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Old 10-08-2008, 11:08 AM   #1
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Does anyone sell off of craigs list?
I see a lot of ads for life, health, and auto under different sections, but always wondered if it brought in good leads or if it was a complete waste of time.
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Old 10-08-2008, 12:10 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by lifesettlementadvisor View Post
Does anyone sell off of craigs list?
I see a lot of ads for life, health, and auto under different sections, but always wondered if it brought in good leads or if it was a complete waste of time.

I will try anything that is free. I'm going to try it soon. What could it hurt. I would like to know if anyone else is making sales from it.
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Old 10-08-2008, 12:50 PM   #3
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Free is not always free.
You need to value your time, my guess is if you get calls, they will not be that productive, eating up your time for more serious business.

I haven't done it, be interesting to see what comes out of it.

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Old 10-10-2008, 09:25 AM   #4
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I've found that the deal with Craigslist, is that you can use it to your advantage, and the people who typically respond, are smarter than the average "Joe six-pack," but it's sort of like doing business on shifting sands. Also a major time commitment, because, it like every other type of marketing requires, persistency.
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Old 10-10-2008, 09:45 AM   #5
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I've done it. That being posted Ads. No response. I've only done it sporadically, though. You may need to post as often as possible because your ad quickly gets moved down the list to the point where it will be on the second page and most people probably don't go that far.
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Old 10-10-2008, 09:52 AM   #6
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I have also done it. You have to redo the ads every so often. I got a few feelers, but that's all.

Oh...that's right. We sold one of the kid's bikes to a prospect.

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Old 10-10-2008, 09:57 AM   #7
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I have done it and had no success with it.

I did have a member of PETA call me and tell what a terrible person I was to use craigs list because peta thinks craigs list supports poor treatment of animals.
Ya ever try to talk to these kinds of people? They are crazier that a sh*t house rat!
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Originally Posted by ABC View Post
I have done it and had no success with it.

I did have a member of PETA call me and tell what a terrible person I was to use craigs list because peta thinks craigs list supports poor treatment of animals.
Ya ever try to talk to these kinds of people? They are crazier that a sh*t house rat!
Never met a sh*t house rat, but I'll take your word for it. Be careful you might be arrested for hate speech towards rats.
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Old 10-10-2008, 10:50 AM   #9
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Never met a sh*t house rat, but I'll take your word for it. Be careful you might be arrested for hate speech towards rats.
LOL you make a very valid point
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Old 10-10-2008, 04:26 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by CHUMPS FROM OXFORD View Post
I have also done it. You have to redo the ads every so often. I got a few feelers, but that's all.

Oh...that's right. We sold one of the kid's bikes to a prospect.

I'm Chumps From Oxford and I approved this post.

Hmmmmmm. A few "feelers".

You must be hanging out in the wrong section of CL...
I believe that you must be in the exotic section getting those feels... Shame, shame.
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Hysterical!!!!

Originally Posted by SportsNut View Post
Hmmmmmm. A few "feelers".

You must be hanging out in the wrong section of CL...
I believe that you must be in the exotic section getting those feels... Shame, shame.

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Old 10-10-2008, 06:08 PM   #12
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I have thought about it many times, but i specialize in commercial so i dont know how i would market that
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Old 10-13-2008, 08:05 PM   #13
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Perhaps the best way to Craigslist market is to reverse market to everyone posting... these are, we can presume, self-employeds in need of benefits and expert consultations.
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Old 10-14-2008, 08:24 PM   #14
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I've seen the occasional Craig's List ad show up in the search engine results pages. They probably help a little with SEO if you link from the ad to your site. However, since the ad is removed after a week or so, it may not be worth the effort.
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Old 10-15-2008, 09:30 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Alston View Post
I've seen the occasional Craig's List ad show up in the search engine results pages. They probably help a little with SEO if you link from the ad to your site. However, since the ad is removed after a week or so, it may not be worth the effort.

Ads are left up for 45 days
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I've seen the Pajama man post in cl financial services.
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Old 10-15-2008, 01:44 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by padthaiforlunch View Post
I've seen the Pajama man post in cl financial services.

I've seen that too.
What is the deal with pajama man? is it a legit company?
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Old 10-28-2008, 04:10 PM   #18
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I get several calls from craigslist... yellow pages, direct mail, multi-level marketing, etc.

Waste of time so far!
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