Agents, do you advertise on Craigslist?

My area is not too active with Craigslist, regarding listings.  It's a great place to advertise for rentals.  But not much comes out of the Real Estate for Sale category.

I haven't advertised on Craigslist (at least not homes). However, it is a great place to advertise!

Not doing it yet but I really need to . It is on the to do list.

I've been putting my listings on Craigslist along with a link to my website/IDX  since I first got my license 4 years ago.  It's an easy way to gain additional exposure for the listing and for your services.  In fact, I'm certain that I've generated more business from CL than from any other source.

That being said; I used to get a lot more response than I do now, but it still generates a lot more direct contact than many of the other places I market my listings.  

I have heard a lot of wonderful success stories about Craig's List from AR.  I have put in my listings for about 2 weeks now.  No direct bites yet, but I'm going to give it more time to work.  Sherry

I have only put a few of my listings on craig's list and I haven't gotten any response at all.  At least it didn't cost me anything.

I posted this link in one of my blogs.  It is for a company called postlets.com and it will auto generate (for free!)  an ad for you on lots of free websites.

http://www.postlets.com/home.php

Good luck!

I have used craigs list for a little while now.  I have gotten some decent contacts, and hope that the future will turn them into deals.  A lot of shopping on the finance side with Craigslist.

I've been advertising my listings on Craig's List for about 6 months.  Not action yet...however with the birth of my new website, I'm advertising as much for the web exposure.

I see tons in IL doing it.  I am not sure how well it is going.  I see them all the time.

I've been advertising on Craigslist, and depending on the area of the listing, we get a lot of calls. Dallas is a hot area for CL too so that helps a lot. I also use backpage and postlets. I have just started using backpage, and I did receive 1 lead recently. Nothing so far with postlets.

I use Realtour.biz to create my flyers for free, but I also like the look of vFlyer and they will post it to Craigslist to you as well. The key is making your listing stand out from all the others (as always!)

Thanks everyone who posted here - lots of good resources to try!

What online marketing plan would be complete without Craigslist?

Cragislist is just one more tool in your arsenal.  It is easy to advertise there, so why not use it.

Craiglist is a great site, but I personally can't stand searching for things on it becuase it is so dis -organized and covered with spam and scams.  I usually avoid it personally unless I have a lot of time to search through it.  

I am a real beleiver in Craig's List.  I have an individual web site for each of my listings.  The person who designed this program also added a process where I can check how many hits each web site gets and what is the source of the hit.  A clear majority of those hits come from people who see my listings on Criang's List and then go to the individual web site.  I am in Southeastern Michigan and I received an eamil a couple of weeks ago from an individual from New York City who was going to be in town and wanted more informaiton on one of my listings that he saw on Craig's List.  He will be coming in o town in two weeks.  Free is also a really good thing.

I do, but I feel it has become over saturatedin my area.  Looking for something new...Got any ideas?