In order to have a chance at fighting Craigslist, these services need to start hyperlocal first. There's nothing worse than going to one of these sites, enteri

In order to have a chance at fighting Craigslist, these services need to start hyperlocal first. There's nothing worse than going to one of these sites, entering your zip code and finding there's no listings. It's much easier to market to a small geographic area first. One great tip I heard in a Mixergy podcast came from the founder of GrubWithUs. To get started, they printed 10,000 flyers and went around stuffing them into the free daily papers in their hometown. Once you get going in a small area, then you can expand out. This is the only way to win against craigslist.