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I have a question regarding my craigslist ad that I have posted and continue to repost. Have any of you found the best section to post the ad? I have posted all of them in the services section under "farm and garden", "labor/move", and "household services". Have any of you found a section that gets you the most hits? Also, any particular tips on getting someone to latch onto your ad? Again, thanks for the prompt help!
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Do you have any pictures of your work? How do customers contact you? Category is meaningless, unless you place it in a non landscapereachable category. In other-words "Home & Garden" is fine.
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it doesnt matter. The ads will get flagged either way. On top of that I find the customers from there to be the biggest pita.
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Category is meaningless, unless you place it in a non landscaper reachable category. In other-words "Home & Garden" is fine.
What makes some non landscaper reachable?
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What makes some non landscaper reachable?
Do you mean what categories?
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Category is meaningless, unless you place it in a non landscapereachable category. In other-words "Home & Garden" is fine.
Yea, I was just wondering how certain categorizes might be seen as non-landscaper reachable?
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