What's New

You may have noticed some of the formatting in the headlines not displaying properly in your craigslist ads recently. We tracked the root to a change in the way craiglist handles formatting and quickly released a fix. Thanks to Michael for the heads up.

Admittedly, this is something we should have included when the craigslist Ad Builder was fist launched, but hey, better late than never.

Figure 1. Start: Click "Build an Ad".

The Ad Builder now saves your ad contents, so if your listing doesn’t sell in the first 7 days, you can easily re-visit your ad and re-post it to craigslist.

For those who haven’t tried the craigslist ad builder yet, it’s pretty simple to get started. Create a campaign with the word "craigslist" somewhere in the label. It can be any part of the label (i.e. "craigslist 9/10" or "craigslist" and "Sept 10th craigslist" all work).

Once you’ve created the new marketing campaign, you’ll auto-magically see the "Build an Ad" link (see Figure 1.). Click that and follow the instructions on the screen. All your settings will be saved so if you need to re-post the ad (or make edits), just revisit that same link.

In response to frequent requests for “marketing collateral” (a handout), here is a simple flyer that breaks down how the ListingNumber service works in one page. Great for sales meetings or training sessions.

Figure 1. Screenshot of the the flyer. Click on the image to download a PDF file

Thanks!

Given a primary goal of listingnumber is to allow agents to easily track traffic generated by their ads, it was a natural for us to focus on cutting steps out of the process.

In that vein, we created this simple tool to allow you to create an ad for use on craigslist. The tracking URL is automatically embedded in the ad.

We took special care in creating the template to respect the craigslist community. Key features are:

• Community-friendly: Many templates are too rich in design and not only distract from the property, but fail to respect the spirit that drives a community site like craigslist. Respect the community by focusing on the property, not personal marketing (do that on your site).
• Photos: Buyers want photos. Including a crystal clear call to action gives them easy access to what they want and increases the number of visits to your listing.
• Crisp Typography and Clean Layout: A well-crafted ad with crisp typography and a clean layout is not only easy on the eyes, it’s more likely to generate visitors.
• Visitor Tracking: And of course, automatic visitor tracking tied to your listingnumber property profile with reports that let you share results with your clients.

To give it a spin, login to listingnumber and click the classified ad button in the main menu.

Enjoy!