Here is another example of a brilliant Craigslist Ad that simply decimates any slender shred of doubt through the vibrant and colorful use of the personal guarantee.

As we all know, the key to making money on Craigslist in your copy.

Sure, a great offer is important. A nice landing page will increase conversions.

A free giveaway will build your list. All very true and valuable to work on.

But without exception, when I go back and look at my most profitable CL campaigns, I can ALWAYS track them back to good headlines on the main page. No more, no less. A terrible  [read more →]

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Lots more questions…….And a lot less time to answer them.  Here is a quick question from James – and a long, hopefully not too rambling response that I think covers SOME of thinking I try to incorporate into my CL campaigns, and broader strategy in my own business…I re-read some of this a few minutes ago and I think I even confused myself, so if it doesn’t make sense to you, be sure to let me know.   [read more →]

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I was looking at a few different potential categories to post to a few minutes ago for a new affiliate offer, and was checking out some of the ads that were already running for similiar products in that market. And this sort of coincides with what I’ve been saying on here forever – what other people who use CL successfully have been saying forever – and what people who aren’t making one cold slippery nickel while busting their asses on CL have been missing forever:

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Thanks to every one who has submitted good questions the last few days – and at this point, I have to sort of selectively post the ones that seem to be most univerally applicable to everyone who is reading ( seems a lot of people are arriving via Craigslist keywords and submitting CL questions, which is sort of interesting considering that is only a VERY small part of what I do – and not sure I am the best authority to answer a lot of them- but I appreciate the submissions anyway..:-)

On Copyright ( or possible infringement thereof for Splashcast videos) received this yesterday: