subject: More Website And Traffic And More Sales With Craigs List [print this page] It's kind of funny how some people keep saying that everything works on certain websites. They tote it like it is the cure to everyone's problems and everyone can be successful with it.
The truth is that things aren't always what people make them out to be. Things aren't always so great. Sure, they are great for the informed and the people in the know, but the problem is that most people who try to market with Craigslist aren't in the know. In fact, the vast majority of people that try to market on Craigslist, don't really have a clue.
I just tried to leave an ad on Craigslist about a free e-book that I had for making money online. The only catch was that they had to sign up for my mailing list.
I thought that this might work out pretty well. I left the ad in the small business ad section and I wasn't even selling anything. I didn't have my ad deleted or ghosted, like a lot of Craigslist posters have happen, but it didn't amount to anything.
I posted in the most popular city and my ad dropped so fast that I didn't even get a single person to sign up for my list, even though it was free. It was just a matter of minutes and my ad had dropped so far that it wasn't hardly getting seen.
If you plan on making money on Craigslist, you better do this. The first way is the old fashion way and that is to sell some product on Craigslist. It is to use Craigslist as a way to sell any product that you have to sell.
The second way is to sell an online service on Craigslist. You can sell off-line services on Craigslist, but most people don't care to do that. Find someone to do an online service for cheap and sell that package to someone on Craigslist.
Find out what the demand is for a service. Go to the site and see what people are asking for. See what they are charging. Find a place to outsource that service for a cheaper amount and you have the service provided for them.
It's the tactic that I call arbitrage. I use it on eBay and I use it on Craigslist. I just buy a product or a service and turn around and sell it for a profit. It is that simple. You do have to do research, but once you find a winning formula, it is pretty hard to go wrong.
