in bad deals. Telecom equipments have taken up such an import
In this article I will share with you general approaches for one of the most viable free traffic sources on the Internet: Craig's List.
The big "Internet gurus" are just finally getting around to noticing this incredible source of free traffic. Yes, Craig’s list is a Goldmine of marketing opportunities awaiting you if approached correctly. If approached blindly however, you can waste a lot of time and not see any reward.
I live in San Francisco. As such, I have seen Craig’s List grow from a very small list into a worldwide phenomena. In fact, I have spoken with Craig many times (yes there is a real guy named Craig). To some people the Craig’s List web site might look a little complicated. Do this right now, open up another browser window and I will walk you through a few areas of the web site, highlighting the potential free niche marketing options.
* Community *
In the upper left-hand corner is this box. Listed as subheadings are “activities”, “artists”, “general”, “pets”, and others.
The “General” category is an excellent place for any kind of free report or other free promotional activity. Really, anything goes in this category. Having said that, you do not want to post anything in here that mentions a fee or even has prominently displayed fee based services on your landing page. If you do, it will likely get flagged, quickly.
However you can market your free newsletters, free reports, free tele-classes. If you have a niche product that corresponds to one of the subheadings, all the better. For instance if you are promoting a book on dog training, the “ pets” category here could be a gold mine.
* Personals *
You may think "personals" is a total waste of time unless you are looking for a date, however, the “missed connections”, “rants and raves” and “miscellaneous romance” could be a viable place for marketing a free newsletter or free products or relationship tools or similar things. Again, be careful with fee-based products. The Craig’s list community will flag them very quickly.
* Discussion forums *
It speaks for itself. In general, these are focused discussions on an array of topics. Currently there are 72 discussion forums active. The discussions are worldwide, existing on every Craig’s list. Personally, I have not spent much time here, but I bet you could have great success if you found an appropriate niche. These are real-time discussions. (Hmm, I have to try this myself)
* For Sale *
Yes, For Sale. How have you overlooked this before? These are free classified ads going out to thousands and thousands of people interested in what you are selling in every major city in the world. These are focused niche categories. There are many ways to promote products. For instance, there is a “computer” category. Presumably, those that click on this category will be looking to buy a computer or computer related products. What if you wrote an e-book on how to maintain your computer? Sell it here. “Registry Cleaner Affiliate”, sell it here. There are categories like “sports”, “ musical instruments”, “motorcycles”, “general”. Check this out. It is a real goldmine. I still promote FREE stuff here, with the “For Sale” items at the landing page.
* Services *
“Services” is where independent businesses can place free ads. Niches include, “financial”, “legal”, “therapeutic”. This is also a category where you can flat out promote your services. And it is all free.
How to Leverage the Power of Craig’s List.
Craig’s list is operational in hundreds of cities all over the world now. This gives the opportunity to put free ads in front of thousands and thousands of people every day, focused and targeted toward your niche. However, who has the time to post hundreds of advertisements? I certainly do not. And, one thing about the Craig's list niche marketing strategy - you must post a lot of ads and rotate them regularly.
This is not easy as Craig’s list has duplication flag that will not allow you to post the same message in more than one location or at one time. So, the way around this is to write several different ads. Just change the wording; it is simple. Yet, it takes time. You only have to do it once. It is time well spent.
What I do is write several different ads/postings for different categories.
For example: I have “Free Stuff" Ads for the Community and other non-sales areas. I have several free reports and several e-mail newsletters. So, I have four or five different ve
Are you considering selling your product, or any product on line? There are many ways you can get an e-commerce store off the ground. This can be more of a dilemma than you think. This series of articles will help you decide which method is best for you.The are three basic methods to getting started in e-commerce.1. Using an All-In-One method (This will be discussed in part one of this series of articles) 2. Hiring a website developer and webmaster to install, modify and run your e-commerce store (Which is what we will discuss in this article) 3. Doing it yourself (This will be discussed in part three of this series of articles)While there are many more methods for starting an e-commerce store these are the three basic solutions. You can also combine some of these to suit y
* Community *
In the upper left-hand corner is this box. Listed as subheadings are “activities”, “artists”, “general”, “pets”, and others.
The “General” category is an excellent place for any kind of free report or other free promotional activity. Really, anything goes in this category. Having said that, you do not want to post anything in here that mentions a fee or even has prominently displayed fee based services on your landing page. If you do, it will likely get flagged, quickly.
However you can market your free newsletters, free reports, free tele-classes. If you have a niche product that corresponds to one of the subheadings, all the better. For instance if you are promoting a book on dog training, the “ pets” category here could be a gold mine.
* Personals *
You may think "personals" is a total waste of time unless you are looking for a date, however, the “missed connections”, “rants and raves” and “miscellaneous romance” could be a viable place for marketing a free newsletter or free products or relationship tools or similar things. Again, be careful with fee-based products. The Craig’s list community will flag them very quickly.
* Discussion forums *
It speaks for itself. In general, these are focused discussions on an array of topics. Currently there are 72 discussion forums active. The discussions are worldwide, existing on every Craig’s list. Personally, I have not spent much time here, but I bet you could have great success if you found an appropriate niche. These are real-time discussions. (Hmm, I have to try this myself)
* For Sale *
Yes, For Sale. How have you overlooked this before? These are free classified ads going out to thousands and thousands of people interested in what you are selling in every major city in the world. These are focused niche categories. There are many ways to promote products. For instance, there is a “computer” category. Presumably, those that click on this category will be looking to buy a computer or computer related products. What if you wrote an e-book on how to maintain your computer? Sell it here. “Registry Cleaner Affiliate”, sell it here. There are categories like “sports”, “ musical instruments”, “motorcycles”, “general”. Check this out. It is a real goldmine. I still promote FREE stuff here, with the “For Sale” items at the landing page.
* Services *
“Services” is where independent businesses can place free ads. Niches include, “financial”, “legal”, “therapeutic”. This is also a category where you can flat out promote your services. And it is all free.
How to Leverage the Power of Craig’s List.
Craig’s list is operational in hundreds of cities all over the world now. This gives the opportunity to put free ads in front of thousands and thousands of people every day, focused and targeted toward your niche. However, who has the time to post hundreds of advertisements? I certainly do not. And, one thing about the Craig's list niche marketing strategy - you must post a lot of ads and rotate them regularly.
This is not easy as Craig’s list has duplication flag that will not allow you to post the same message in more than one location or at one time. So, the way around this is to write several different ads. Just change the wording; it is simple. Yet, it takes time. You only have to do it once. It is time well spent.
What I do is write several different ads/postings for different categories.
For example: I have “Free Stuff" Ads for the Community and other non-sales areas. I have several free reports and several e-mail newsletters. So, I have four or five different v
If you have a product oriented business, the Internet offers a unique ability to reach a broad audience. With new technology, it is easy to build your own e-commerce store.E-commerce StoreToday's world is an E-commerce (electronic commerce or e-com) world. E-commerce, clearly termed as web commerce, basically means selling of merchandise or services over the Internet with electronic transactions and also through a secure network. E-com is not merely buying and selling or providing services but it is also a method of advertising and marketing through an electronic system as well. E-com also means facilitating the progress of commercial transactions electronically. Right now e-com is a well-established technology in all major countries. In most cases Internet marketing requires you to have you
* Personals *
You may think "personals" is a total waste of time unless you are looking for a date, however, the “missed connections”, “rants and raves” and “miscellaneous romance” could be a viable place for marketing a free newsletter or free products or relationship tools or similar things. Again, be careful with fee-based products. The Craig’s list community will flag them very quickly.
* Discussion forums *
It speaks for itself. In general, these are focused discussions on an array of topics. Currently there are 72 discussion forums active. The discussions are worldwide, existing on every Craig’s list. Personally, I have not spent much time here, but I bet you could have great success if you found an appropriate niche. These are real-time discussions. (Hmm, I have to try this myself)
* For Sale *
Yes, For Sale. How have you overlooked this before? These are free classified ads going out to thousands and thousands of people interested in what you are selling in every major city in the world. These are focused niche categories. There are many ways to promote products. For instance, there is a “computer” category. Presumably, those that click on this category will be looking to buy a computer or computer related products. What if you wrote an e-book on how to maintain your computer? Sell it here. “Registry Cleaner Affiliate”, sell it here. There are categories like “sports”, “ musical instruments”, “motorcycles”, “general”. Check this out. It is a real goldmine. I still promote FREE stuff here, with the “For Sale” items at the landing page.
* Services *
“Services” is where independent businesses can place free ads. Niches include, “financial”, “legal”, “therapeutic”. This is also a category where you can flat out promote your services. And it is all free.
How to Leverage the Power of Craig’s List.
Craig’s list is operational in hundreds of cities all over the world now. This gives the opportunity to put free ads in front of thousands and thousands of people every day, focused and targeted toward your niche. However, who has the time to post hundreds of advertisements? I certainly do not. And, one thing about the Craig's list niche marketing strategy - you must post a lot of ads and rotate them regularly.
This is not easy as Craig’s list has duplication flag that will not allow you to post the same message in more than one location or at one time. So, the way around this is to write several different ads. Just change the wording; it is simple. Yet, it takes time. You only have to do it once. It is time well spent.
What I do is write several different ads/postings for different categories.
For example: I have “Free Stuff" Ads for the Community and other non-sales areas. I have several free reports and several e-mail newsletters. So, I have four or five different v
All of us are busy working in a particular area to earn our living. Some of us are business persons and some are employed. Some are engineers, others doctors, carpenters and so on. We have painters, architects, firemen and all types of professionals.The question is - Why did you choose a particular profession? Were you tested scientifically in our childhood about your aptitude, or whether it was your family profession, or you wanted to become one because you had fancy for that, or you had nothing else to chose so you chose your current profession?Along the way in life, we stop asking these questions and continue doing what we are doing. We never think about why we are doing a particular kind of job. We never look around for total change in the job. For example - an engineer would very rarely
* Services *
“Services” is where independent businesses can place free ads. Niches include, “financial”, “legal”, “therapeutic”. This is also a category where you can flat out promote your services. And it is all free.
How to Leverage the Power of Craig’s List.
Craig’s list is operational in hundreds of cities all over the world now. This gives the opportunity to put free ads in front of thousands and thousands of people every day, focused and targeted toward your niche. However, who has the time to post hundreds of advertisements? I certainly do not. And, one thing about the Craig's list niche marketing strategy - you must post a lot of ads and rotate them regularly.
This is not easy as Craig’s list has duplication flag that will not allow you to post the same message in more than one location or at one time. So, the way around this is to write several different ads. Just change the wording; it is simple. Yet, it takes time. You only have to do it once. It is time well spent.
What I do is write several different ads/postings for different categories.
For example: I have “Free Stuff" Ads for the Community and other non-sales areas. I have several free reports and several e-mail newsletters. So, I have four or five different v
If you look in the right places their are a lot around and are often just as the more expensive versions. There are some down sides to the cheap car auctions. Some do not have the best verity and the quality may not be as high as some but they are still worth a very close look if you are in the market for a cheap car auction.ProsThe best thing about cheap car auctions are that because the out lay is so low to begin with if they don't have what you are looking for you can move on with out losing too much money. Other then the stat up cost there are also great option with cheap car auctions that you might not find with some of the other more expansive options. Such as the selection will be higher because people will always go to the auctions that has the highest customer base and because of th
Craig’s list is operational in hundreds of cities all over the world now. This gives the opportunity to put free ads in front of thousands and thousands of people every day, focused and targeted toward your niche. However, who has the time to post hundreds of advertisements? I certainly do not. And, one thing about the Craig's list niche marketing strategy - you must post a lot of ads and rotate them regularly.
This is not easy as Craig’s list has duplication flag that will not allow you to post the same message in more than one location or at one time. So, the way around this is to write several different ads. Just change the wording; it is simple. Yet, it takes time. You only have to do it once. It is time well spent.
What I do is write several different ads/postings for different categories.
For example: I have “Free Stuff" Ads for the Community and other non-sales areas. I have several free reports and several e-mail newsletters. So, I have four or five different versions of each “Free Stuff” Ad.
I have “Paid Products and Services" Ads For the Sale and Services Sections. I also have four or five different versions of several paid products that I list in the “For Sale” and “Services” section. Part of my business is in the therapeutic section.
Every day I have at least 15 to 20 Craig's list ads targeting specific niches. I generally post in the most populated and active communities. I rotate the ads so as to not set off the duplicate content filters.
Niche Marketing to Craig's list can be very profitable if it is done correctly. It can also be very time-consuming. It is the type of job you should outsource. Also it takes a while to know exactly how to approach each of these different subgenres.
As someone who has grown up in the Craig's list community, I have seen the ins and outs of of it for years (since 1997 to be precise) and realize its quirky nature. All of this effort will do no good if your postings get flagged by the community or if your delivery and approach is wrong. You have to be ever vigilant of both when and where to post sales ads and free stuff. You must have specific strategies relative to landing pages. You must have a certain conversational nature to your advances, etc.
Niche marketing to Craig's list can be an absolute gold mine if done correctly. If done incorrectly, you can waste a lot of time and not see any results.
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