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happygal
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# Posted: 27 Jul 2009 14:16
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I frequently see many of you posting that Craigslist is a good way to get traffic to your site. However, I am wondering who are the do's and don'ts you have discovered in terms of "what is okay" and what will get you flagged.
I have no interest in spamming Craigslist, but if there are smart, legitimate ways to utilize it as a tool, I'd love to hear them.
thanks!
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getagrip
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# Posted: 27 Jul 2009 17:30
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I'd say if you are promoting anything affiliate related, you will most likely get flagged for spam...even if you don't consider yourself a spammer.
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# Posted: 28 Jul 2009 08:02
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Hi HappyGal,
Last time we moved and put up our stainless steel Kitchenaid appliances up for sale on CraigsList, they allowed it and we sold all of them that very night.
A few people put up some tips in this forum on how to do it for home biz and affiliate sites. They said to put it in a certain section and to avoid certain headlines. I did that to a "T" but still got flagged.
I even did it on the same account that I sold my Kitchenaid stuff on figuring they'd see it as "legit". Nope, no help at all.
If you figure out a clever way to do it in this day and age, please let us know. I'm sure that a lot of us would love to try it.
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mountainmom5
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# Posted: 28 Jul 2009 10:08
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I use it a lot for my furniture and I do get flagged at times with no rhyme or reason. There is a category for 'furniture dealers' under the for sale section and I think, this is just my opinion, but I really wonder if there are folks out there that think they are the Craigslist cops and flag stuff.
For affiliate stuff, I have never had much success but I have used a variety of categories, such as the community section and every so often I go in there and post a small ad for my survival site.
One thing I have learned to NOT DO - and that is to post more than a few ads a day... that gets their attention rather quickly in a not so good way.
I have gotten flagged for most everything I have posted at some point or other...you know me - lol... so I guess you can get flagged quite a bit without losing your account.
But for the most part, I think Craigslist readers are looking for 'deals' more than anything so it just depends on what you are marketing, I think.
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Barb Thornback
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# Posted: 30 Jul 2009 14:21
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I have a quite a few ads on Craigslist. Most in the Small Biz, Financial Services and Free stuff sections.
I have had some flagged and deleted but most have stayed put.
I only ever put 3 ads on one day.
Barb
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happygal
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2009 14:51 · Edited by: happygal
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Barb, where do you drive your traffic to? Your web site? Do you see good traffic from craigslist to make it worth the time?
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