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By: Murray Lunn

Murray Lunn — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:03:30 +0000

Hey James, thanks for stopping by – great to hear your success with Craigslist.

If you don’t mind sharing: what sort of tips could you give when posting ads?

Thanks!

By: james

james — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:50:02 +0000

Craigslist is a must use tool. Well once you have a good ad template it is. For my small business I use craigslist a lot but I didn’t get much business. I looked to get a template for my ads so it looks better and it actually worked. I used cremplates, you can probably google search them, but it works. Great Article.

By: Murray Lunn

Murray Lunn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:32:32 +0000

Glad to hear how well it’s worked for you Anwar. Recommendations are priceless – get clients without having to hunt them down? That’s always ace in my book!

If you try out craigspal, lemme know what you think about it

By: Murray Lunn

Murray Lunn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:30:16 +0000

Good information to know Jillian, it will certainly save people some money from subscriptions since they’re already listed for free.

By: Murray Lunn

Murray Lunn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:24:43 +0000

Thanks for your input Peter – was wondering, what other places does Australia have in terms of finding jobs online? (besides monster.com and other major boards)

By: Murray Lunn

Murray Lunn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:20:47 +0000

Great advice Tammi!

You’re definitely on point about taking the time to do a little research – it goes a long way. Especially so when you can craft your emails specifically to the listing you’re applying to.

If you’ve ever listed a job or item on CL, I’m sure you’ve seen how many canned responses you’ll receive which really drives you away but every once in a while, you will get that person that wants to truly work with you to your benefit – of course, this goes both ways.

Thanks for sharing!

By: Murray Lunn

Murray Lunn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:18:47 +0000

Hit and miss but I’m glad you made out well on the end. That’s the one thing I do hate about CL – way too many spammers and trashy listings but nonetheless, you can find some gems

By: Murray Lunn

Murray Lunn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:16:58 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to answer the questions Griffin. It’s a good thing they make computer monitors so rugged, I know I would have broken a few over the last few years haha.

By: Anwar

Anwar — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:34:38 +0000

This is a helpful article. I’ve used CL for years to find my clients. And I found some great ones. Often a client will recommend you. So you don’t need hundreds of clients to start creating buzz.

Craigspal looks interesting, I will look into to it and hopefully land a few more jobs. Thanks Murlu
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