Now let me start this off by saying I have only been marketing as an affiliate since mid June.

I had watched hundreds of program introductions promising me riches overnight prior..but they never could get me to fall for it.

Then I stumbled across Kyle's review of Empower Network (aka Empower Network Scam), and ended up joining Wealthy Affiliate. After watching a view of the training videos, bells started to ring in my head.

Where I had been lead to most of these programs' introductions was from job listings on Craigslist.

From watching a bunch of these introduction videos, I had learned that most of them were making money through a place called ClickBank. I decided to join, see what programs they had to promote, and figured out a way to make a few quick bucks off commissions through Craigslist, just by posting an ad and replying to the hits I got off this ad with affiliate links.

If you have looked for a job recently in your city on Craigslist, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. "Work from home positions available", "Millionaire looking for partner", and "Get rich quick scheme #12097382703" plagued the posting feed.

I began throwing ideas around in my New York traffic state of mind, and came up with a plan.

How I Make Money with Craigslist

1) Find a product that is GREAT for the buyer. A product I have either purchased and used, or have done very extensive research to validate its reliability and overall happiness from the customer.

2) Make sure the product works for me. This meaning that the product has a good sale % (high commission %), a great re-bill % (more $$ for me a month), and that I can make a case for and actually sell.

3) Research the cities that are available for post in Craigslist..that I don't have to pay to post. I research the most trafficked cities that are free to post in job wise, and make a little list.

4) I determine which cities I'm going to post in. I analyze the research from step 3, and make my list for which city I'm going to post in first. Craigslist has a policy where you can't post more than 1 1/2 ads in a 48 hour time frame. To make sure I stick to their policies, I'll post one ad at midnight one night. and then one ad at noon the day following the next, and stick to that pattern for a week straight.

- This works great after one week, because although they have the limit on how many ads you can post, they don't count renewals as a posting. What I mean by this is that after you post an ad on Craigslist, you can renew it (basically repost it) after 48 hours. So after a week you can have 3-5 ads up, the renew them to make it to where you really have 6-10 ads up because you keep adding new ads the day you renew an ad.

5) I then make a response to the people who reply to the ad. I'll write a little 5 or 6 line response saying "Thank you for replying to our job posting on Craigslist. *I'll then reply to any question they may have had*. Here's where to get more information or to get started, *My affiliate link hidden behind clickable text such as Join here, _ _ _ _ opportunity, etc*, Thank you for you interest again and please don't hesitate to ask any questions."

6) Keep Repeating

Does This Really Work?

Yes! My first week doing this, without all the tips I just gave you, made me over $100. After more trial and error to give you the method I just did above, I decided to test it out last night. It's been less than 48 hours and I have made $72.54.

I hope this helps you make a little money on the side. Please further your education by reading the in-depth guide on affiliate marketing with craigslist.

Viewing the guide will walk you through the entire process in much more detail!