Summarizing the "Making a Great Craigslist Ad" Series

Let's go for a recap of our mini-series; a "Sparknotes" version, if you will, of what we've been going over for the last few posts.

1. Frequent Posting: make sure that you are posting and reposting your ads frequently every few days to ensure that your posts will be near the top of searches. Something EZ Posting can do for you!
   
2. Relevant Information: Be sure to make your ad specific. Include price, number of bedrooms, and locatoin so viewers can find your house when they want a specific set of attributes in a property.
   
3. Subtlety of Keywords: be sure to include keywords in your posts, but don't do it in big list all at once! Incorporate the words into parts of your post; it makes you look more professional and gets you results.
   
4. Use Good Pictures: Make sure that you use quality pictures. We talked about how to put those nice large photos into your ads, be sure to do it!
   
5. No Picture Spamming: To go along with using those nice pictures, be sure to give your viewers a reason to contact you. If you barrage people with photos and information, they'll never give you a call and you lose your chance to communicate with potential clients.
   

We at EZ Posting try to improve the ways that you get noticed on Craigslist and Backpage all the time so if you have any thoughts or questions, please contact us at ezposting@gmail.com or visit our website at http://www.ezposting.net/

Making a Great Craigslist Ad (Part 3)

Now that we have covered some of the keys to good content, lets discuss more about making a great looking Craigslist ad. There are several ways to make your ad much more enticing to your viewers while not being over the top in your ad. Real Estate agents in particular are always looking for ways to improve their ad and get better pictures into their post. At EZ Posting we have a few rules that we like to follow to improve our ads and get better results. Rule #1: Good pictures = happier viewers.
First off, a lot of people wonder how some Craigslist ads have HUGE high definition photos that take up the whole screen while their own posts are limited to those low quality, four corner pics seen in most craigslist ad. It took me a long time to figure it out, but now that I know, it's really quite simple.

1. Create a Photobucket account and upload the photos that you want to post in Craigslist
   
2. After you have made your account and uploaded pics, copy the HTML code of one of your images
   
3. Paste that HTML code into the BODY OF YOUR CRAIGSLIST AD. Don't try and paste it into the image section, it won't do anything.
   
4. Repeat the HTML copy/paste process for the rest of your images.
   

You should write the description of whatever you are trying to sell first, then paste the HTML code below that. By pasting this text into the body of your post, Craigslist will "read" the text and convert it into the nice large image that you uploaded to Photobucket. Now you know!
The second rule for a good Craigslist image applies to the amount of pictures that you put in your ad. So, rule #2: Don't "Picture-Spam" your viewers. We want to give our viewers a reason to actually come see the property right? You want to put enough pictures in your ad to make it relevant and informative to your viewer, but you also don't want to overload them with information or visual images. Give them a reason to call you!

At EZ Posting we use a great looking template that shows up as a nice advertisment on Craigslist and a gives you a high-quality professional look. To get more info on our service go to http://www.ezposting.net/!