Thanks for the Tip! I will try it

I'm looking for an affordable website for my new business.

I have to admit, I discounted this at first too. I don't have a water damage restoration or carpet cleaning company, but I am a marketing company for those types of clients. I wrote off Craigslist even in my own business, however, I do get reaches and sales from Craigslist, so re-implemented it. It still isn't my most successful place to get business, but it is good enough that we do have it implemented into our company's promotion. I am sure everyone wouldn't mind an extra sale here or there. You're welcome for the plug Craigslist. 

That is a great idea that I actually never really thought about when it comes to marketing my business! The only question I have, as someone that has surfed Craigslist quite a few times, how do you make yourself credible? Often I find myself on the site questioning if the listings are worth looking in to because there are so many scam posts on there. I wouldn't want that to make my business look bad amongst some of the fakes.

I was the one who posted and have since reduced my posting to once or twice a week just to keep my name there.  I look at the posts and you are right, there are some companies posting times a day.

let me give an update on craigslist.  If you are posting a carpet cleaning ad on craigslist. or Kiijii or backpage, ebay, olx it depends on a lot of factors still unknown to me.  I've been trying to get some results from one but not one single call.  I am in a tough market and what I mean by that is economy (like us all) and location. Try cleaning carpets in atlanta.  It's like a circus. Everyone's running around chasing everyone instead of collaborating and dividing a market share.  I don't know that's my little piece.  Craigslist probably works better in a market that not over saturated.

Does your target audience shop by doing its research on the internet or is it the case that the frequency of contacts generated by prospective customers is greater due to your reliance on the internet to generate sales contacts?

Are the people you want to see as customers using the internet or is that where you get so many price shoppers and indoor kennels that waste your time and labor, most of whom are not near future repeat buyers?

Just wondering if you had determined the internet shopper would be your customer by using marketing research surveys performed by you at your expense over several weeks in your target area or did you go with a gut feel?  Not being critical, simply fact finding.


Edited by duckcountry - 13/February/2009 at 2:07pm