Originally Posted by
victoria_mitchell
Well maybe because you were very helpful you could help me with something else... What would I put the add under on craigslist?? I'm on it right now..
Hi, Victoria! I hope that it didn't seem like I ditched you. I didn't expect you to reply so quickly.
I am assuming that you found one of the craigslist.org's that is around where you live in California. There are quite a few there. You could put the same ads on multiple areas. I am going to go under the assumption that you might not have found all of the places in California where you could advertise.
Here is a link to find all of these places to advertise on craigslist.org.
craigslist: california jobs, housing, for sale, personals, services, community, and events
Bakersfield
Chico
Fresno
Gold country new
Humboldt county
Inland empire - riverside and san bernardino counties
Los angeles
Merced
Modesto
Monterey bay
Orange county
Palm springs
Redding
Reno / tahoe
Sacramento
San diego
San francisco bay area
San luis obispo
Santa barbara
Stockton
Ventura county
visalia-tulare new
If you don't mind, I'm going to pretend that you live in Los Angeles. You listed a county, but I don't know what town or city. I'm also going to suggest a possible wording for your ad. I have been successfully advertising on the Internet for free for about three years.
I would suggest placing the ads under the "jobs" section and then the following subsections of that heading:
Skilled trade / craft
TV / film / video
And
[part time]
Your ad might be worded something like this:
Title: Photographer Wanted, Los Angeles, CA
Photographer needed for couples portrait photography in the L.A. California area. No nudity or obscenity. Ideal for a college or even a high school student who is studying photography and interested in getting into the photography business.
Please contact, (Your contact information, your boyfriend's first name, phone number and email address.)
I think that it's safer for you to use your boyfriend's first name. If you are, please don't be afraid to put an email address in the ad. My email address is listed all over the Internet. I have had little if any problems because I have listed it. Of course some of the reason that I have probably had little problem, is because the spam filter on the server that I use is so strong. So, it's up to you as to whether you list it. Anyone listing a photography job these days is bound to potentially attract those that are into the weird stuff. Not so much like my piano tuning or other businesses that I have. People will be able to contact you via the way that craigslist.org does it anyway.
You could also vary the words and wording slightly so that you might be more likely to attract more people looking to do photography.
For instance, please notice that I titled the ad using the word "wanted." And, that I then used the word "needed" in the body of the ad. So, I've covered both those bases as far as people looking for a photographer wanted and also needed. I also use "Los Angeles" as well as "L.A." As well as CA and California. People will look for these jobs using various words and combinations of words in search engines.
Using keywords is very important to getting results on your ads as people use the search engines. Not everyone is just simply going to go to craigslist.org of Los Angeles and be looking for an ad for a photographer. A lot of people don't even know about craigslist.org. The majority of people are going to find your ad by looking for what you are advertising because they have been using a search engine.
Here are some keywords for you that should also be in your ad at the bottom of it in order for you to get the most "bites" on it. You would list the keywords exactly as I have below with the commas.
Photographer Los Angeles, photography Los Angeles, Los Angeles County photography jobs, jobs for college students in California, photography jobs in California, photographers in Los Angeles County, portrait photographer wanted, part-time photography job, learning photography, photography student, California photographers, California portrait photographers, portraiture photography, portrait photographers
Here are also some links for free classified sites in California. I'm not sure how well that they work because I live in Illinois, so I don't use them. But, they may be worth a try.
California Free Classifieds
California Classifieds: Free Classifieds in California
If you go to the following link, you will find many more free sites on which to advertise.
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/music/...rs-103007.html
If you do decide to edit any of your ads that you might place on craigslist.org, it's a good idea to get rid of all of the <br>'s that will appear in the edit. Otherwise, they will show up in your ads.
I know that my answer has been somewhat of an overkill. But, I just love showing people how easy it is to advertise for free on the Internet!
I hope that you have a beautiful day! :)