What has happened to me this week has just blown me away. Yesterday a Realtor displayed an incredible act of integrity and honor Just when I thought this kind of person didn't exist that reaffirmed there is good in a lot of people out there.

Over a week ago I created another Craig's List ad as I always do Craigs List Ad I wrote the ad with an eye catching title and then added a full link back to my website Search Idaho Homes as Allen Hainge's email over a year ago recommended I do. A huge difference took place when I started adding my URL link to my Craig's List ads. More people went to my site and more people contacted me which has equaled 13 sales directly from Craig's List since I started using it this way.

A week ago I created a photo show using Real Estate Shows New Show for a view lot I listed and posted the show to my personal site mentioned above.

I receive a call from a buyer at 8:30 a.m. this morning stating he is from California and will be in this weekend to make an offer on this lot and that he loved the tour! He says he found the lot information on Craigs's List and then went to my site and saw the tour.

30 minutes ago I get a call from another man from California. He says he went to Craig's List and from there to my site and found my lot tour. He says he wants a Realtor like me with my marketing plan on his team! He owns a view lot similar to the one I have listed and he wants me to get the paperwork together and send him the listing ASAP. The lot I have listed is for $275,000 and the lot the seller has should be worth $350,000.

I really am thinking I died and went to heaven yesterday morning and don't want this week to end! LOL I can't believe what is happening to me and I hope all of you will all see good fortune as well.

I hear a lot of talk about different sites to post listings on out there but trust me. If you use "Eye Catching" titles and add your complete URL to Craig's List and post your listings every two weeks a lot of good things will happen. More people will go to your website, more people will contact you, and more sales will take place.

Using Real Estate Shows to showcase your homes is icing on the cake. The tour complete with music and text blows people away. Thank you Jeff Turner !

I wonder what is in my fortune cookie for next week????

Posted By: George Tallabas - Boise Idaho Real Estate Agent - Associate Broker
with RE/MAX Advantage, Canyon Counties #1 Brokerage in sales and listings
specializing in Boise Idaho Real Estate and Southwest Idaho Real Estate.

Posted by George Tallabas - Idaho Real Estate on 04/10/2007 02:24 PM

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77 Comments on Craigs List + Real Estate Shows = A winning combination!

APR

2007

I put some of our office listings up on Craigs List a while ago - while I can't say that we have sold anything yet, we have gotten a significant amount of traffic from the listings and at least one up call. For all we know, some of the agents who called to schedule showings were told about one of the listings that they saw on Craigs List...there's no way of knowing for sure unless you come right out and ask. It's a fantastic tool and one our office will continue to use.

I have learned so much just from reading your post. I can't wait to try this one. I use Craig's List but with not much luck but....I can't wait to try this approach.

Thanks Karen...Allen Hainge sent me an email about Craig's list about a year and a half ago. Before that I just posted my ad that was real simple. After Allen's email I started writing more eye catching ads and added a link to my site and wonderful things started to happen. Now adding Real Estate Shows to my website is icing on the cake!

Thank you Sandra...contact me if you need any assistance and I will surely help you. Make sure to add a link to your site as I mentioned and then write "Eye Catching Titles" Use Real Estates Shows and post the shows to your personal site and watch your world change my friend. Make sure and let me know if you have any questions and good luck to you.

Wow George thanks for the inspirational story! Craigslist here I come!

You are welcome Michael...Go for it dude!

Michael...make sure and let me know if you need any assistance my friend.

Excellent George. I hope to be writing a similar success story soon as well.

Thank you Steve....."Go for it"

George that is awesome! I guess I have some work to do. Thanks for sharing.

WTG - S - U - C - C - E - S -S - George is how we spell success - good things happen to good people

Bryant....you are welcome my friend. Good luck to you

Thesa.....LOL Thank you my friend. I hope you had a great day!

This is a great post, I will let everybody know about it in the office.

Thank you Beth...have a great evening.

WOW! I just signed up for the FREE 30 day trial at realestateshows.com. Very impressed so far and it really is a free trail, no credit card info required. Thats different.

Good for you Bruce. I have already received a lot of business from Craig's list and real estate shows in a very short time. Good luck to you and do not hesitate to pay the nominal $125 for one year.

George, congrats! Exciting... I also use www.postlets.com to post to Craigs List. It makes it so much easier and prettier. Try it out... It's free.

I have used it Irina and it is fine. Thank you

George: (I mean this in a very nice polite tone)..... Would you believe that when you are walking in a stream of success, that perhaps everything someone do turns to gold? I dont have this much luck - let alone inquires from my craigslist listings..... I wish I could say the same. Maybe you can share some of your secrets of success?

George - An awesome story..I hope it continues into next month for you. Have a great week and thanks for the tip. Best - Paula

Hi Loreena...I will help you in any way I can. I hope you looked at the links. Let me know if you need any assistance.

Thank you Paula....bests wishes to you as well

George: I am glad you found the value in RES too! All the amazing features! I have had many contracts directly attributed to one RES/Localism post. That is why I am pouring them on right now :)

Jeff is THE MAN!

APR

2007

George, what a great post and great information. I'm gong to feature this on the RES Blog. I will let you know when it is up.

Thank you Renee...I have only scratched the surface with RES wait till you see a post I write later this week. I came up with some other uses for it that have already brought business in and it will blow you away. Have a great day!

Thank you Jeff....I am going to post some new ways I found to use RES that will blow everyone away and has already brought in new customers.

P.S. Renee....if you want I will email you the new uses of RES so you can get a head start!

George... you are featured today on the RES Blog:

http://res.realestateshows.com/?p=163

Thank you so much Jeff! I really appreciate it. I have some other ideas on using RES that I will post sometime soon. Take good care!

APR

2007

George, this is a powerful post! What is possible when we think & engage our creative thinking is extraordinary. I am going to post this to all the members of our office. Thank you for expanding my horizons today!

Craigslist.org Is the best and cheapest thing around. I used it everyday it plays a big part of my sucess, Specially when it comes to rentals. I post and ad in the morning and by the end of the day I already have received a bunch of emails and calls, and the best part is if you want to post an ad its only $10 each, compare to other sites that charge an arm & leg. Mario Archila REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL Stamford and Norwalk CT Real Estate. RE/MAX SOUND REALTY

I thought CraigsList was free?

Karen, Craigs list is free my friend

Lola..."You go Girl"!

Mario...you got it going!

APR

2007

George great story. I have posted a few times on Craigs list. This shows what a well done posting can generate. Thanks for sharing your success story. Going to revamp my Craigs listings.

Thanks Ashely...Go for it and let me know your results. Have a great day and TGIF!

You are absolutely right. Craigslist is a gold mine. I have been posting my listings on craigslist for a long time. After I decided to use realestateshows, I started linking from my craigslist ads to my website for people to view the shows. Each listing generated over 100 hits a week to my personal site. The day the posting goes up generates over 50 hits because you're closer to the top of searches the first day. I'm thinking of deleting and reposting my ads everyday. Do you think craigslist will get wise to this??

Right on Tom! Let everyone talk about how great Zillow is and you and I will rake in the money using Craig's List and RES. Craig's list could care less about RES tour links my friend. Have a great weekend!

Wow George! Way to go. I keep reading and learning more. I'm doing Craigslist too, but will check your out. Great information.

Thank you Kay....Have a great weekend

APR

2007

Seems like you have had some great success by doing this. Great Job.

APR

2007

George, when I saw your fortune cooke I thought I'd share this with you. http://www.badcookie.com/

George, I think I will give it a try thanks for the information, good post.

Thank you Greg....good luck to you

"Coop"....I will stick to my "Good fortune" thank you :-)

Mary...you are welcome..."Go for it"

APR

2007

George - Check out one of my Craig's list ad: here.

I use vFlyer to create the ad - I think they look great! I don't know if you use vFlyer but it is one of my favorite services and it is free. If you want the directions to post vFlyer to Craig's list you can check that out here.

Thank you very much Maureen. Yes I have used Vflyer before but my friend, I am not on my 15 sale that came from Craig's list just this year alone! How can anything top that my friend? Adding real estates shows has been an incredible asset. All I can see to all these tools is "Show me the money" LOL. Thanks my friend and I hope all is well.

P.S. Maureen. The program is not really free. The options that make sense to Realtors is a monthly charge. Here is a list of charges

George - I checked out the list of charges - I only do the flyers for my FSBO clients so I do not have that many. I did not realize that they charge for more than 10. Good to know!

Thank you Maureen...Yes, many in my area have gone to www.vistaflyer.com There is also a charge but the charge is minimal and is per flyer written. They also email the flyer to the entire MLS membership which is awesome. I have seen other AR members write posts that say vflyer is free and I think they need to be careful with that my friend. I hope all is well in your world. You are awesome.

As always George, a good informative post. I'll check into Craigslist. I have a virtual tour on my website although it's not RES. I'd love to know the differance in the one I have vs. RES as I'm impressed by what Jeff Turner does and the way it's been used and enjoyed by so many. Congratulations on your increased activity and I look forward to your continued writing. Great job!

Thank you Bob, have a great day.

Craigs list is very popular in the Los Angeles area. I get a lot of people visiting my open house from Craigs list ads.
This week I am going to create a page to continually resubmit to bring in business, just as you mention.

Any other creative ideas that work?

Thanks Troy...Craigs List and RES have been awesome for me. I repost all my ads every 2 weeks and this has worked great for me. Good luck to you.

SEP

2007

Wow, It looks like Craigslist has been good to you.

Troy - Thanks, Craigs list has been amazing.

Congrats George... Would have commented much sooner, but just got here. I just started using Craig's List some, but will try it with a "bit more feeling" and some of the cross-linking, thanks to your post. One question... Why repost every two weeks? I understood ads were good for 45 days.

Bill - I repost every two weeks to keep the ads fresh and in front of the surfers. I never post the same ad twice, just the same properties and change the ad so it is not exactly as the previous ad. Good luck to you.

SEP

2007

Thanks again George. I'm starting today, and will let you know how it goes!

Bill - Good luck to you my friend.

Frankly I have been disappointed lately with The Craig's list response to my listings... I use the V.Fliers for posting my listings... they look great (we all know) but probably is not enough.

I'll follow your advise.

Arina - All I can tell you is that my formula is working. I have proven to many members on Active Rain that if one uses Postlet or vflyers to create Craig's List ad's there is no reason for the surfers to link to your website because you have given them all the information they need. The less information you give them and entice them to link to your site two things will happen. 1) Google will pay attention to your site when surfers link to it constantly and 2) You will attract surfers to go to your site an search for other properties. It is a win-win Arina and many Realtors are missing this boat. Allen Hainge from CyberStars sent an email out about this in the spring of 2006 and there is a member of Cyberstars in Sacramento, CA. that is using Craig's List to generatate over $100,000 per year in commissions. When used correctly Craig's List is a money making machine.

OCT

2007

Good advice. I am going to try some of this. I have not gotten much action with using Craigslist in the past. Hopefully this will bring me some good fortune too.

Rob - Thanks and good luck to you

NOV

2007

Awesome post filled with great information. Great advice on making craigslist more valuable. Thank you for sharing!

DEC

2007

Nice post. I post alot of my listings on Craigslist. I do get alot of calls and hits on my website from craigslist. Craigslist does work. The only thing I dislike are those Nigerian emails that get sent over. Wondering if you get any of those emails. They are so annoying....

Denise - You are very welcome and good luck to you.

Tina - Nigerians are a pain but I just delete them. Keep up your good work.

MAY

2008

George, Interesting post, 13 sales from one marketing technique is impressive. Thanks for sharing, Keith

Keith - You are welcome and thank you for stopping by.

JUN

2008

Jeff, I was just viewing the most viewed posts of the Realtor Group and yours was one of them. Congratulations on reaching so many; thanks for the good information; and thanks for prompting so many to share so much. I'll be giving some of your good fortune a try and hope it continues for me.

Mike - I think you have the wrong blog...My name is George..LOL

JUN

2008

Sorry George.. But my comment was indeed meant for you.

Excellent Tips George- I will have to try that!

Also congratulations on your family addition!

Mike - Thank you

Allison - You are welcome my friend and I am loving my new bundle of joy!

AUG

2008

This might also help you with your Craigslist ads.

http://www.searchtheentirecraigslist.com

It is a one click search of every city & category on Craigslist.

A real time saver.

Enjoy.

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