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Craigslist tips - Enhancing your listings Part 1

It's important to make your listings stand out on Craigslist. I see many with just a plain paragraph of words mumbled together. Fortunately there is a solution and you don't have to be a expert in HTML programming to do it.

Here are just some simple HTML tags to enhance your listings.

<h2> - Heading tag- you could use (h1, h2, etc...) This will increase the size of your text

<i> - italicized

<br> - break - Jumps your text to the next line

<p> - paragraph - Starts following text in new paragraph

<font size=4> - Change size of your text

<font Face="New Times Roman"> - Changes the font to whatever you desire

<Li type="circle"> - List items and you can also specify the symbol before your list items such as circle, disc, or square

<b> - Bolds your text

<center> - Centers you text

Remember most tags need and ending tag (i.e. <i> your text </i>), except for ones like <br> and <p>, or you could really make everything look like a disaster

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE BELOW OF THE HTML TEXT ENTERED

<h2>*Beautiful well kept home on 2.75 private mostly wooded acres!</h2><br>
<i>*3 Bedroom 2 Full Baths</i><br>
<font size=4>*Very spacious through-out</font><p>
<FONT FACE="Script MT bold">*Almost new...built in 2004</font><br>
*Enjoy the detached deck and permanent block grill. Great for entertaining! <br>
<Li type="circle"> Nicely painted and decorated
<Li type="circle"> Paved parking area
<Li type="circle"> Separate den off of living room

</b><br><br>

<center>Keller Williams Home Towne Realty 240-405-1697
Call Craig @ 240-344-5538 or visit http://www.realtorcraigs.com for more info</center>

HERE IS THE OUTPUT IN CRAIGSLIST

Hope this helps!

Posted Wednesday Oct 10
( 10/10/07 03:38PM ) — Matt Moxhay Moorestown Real Estate

Those are some useful tips.  Thanks for posting!

( 10/10/07 03:39PM ) — Barbara Merrill, GRI

Thanks for the tip!  I bookmarked this post because I will use it.

( 10/10/07 03:44PM ) — Mary Warren

Thanks Craig, I've bookmarked this for future use!

( 10/10/07 03:57PM ) — Vicente A. Martinez Realtor Brooklyn | Long Island | Queens Homes

Craig, great tips. I usually just bold up my website address. Keep doing what you do and best of luck.

( 10/10/07 04:16PM ) — Christine Bohn, Gainesville, FL Residential Realtor®

Craig - Thanks for the tips.  I have bookmarked this and will use it on my next listing on Craigslist.

( 10/11/07 03:05PM ) — Rob Arnold, metro Orlando full service, investor friendly & foreclosure Realtor

Thanks for sharing these tips.  Every little bit helps.  Craigslist is a great advertising resource to use.

( 10/11/07 04:38PM ) — Rob Gerhart

Good tips.  Know a little bit about html can go a long way.  Google "Html image codes" and you can figure out how to put as many photos in your Craigslist listing as you desire.  You can ever include an image of your business card and all of your designation logos.

( 10/11/07 04:45PM ) — Sam Miller

Are you getting any serious sales from CraigsList?  I hear a ton of people talking about using CraigsList but I rarely hear about many successful sales from it.  I am hoping to hear from someone who is really making some serious business using Craigslist.

( 10/12/07 06:38AM ) — GITA BANTWAL, REALTOR BUCKS COUNTY, PA HOMES

Thanks for the post.I will bookmark this and try it later. I am one of those who just posts a classified for rentals.

( 10/12/07 07:05AM ) — Mike Norvell Sr / Norvell Consulting Group

Thanks Craig, I learn more in here every day. I posted a 5 acre with mobile on craigs list 2 weeks ago, got one person who called their Realtor to make an offer.....We are in negotiations now.. SO what works,,, everything works......Mike Norvell Sr

( 10/12/07 07:53AM ) — Pat Hallesy

Craig, there's also vflyer - you upload pics, price, and description and it creates the code for craigslist for you.

( 10/14/07 09:37AM ) — Therese VanderMeer - Realtor - FlexIt Realty

Craig,  Thanks for the helpful Craigslist tips...I'm bookmarking this one. :)

( 10/25/07 03:30PM ) — Carl Martens

I've got another great way to make your listings appear better on Craigslist, read my blog titled, How to create professional looking listing flyers...for FREE!

( 10/28/07 07:21PM ) — Debbie Summers - MoveToLakeMary.com or 407-758-1020

Hey Craig,

 You should try POSTLETS.com, you create one ad in minutes with photos and upload it directly to Craigslist.  I have had great success with submitting my listings with this format.

 -Debbie

( 10/28/07 07:25PM ) — Craig Smith, Frederick MD Real Estate

Debbie- Thanks, I have used Poslets just recently and have to say that this is probably an easier and nicer looking way to post on craigslist!

( 10/28/07 08:36PM ) — Patty Keller Virtual Assistant

Glad to see someone mentioned Postlets!  You can create a really nice "Ad" for Craig's List and you also get your "Ad" submitted to websites like Propsmart, Oodle and Edgeio!  It's FREE!!

We share this information with all of our Listing Coordination clients!

Patty Keller, AnotherME

( 10/28/07 09:08PM ) — Elizabeth Nieves - Bilingual Raleigh - Durham North Carolina Real Estate Team

Great information and right on time. I was thinking today that I want to learn more about html. This is a great place to start. Thanks!

( 10/29/07 12:12AM ) — Vicente A. Martinez Realtor Brooklyn | Long Island | Queens Homes

Hey Craig. I post to craigslist pretty much everyday. Thanks for sharing. Great post. Best of luck and keep doing what you do.

( 10/29/07 02:44PM ) — Candi Munguia

I post to Craigslist also, using some of the tools the others have mentioned like vflyer, postlets, and others.  So far, I can't say that I've had any results from them, but it will probably help in the google rankings eventually, as they have my name and my website address on them.  I just wonder how many people would look at Craigslist for homes for sale?  There sure are a lot of entries in the Dallas/Fort Worth area every day, but they don't have a very user friendly way of searching for properties.  I think people probably have more success selling furniture and appliances on Craigslist.

( 10/29/07 09:45PM ) — Rob Gerichs

Thanks for the post.  Craigslist is a vitale tool and your post helps everyone understand how to make things stand out a little better.

( 10/29/07 11:15PM ) — Matthew Zgonc, Realtor, CFS, CVS

Thanks for the tips. I like the postlets that craigslist lets you use for the listings. 

( 05/06/08 10:12PM ) — Lynn Ikle′ -- Anne Arundel Realtor, e-PRO

Thanks for a back to basics about HTML.....I have never posted to craigslist, but with this post maybe I will try.

( 05/09/08 04:52PM ) — John Powers

Craig,


 


Helpfull Post. Thank you.

( 05/09/08 04:57PM ) — Michael Johnson, REALTOR, ABR - Goose Creek SC

Thanks!  I need to learn HTML.  Any book or website suggestions for learning.

( 05/09/08 05:16PM ) — Dave Woodson

I have frontpage 2003 and it does it for me automatically thanks for sharing it is great information

( 07/17/09 06:31PM ) — Eric Auger

Hi everyone:


I have been using a great tool to automate my postings on Craigslit. All I have to do is create a dozen ads with several different headers and tell rainmaker how often I want those ads posted. It does the rest. Whether you are at your computer or not your ads get posted.


Here is a link:Rainmaker


PS: you can download a free trial!

( 07/20/09 03:15PM ) — Eric Auger

Hi everyone:


I have been using a great tool to automate my postings on Craigslit. All I have to do is create a dozen ads with several different headers and tell rainmaker how often I want those ads posted. It does the rest. Whether you are at your computer or not your ads get posted.


Here is a link to download a free trial: Rainmaker (set up is a breeze!)


Another tip you might want to take in consideration: Craigslist monitors IP addresses and if they detect that too many ads were posted from the same IP in a short period of time, they might block your IP. Trust me, if that happens posting on craigslist becomes a real headache! There is however a simple method to prevent it from happening and that is to "mask" your IP. I have used very inexpensive software to do that: hide my IP 2009. (you can get a free 15 days trial by clicking here)


Start combining both softwares and you will be a true Craigslist posting machine!


Good luck!

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