Eight Tips and Tricks to Promote Your Website on Craigslist

Many new Internet marketers are unaware of the power of Craigslist. They may have used Craigslist for personals, job search and forum postings but there are a unique way to gain massive traffic from the proper use of Craigslist. There are specific ways to post on Craigslist to avoid problems.

Here are a few tips and tricks for effective posts that will bring you massive amounts of targeted Internet traffic to get your website growing.

I would start by paying close attention to your keywords and longtail keywords. You should begin to create a series of ads based on reviewing examples in your appropriate heading. Create at least five or six ads that include different keywords and headlines.

1.) You'll want to start with at least four or five email addresses to create four or five Craigslist accounts. The reason for this is to avoid the appearance of spamming. We want to stay within the guidelines posted by Craigslist and we also want to post around ten ads a day on any one email address.

2.) Establish a spreadsheet with your Craigslist accounts and passwords. You also want to include your headlines for your ads in that spreadsheet and keep yourself organized. If you're good at working in spreadsheets, you can even include the ads in the notes section.

3.) Use a web proxy services to surf on Craigslist because the website checks your IP address when make a post. This is another feature to avoid when creating ads for Craigslist. You're not doing anything wrong; you are simply avoiding the appearance of impropriety.

4.) Establish your ad posting schedule. Set up your ads, your Craigslist accounts, and post to the website at least five times a day with each separate account. You'll be posting about 25 times a day. You can do more, but start out with one account and pass your posting through your web based proxy to ensure anonymity. Do not post more than 10 times a day with a single account.

5.) Start posting a few ads after you have studied the market you are in and test carefully. Your headlines must be eye catching. Add urgency and interest generating copy to your headline. You only have a few seconds to grab their attention. Study classifieds to find the headlines that impact you the most.

6.) Keep your ads simple and clean. Add only one link to your ad and send the prospect to a page that will allow them to get more information or sign up for your offer. Include only one picture in your ad. Remember; you are keeping it simple. End your ad with a call to action.

7.) Localize your ads to make them more appealing. That will also avoid the prospect of cross posting. You will want to give your reader a feeling of familiarity and put the Craigslist administrators at ease.

8.) Continually check the website's rules and regulations for changes in policy. This will keep you out of trouble and give you years of free traffic to your websites.