Make Money with Craigslist and Google Adsense

There are thousands of bloggers all over the internet keeping blogs on subjects ranging from poetry to car maintenance, raising chickens to Civil War history.  It’s easy and free to set up a blog but if you want your blog to make money for you, there are two easy ways to do that.

Make Money with Craigslist and Google Adsense

Craigslist is an online local advertising board, much like the little ads and notes found tacked on the community board at your local supermarket.  There is a Craiglist in most major communities in the United States and Canada.  On Craigslist, you can post items or services for sale.  You can also post wanted notices and advertise upcoming events.

There are two ways to make money with Craigslist: the direct way and the indirect way.  If you sell products or services through your blog or website, you can post items for sale in their appropriate categories and post a link back to your blog if people need more information.

Another method of making money using Craigslist is the indirect method. This is how you can make money with Craigslist and Google Adsense.

There is a forum section on Craigslist where participants can discuss just about anything.  If you become an active participant in the Craigslist forums, you can post your blog link in your signature line so that people are aware that it exists without the hard sell.  Along with the link to the blog, include a short phrase that explains what you are selling so that potential customers know why they need to click on the link.  Note that just like in any other forum, spamming Craigslist forums with links without participating in discussions is considered bad form and can get you banned from Craigslist.  Done correctly, however, promoting your products and services on Craigslist is a worthwhile marketing activity.

Posting an ad on Craigslist is easy.  Go to www.craigslist.com and select your state and the nearest city to you. Find the category that best describes your product or service.  Some categories are very specific and some are broad “catch-alls” where you can post a wider variety of items for sale.  If you are promoting an event on your blog such as a rock concert, there is a “Communities” space where you can list upcoming events, seminars, and other activities.

Make Money with Craigslist and Google Adsense with very little effort once the program is set up.  By combining both Craigslist and Google Adsense you can make even more money on your blog or website with targeted traffic.  Obviously you will make more money with Adsense the more people you have on the site.  You can drive traffic to your blog site with a Craigslist postings thereby increasing the chances that readers will see ads on your site that interest them.  This is no big secret but amazingly marketers still do not use this free marketing tool.

Making money with Craigslist and Google Adsense is easy and profitable. Once set up, these programs can be effective tools in your ethical marketing plan.