hey guys, i am somewhat affiliated with sma since my uncle uses them for his car dealership in fl.
I've pm'd one of the admins if i'm allowed to have some sort of conference meeting (using microsoft net meeting) for all the skeptics out there. So i'll keep you guys updated once i get confirmation.
I got to agree that the price is indeed outrageous for those who never invested that kind of money before. As an internet marketer, that's quite low for the amount of leads you're generating. For those big timers who advertise through adwords or even facebook, their budget is anywhere from $1k to $5k daily. Yes, that's right. So in essence, spending $7k monthly through internet advertising is pretty much normal.
Now let me tell you how the program works.
First, look at this video:
to sum things up:
1. Your whole inventory is posted on craigslist. 80% of your leads will come from there. These leads will only be sent to you and no one else.
2. Your number will be used to track your leads and everything can be accessed through callsource.com - you'll be able to hear and track how your employees are converting these leads.
3. You will be receiving 30+ leads per day as your whole inventory will posted on craigslist on a daily basis. (100+ ads daily using 15+ different templates)
4. Additional leads will come from other classified sites and as well as
cars for sale, used cars for sale, new cars for sale, carsforsale.com! and
credit union dealers. (these two sites are owned by the company)
so let's take a look on how powerful craigslist has become over the past years.
Looking at quantcast, this site reaches to
51.4 million users every month!
craigslist.org - quantcast audience profile
craigslist.org is currently ranking 9 (traffic rank in the us) on alexa.com
Craigslist.org Site Info
now what other websites gives you more traffic than craigslist and allows you to advertise your cars to at least 50 million users? None. Proof? Here you go:
alexa - top sites in united states
as you can see, there is no website above craigslist.org that allows you to advertise your cars to an audience that reaches to 50 million users every month!!
Now, let's verify that coggin deland honda (dealership discussed on the video) has 1000 results on craigslist.
1. Go to
craigslist: Orlando classifieds for jobs, apartments, personals, for sale, services, community, and events.
2. Under the "for sale" section, click on "cars+trucks"
3. Search for the term, "coggin" (without quotation marks) and be sure to click on "entire post" (beside the search button. Look at the picture below
4. Click search and prepare to be amazed
so as you can see, there are 1000 results and about 50 or so ads posted today.
Even if you are posting in a small city, don't underestimate how much traffic it's getting. Here are a few reasons as to why people get so little leads on craigslist.
1. Not posting enough ads
2. Ads are not appealing and this forces users to shop elsewhere
3. No phone number is visible on the ad (very important)
4. No one is tracking which ads work and don't
5. The sales team converting the leads into sales are very weak.
4. Since it's very hard to post on craigslist, business' get discouraged and move on.
Anyone can post on craigslist but only a few can post hundreds of ads daily and only a select few can post thousands of ads with ease.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask
