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Craigslist Expands Cities Covered

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Craigslist recently expanded their US cities coverage by 25% to cover over 690 cities. The cities added were previously considered to be too small. However, as the popularity of the world’s most watched classifieds site has grown so has the customer base…even in small towns. So, even though these towns are small, their number of people in these towns has been deemed large enough to warrant a separate Craigslist city section.

More work for us Craigslist software developers! ;)

Here is a list of the current cities covered by Craigslist:

 
SF bay area
abilene

akron / canton
albany
albany, GA
albuquerque
altoona-johnstown
amarillo

ames, IA
anchorage / mat-su
ann arbor
annapolis
appleton-oshkosh-FDL
asheville

ashtabula
athens, GA
athens, OH
atlanta
auburn
augusta

austin
bakersfield
baltimore
baton rouge
battle creek
beaumont / port arthur

bellingham
bemidji
bend
billings
binghamton
birmingham, AL

bismarck
bloomington
bloomington-normal
boise
boone
boston – includes merrimack valley, metro west, north shore, south shore

boulder
bowling green
bozeman
brainerd
brownsville
brunswick, GA

buffalo
butte
cape cod / islands
catskills
cedar rapids
central NJ

central louisiana
central michigan
champaign urbana
charleston, SC
charleston, WV
charlotte

charlottesville
chattanooga
chautauqua
chicago
chico
chillicothe

cincinnati, OH
clarksville, TN
cleveland
clovis / portales
college station
colorado springs

columbia / jeff city
columbia, SC
columbus
columbus, GA
cookeville
corpus christi

corvallis/albany
cumberland valley
dallas / fort worth
danville
dayton / springfield
daytona beach

decatur, IL
deep east texas
del rio / eagle pass
delaware
denver
des moines

detroit metro
dothan, AL
dubuque
duluth / superior
east idaho
east oregon

eastern CO
eastern CT
eastern NC
eastern kentucky
eastern panhandle
eastern shore

eau claire
el paso
elko
elmira-corning
erie, PA
eugene

evansville
fairbanks
fargo / moorhead
farmington, NM
fayetteville
fayetteville, AR

finger lakes
flagstaff / sedona
flint
florence / muscle shoals
florence, SC
florida keys

fort collins / north CO
fort dodge
fort smith, AR
fort wayne
frederick
fredericksburg

fresno / madera
ft myers / SW florida
gadsden-anniston
gainesville
galveston
glens falls

gold country
grand forks
grand island
grand rapids
great falls
green bay

greensboro
greenville / upstate
gulfport / biloxi
hampton roads
hanford-corcoran
harrisburg

harrisonburg
hartford
hattiesburg
hawaii
heartland florida
helena

hickory / lenoir
high rockies
hilton head
holland
houma
houston

hudson valley
humboldt county
huntington-ashland
huntsville / decatur
imperial county
indianapolis

inland empire – riverside and san bernardino counties
iowa city
ithaca
jackson, MI
jackson, MS
jackson, TN

jacksonville
jacksonville, NC
janesville
jersey shore
jonesboro
joplin

kalamazoo
kalispell
kansas city, MO
kenai peninsula
kennewick-pasco-richland
kenosha-racine

killeen / temple / ft hood
kirksville
klamath falls
knoxville
kokomo
la crosse

la salle co
lafayette
lafayette / west lafayette
lake charles
lake of the ozarks
lakeland

lancaster, PA
lansing
laredo
las cruces
las vegas
lawrence

lawton
lehigh valley
lewiston / clarkston
lexington, KY
lima / findlay
lincoln

little rock
logan
long island
los angeles
louisville
lubbock

lynchburg
macon / warner robins
madison
maine
manhattan, KS
mankato

mansfield
mason city
mattoon-charleston
mcallen / edinburg
meadville
medford-ashland

memphis, TN
mendocino county
merced
meridian
milwaukee
minneapolis / st paul

missoula
mobile
modesto
mohave county
monroe
monroe, LA

montana
monterey bay
montgomery
morgantown
moses lake
muncie / anderson

muskegon
myrtle beach
nashville
new hampshire
new haven
new orleans

new river valley – blacksburg, christiansburg, radford, etc
new york city
north central FL
north dakota
north jersey
north mississippi

north platte
northeast SD
northern WI
northern michigan
northern panhandle
northwest CT

northwest GA
northwest KS
northwest OK
ocala
odessa / midland
ogden-clearfield

okaloosa / walton
oklahoma city
olympic peninsula
omaha / council bluffs
oneonta
orange county

oregon coast
orlando
outer banks
owensboro
palm springs, CA
panama city, FL

parkersburg-marietta
pensacola
peoria
philadelphia
phoenix
pierre / central SD

pittsburgh
plattsburgh-adirondacks
poconos
port huron
portland, OR
potsdam-canton-massena

prescott
provo / orem
pueblo
pullman / moscow
quad cities, IA/IL
raleigh / durham / CH

rapid city / west SD
reading
redding
reno / tahoe
rhode island
richmond

richmond, IN
roanoke
rochester, MN
rochester, NY
rockford
roseburg

roswell / carlsbad
sacramento
saginaw-midland-baycity
salem, OR
salina
salt lake city

san angelo
san antonio
san diego
san luis obispo
san marcos
sandusky

santa barbara
santa fe / taos
santa maria
sarasota-bradenton
savannah / hinesville
scottsbluff / panhandle

scranton / wilkes-barre
seattle-tacoma
sheboygan, WI
show low
shreveport
sierra vista

sioux city, IA
sioux falls / SE SD
siskiyou county
skagit / island / SJI
south bend / michiana
south coast – southern bristol and plymouth counties

south dakota
south florida – includes separate sections for miami/dade, broward, and palm beach counties
south jersey
southeast IA
southeast KS
southeast alaska

southeast missouri
southern WV
southern illinois
southern maryland
southwest KS
southwest MN

southwest MS
southwest TX
southwest VA
southwest michigan
space coast
spokane / coeur d’alene

springfield, IL
springfield, MO
st augustine
st cloud
st george
st joseph

st louis, MO
state college
statesboro
stillwater
stockton
susanville

syracuse
tallahassee
tampa bay area
terre haute
texarkana
texoma

the thumb
toledo
topeka
treasure coast
tri-cities, TN
tucson

tulsa
tuscaloosa
tuscarawas co
twin falls
twin tiers NY/PA
tyler / east TX

upper peninsula
utica-rome-oneida
valdosta
ventura county
vermont
victoria, TX

visalia-tulare
waco
washington, DC
waterloo / cedar falls
watertown
wausau

wenatchee
west virginia (old)
western IL
western KY
western maryland
western massachusetts

western slope
wichita
wichita falls
williamsport
wilmington, NC
winchester

winston-salem
worcester / central MA
wyoming
yakima
york, PA
youngstown

yuba-sutter
yuma
zanesville / cambridge

Troopal Posting Software Survives Craigslist Changes

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Yesterday afternoon/evening Craigslist made a change to the site that would have normally caused EAPD to go down. With the changes that were made to the program the last time we had an outage it should get us through most Craigslist changes unscathed. Last night was the first test and the poster passed with flying colors. When Craigslist made the change the poster changed right along with it with zero down time!

Join the Discussion in the Forum!

Stable Troopal Craigslist Auto Poster Ready for Download

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

The new posting software is finally ready and has been thoroughly tested with success.

Troopal final pricing is in place – the payment structure is going to be a little different than originally planned. Public forum access is free of charge. Access to the member forum simply requires that you be paying for a Troopal product. The first product, EAPD, has a purchase price plus a monthly maintenance fee. This fee includes updates, patches, enhancements, and access to a support community. We are offering an introductory price ($200 discount) on the software for a limited time. The price goes up incrementally, so act now! Please see below for pricing.

Troopal and FTB, now collectively referred to as Troopal, have put a lot of work into a product that works the way it should. Previous plugins and add-on products are back in working order. We have also put a long term plan into place that will get you the updates you need in a timely manner. The work we did to get this up and running coupled with the ongoing work we will do for you costs both time and money. We have tried very hard to make it affordable for you to purchase the software, especially if you act quickly.

We have tested this software with a private testing group (Postsalot, Deatos2k, joshua, notforthebirds). We’re releasing it today, for further testing, exclusively to Troopal Professional Members with a link to the download and registration in the Professional Members forum at www.troopal.com/forums.

It is working: no bugs, proxies rotate, accounts rotate and email addresses are anonymous. Everything that is wrong with your current poster is fixed in this one, except 64 bit Vista (still working on this bug). This program is EAPD with the missing fields fixed. So that means the stability will be the same as it was when you were using EAPD. It also works with all third party plugins and applications. IP Green, etc.

So let’s get back to posting…..the pricing structures are below as well as a complete explanation of what you get at each level:

Release Dates:

Sunday, Feb 22: Free release for private beta testing to Professional Members
Monday, Feb 23: Release for sale to public via download from Troopal.com

Purchase Price:

February 23– 28: $197 purchase price
March 1 – 8: $247 purchase price
March 9 – 15: $297 purchase price
March 16 – 31: $347 purchase price
After March 31 – $397 purchase price

Standard Member Monthly Maintenance and Support Fee ($19.99/mo)

· Tech support via FAQ and forum only
· Basic training videos (coming soon)

Professional Member Monthly Maintenance and Support Fee ($79.99/mo)

· Exclusive, high priority tech support
· Direct email -> instant messenger -> phone
· Remote to pc support, if necessary
· Exclusive forum features
· Advanced training videos
· Exclusive access to new products and features in beta
· Professional Member forum tag and access to Professional Member only areas
· Plus all Standard Member support features

How to Sell Your Spouse On Craigslist

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that a woman is selling her spouse on Craigslist.  Let’s analyze this post, you can see the full Craigslist post here.

Hey ladies I have one white male 5′10” 170 lbs. short black hair and brown eyes…lots of tattoo’s and both ears pierced…age 34 will be 35 in July. He likes country and hard rock music. Grateful Dead is his favorite. He does come with baggage as he has 4 children…two 16 year old girls a 6 year old boy and a 4 years old girl…

This is a valiant attempt and the woman is obviously emotional.  So, we’ll cut her some slack.  However, even under stressful conditions the marketing side of me wants to write this ad with some compelling copy.  The best place to start with compelling copy is in the title.

Current Title: Free Husband (Central Florida)

Improved Title: >>> Good-For-Nothing Lout of a Husband – FREE! <<<  ({Location})

The arrows bring attention to the ad title and increase the click through rate, getting more people to read the ad.  Also, the descriptive language in the title entices people to find out why the husband is described in such glowing terms.  The more unbelievable, the more clicks…  Ie, Superhumanly BAD Husband would likely have an even better click through rate.

The {Location} token when used with Troopal’s Craigslist auto poster will replace the token variable with the city or country you are posting the ad in.  This allows you to make each ad local and relevant.  Imagine how many husbands this woman could have sold if she had used a little preparation with a Craigslist auto posting tool.

lazy_husband

The next area that needs help would be the body of the ad, itself.  She should have included a picture (like the one here) and should have used some quick bullet points for the Attention Deficit Disorder effect.  In case you’re not aware, when writing ad copy you have to plan for the lowest possible attention span.  If you can’t get your point across in 5 seconds to generate motivation to continue reading the ad, the reader will click the back button and move on.

In any case, the ad was flagged and removed from Craigslist. Looks like her husband is a Craigslister as well! If she had used Troopal’s auto poster she would have been able to immediately repost it. Automated spousal-humiliation for the win!

Craigslist for iPhone

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

iPhone + Craigslist = Quicky Ads.  In more than one way…

You heard it right!   Just walk into the garage, take a picture of that old weight set and upload the pic and an iphone auto complete post is up on Craigslist.  Your rusty, weight bench is as good as sold.

The ingenuity of the iPhone never ceases to amuse me.  It’s like having a little computer at the tips of your fingers.  Once you get over the annoying typing and learn how to deal with the autocomplete demons that give the thing it’s evil powers, you’re a minor tech god with this silicon and plastic boom stick.  Now that it can post to Craigslist, it’s the bomb, in my knowledgable and not-so-influential opinion.  Now if there was just some way we could get this app to auto post a few unique ads…

 Nice Features:  
craigslist_iphone - Clean Craigslist style format of most of the Craigslist pages
 - Post post while you’re on the move…
 - Locate CL listings (and people!) nearby with the iphone GPS turned on
 - Clickable phone numbers

 Unwanted spouse?  No problem!  You’ve got Craigsphone and you know how to use it!

  1. Snap his picture and upload it to Craigslist
  2. Write a snappy, “sell to best first offer” ad
  3. Cook for one tonight. Easy as 1-2-3!

As I scroll through the various pages and menus, there are many things that I’d change about the app.  For one, there is lots of scrolling involved to setup the app with your location, and other peronalized settings.  However, it’s very handy if you’re as obsessed with Craigslist as I am.  If you’re auto posting from home, you can also use this to check up on yours ads to make sure they are not being ghosted, while you’re out for a cup of coffee, church, getting married, etc.

  

You can download it directly to your iPhone from the Apple App Store or here.

 


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