A spicy tidbit to make searching craigslist easier

Every now and then, I seem to overlook something that makes my day significantly easier and take for granted the value that it ads to my photography business.

This is one of those things.

Have you ever found yourself searching through craigslist looking for photography gigs, trying to find some hidden treasure, a classified that someone put in the wrong place that could give you a head up on the competition?

I've spent upwards of an hour on craigslist trying to filter most of these ads out until I discovered the ease of using google to search craigslist.

Now, I simply go to google and type in something along the lines of:
Photographer needed site:mycity.craigslist.org

What that does is brings up everything that has been indexed on craigslist containing those keywords.

You can also use quotations to narrow your search if you're getting overwhelming results. So for example "Photographer needed" site:mycity.craigslist.org would yeild every posting that contained "photographer needed" in that order and together. Whereas the previous search would include everything that included the word photographer, and the word needed regardless of where it was in the posting.

At that point, all you really have to do is click on each search result and it will take you to that listing.

No wading through garbage, no sorting through different sections. It's simple, streamlined, and an efficient use of your time.

Now go find some gigs!