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By: CharityHisle

CharityHisle — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:43:00 +0000

This post was written in 2009! I can’t believe you found it Kristi! LOL

I believe that people over-use craigslist and it has caused craigslist to crack-down on the tools that people use in order to prevent over-posting. I’ve been saying for years that you only need to post once a week. These communities that post multiple times a day are contributing to the problem.

I love vFlyer, BakeExtraCookies, and RentSentinel! I don’t know how much longer craigslist will even be a consideration for marketing. I’m still hoping it goes away!

By: Kristi Dingess

Kristi Dingess — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:31:00 +0000

Nothing like commenting on an old thread, but Craigslist is a battle I fight daily and I am always looking for insight onto how to better utilize it.

I’ve noticed that recently HTML heavy ads are almost always ghosted. Vflyer, postlets and use ads just seem like a waste of time at this point because of the seemingly high risk that it will “ghost”. I have taken a bit of a different approach by using plain text ads with web hyperlinks or an image based ad that links back to our website. (It’s three lines of code at the most)

Using the web links to our site gives me a good chance to get an idea of interest, clicks and key traffic days from our own web analytics.

I do also occasionally use the RentLinx Craigslist posting tool because Rentlinx will show you the number of views an ad has gotten. Best of all, RentLinx is free and allows you to use the actual property phone number, as opposed to a toll free number. However, I go easy with it because I only like one of the three templates offered and it does tend to be heavy on the HTML side.

Just my two cents

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By: Charity

Charity — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:26:01 +0000

Thank you for both linking to this post and for commenting! I believe that Oodle (the Facebook Marketplace) is currently the most viable competitor to craigslist, although I have high hopes for another product still in development. We’ll see how that pans out.

Craigslist is antiquated and controlled by flag-happy craigslist cults and post-crazed spammers. Unfortunately, in the industry I am in, craigslist provides one of the best returns on investment. So, we wait…

Glad to have you sharing here, I hope you’ll come back!

By: Djangelic

Djangelic — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:25:41 +0000

I would love it if google or facebook created a competitor. I doubt it would have the marketshare that craigslist currently enjoys, but I think eventually it would catch up. Here’s hoping!

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How to track your Craigslist views with Google — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:51:56 +0000

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By: Charity

Charity — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:40:47 +0000

Mark,
I really hope you’re right. Thank you so much for commenting!

By: Mark Juleen

Mark Juleen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:13:13 +0000

This is why Craigslist will #fail. It’s just a matter of time before people will move on to something better. Google or Facebook will do something to move everyone away and it could happen any day.