Craiglist Templates for Teachers

Craigslist isn’t pretty, but people are used to it. And it works. Really, it’s the gold standard. I mean think about it, when you need an apartment, a bike, a job, a strange encounter, or anything else, where’s the first place you look?

Many folks have been using Craigslist for years, but I’ve had a number of teachers ask me recently about about ways they can improve their postings. In fact, last week one the first teachers to register on TeachStreet, Chris Lewis (tennis instructor), over in Ballard, asked me if we could design him an HTML templated ad to help his tennis class listings stand out amidst the river of other posts.

So we did. And after hearing back from Chris about how effective the ad was at helping him find more students, we thought we’d make the Craigslist template available for all our registered TeachStreeters. So now you can reach into teacher toolbag, too. Getting your own custom Craigslist ad for any of your sessions is easy, just visit your Teacher Tools page and choose Craigslist Ad Builder. Follow the instructions on the Craigslist Ad page, and you’ll be up on Craigslist in no time.

Get More Students on Craigslist

• Update your Profile: Make sure the information on your TeachStreet profile is up do date.

• Visit your Teacher Tools page when you are logged into TeachStreet, and choose which template you wish to use: Basic or Stylized.

• Copy / Paste: All you have to do is copy / paste, and put the ad into your post.

Other Good Classified Sites for Teachers

• Backpage
• Oodle
• Kijij
• Seattle.net

Though there are a million out there, some listings are geared more at e-commerce, or employment, than they are at classes or lessons. A couple of these sites include Google Base, Facebook Marketplace, MySpace’s Classifieds, and Yelp. Don’t waste your time here. Pick sites that with categories that are consistent with what you teach.

Congats on the new students, Chris. Glad the ads helped. Best of luck with your lessons this summer.