Using Craigslist as an online marketing strategy can be very profitable, and as it is free to post ads on Craigslist, it is also a very attractive one. If you intend to use Craigslist to promote your business, be warned, it is NOT easy to post your ads on this highly traffic web site.
Influx will post your ad on Craigslist consistently everyday as much as 5x, 10x, or even 15x a day!
Craigslist hates Internet marketers and does everything it can to KEEP YOU OUT. If you are posting in the services section, the Terms of Use states you can only post an ad once every 48 hours. If you attempt to place an ad and are not able to see it visible on the live site, then you have had a visit from the green ghost. Ghosted means that Craigslist will act like your ads are posted but when you go to look for them, they do not show up. Ghosting is the common term to describe automatic removal of Craigslist ads.
The operation of Craigslist includes a team of professional programmers who work on creating cookies, filters and ghosting protocol. This protocol is being constantly updated and enhanced to make it harder and harder for the online marketer to post on Craigslist. This is the problem with marketing on Craigslist. If you can manage to get your ads to stay on Craigslist, then it will definitely be to your business profits.
Your Craigslist Visibility Ratio is important!
A potential client who is looking for your services will typically either go down the listings or narrow it down by putting in a keyword in the search, for example, “plumbing”. They’ll click the top 5-10 ads and determine from there who they will give their business to. Plain and simple, if you are not in those top 5-10 ads, your competition will be getting the business.
Influx uses a formula to called CL Visibility Ratio to determine the amount a client posts versus their competition. Generally, the more visibility you have the more money you will be making. Most Skilled Trade professionals who post only once a week have an average Visibility Ratio of 1:500. That means, everytime they post, 500 competitors are posting ads bringing their post down to the very bottom of the listings where no one would be able to find it.
To have an effective Craigslist campaign, and make more money, we need to increase your visibility. Influx does just that by posting ads on your behalf either 5x a day (every 2 hours), 10x a day (every 1.5 hours), or 15x a day (hourly). A typical 15x a day campaign lowers your Craigslist Visibility Ratio to 1:5. That means your ad will always be in the top 10 throughout business hours, dominating your competition in your respective trade!
“It’s free to post an ad on Craigslist. Why do I need you?”
Although it is free to post an ad on Craigslist, you are limited to only post one ad every 48 hours. To successfully post 5x a day and work around Craigslist limitations, you need to:
10 EMAIL ACCOUNTS
10 CRAIGSLIST ACCOUNTS
10 PHONE NUMBERS
Craigslist requires each account to be Phone Verified.
10 LOCATIONS
Craigslist does IP checking so you need to post from different locations.
Do you honestly have the time and will power to wake up as early as 6 in the morning every single day just to create your first post? And if you are posting 5x a day, can you do it every 2 hours from different locations, keeping track of all the accounts and different IP’s your using so your ad doesn’t get flagged?
Influx has a team of Craigslist posting experts dedicated to manually posting ads on your behalf, 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday, from 6 AM to 5 PM.
Focus on your business while we focus on your marketing!
Our service will free you from having to post your ads daily so you can focus on your business.
For a small fee, you know that your business is being advertised 6 days a week to the millions of Craigslist users.
Craigslist will block your ad if you are trying to re-post it. Influx works around that limitation for you.
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Start the process with a FREE market research!
To be successful you need to keep an eye on your competitors marketing efforts. We will do a free market research on both your current marketing efforts and your competitors. Influx will analyze your competition and determine a game plan with intentions to outrank them. Based on your budget, we can implement the entire plan or we will work with you and complete it in stages. Ultimately, our goal is to make you #1 in your respective field!
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“I don’t have any money right now"
It brings us great joy when our clients start making money because of our internet solutions. We don’t ever want you to be in this situation again. If you do not have enough money to implement our full marketing solution, let’s start with baby steps. Let’s start with our Craigslist Posting Service to increase your Craigslist Visibility. This will generate immediate income and jump start your business! Bottom line, if you want to be successful, you need to spend money to increase awareness to your services. You need to invest in a marketing solution that actually works.
“I’m already busy.”
Congratulations! If you provide a service, you are a businessman. As a businessman, your job is to grow your business. Our marketing solution will make your phone ring more of potential clients needing your services. Is it good business to turn down business? Why not create bookings so when your completed with the job at hand, you can move into the next one immediately. Better yet, if you are so busy, why not increase your prices. Supply vs demand correct? The more demand for your services, the higher your rates. Work the same and make more. Our marketing solution will keep you busy with the clients you choose to work with. Bottom line, you can never be too busy!
“I get all my business from referrals.”
Congratulations! If you are a plumber, how often will someone have plumbing problems? Eventually you will experience a slow period if you rely solely on referrals. Obviously you are great at what you do if clients are referring you. Enhance your credibility with a professional web site and at the same time, get new clients by positioning your business to be found in all the major search engines!
