Craigslist

Okay so I know everyone knows what Craigslist is, but just wanted to share an interesting experience I had with it. First of all, I love it. When I was pregnant, we were thrilled to get an awesome crib and changing table for $100. Huge money saver and we love them both. I've also sold everything I've ever put on there (except for a Breadmaker). Okay, so I've only sold like 4 things, but still, I dig it.

In like April, I put an ad on Craigslist advertising piano lessons. I truly wasn't ready for it yet at that point in time. I got about 3 e-mails but nothing follow-throughed. It was just as well. Just recently, I've been like really ready to teach again. It's the perfect time and I'm organized and excited about. I thought maybe I should try the newspaper instead. They convinced me to do a 12-day run of an ad and it was $68.00. I was drawn into it because to do like two days was like only $20 less than doing 12. I chalked it up as a business expense that would hopefully pay off. Then I put an ad on Craigslist again for FREE. I got about three times the response from Craigslist than I did with the newspaper and it didn't cost me a cent. I have exceeded my goal as to how many students I wanted to get and most of them were from Craigslist. Thank you Craig!