First, I want to note that Craigslist has updated their formatting again…Our flyers, Postlets and Vflyer are all affected by the new formatting issues on Craigslist. From what I see, they have removed the style for "A" tags. I cannot remove the underline from links anymore. Many of the "Div" tags are not working properly. 

I remember the days when I could use javascript for image rollovers on CL, but that same magic for stylish images, also brought nasty pop-ups, and redirects.

Right after we released the Single Property Websites, I wanted to update our Listing Designer so you can post websites directly to Craigslist.com, Backpage.com or any other classified website.

Our listing designer is pretty useful for posting your listing to classified sites, but I wanted to make it even easier.

The solution was to take your property website, remove the navigation tabs, and the widgets, so only the listing was visible. Then allow you to copy and paste the code to when you make a Craigslist advertisement.

The benefits of this system:

1. All the links on Craigslist go back to your site. They do not go to a third party site.
2. The custom headers you upload for your Single Property Website will also be used at Craigslist.
3. There is no editing, you just click "Select Code" and then go paste at Craigslist.
4. They look really nice, and have your contact info.

This is our third update to way we allow you to post to Craigslist. It's funny that every time we update, it gets easier for the agents, but it looks like the agents more time on it. Your Sellers will love it, and it really makes the agents stand out above the crowd.

This new feature has been added to the admin section of the Single Property Websites.

Basically, this theme is the first Wordpress theme that will post directly to Craigslist.

To make a Single Property Website, Go Here 

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There are many websites popping up that will take your listing and create an HTML ad on Craiglsist and other online classified sites, but none of them actaully capture leads directly from Craiglsist. My company is totally focused on getting you leads. Not only am I the CTO of Realivent, but I’m also the Co-founder of a top producing Real Estate Team (Top Producing in less then one year of business). The key is leads…you can never get too many.
Using a pretty HTML post on Craigslist will get you business, because when sellers see your add compared to all the typical text ads, it really makes you shine…and it looks like you spend the time to market your listings.

Again, there are many companies that do this, Now lets look at what Realivent does:

Our listing designer takes your listing information and creates a gorgeous post for Craigslist. We have the only tool that allows you to easily add related documents to your post. For example, you can add PDF’s docs of market stats, comparable info, buyer or seller reports, etc…The Craigslist user clicks on the document and then enters their email address, and the document gets sent as an attachment to their email account…bad email, no docs. Along with the documents, your email message gets sent. You can fully customize the email message…

So lets review. You have taken a normal Craigslist ad and create a powerful marketing tool. You are sending 3 times the amount of information to potential clients as compared to all the other posts on Craigslist.

Sure, pretty Craigslist posts help, but the Realivent Listing Designer GETS YOU LEADS!

We have also opened up our listing designer api and allow you to upload your own templates, plug in our information and you now have a custom Craigslist post branded to your marketing material and allows lead capture.

We also have a tool that allows you to post the full website created by our virtual tour editor…But I warn you, when you use this tool, you are posting a full website on Craigslist, complete with 800 IVR, lead capture, Zillow comps, unlimited images, etc…YOU MIGHT GET FLAGGED!. Why, I really don’t know…I mean I think I know why. It’s because you are posting a full website on Craigslist. To see this tool, add a listing to Realivent and then checkout the virtual tour section of “My Realivent” you will see the new Tool

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Given all the marketing tools that Realtors use to market properties, I would take the listing designer over anything.

website, blogs, email, CRM, video, etc…

If you market your property well on Craigslist you will get business over and over.

1. Craiglist is in the top 25 of all website, yet only 10% of Realtors post their listings on it.
2. most the posts are plain text with just 4 pictures.
3. Sellers are more likely to list their property with an agent that looks like they market better then the others

There is a saying at KW (Where I spend most my time) and at most brokerages. “List to Last”, the more listings you get, the more business you have. This is completely true. How does the listing designer help? When people are thinking about selling their house, they start surfing Real Estate websites. Inevitably they will hit Craigslist and see text ad after text ad and all the posts look the same. Then, they run across a listing that is highlighted in HTML, and has additional documents to download, and 800 numbers, and pictures, don’t you think they will be impressed and be more likely to use that agent that spends the time to really highlight their clients properties?

Bottom line, you are a professional, people are paying you thousands to market their property, you should work your hardest to make it look like the best house on the market and a plain text ad on CL, does not convey this.

Now let’s look at the Listing Designer. You enter your listing and add some photos, or set up a feed from your website, and the pretty HTML post gets created automatically for you. I just finished updating it and now you can make your own templates, and brand your own posts. You can actually take your blog or website, copy the code, add our tags, and you can post your website on CL…


It’s so simple even a caveman could do it!

Check out this sample post.

Another aspect that sets our Listing Designer apart from Postlets or VFlyer is that you can add document downloads directly to your Craigslist post, providing even more information.

for example, my partner Trang just got a co-listing from an agent in Sacramento. Trang used the listing designer to add 2 documents for download. One was for comps and the other was “How to do a lease option”. The second document gets tons of downloads because Sacramento is getting hit be a lot of investors and for Trang to provide this information is very valuable. The documents get attached to an email and sent immediately to the person that requested it. Along with the document, Trang’s e-newsletter gets sent, and the person that received the email can select to sign up for Trang’s newsletter.

We can also set it up for automatic drip email. As soon as a lead comes in, they get set up on a set number of automatic emails. We do not use this, but it is available. e-newsletters are much better at communicating with your audience.

I’m constantly adding features to the listing designer, and if anyone wants their website copied into a Craigslist post, I’ll do it, just email me.

I have another huge feature coming soon, so stay tuned!

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I want to start a section for Craigslist posts that are soooooo bad they are funny

This was in the Sacramento CL real estate section. Nothing more, no phone number, no contact no price. It is obviously spam, because there was a malformed link pointing to ustravelagencies.com.

This apartment has just been renovated, and has brand new stainless steel appliances; hardwood floors, and is sunny until the sunset. The lay is very simple! Once you enter the apartment the door to you left is where your bedroom room of 11×9 is located with one closet.

Maybe this post is just ahead of its time. With home search technology advancing everyday, maybe we will be able to do home searches for 11×9 bedrooms, with one closet as you enter the apartment door?

We can only hope

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