Friday, March 13, 2009

Using Craigslist.com To Get Unlimited Fresh Leads.

I wont go into great detail here about what Craigslist is, most of you already know. It's a place where people post ads for things to sell, business opportunities and the such. Thousands of people click onto Craigslist each day looking for work or ways to make money at home. These people can become fresh new leads for you if you position yourself in the proper manner.

The first thing you want to do is go to Craigslist and sign up for an account, this free and only takes a couple minutes. After signing up for an account, you can now post an ad. Go to the home page and click on "small biz ads". Once you are there, look on the top of the page and click on post ad. And also choose a city that you want the ad posted in. This is awesome because you can now reach people in different states and cities.

The Title.

Your title should be eye catching and should make the reader want to click through to read your ad. Make it sound professional and to the point. If your ad title isn't well thought out and eye catching, people will just pass you up. Also make it truthful.

The ad body.

This where you are going to present "part" of your opportunity. Yes, just part. You want your ad to be short and to the point. Yet you want to reveal just enough information to have the reader click you business link to learn more. Be honest and upfront about what you are offering. Don't make it sound cheesy like some get rich quick scam, you really don't want those kinda people in your business anyways. You want quality team members, and that's who you want to attract.
Give them enough information to understand what it isn't and what it is, but just enough to force them to want to click on your link.

About posting.

You can post in as many cities as you want, as long as you don't post the same ad each time, they wont let you do it. As long as you change up about 20% of each ad, you will have no problems. Sit down and write out your ad. Then write 5 different versions of that ad. Then post each different add in 5 different cities and states. You can focus on the largest cities, or cities in your area. But I promise, if you will do the what I call "5 N 5"....."5 ads in 5 cities"....each day, you will start to see the leads pouring in. Also, make sure you have some way for these leads to contact you, or for you to capture their information, such as a squeeze page.

Following this little idea and plan WILL bring you leads. You can also learn more ideas like this one by clicking on the "Building On A Budget " link at the top right corner of this page. Let me know how it works for you!!!

1 comment:

  1. Thanks Ray for sharing your tips using Craig's List. I now Know you have good education , I've personally purchased all of Mike Dillard's Products and has changed my business for ever,and I know it will do the same for you. Great Blog Keep it up.

    Carlos Anastacio
    http://www.lifechangingnetworkmarketing.com

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