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David Polanco
A previous resident of Del Rio Texas now living in the San Antonio. Currently President for Spyglass Hill Condominiums, and partnered with Emocium Inc.

Tips on How to Sell on Craig's List

Oct 27th, 2008 4:41:11 am - Subscribe
Mood: heartburn
Music: The New Amsterdams - TURN OUT THE LIGHTS

I found this ebook online so I thought I would share the contents of it with the web. It's called how to Get Your Ads to Stick on Craigslist…Every Time! But I like to call it, Tip's on How to Sell on Craig's List.

There are a lot of myths out there about posting on Craigslist. Don’t listen to them. After spending the past year trying every technique I could, I finally compiled this list of techniques that are guaranteed to work and get your ads to stick on Craigslist. Ready to find out what they are? Great! Let’s rock and roll!

First things first…let’s talk about….

Tips on Headings on Craig's List

The biggest myth I’ve heard about headings are that you need a unique title for each of your ads. This is positively not true. For me, my customers routinely ask me to post 100-200 ads per day on Craigslist, and I use about 3-5 different titles, evenly distributed among all of the ads, and I’ve never had a problem. There are some words out there that Craigslist filters, but for the most part, you can use whatever you want. Just test out a few titles, and if they work, go to town with them!

Tips on Ad Content on Craig's List

You can use text ads if you want, and I’ve heard of people successfully getting their ads to stick by using them, but I personally never use text ads. This is simply because Craigslist has far too many ad content words that will raise red flags, and if you have one of these words in your ad content, your entire post will disappear. Instead, use a picture! You can include flashy graphics in it if you want, or, you can just include black text on a white background, making it virtually impossible to tell that it’s a picture. To do this, open up Paint or Photoshop or a similar program, and create a text box over a white background. Type in your ad, then save it as a .JPG file. Then, upload it to a photo-sharing site. I prefer Photobucket because I’ve never had a problem with Craigslist blocking Photobucket links. However, don’t use the exact same link and account for every ad you post. If you post 1000 ads in a day, create 3-5 different accounts, and upload the same ad 3-5 times in each account. This will give you a decently-sized pool to pull ads from, and will result in Craigslist not deleting your ads!

Tips on Craigslist Accounts / Email Addresses on Craig's List

Let’s start by talking about email addresses. If you want true success, you need a bunch of email addresses created. My ratio that works is to have 1 email address for every 10 ads that I post. Because of the amount of ads I post, I create upwards of 50 new email addresses every 4-5 days. I’ve heard of people using 1 email address for every 100 ads, but that’s a big risk to take, and could result in a lot of your ads being deleted. Better to be safe than sorry. Oh, and be sure that every new email address forwards to one main address that you can check. This will save you hours and hours of work.
The same logic applies to Craigslist accounts, too. You’ll want to create fresh accounts every few days and use them for every new batch of ads you create. This can take a bit more time, but the upside is that you don’t have to check your email address to confirm an ad posting like you do if you just post an ad without an account.

Tips on IP Address Rotating on Craig's List

Okay, folks, this is the most important step here, so pay attention.

You must rotate your ip address on a regular basis if you want your ad posting to be successful.

This can be done in a variety of ways. First, you can use a proxy, like Tor, that’s integrated into your web browser, you can reset your cable or DSL modem and get a new IP assigned, or you can get one of those Sprint Wireless cards that plugs into your USB port. It costs $60/month, but because it gives you a new IP every time you reset it and it only takes 10 seconds to reset, it’s worth its weight in gold. I use these as my primary method of IP rotating. I started off with one, but now I’m using 3, since I have 3 different computers that I post with. Trust me, folks, these things are worth it. I make back over 5 times what they cost per month �" every single day!

Tips on Links in Your Ads on Craig's List

There’s a lot of talk going around about whether you should have links in your ads, and whether or not links cause your ads to get deleted faster or not. I, personally, try to stay away from links in my ads, primarily because I focus on picture ads. I can put the link address in my ad and then make its font bigger, brighter and more stand-out-ish. If you make the link stand out, and it’s a short one or one that’s easy to remember, people won’t have any trouble typing it in, and people who will type it in are more likely to actually purchase something from you. If you can, stay away from links in your ads, because the risk of getting your ads deleted just isn’t worth it. Oh, and if you absolutely have to put a link in your ad, don’t use TinyURL or any kind of other link-referral service. Craigslist has all of them banned already.

Tips on Flagged Ads on Craig's List

Yes, your ads will occasionally get flagged. It happens. Sometimes I think that there are people who get off on flagging postings. If it happens, don’t worry about it; just move on to another city. Test out posting to different categories to see where your ads stay up the longest, and experiment with different types of ads every day. If you have an ad run that’s getting flagged and deleted left and right, stop for a few minutes and take inventory of what’s going on. You’ll be able to spot the problem, fix it, and be back up and running before you know it.

Tips on Posting Your Ads on Craig's List

Great job reading through all of this; now you know how to post ads on Craigslist that will stick! But there’s one last thing to learn �" how to post all of your ads automatically. Instead of posting hundreds or even thousands of ads on Craigslist by hand, use an easier approach, like I do. While there are many different auto-posting software packages out there (and I’ve tried them all), the one that works best for me has been Craygo. They have stellar support, and I’ve never had an issue or problem that they haven’t been able to fix or help me out with. They really are the best posting software out there, and I use them every day to post. Now, you can go with the Basic Version or with the Elite Version. The Elite Version is more expensive, but the amount of options are really worth it. If you want to start off with the Basic Version, that’s fine too, since you can always upgrade later. Back when I first started using Craygo, I started with the Basic Version, but after making back what it cost in my first week (and quadrupling in my second week), I very quickly purchased the Elite Version because of all of the advanced features. Plus, the thing’s got a Gmail and Craigslist account creator built in, making it incredibly easy to maintain that long list of accounts I told you about before.

Thanks to the creator of this content.

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Wells Fargo Merges with Wachovia by John Stumpfon

Oct 14th, 2008 5:53:57 pm - Subscribe
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Music: No Music

Explain the merge with Wells Fargo and Wachovia by John Stumpf, President and CEO

To Our Customers,

The dramatic changes taking place in the financial services industry and economy these days are historic in scope and proportion. And as you may know, Wells Fargo & Company and Wachovia Corporation have agreed to merge and create the nation's premier coast-to-coast community banking presence.

You may be asking yourself, "What does this mean for me as a Wells Fargo customer?"

The answer simply is - it's business as usual. That's because perhaps never before in our company's 156-year history has Wells Fargo enjoyed a greater reputation for strength, security, financial discipline, and doing what's right for the customer than it does today.

You trust us with your business. You continue to give us even more of it. We're attracting more customers and earning more business from our current customers like you because many of our customers rave about us to their families, friends and business associates. We're known and admired for our conservative financial services approach and time-tested business model, and it succeeds because you trust us to do what's right for you, the customer.

We still focus, as always, on what got us here - building lifelong relationships with our customers and communities. Our team works hard to know you, understand your complete financial picture, listen to you, provide you value and reward you for doing even more business with us. We put you at the center of everything we do. And we work together to decide locally how we can help support the communities in which you - and we - live and work.

Thank you for entrusting us with your business!

John Stumpf
President and CEO

October 2008

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My New Gaming Rig

Oct 10th, 2008 7:08:04 pm - Subscribe
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I built a new gaming rig a couple of weeks ago. Here are the hardware that I purchased to build it.

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series 70SB088600007 7.1 Channels PCI Express Interface Sound Card - Retail Item #: N82E16829102021

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens Item #: N82E16830998376

LITE-ON Combo Black SATA Model DH-52C2S-04 - OEM Item #: N82E16827106100

XCLIO A380BK Fully Black High Gloss Finish SECC 1.0mm thickness ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail Item #: N82E16811103010

XCLIO Amazing Fan - 12cm 120mm Red, Blue, Green & Random LED Case Fan - Retail Item #: N82E16835234001

ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail Item #: N82E16835118019

EVGA 896-P3-1267-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail Item #: N82E16814130400

EVGA 132-YW-E179-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Item #: N82E16813188028

Nippon Labs USB-SATA USB to IDE/SATA Adapter w/ power - Retail Item #: N82E16812816014

XCLIO GREATPOWER X14S4P4 750W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail Item #: N82E16817189011

Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Item #: N82E16822148335

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9550 - Retail Item #: N82E16819115041

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P20004GK - Retail Item #: N82E16820227310

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McDonalds Monopoly Game Piece Trade

Oct 9th, 2008 5:22:42 pm - Subscribe
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Music: No Music

Welcome to the McDonalds Monopoly Game Piece Trade for 2008

Is anyone interested in trading McDonalds Monopoly Game Piece's? A member of Aeonity (FrosT) was trading back in 2007. If anyone is interested in spliting with winning's post here.

We have the following game pieces:

Atlantic Avenue #255

Connecticut Avenue #255

Oriental Avenue #253

Arches Avenue #272

If everyone can work together we can group our game pieces and make some extra money. Comment your McDonalds Monopoly Game Pieces! Be sure to bookmark this entry everyone!

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How to Convert .PDF Files to .TIFF for Free in Bulk

Oct 6th, 2008 5:40:29 pm - Subscribe
Mood: sick
Music: The New Amsterdams - Turn Out The Lights

In this article I will explain how to Convert .PDF Files to .TIFF for Free in Bulk. The process is very simple. I will show you how to extract a .TIF file from a .PDF and how to do this in batch bulk.

Software You Will Need to Convert

Adobe Acrobat Reader / Professional

Plan Swift Professional Viewer Free Version
(For bulk batch procession from .PDF to .TIFF)

If you have a .PDF File and you would like to extract the Adobe .PDF file to .TIFF all you need to do are the following steps.

Extact .PDF to .TIF 1 file at a time
Open Adobe Acrobat .PDF > File > Save As > TIFF (tiff, tif)

Extract .PDF to .TIF in Mass Bulk
Open PlanSwift Professional Viewer > Tools > Choose PDF to TIF > Select Folder with the .PDF's > Choose the Output Folder > Set the DPI for the TIF Files > Choose Format You Would Like > Convert

Now all your PDF's will be converted to TIF's in batch bulk. All you need to do now is sit back, relax and wait for the conversion to complete. If the files are large it may take a while to convert. (keep that in mind)

Questions and comments are welcomed!

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