http://www.lawncarebusinesstips.com - This presentation covers how to use Craigslist to create powerful ads for your lawn care business. In the presentation I show you how to add strong calls to action to your ad. I also show you how to add deadlines and free bonuses to attract even more lawn care (or lawn mowing) customers.

1. for your Lawn care Business

2. To Start You might be asking?

3. What is Craigslist?

4. Craigslist is the largest free online
classifieds site

5. Why should you use Craigslist?

6. 50,000,000 searches PER DAY

7. 40,000,000 new ads per month

8. Needless to say

9. Craigslist gets a LOT of eyeballs

10. Today we are going to learn

11. How to list your Lawn Care Business

12. on Craigslist for FREE

13. To send you
New Lawn Care Customers

14. Without making all the common
mistakes

15. Let's get started

16. First you need to set up a Craigslist
account
https://accounts.craigslist.org/signup

17. Then create your ad

19. Craigslist wants to categorize your
ad

20. Choose

21. "Services Offered"

22. Then

23. "Farm and Garden Services"

24. Next Craigslist will want to know
which area to show your ad

25. Pick the one you service

26. With the highest population density

27. Next Craigslist wants you to create
your ad

28. Here are my Craigslist ad writing tips

29. First make your ad time sensitive

30. Include a deadline

31. People need a reason to ACT now

32. Or they are less likely to do anything

33. You see this done ALL THE TIME

34. with car dealerships and furniture
stores

35. You need to be doing the same thing

36. Next

37. Give them something for FREE as a
bonus

38. Instead of discounts

39. Make it a Craigslist only special deal
too

40. That gives you the perfect reason for
listing your ad there

41. I will show you an example
advertisement as we go along

42. Here is the Craigslist ad creation
screen

44. Enter your ad title and ad copy

45. Do not check the box to show on a
map

46. Make sure to pre-write your ad
BEFORE you open Craigslist

47. That way you can just copy and
paste it in

48. For your Zip code enter the one

49. With the highest population density
that you service

50. On the maps screen select
"do not show on maps"

51. Next you need to add pictures

52. Just like other services

53. Pictures matter big time on
Craigslist

54. They will make you more sales

55. So use them

56. Craigslist uses the first picture you
upload as the featured image

57. Make the first one your logo

58. Then add as many good photos of
your work as possible

59. Pick the best homes you cut

60. Take the photo right after you cut
their grass

61. Do it on a sunny day in the morning

62. Include amazing landscape projects
you have done

63. You can just snap some pictures
with your iPhone or Android phone

64. Craigslist lets you add up to
24 pictures

65. Add between 5 and 10 pictures

66. Let's look at our final ad

72. To Recap

73. Craigslist gets an enormous amount
of eyeballs

74. Craigslist is absolutely free so you
really have NOTHING to lose

75. Make your Craigslist ads time
sensitive offers

76. Include Pictures

77. Remove your ad when your offer
"expires"

78. Tweak and Re-list regularly

79. Use these Holidays as reasons for
Special Offers:

80. Use these Holidays as reasons for
Special Offers:
Easter
Mother's Day
Memorial Day
Father's Day
4th of July
"Back to School" Specials
Labor Day
Halloween

81. If you want even more lawn care
business tips

82. Check out my site
http://www.lawncarebusinesstips.com