I create my ads and decide on what cities I am going to target before I log on to my craig account. I have all of this in a text document (separate txt documents for each ad campaign) and that allows me to just copy and paste to make things easier. Craig will limit how fast you can post new ads. It seems to be around 20 per hour. I just make sure there is 3 min between posted ads and everything goes well.

I run with two tabs open in my browser, one for my email account and the other for my craig account. On the 5th ad I can go back to my email and check the oldest ad for ghosting. After that I always check the next oldest ad between each posting. You will create a rhythm and things will go more smoothly.

I post for no more than 2 hrs at a time and jump between 2 craig accounts so as not to be blocked for posting to fast. 10-20 ads on one then go to your other user account on your computer and work on posting on a different craig account. Of course you will not be doing this when you first start out, I just wanted to tell you what you can build up to.

The import thing is to gradually build your account. If you post hundreds of ads on a new account you will draw the attention of the bots and will get restrictions for spamming. If you notice some ghosting give your account a couple of days off then start back up at a bit slower pace. Going slowly with 2 or 3 accounts is best. Then ad accounts until you reach your own saturation point. Just having one account to grow is a great asset to your marketing efforts.

After 48 hours your ads can be renewed. This bumps them to the top of the listings. After 30 days they can't be renewed but they still remain live, buried under all newer listings, until they expire (45 days). Just delete them, come back a little later and re-post the deleted ad. They are now brand new again and will be renewable. As you do this the 3 min posting rule applies. No time limit on any ads that can be renewed... I can renew 200 of them in about 15min.

Any ads deleted by flaggers (the pink ones) can't be re-posted. What I do is just create a brand new ad from my text document to replace it or better yet use the ctrl+u command to see the page code of the deleted ad and copy from there the needed sections. This is actually easier once you learn how. I usually make a few adjustments and try to make the ad more palatable for the flaggers.

Be sure to delete all outdated ads. You don't what any visitor flagging them because the offer in them no longer is available. That would have a negative affect on how craig views your account status. Remember... after a while you will be spending about the same amount of time maintaining your accounts as actually posting new ads. But this is important to be successfully.

Craig can be a valuable tool in your marketing efforts. Just make sure it is not the only one. At times he will frustrate you. Sometimes I just have to stop for a couple of days and come back when I am in a better frame of mind. With persistence it always works out.

Like I said at the start, I am still learning about craig posting and am sure there are things I have forgotten to explain or just don't understand or know about. If you post your questions in the comment section of this tutorial I will do my best to follow up. I will continually update this tutorial as I learn more.

Your fellow WA'er

klrrider

aka Bob