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How to post an ad on Craigslist.comA step-by-step guide

How to post an ad on Craigslist.com : A step-by-step guide

Welcome to Craigslist.com

Over the past decade Craigslist has become a national

phenomenon at delivering what are in essence, classified advertise-

ments to a continually growing base of millions of visitors each

month. This mostly-free service is geographical in nature and now

supports over 570 unique cities within 50 countries and generates

in excess of twenty billion page views each month. It’s no wonder

the tried and true revenue stream of classified ads that newspaper

could rely upon for so many years has dried up so quickly com-

pared to the power of Craigslist.

We see Craigslist as an important marketing tool for the FSBI

regional developers in attempt to respond to posted resumes,

posted business opportunities or even the possibilities of resume

mining. Please spend some time within the business and resume

categories for your target markets to get familiar with how ads

are worded and to get a better understanding of spam posts and

legitimate opportunities.

Please feel free to share your success stories, or learning experi-

ences, you encounter with Craigslist so that we can develop and

improve upon the system that all FSBI Regional Developers use to

maximize this powerful new tool.

Alison Grieveson [email protected]


STEP 1:

This is the first screen you will come upon once you go to www.Craigslist.com. Select your location- state and then region.

Once you have selected your location, you’ll want to create an account.

FYI-For most categories, posting classifieds on Craigslist is free. There are a few exceptions such as some job postings, brokered apartment rental listings and a few others- and it varies by location.


STEP 2:

Create an account by clicking on “My Account” on the top left hand side. There you can select the “click here to sign up.” Once you type in your email address and verification words, you will be sent an email to go in and create a password.


STEP 3:

Once you have created your account, click on “post to classifieds” in the top left of the site and click on the appropriate category for your craigslist ad.


STEP 4:

Choose job title and location of the job

Reply – This is your email address or any email address that you want to post to. Click the option for anonymizing your address if you want to retain privacy. But understand, that if someone writes to you, they WILL get your address if you reply back to them.

Enter descriptive text in the Posting Description box.

Continue to the code page. Here is where you must enter a 5 letter code in order to post the ad to your email.

STEP 5: Accept the Terms of use. You have not yet posted your ad, however.

Check the email you posted the ad to, you will get an email asking you to confirm that you requested the ad. Click the link, and it will take you to a page asking you to edit or publish your ad.

Choose to publish, unless you want to make any changes.Click on the link to see how your ad will appear to your customers.

TipsKeep your posting message handy. You will need it in order to check back in and cancel your ad when you no longer want it posted. The most considerate thing to do once your ad has run its course is to cancel it so that people across your region will not take time to respond for something you are no longer in a position to offer to them.

How to remove a posting from craigslist- Click on your email address in the top right to access your account.- Click on the listing you want to remove.- Click on the button to Delete this Posting and confirm the deletion.

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