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Posting on craigslist

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams
Posting on craigslist is a great idea for advertising, marketing, and driving traffic to my website.  I have had great success with craigslist.  Everytime I post all my listing I get a ton of traffic to my site.  Free traffic, thats targeted to real estate.  I just wrote a deal today from a lead that I received through craigslist.  She called me, she saw my virtual tour and wanted to get together to see my home I had listed. She came up today, I spent a few hours with her and bam she found a home she liked, it was like shooting fish in a barrel. I recommend to all agents to post on craigslits, it makes your sellers happy, gets you leads, and could sell your property
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Deborah Burns ~ Seattle Real Estate Agent
Realty Executives -BRIO - Seattle, WA

Hmmm, I had not thought of posting listings on Craiglist as driving leads to your website before.  I have not I used Craigslist before, but here is another good reason to add that extra layer of exposure for both my Sellers and me!

Thanks!

May 25, 2007 03:40 PM
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA
We are in Wenatchee and have started posting on Craigslist just this week.  Have received one inquiry and do expect more.  It amazes me how much traffic this funky sit gets.
May 25, 2007 03:47 PM
Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services
Several AR members have had success with Craigs list for listing information.  However, I find that it is not so successful when trying to attract buyer prospects.  Any idea?
May 25, 2007 03:50 PM
Dave Cheatham
INC Financial - Bartlett, IL
You are one of the few people I have heard that has had luck with craigslist.  I am glad to hear it.
May 25, 2007 03:53 PM
Joan Snodgrass
Midamerica Referral Network - Kimberling City, MO
Glad to hear a good report.  Will have to give Craigslist more thought.  Congrats on the deal.
May 25, 2007 03:57 PM
Mary Pope-Handy
Christie's International Real Estate Sereno - Los Gatos, CA
CRS, CIPS, ABR, SRES, Silicon Valley
I have not yet had any REAL buyers from Craigslist, but it does drive traffic way up when I post there.
May 25, 2007 04:02 PM
Vicki Watzlawick
CORE Realty (The Watz Team) - Algonquin, IL
Illinois Foreclosure Expert, The Watz Team

Backpage.com is another similar site and it's also free.  Good job on the deal!

May 25, 2007 04:12 PM
Gary Streisand
Post Your Listings - Stony Brook, NY

I'ts no secret, craigslist is generating more traffic and leads for agents then any other real estate portal.

 If there's buyers looking in your demographic, then they are looking on craigslist.  If it's not producing real leads, you have to use the real estate portals as a listing tool.( we give you the ability to use them as listing tools with reports)

Virtual tours have sort of lost their novelty, but in a sellers market, they were used to acquire listings. I don't know how many homes were really sold because of their stitched photos.

 

Jun 10, 2007 12:14 AM
Mike Lyon
Edmond, OK

I can personally recommend craigslist. I try to post twice a week and get great traffic to our website with high conversion rates (tracked through Google analytics). I did a post on this recently at my blog - Doyouconvert.com

It also has a quick list of other places to list your homes for free. It takes a little more time but will get you great results - especially since you don't have to pay...

Jun 10, 2007 03:35 AM
waey wyqw
wyq34y - Dell, MT
Congratulations on the deal. Craigslist and Backpage are two excellent sources of leads.
Aug 04, 2007 02:58 PM
JR Sangiuliano
CENTURY 21 JRS Realty - Clark, NJ
I agree I use Craigslist as well for posting listings and I find it very user friendly.
Aug 05, 2007 03:44 AM
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