You have gone through the trouble of posting an ad or many ads to Craigslist.
The pictures are fabulous, there are great keywords in the heading, and you have amazing ad copy. If no one knows about these ads and if no one sees them then all of the effort you have put into them is for not. Here are some thoughts for getting the most publicity for your Craigslist ads.
The first thing you should do is to tell everyone you know about these advertisements. Send an email to everyone on your contact list. Tell all of your close friends and relatives. Make mention of it at all of your kids sporting and school events. Once you have the essential word of mouth and your close contacts informed, you must expand the areas that you promote your ad in.
One place to market your ad is on any business listings that you belong to. You can do this in several ways depending on this list's rules. Add a link to one of your advertisements as part of your email signature. This is one way to not only market to lists, but to promote to everybody you contact as well. If the list allows posting of ads, then for sure place a link to every ad you have. The more exposure your ad receives, the faster your item will sell.
Do not forget about Facebook when looking for the greatest exposure for your Craigslist advertisements. Keep all of the links to your ads updated so that everybody is aware of them. Be sure to let all of your Facebook friends know about your Craigslist ads. This way you can be sure that the work you put into making those ads effective was time well spent.
Do you have an account with any of the other social websites like Digg, Stumble Upon or others like it? If so post a link to your ads. If not, why not open an account create some links. This is a very effective way to get more people to look at your ad. It is very easy to sign up for these accounts and you can link to your ads in just a few minutes. It really is something you must try.
Are you a blogger? Tell everyone at each blog site you visit about your great ads. Include a link to them in your posting where permissible. Nothing can get the word out more rapidly than sending it out to the internet for everyone to see.
Finally, look to see if what you are advertising answers a question that someone has posted to Yahoo Answers. Posting the link to your advertisement in a response to a question might bring you a sale. Even if a sale does not happen, you have a free link to your ad out on Yahoo!
Now you know how to get the greatest publicity for your Craigslist advertisements. Even if you only use one or two of these techniques you are sure to generate a lot more traffic to your items for sale. None of these tactics will cost you a cent. This is really free advertising. Take advantage of it. It only takes just a few minutes of your time.
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