It is no surprise that Craigslist is one of the most popular auction websites available on the Internet. With over 60 million unique visitors reported in September 2011 it can serve as an effective source of traffic directly targeted toward your products and services. By combining Criagslists traffic with AdSense you may potentially attract a virtually unlimited amount of interested users to your ad-enabled website.
Instructions:
1) Select a Craigslist category primarily related to your sites main topic. For example, to attract visitors to your websites money-making tutorials select the Small Biz Ads link within the main Services section.
2) Provide an engaging title that sparks curiosity such as Everything You Know About Making Money is Wrong. In essence, analyze existing ads and deviate from the style your competitors use.
3) Provide interested users with a general overview of what your site offers while not giving away crucial information. Instead, focus on your audiences needs; acknowledge the potential failures many have experienced and explain why they should focus on what you have to offer on your website.
4) Refrain from providing a direct way for users to contact you, if possible, as Craigslist requires an active account depending on the category selected. If available, click the Hide radio button under the main Reply to section during the posting process.
5) Provide your AdSense-enabled website for users to read more information and contact you if necessary.
6) Acknowledge or mention the Craigslist advertisement on your website. This helps emphasize that you are a real Craigslist advertiser and are not merely providing external links which some users may consider spam. Moreover, since you had initially selected a category related to your niche only users who are genuinely interested in your content will ultimately access your website.
7) Provide the information initially proposed in your Criagslist ad. Ideally, place the information where AdSense ads are clearly visible to your readers. Due to your readers legitimate interest on the subject they are generally more inclined to approach related advertisements.
8) Provide any form of contact information to help validate your websites legitimacy; however, place such details on a separate page or toward the end of the websites content and advertisements.
Source - eHow
