Comments on: Need Help With Craigslist! http://www.apartmentinternetmarketing.com/2010/03/need-help-with-craigslist/ Multifamily Online Marketing and the Online Customer Experience Thu, 17 May 2012 05:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: mfortinberry@on-site.com http://www.apartmentinternetmarketing.com/2010/03/need-help-with-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-229 mfortinberry@on-site.com Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:27:31 +0000 http://www.apartmentinternetmarketing.com/?p=1806#comment-229 Craigslist has certainly become critical to a well developed marketing plan. It also has to be managed so that you avoid flagged postings and ensure you are following the terms of use. Certainly not all posting tools are created equal. A foundational "problem" is that Craigslist and many of the posting tools are "free" and sometimes we treat them like the results we get are "free". The reality, like anything worth doing, Craigslist is worth doing right and - *cliche* you get from it what you put into it. Four key things are required to get the most value from Craigslist. The first is quality content. The second is consistent postings (this does not mean over-posting). The third is creative variety. The final requirement is managment visibility. There are several tools (not free ones) in the marketing place that can provide these four things and ensure you are maximizing the value of Craigslist. Make sure you are using a system that is compliant with the Craigslist Terms of Use Agreement. Go ahead and invest a little into a good management tool you can quickly generate great content, avoid flagged postings, get reporting on the performance of your ads and create the maximum possible value from this amazing website. Craigslist has certainly become critical to a well developed marketing plan. It also has to be managed so that you avoid flagged postings and ensure you are following the terms of use. Certainly not all posting tools are created equal. A foundational “problem” is that Craigslist and many of the posting tools are “free” and sometimes we treat them like the results we get are “free”. The reality, like anything worth doing, Craigslist is worth doing right and – *cliche* you get from it what you put into it.

Four key things are required to get the most value from Craigslist. The first is quality content. The second is consistent postings (this does not mean over-posting). The third is creative variety. The final requirement is managment visibility. There are several tools (not free ones) in the marketing place that can provide these four things and ensure you are maximizing the value of Craigslist.

Make sure you are using a system that is compliant with the Craigslist Terms of Use Agreement. Go ahead and invest a little into a good management tool you can quickly generate great content, avoid flagged postings, get reporting on the performance of your ads and create the maximum possible value from this amazing website.

]]> By: Matthew@renterspages.com http://www.apartmentinternetmarketing.com/2010/03/need-help-with-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Matthew@renterspages.com Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:22:56 +0000 http://www.apartmentinternetmarketing.com/?p=1806#comment-219 We do alot of Craigslist advertisement and we have noticed that Craigslist is flagging and removing ads in accounts that share the same IP addresses. Craigslist may be flagging your ads as soon as you post them because the site that you are using has one IP address that Craigslist is recognizing as Spam. You may not be posting that many ads, but if the site has many users, then there are many ads from that IP address that are being posted and Craigslist is flagging them as soon as they are created. Hope this helps.. We do alot of Craigslist advertisement and we have noticed that Craigslist is flagging and removing ads in accounts that share the same IP addresses. Craigslist may be flagging your ads as soon as you post them because the site that you are using has one IP address that Craigslist is recognizing as Spam. You may not be posting that many ads, but if the site has many users, then there are many ads from that IP address that are being posted and Craigslist is flagging them as soon as they are created. Hope this helps..

]]> By: klindblom@princetonproperties.com http://www.apartmentinternetmarketing.com/2010/03/need-help-with-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-218 klindblom@princetonproperties.com Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:16:04 +0000 http://www.apartmentinternetmarketing.com/?p=1806#comment-218 CraigsList is a very tricky directory. I would recommend creating a library of descriptions, posting tiles and photos that you can rotate throughout your ads to keep each one unique. This will help avoiding being flagged or removed by Craigslist but it is impossible to stop being flagged by your competitors. GogoPin is a fun site to design unique ads but I would also recommend using a vendor that will help you manage your content and track your CL ads, such as RentSentinel. We started using them about 6 months ago. They help you manage your content, track your views/leads and they work extremely close with Craigslist to abide by their terms of use. We've stopping seeing similar ad errors and being removed by Craigslist. CraigsList is a very tricky directory. I would recommend creating a library of descriptions, posting tiles and photos that you can rotate throughout your ads to keep each one unique. This will help avoiding being flagged or removed by Craigslist but it is impossible to stop being flagged by your competitors.

GogoPin is a fun site to design unique ads but I would also recommend using a vendor that will help you manage your content and track your CL ads, such as RentSentinel. We started using them about 6 months ago. They help you manage your content, track your views/leads and they work extremely close with Craigslist to abide by their terms of use. We’ve stopping seeing similar ad errors and being removed by Craigslist.

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