Creztor Tessel asked:
Craigslist, being such a heavily used site, offers a lot of potential. With a vast number of classified sections, there is almost bound to be a place on Craigslist that you can advertise your goods or service. You’ll find an enormous amount of people offering all kinds of services and goods, probably more than you can imagine. But is there anyway to make the most of Craigslist? Are you paying as much attention to your ad as you should? Do you just post an ad and hope that someone will contact you? Putting some thought into your ad headline can greatly improve the effectiveness of your Craigslist ads. Here are some tips to help you get the most from your ads.
One thing you need to keep in mind when posting on Craigslist is that there is a lot of competition. As a result, there may be many other ads just like yours already on Craigslist. With this in mind, you should focus on what you can do to make your ad as unique as possible. If posting in the Small Biz section, using a headline such as “Great Small Business Opportunity” would probably draw very little if any attention from browsers. Your headline really needs to stick out and attract attention. It should create interest and make the user want to click on it to find out more. Don’t reveal everything in your headline. If you reveal too much and give everything away, a person may decide not to click on your headline and instead continue browsing. Therefore, you should focus on creating interest with the goal of making the person want to click on your headline to find out more. A quick example for the Small Biz section would be “How I Fired My Boss & Made Him Work For Me”. You can most likely come up with much better headlines than this, but hopefully this should show you the kind of interest that you should try to create using headlines.
Another way you can improve the effectiveness of your headlines is by using symbols. If you browse through Craigslist you will see that some advertisers are using symbols such as little stars or happy faces in their ad headlines. These are quite easy to use and a quick look through your “start” menu in any Windows based operating system should reveal how to do this. Why are these symbols good to use? Because they stand out. Craigslist users have grown accustomed to the pages upon pages of text while browsing through the different classified sections. As a result, everything begins to look the same, text just looks like plain boring text. However, if you use a symbol, these are vastly different in shape and size to standard text and immediately jump out from the page and draw attention. I wouldn’t overdo the use of these symbols, just one at the start and one at the end. This will greatly improve your chances of drawing in attention and making someone click on your ad to find out more once they have read your interest creating headline.
Craigslist is an enormous site with lots of traffic but one really needs to know what or how to utilize the traffic to its fullest potential. One way you can do this is by making sure your headlines are interest and create interest. Craigslist users are all too used to see thousands upon thousands of ads all selling similar products or services. By making your ad title interesting, there is a good chance they will click on your ad to find out more. Also, through the use of symbols you can make your headline stand out on the page and increase the chance that someone will read your headline and become interested in what you are offering.
Craigslist PVA
Ads, Amp, Boss
Creztor Tessel asked:
st on Craigslist? If you do, then you are aware that there are two main account types. General or un-verified and phone verified accounts. Phone verified Craigslist accounts are special and should not be used like normal accounts. This is something that should always be kept in mind when posting. So, how often can one safely post ads on Craigslist with a verified account?
Craigslist phone verified accounts have specific rules on how they can be used. These rules were introduced by Craigslist to try and enforce their terms of service. If you do not adhere to these verified account rules, you more than likely will find your accounts quickly banned or put on hold by Craigslist. Since a phone number can only be used once to verify an account, it is vital that you follow these rules to avoid having your account and the linked phone number banned forever. The main point to remember when using verified accounts is to not post too often. This may be difficult for some people who are used to posting on Craigslist via email or unverified accounts where there are much less strict rules on how many times you can post an ad. Just how often does Craigslist permit phone verified accounts to post ads? Do not post anymore than one ad every 48 hours to stay within Craigslist rules on verified accounts. If you post more than this there is a good chance that after a while your account will be suspended. If Craigslist detects that you have posted a similar or same ad more than once within a 48 hour timeframe, a warning screen is shown and you are given a warning that you are trying to post a similar ad and should not be doing this. If you do happen to see this warning, immediately stop using that verified account for a few days and switch to posting with other accounts. When using verified accounts to post it is best to use multiple accounts and swap amongst them while posting. Post with one set of accounts on the first day then change to a second set of verified accounts on the second day and finally change back to the first set on the third day. Only on the third day should you post with accounts from group A again. The key point to remember is not to post more than one ad every 48 hours when using Phone Verified Craigslist Accounts.
With a little care, phone verified accounts can be used for many months to post ads on Craigslist with. The main rule is to never post more than 1 ad every 48 hours. Doing this is the first step to avoid having your Craigslist phone verified accounts put on hold and suspended forever.
Craigslist PVA
Account Rules, Few Days, Unverified
Creztor Tessel asked:
Do you have a Sprint wireless card and post on Craigslist? Sprint wireless cards are great tools as they allow you to get a new IP each time you reconnect to the internet. These have been extremely useful tools that have been used by Craigslist marketers for sometime now. However, it recently looks as though Craigslist may have blacklisted or banned Sprint cards from Craigslist. Why would they do this, just how could you determine if your Sprint card has been blacklisted or not and is there anything you can do if you have been affected?
The main reasons Sprint cards were so, or are still so popular is that they allow you to get a new IP each time you redial. Why is this important when posting on Craigslist? Craigslist tracks and logs IP activity, using a dynamic IP service such as the Sprint cards in the past allowed you to get a fresh new IP to post on Craigslist with. Recently though it looks as though Craigslist my have put a network wide block or ban on Sprint cards. If you use a Sprint card the first thing you should do is test to see if this really is the case for you. The best way to troubleshoot if this has happened is to create a new Craigslist account using a fresh new IP and clearing all cookies and cache from your computer. When you have done this go ahead and post some ads on Craigslist, preferably in one of the sections that does not require phone verification. If your ad goes through and does not request you to verify you account before you can post (aka phone verification) then there is very good chance that your Sprint card and the IP range it is on has not been affected. However, if you attempt to post an ad in a section on Craigslist that does not required phone verification (these sections include all of the sections outside of Services) then it would be safe to say that you are one of the unlucky and have been affected. If this is the case, don’t worry. Your Sprint card is still completely useable and you can continue to post ads on Craigslist, the problem is that you will never to use phone verified accounts if you wish to continue using the Sprint card. In this situation you could either get rid of your Sprint card and find another wireless dynamic IP provider that was not blocked or you will need to obtain phone verified accounts. Beyond requiring phone verified accounts before you can continue using your Sprint card, everything else is as normal.
Having a Sprint card blocked on Craigslist is a possibility. The best way to find out if this has happened to you is to post in any of the non-Services sections on Craigslist that don’t require phone verification. If you must verify before you can post then you have been blocked. You can work around this by either just using phone verified accounts or by trying to find another wireless provider with the hope their IP range isn’t already blocked.
Craigslist PVA
Marketers, Sprint Wireless, Wireless Cards
Creztor Tessel asked:
Do you use Craigslist to advertise for your business? Do you post in the services section on Craigslist or any other section that requires a phone verified account? If so, then you should be aware that Craigslist has recently introduced some dramatic changes. Of most concern is a major change that affects phone verified accounts and is sure to be of great impact on anyone who uses phone verified accounts on Craigslist, no matter how big or small.
This recent changed introduced by Craigslist affects phone verified accounts directly, more specifically the creation of phone verified accounts. It used to be that you could verify your Craigslist account using your home or mobile phone and that was that. It was of no importance if you posted an ad on Craigslist straight away or if you waited several days or even weeks before you used it. The important thing was that your account was verified thanks to the use of a phone number. This is no longer the case. Craigslist has introduced a drastic new change that affects how long you can wait to post an ad on Craigslist after you verify it. As already mentioned, there used to be no time limit. However, with the new changes, once you verify an account you must post an ad almost immediately on Craigslist. An ad must be posted on Craigslist to lock the account in verified status. If you do not post an ad on Craigslist shortly after verifying your account, you will find that it reverts back to a non-verified account. What does this mean? It means that you will have to re-verify the account all over again if you wish to post in any sections on Craigslist that require phone verified accounts. It looks as though Craigslist allows an 8 – 10 hour timeframe from when an account is verified to just how long you have to post an ad on Craigslist to lock it in the verified state. If you don’t post an ad within this timeframe, you will receive a second phone call from Craigslist with the verification code. This is more than likely a reminder from Craigslist so you can post an ad and lock your account in verified status. If you ignore this second phone call, a few hours later you will find that the account is no longer phone verified. You will have to repeat the process all over again. The good news is that you can use your same phone number again. This makes sense as since your account is no longer verified, the phone number is no longer used. You won’t have to worry about finding a new phone number to try and re-verify your account if you only have one number you use.
While the recent change regarding phone verified accounts on Craigslist is minor, it can cause a lot of stress and wasted time for those who verify accounts and then don’t post ads immediately. Save yourself the trouble and post an ad on Craigslist immediately after you verify it. Doing this will lock the account as a PVA and you can safely use it another day.
Craigslist PVA
Advertise, Pva, Time Limit
Creztor Tessel asked:
Do you use Craigslist phone verified accounts? Looking to find out how to best use phone verified accounts while posting ads on Craigslist? If so then you should be aware of the best practices and ways to use your verified accounts. Doing so will help you to prolong the life of your account and make the most of it by posting as many ads as you possibly can while avoiding the chance of it being placed on hold. With phone verified accounts becoming hard to come by, this is vital information to know for your advertising campaign on Craigslist.
Phone Verified Craigslist Accounts are not like normal accounts on Craigslist. Craigslist has specific rules in place that need to be followed when using phone verified accounts. If one chooses to ignore these rules, usually the result is that the phone verified accounts are blocked by Craigslist and you are no longer able to post ads with those accounts. One of the most important things to remember when posting ads via phone verified accounts is that you must not post too many ads in a short period of time. The official terms from Craigslist are that you should post no more than one ad every 48 hours with a phone verified account. Posting more than this may result in the account being suspended by Craigslist. If you do post a similar ad within the 48 hour time span you will receive a warning message from Craigslist that a duplicate or very similar ad has already been posted and you are not to post anymore than 1 ad every 48 hours. If this happens to you, stop posting with that account and give it a few days to rest.
Since you should only post 1 ad every 48 hours, it is strongly advised that you use several phone verified accounts to post with. This will reduce the chance of you accidently over posting and increasing the chances of any of your accounts being placed on hold. Change the verified accounts you use to post every 24 hours so you do not post with the same account within a 48 hour window. Continue to rotate your accounts so that they only post 1 ad every 48 hours on Craigslist. Multiple phone verified accounts may take some time to obtain or purchase, but if you wish to make the most and avoid having your accounts put on hold it is recommended that you do this.
While an almost endless amount of ads can be posted on Craigslist with normal account or just via email, this is not the case for Craigslist phone verified accounts. There are specific rules that Craigslist has implemented regarding phone verified accounts and if you do not follow these rules you will quickly find your accounts placed on hold. By posting no more than once every 48 hours and rotating through multiple phone verified accounts you should be able to prolong the life of and make the most of your Craigslist phone verified accounts.
Craigslist PVA
Craigslist, Few Days, Important Things
Creztor Tessel asked:
Do you have a Sprint wireless card and post on Craigslist? Sprint wireless cards are great tools as they allow you to get a new IP each time you reconnect to the internet. These have been extremely useful tools that have been used by Craigslist marketers for some time now. However, it recently looks as though Craigslist may have blacklisted or banned Sprint cards from Craigslist. Why would they do this, just how could you determine if your Sprint card has been blacklisted or not and is there anything you can do if you have been affected?
The main reasons Sprint cards were so, or are still so popular is that they allow you to get a new IP each time you redial. Why is this important when posting on Craigslist? Craigslist tracks and logs IP activity, using a dynamic IP service such as the Sprint cards in the past allowed you to get a fresh new IP to post on Craigslist with. Wireless Sprint cards were the main weapon of people posting on Craigslist and sometimes just one person would utilize up to 10 of these just for posting ads. Recently though it looks as though Craigslist my have put a network wide block or ban on Sprint cards. If you use a Sprint card the first thing you should do is test to see if this really is the case for you. The best way to troubleshoot if this has happened is to create a new Craigslist account using a fresh new IP and clearing all cookies and cache from your computer. When you have done this go ahead and post some ads on Craigslist, preferably in one of the sections that does not require phone verification. If your ad goes through and does not request you to verify you account before you can post (aka phone verification) then there is very good chance that your Sprint card and the IP range it is on has not been affected. However, if you attempt to post an ad in a section on Craigslist that does not required phone verification (these sections include all of the sections outside of Services) then it would be safe to say that you are one of the unlucky and have been affected. If this is the case, don’t worry. Your Sprint card is still completely useable and you can continue to post ads on Craigslist, the problem is that you will never to use phone verified accounts if you wish to continue using the Sprint card. In this situation you could either get rid of your Sprint card and find another wireless dynamic IP provider that was not blocked or you will need to obtain phone verified accounts. Beyond requiring phone verified accounts before you can continue using your Sprint card, everything else is as normal.
Having a Sprint card blocked on Craigslist is a possibility. The best way to find out if this has happened to you is to post in any of the non-Services sections on Craigslist that don’t require phone verification. If you must verify before you can post then you have been blocked. You can work around this by either just using phone verified accounts or by trying to find another wireless provider with the hope their IP range isn’t already blocked.
Craigslist PVA
Dynamic Ip Service, Useful Tools, Wireless Cards
Denise Lily asked:
You may remember the days, not too long ago, when posting Ads on Craigslist was one of the hottest marketing strategies on the Web.
It worked like crazy, with many, marketers driving hundreds, sometimes thousands of targeted visitors to their sites every single day.
However, the owners of Craigslist quickly got “fed up” of us Internet Marketers and started to make the game far, far harder to succeed.
There was a succession of ‘Slaps’, akin to those that Google regularly hands out, which meant that most Internet Marketers could no longer achieve any meaningful traffic from Craigslist.
The truth was for most Internet Marketers the game was up.
Cries echoed from Forums across the Internet Marketing Landscape about how “Craigslist is Dead”, “Craigslist is Worthless” and “Craigslist is Finished”…
In some ways they had a point. The game had got a lot harder.
But, while most of them were complaining and griping a quiet group of Marketers set out to find ways of overcome the ‘Slaps’ handed down from the powers that be and make Craigslist an even more valuable source of free traffic than ever before.
Due to discoveries over recent months, for those of us “in the know” (which you’re about to become), Craigslist had become an even more profitable free traffic goldmine than it ever was before.
Why has this happened?
Well, in true “Survival of the Fittest” style those of us who know what we’re doing are and how to beat the system are getting an even bigger slice of the free Craiglist traffic pie with every passing day.
This is because the vast majority of the competition has been eliminated while at the same time Craigslist’s traffic has stayed roughly the same.
Therefore, the number of people competing on the site for traffic is far lower which allows the few of us who know how to ‘beat the system’ to make larger pay checks with every passing month as we carve out more of the Craigslist “Traffic Pie” every day.
The major problem in posting is due to the phone verified account and Dynamic IP. We can come out with dynamic IPS but we cant short out the problem involved in Phone verified accounts. To post bulk advertisement in Craiglist we required huge number of PVA accounts and the market price of such PVA varies from 4$ to 8$.
By continuous research and development by 9 dedicated professional for last 9 years we came out with a nice result. Now we can generate as much as Phone Verified Accounts
. We don’t require any USA’s landline number nor a lot number of dynamic proxies. We just have to follow the instructions guided by the software to produce a huge number of PVA accounts. Please Phone Verified Accounts
Craigslist PVA
Checks, Free Traffic, Marketing Strategies
Denise Lily asked:
You may remember the days, not too long ago, when posting Ads on Craigslist was one of the hottest marketing strategies on the Web.
It worked like crazy, with many, marketers driving hundreds, sometimes thousands of targeted visitors to their sites every single day.
However, the owners of Craigslist quickly got “fed up” of us Internet Marketers and started to make the game far, far harder to succeed.
There was a succession of ‘Slaps’, akin to those that Google regularly hands out, which meant that most Internet Marketers could no longer achieve any meaningful traffic from Craigslist.
The truth was for most Internet Marketers the game was up.
Cries echoed from Forums across the Internet Marketing Landscape about how “Craigslist is Dead”, “Craigslist is Worthless” and “Craigslist is Finished”…
In some ways they had a point. The game had got a lot harder.
But, while most of them were complaining and griping a quiet group of Marketers set out to find ways of overcome the ‘Slaps’ handed down from the powers that be and make Craigslist an even more valuable source of free traffic than ever before.
Due to discoveries over recent months, for those of us “in the know” (which you’re about to become), Craigslist had become an even more profitable free traffic goldmine than it ever was before.
Why has this happened?
Well, in true “Survival of the Fittest” style those of us who know what we’re doing are and how to beat the system are getting an even bigger slice of the free Craiglist traffic pie with every passing day.
This is because the vast majority of the competition has been eliminated while at the same time Craigslist’s traffic has stayed roughly the same.
Therefore, the number of people competing on the site for traffic is far lower which allows the few of us who know how to ‘beat the system’ to make larger pay checks with every passing month as we carve out more of the Craigslist “Traffic Pie” every day.
The major problem in posting is due to the phone verified account and Dynamic IP. We can come out with dynamic IPS but we cant short out the problem involved in Phone verified accounts. To post bulk advertisement in Craiglist we required huge number of PVA accounts and the market price of such PVA varies from 4$ to 8$.
By continuous research and development by 9 dedicated professional for last 9 years we came out with a nice result. Now we can generate as much as Phone Verified Accounts
. We don’t require any USA’s landline number nor a lot number of dynamic proxies. We just have to follow the instructions guided by the software to produce a huge number of PVA accounts. Please Phone Verified Accounts
for such out put
Craigslist PVA
Survival, Targeted Visitors, Truth
Creztor Tessel asked:
Ever wondered what causes the need for Craigslist phone verified accounts? You probably, like many, know that it was introducted to try and stop spammers. This is true, but there is actually a reason or cause for phone verification. Not being aware of what causes this can make posting on Craigslist extremely difficult.
Many assume that there are sections which require phone verification and sections which don’t. This is only partly true. There are indeed some sections that require phone verification. This includes primarily the services section and was initially trialed with the erotic services section. From there it spread the to remainder of the services section. Most people know that if you want to post in the services section you will need a verified account. What they may not know is that many if not all of the other sections also can require a phone verified account before you are allowed to post. What they may not also know is that how you post on Craigslist is the actual cause of needing to verify your account before you can continue. Craigslist logs IP along with other data to keep track of how people post. They do this to try and ensure that no-one exceeds their posting limit and posts too many ads. Several months ago, Craiglsist introduced a new filter where they appear to be keeping track of how many ads are posted from an IP range. When the number of ads (perhaps within a specified period of time) is exceeded, you will be asked to verify your account before you can continue. What sections does this affect? Most if not all. Many people, mainly casual users, can post ads in the for sale section without ever needing a phone verified account. However, for those who post multiple ads each day, you will soon find that your IP or IP range that you post with has been blacklisted and no matter what you do you will need to verify your account. If the cause of requiring phone verified accounts is known, how can one best avoid or try to prevent it from happening? The best thing you can do is rotate your IP as much as possible. This may or may not be something you can do, as it will depend on what kind of internet connection you have. However, if you are able to rotate IPs between posts you will increase the chance and life duration of your IPs. Will your IPs eventually get blocked? Yes, they probably will. This is especially true if you are posting with only a very few IPs. The solution? The more IPs the better. Doing this will help you avoid the dreaded phone verification request for as long as possible.
Hopefully using the tips above you can now avoid or put off having to use verified phone accounts for as long as possible.
Craigslist PVA
Erotic Services, Remainder, Services Section
Creztor Tessel asked:
Craigslist is a great site and can generate a lot of traffic and sales if used properly. One major problem though is that if you are posting more than one ad on Craigslist it can be a very time consuming process. This isn’t an issue if you just post one ad every now and then but what if you have several ads you’d like to post on Craigslist? Time is money and time wasted on typing in text for ads is wasted money. In the past there were programs that allowed you to do this but they cost a pretty penny. Is there a free alternative to speeding up how you post ads on Craigslist so you can save time and money?
If you aren’t looking to spend a large amount of money on some of the software solutions out there on the market to post ads faster, you may want to consider creating your own. Sounds difficult? In fact, you can create your own program without evening know any complex computer language code. Creating your own program to use to post ads with is much easier than you may think. The answer lies in the use of macros or a macro program. A macro is simply a command that performs a task over and over again. This might sound simple but this type of program works perfectly with Craigslist. Already you can probably see how useful this is. When posting on Craigslist you need to constantly enter your ad details such as the headline, body description and other relevant information. You can prepare all this in a notepad and then as you put your ads up just copy and paste, but this can still be very time consuming (although much better than typing it all out by hand). This is where a macro comes in to play. The macro will be able to perform almost every task that you are currently performing by hand. Every step from logging into Craigslist, ad and contact details and all the way up to confirming your ad can be done by a macro. The only step that you will need to perform is confirming or entering the captcha for your ad. There are plenty of macro programs on the market that will allow you to do everything you need regarding posting an ad and many of these macro programs are free or cost very little when compared to the other software solutions currently on the market. One more added bonus of using your own macro is that it is very flexible. If you need to change anything (maybe due to some website changes by Craigslist) you can quickly and easily do it yourself without waiting for some programmers to make the changes.
If you are sick and tired of posting ads by hand, don’t want to spend or don’t have a large budget to spend on software solutions to speed up posting or are just looking for some simple yet free or cheap alternative to assist in posting ads then be sure to look into setting up your own macro for Craigslist. Once you have overcome the learning curve on just how to create a macro you will be pleasantly surprised at just how much time and energy (in addition to money) you can save through using your own macro.
Craigslist PVA
Amount Of Money, Craigslist, Notepad