For many internet marketers, Craigslist is still their marketing tool of choice because not only is it free, but it also ranks highly in most search engines. This assures visibility of their products and services if they post their ads on Craigslist.

More creative internet marketers are doing multiple postings on Craigslist to reach maximum exposure for their products. Once you post your ad on Craigslist, it only stays live for about 45 days, but it gets pushed downwards by new posts that come in everyday. This is why some would do daily ad postings in various categories and cities to gain constant visibility for their ads.

You can try doing these two things to help you succeed in optimizing your ads:

1. Hyperlink your ad. Not all categories will allow hyperlinking, so check which will allow you to do so. Do this by checking the other posts in the same category, and if about 10% of these posts have links in them, then you can hyperlink your ad as well. Hyperlinking makes it easier for your reader to go directly to the website of the product you are trying to promote.

2. Try using phone verified accounts. There are companies now that sell phone verified accounts which will allow you to create multiple accounts with Craigslist and avoid getting ghosted or having your ad deleted. Craigslist's filters can detect if too many posts are coming from the same IP. To avoid being detected, you can use different phone verified accounts which are linked with specific IPs and will allow you to bypass Craigslist’s filters.
It may seem tricky at times, but if you are running a legitimate business, this is just a marketing strategy that has worked for others and may do the same for you as well.