Some bulletin boards attract a huge amount of traffic on a daily basis but getting that traffic over to your own site isnt actually that easy. Of course, there are some tricks that can help but these dont usually improve the end result in terms of actual sales. This article will look at a variety of dynamics playing out on bulletin boards every day.
Craigs List is probably the best known bulletin board and anyone whos been to that site knows there are a ton of different options available. Each one of those options attracts a different audience and each audience has its own motivations for being there.
Before going any further, lets define our objective. Lets assume were trying to sell a product. So, getting untargeted traffic to our site will likely not yield any results. A targeted visitor is much more likely to buy than an untargeted visitor. 100 targeted visitors might create as many sales as 1000 untargeted ones. The idea is to find and attract highly targeted traffic.
Although specific statistics are not available, the highest traffic categories on Craigs List are probably the Women Looking for Men section of the personals and the Employment and Gigs...