Advertising on Craigslist

Back in October I’d made a post that Craigslist has become a waste for me to look for a regular job. However, it does still provide a reasonable venue for advertising services. Well, sort of.

Craigslist has finally started cracking down on spammers and over-posters, meaning that one used to be able to post an ad on Monday at 8am, make another post at noon, and then maybe another post at 5pm, and continue the same process every day of the week. Posters do that to keep their ads on top of the list.

If you’re like me, you don’t like to scroll and then heaven forbid you should have to click a “Next” button! I can’t stand it! Unfortunately, the ad that I posted on Thursday is now on a second page. Not likely it’s going to be found down there. Craigslist’s crackdown now makes it virtually impossible to make multiple posts to the same category, or more than 3 posts on your account at all. Furthermore, when registering your account, you now have to verify that you’re a real person and that you’re not creating multiple accounts by verifying either via telephone or text on your cell. Once that phone number is in the system, you cannot activate more than one account with that phone number.     I now have a client that wants me to post an ad to generate some traffic to her website, or at least get her phone number out there to try to get more clients. She hasn’t had any new clients in over 18 months and considering this is how she makes her living, it makes for an extremely difficult time for her. Since I’m unable to get an ad up there for her right this minute, I’ll plug the site and the service here – The Kitty Kastle.

Lynn Martin has spent the past 14 years caring for cats while their owners go away on vacation, serve in the military, or take time to convalesce. I think the only one who loves these kitties more than Lynn would have to be me.

If you live in, or are planning a trip to, the Tampa Bay area and need a place where your kitties receive 24 hour love and care, please visit The Kitty Kastle website, or give Lynn a call at (727) 642-2951.

During the time I spent last week looking for other online advertising, I also found ListHut.com and AdsinUSA.com. I have not really had an opportunity to completely go through their ad-posting process, but as soon as I do, I’ll publish a post about it. For now, I’ll just keep plugging away and try to find other venues for free advertising. Lynn isn’t the only one who needs new clients…