First feedback from craigslist ads.

Originally Posted by GordonJ

This week, I'll be expanding the posts and adding more sales elements.

I suspect I'll be forming a small group of chattelers very soon. Since I have the workbooks, The Chattel Report and Craigalist Quick Profits, the actualy teaching will be pretty easy.

Getting chattelers to pull the trigger and then to stay with it, will probably be the challenge.

Thanks for your time and your vote.

Gordon

Yes i would have to vote for #4 as well.

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by cash4notes

Yes i would have to vote for #4 as well.

Here is my ad for today,

http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cls/5472924510.html

Already rec'd email on it.

March I'll have all kinds of stuff offered, then, when I get the numbers, I'll start.

Probably gonna have Chatteling as an on going course at Gordy U.

Thanks for letting me know.

Gordon Jay

PS. There will be a progression of promotions too, from these simple ones to more structured like a Udemey class with overview and syllabus. Will the "more I tell" translate into the more I sell?

Hi Gordon
Very interesting thread.
I have had very mixed results with Craigslist
ads so it is interesting to see what works for you.
I too like number 4 line and maybe the hypnosis
one.
A possibility you might want to consider is youtube
videos. They cost nothing if you do them yourself
and getting ranked locally for lessons should be easy.
I am putting up some youtube videos and I have learned
of a special technique to get them ranked which works
even better for local businesses.
I like the ad to build a cash cow website. I am tempted
myself!
Maybe you could offer an online option and get more clients?

Trevor

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by teamplayer

Hi Gordon
Very interesting thread.
I have had very mixed results with Craigslist
ads so it is interesting to see what works for you.
I too like number 4 line and maybe the hypnosis
one.
A possibility you might want to consider is youtube
videos. They cost nothing if you do them yourself
and getting ranked locally for lessons should be easy.
I am putting up some youtube videos and I have learned
of a special technique to get them ranked which works
even better for local businesses.
I like the ad to build a cash cow website. I am tempted
myself!
Maybe you could offer an online option and get more clients?

Trevor

Thanks, you have some good ideas.

This, for me, is a fiddle-fart project, not a serious business or money making effort, more of a hobby at this point, sort of shaking the trees to see what falls off.

I'm going to go with the flow, but, if we see a trend or if something sparks an interest, maybe we'll pursue it with a more structured effort.

Gordon

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Thanks, you have some good ideas.

This, for me, is a fiddle-fart project, not a serious business or money making effort, more of a hobby at this point, sort of shaking the trees to see what falls off.

I'm going to go with the flow, but, if we see a trend or if something sparks an interest, maybe we'll pursue it with a more structured effort.

Hi Gordon,

Thanks for sharing this...

TESTing is very important, and can be very revealing...

Thanks for sharing your own tests, and what they are showing you...!

Around the middle of last year, I tested my own online (free) classified ad...

Here's what it said...

-----

We buy houses in [my state]. Save on agency fees and time.

If you need money fast, and don't want to pay agency fees, then call
or send a message now.

[X] years of experience in buying property.

Please send some details about the property for a quick response.

-----

I was testing to see what kind of response I got...

I did get people calling me who didn't want to sell through an agent. One was selling a house in the country (however, I was only interested in city properties). Another was selling a house in an area I didn't know very well (I wanted to stick with places I knew)...

Because I didn't know the areas that people who had properties were calling me from, I wasn't sure whether they were offering to sell to me at good values or not. However, I was surprised I got any calls at all...

Not every offer has to be a good deal. Even if just 1 in 20 calls were "good deals" you could make money doing this...

(Even if you didn't have the money to buy, you could still make money by using an option... Rules on real estate options vary from state to state, and country to country, so you gotta look that up yourself for your area...)

In the end, I pulled the ad (my focus went elsewhere)... But I would run it again in the future, in a heartbeat...

Best wishes,

Dien

[MMacGillivray]

Hi, Dien - interesting experiment - and, by doing it, you've clarified that you only want to get involved within a specific geographical area - so your ad next time will no doubt look slightly different.

That was time well spent!

Margaret