The difficult challenge of posting in multiple cities on craigslist is a Craigslist is constantly changing the rules because they do not want it to become a commercially predominant advertising venue. They want it to be more for the little guy! It is important that you understand this from the beginning. Now for the loop holes!
Lastly, you may opt for hiring a professional for pvas and posting. They are few and far between but I have a few listed under resources at the bottom of this ad. Prices can be as low as $200 for month for a 10 city campaign in some cases. This could be the best route to take considering the amazing benefit of advertising on craigslist. Alot of people don't realize that ads on craigslist show up on the major search engines which generates tons of response if you do it right. Good luck with your campaign!
Once you get that accomplished, posting is another issue. Craigslist did some major changes. The for sale section alone is restricting anyone who appears commercial in the slightest. Companies are having to resort to posting plain text ads with no contact info other than through the account. They are routing responses through email and then contacting them that way.
The services section is still allowing image ads. Image ads are the only way to accomplish a national campaign. You must use different ip address for each post. You must use different looking image ads as not to be noticed. You must not post more than 10 actual posts at one time. The rules go on and on!
You need phone verified accounts (pvas). These are a challege in themselves. Each email account needs to be set up with a seperate ip address and now you cannot link those accounts to a catch-all unless you are using hotmail or yahoo. Craigslist has formed an alliance with gmail and can track if you route more than 3 accounts to one another email address. Recently, all the pva companies who were in business went under. There are a few still claiming to produce but they can't...they are just collecting payments before going under so beware. I have lost over $500 in the last two weeks trying to find a reliable pva source. HAPPY that we finally found one.
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