Craigslist is one of the highest traffic sites in this world.
Craigslist is a gigantic list of
Classified Advertisements, very similar to the ones you see in the back of many newspapers.
So why is Craig’s List a good
marketing tool? Well, craigslist is often rankedwithin the top 50 websites on the entire
internet. They receive an insane amountof page views every single month, and a
large percentage of visitors on thewebsite are both very targeted and eager
to purchase.
The single most important thing about
craigslist is that almost everything is ENTIRELY free. That’s right, free! It
costs nothing to create an account, nothing to post your ads (with the rare
exception of a few categories in very populated cities), and you can post using
full html. This means that not only can you use craigslist for simple text
links, but you can also embed your own
affiliate links into banner pictures.
So here is a
sample way that I use craigslist to net me profits overnight. First off, you’ll
need to
sign up for a few Pay per Lead affiliate networks. Here are a couple I
like to use (several require your own website).
www.clickbooth.com
NEVER, EVER USE CLIXGALORE.COM. I
recently lost over $1400 in due affiliate commissions.
www.cj.com (this one is very popular)
www.directleads.com
www.cpaempire.com
www.azoogle.com
First, sign
up for several of these websites, and find a program with a nice payout, and
see what the terms of payment are. Sometimes you’ll only need a customer to
sign up for a free trial, but sometimes that trial will require a credit card
to start. You’ll find that the less your customer has to do, the more
money you’ll make. For example, many banks, mortgage and insurance companies will
often pay more than $7 per lead, but that lead will often have to apply for a
loan, or an in depth mortgage consolidation.
Now that you
have found your target program, you’ll need to go to craigslist and sign up for
an account. (you don’t need an account, but I found my ads go live much faster,
and it’s easier for other people to contact you) Once you have logged in, you
can navigate the website, and browse the cities.
Now you need
to
determine where to place your ad. Click my account on the left,and you’ll
notice a drop down menu on the top right on the next page. Simplyscroll to a
popular city and see what your options are.You might be
wondering what cities and areas get the most traffic. According toAlexa.com (a
website traffic ranking company), the most visited cities can befound here:
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=craigslist.com&url=craigslist
.com/
Now that you
have chosen a popular posting area, let’s see what the options are.
From here,
determine what category is the most proper for your product. In
many
categories, you are not allowed to post a direct link somewhere. However,
there isn’t
as much stipulation when it comes to posting pictures. Rather than
write out an
entire sales letter promoting your product and posting your link only
to have it
removed within a few hours, try using HTML with the picture, so you
may insert
your affiliate code. Remember, craigslist can’t read what’s on your picture, so
you can get away with a little more.
That’s it!
Now simply sit back and wait for the money to start flowing in.
Craigslist is
the same as anything else, you need to determine what product will work best
where, determine your market. Many of the customers on craigslist are looking for
deals and steals, and sometimes even freebies. The customer base isn’t always
willing to shell out direct money, so the free Pay Per Lead route works very
nicely.
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