Automate Posting to Craigslist with CL Autoposter

And Save Hours of Mindless Labor

Most of us love free stuff.

  So when I learnt that there was free online classifieds I jumped on the occasion.  I had been introduced to the world of Craigslist and Kijiji.  An infinite world of possibilities opened up in front of me.  I was thinking of all the listing and all the ads I would post up for free on these sites.  The Dream was B.I.G.

The Dream...came crashing down pretty fast.  After a few weeks of solid dedication to posting listings everyday, I've come to realize that free is not equal to infinite.  There was a very important factor that I had forgotten: time.  After a while of posting everyday I had a system going.  A set of folder and word files that I would just copy and paste.  I had it down, but I was still spending too much time on it.  Not to mention my wanning patience.

Sometimes free isn't always better. 

I got creative and got online to find something that would help me.  After a bit of searching I found software that would automate posting to Craigslist.  I thought I was dreaming.  They had a demo version so I downlaoded it.  I installed it with success and no spyware.  This is looking good.

I start up the software.

  It doesn't look fancy, but the real question in my mind is does it work?  The interface is simple looking and somewhat similar to craigslist.  I type in my add and select 3 cities: montreal, toronto and new york.  Now remember that craigslist.org does not allow for the exact same ad in multiple cities.  According to the website, the software and I quote "CL Autoposter uses proprietary technology to make each ad unique".  I had to test it out.

Time of truth. 

I press the start campaign and the software starts to post my ad.  You can actually see it working: posting the title, posting the text, adding pictures.  The only thing I had to do was enter the verification word and press spacebar.  The software disconnects from craigslist, waits for a pre-set delay and posts the next ad.  After the third ad, the software stopped and it took the whole of 2 minutes...time to do some quality control.

Back at Craigslist. 

I waited 15 minutes before checking the results because craigslist usually has a little delay.  To my pleasant surprise all the 3 adds were online.  Although one of the ads was missing the picture attachment.  Most likely because it's only a demo version.

I went ahead and bought the base version at 67$ and it has served me well so far. 

In retrospec, I do wish I had spent for some of the add-ons.  More specifically, I would have added the multiple email, word-verification bypass and posting scheduler.  With those add-ons, you can set it and forget it and all your ads go out right on time every time. 

Great Price to Value. 

Even if you consider that you did spend for extra add-ons which would add up to about 300$.  Imagine you use this software to post only 10 listings in 4 different parts of the city over the period of one year (365 days).  Let's do the math on that.  300$ / (10*4*365) = 0.02$ per ad.  That's very cheap advertising.  If you're like me, you have many more than 4 ads running at any time and you will be adding many more ads once you get the software and realize how easy and quick it works.

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A quick recap

CL AUTOPOSTER

Function: Automate ad posting  to craigslist

PROs

- Easy and Quick to Use
- Post the same ad to numerous cities
- Saves Time and Effort
- Great Price to Value
- Free Upgrades for Life
- Ensure your listings have a good craigslist exposure and you're clients will love that.
- Advertise your services with a nearly constant online presence

CONs

- Only for Craigslist (and recently added) Backpage
- Application could use a face lift

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