The Perfect Email - Replying to Women on Craigslist

I've been experimenting for a long time with different strategies on the perfect email reply to a woman's ad on Craigslist and after many rewriting sessions, I think I've come upon the perfect email reply to a woman's ad on Craigslist. Without further ado, here it is:

Hello,

I doubt this will even reach you because I'm sure the second you posted that ad on Craigslist, your email inbox was swarmed by dozens of guys who are a dime a dozen. I'm not one of those guys.


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I'm (INSERT AGE), (INSERT HEIGHT, (INSERT RACE), and don't have any issues meeting women. I (WHAT DO YOU DO) - basically I have my life together and am looking for someone to just randomly have fun with, just like you are. I'm devoted to what I do and spend most of my waking time working. I'd like to break the monotony with someone I can have a great conversation with while basically, fucking each other's brains out. Then, we get back to our business and our lives. I don't have the time for a relationship, nor do I want one, but I will always make time for some fun.

If you read this and are interested AND you're not a spambot, pls reply and I'd be more than happy to send a picture.


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So far, I've had 2 out of my 3 emails replied to for a fantastic 66% reply rate. For most guys, the reply rate is 0% on Craigslist and that’s just the sad reality of online dating on Craigslist. There is really isn't that much competition if you know how to approach Craigslist the right way. If you're going to write a stupid reply without first thinking of what she wants to hear, of course you're not going to get a reply back.

With the email I have written above, I'm trying to strike a chord in the women reading these emails - they are going to see a ton of garbage from guys - guys who send penises, stupid emails that say let's fuck, or other inane things - and what you want to do is provide a breath of fresh air to her inbox and give her something she has to think about. If she sees a big penis flashing on screen, she doesn't have to think twice about closing that as fast as possible. Contrary to most beliefs, women really don't like pensises being flashed in their face as much as a guy loves the flash of a vagina across his screen.

So the goal here is to use my template to meet women on Craigslist and adapt it to your own email replies. If you get a reply, please leave a comment!

How to Meet Women on Craigslist - The Mysterious Provocative Ad

If you've been reading my how to meet women on Craigslist series, you probably remember one of the first lessons of writing a good ad was writing something mysterious and provocative. Something that provokes a response from a woman, because she's either very fascinated or almost taken aback by what you've written. Regardless, you now have her attention, and you're about to meet a woman on Craigslist.



But, how do you write that mysterious and provocative ad that elicits the attention of women online? This is how.



1) Spend the first 2-3 sentences talking out loud, almost introducing the woman online to who you are and why you might be posting. Something’s I've said are, "What's wrong here? Life, again, and what I thought would happen when I moved to _______ has not happened." Use this time for her to get a sense of your personality without you providing any specifics. Mystery is what you want. You're not ready to provoke her yet.



2) Ask yourself a questions and provide an answer. A simple one would be, "What did I expect to happen when I moved to ________?" And provide your answer. So maybe you can say, "I thought when I moved to Austin, I'd meet all of these great interesting people, but I didn't."



3) Get provocative - After you ask yourself the question and answer it, this is where you become provocative to elicit the attention of women online. Describe yourself and why you deserve to be given attention. If you are the manager of a team that does $10 million a year in business say it. Talk about your success in business. Be direct. But be honest. And then let them know that even with all the success you've had, you're missing success in your personal life.


And that is exactly why you are posting on Craigslist to meet women. Your career is going great (or maybe not so) but your personal life isn’t' achieving the same amount or same type of success as your career. Women will understand your bragging (even though it provokes them) as a way of saying, hey, I'm not that bad of a guy, why am I not getting any love? That's the ultimate message you want to get across when trying to meet women on Craigslist.


More meeting women on Craigslist until next time. Until then, make sure you treat your acne with these acne products.

How to Spot Attractive Women on Craigslist By Reading Their Ads

From all my years of meeting women on Craigslist, I've been able to deduce from what and how much someone has written, the general attractiveness of that individual. Simply, the longer your ad, the less attractive you are. That goes for men and women. The longer your Craigslist ad, the more you are trying to compensate for something, and that something is generally unattractiveness which is why you're on Craigslist in the first place.

Now, this isn't by any means a hard and fast rule - there are attractive women that love to write flowing pieces of prose, but those women are rare. Most attractive women, if they have the courage to post on Craigslist, will seem confused and embarassed, leaving them little to say in their post. They feel they are above posting on Craigslist, but are doing it anyway because of the hope and feeling of "you never know" that it provides. These women's post are then short, a few sentences at most, and will talk directly about what they are looking for without overcompensating for it unneeded words.

The only reason I'm able to make this statement is because I've simply read and replied to many ads over a long period of time to draw a basic correlation to Craigslist ad length (and email reply) and general attractiveness. Now, many of you really aren't to care if they are that attractive as long as she's down, but some of us do have minimal standards that must be met. So follow this rule and focus your time and energy writing Craigslist ads on the best prospects.

How to Meet Women on Craigslist - The Fucked Up Ratio

If you've been following the How to Meet Women on Craigslist series, then you've been able to post an ad, get a reply, and properly replied to her initial email replying to your Craigslist ad. Now you sit back and wait for her reply - you can't do anything about it now. Don't email her again until she's emailed you back - if she doesn't reply, she doesn't reply. You move on. If she does reply, then your chances of this turning into something real have now exponentially increased.

But, while you're waiting for those replies to your Craigslist ad emails to come in, you can also be on the hunt. While there aren't as many guys, there are more than enough women on Craigslist also being proactive and posting an ad. However, unlike you, the guy with the dick, she's getting bombarded with hundreds of emails, sometimes in 1 day. The ratio is that skewed. It is The Fucked Up Ratio.

For every 100 guys that post an ad on Craigslist, maybe 10 will get replies. For every 100 women, that post on Craigslist, every single one of them will get a reply. Guaranteed. That is a fucked up ratio.

So, why wade into emailing women who have posted when there are 100 other guys like her replying to her ad too?

Because you know the secrets of How to Meet Women on Craigslist - good titles and a direct, witty, but mysterious ad that keeps her wanting more. If you adapt and employ these same tactics to the women posting on Craigslist, you'll instantly double your Craigslist dating. And it doesn't hurt to practice your replies - you'll be able to quickly learn which replies work and which ones don't and you can apply these learnings to the replies to the women replying to your ad.

If you want to meet more women on Craigslist, seek them out in their personals section. But remember, be prepared by reading my Craigslist dating tips from the beginning.

Crash and Burn - What Not To Do When Meeting on Craigslist Part 2

Meeting women on Craigslist is not always successful. I just recently crashed and burned with a woman I'd been working on for the past 4 days. Everything was going great the 2 first two days - we were going back and forth on email and at the moment, she seemed like one of the best women on Craigslist. Her replies were direct and inquisitive and most of all she wanted to know more. I received her picture and she was an attractive 27 yr old girl, glasses and everything. The ad pushed her buttons and she wanted to know exactly who was this guy capable of writing an ad that would attract her attention of all people.

But I made a fatal mistake.

I read her wrong and fucked everything up.

I broke one of the golden rules about replying to a Craigslist ad - I didn't read her email properly and sent a completely idiotic reply and she got me. I'm not going to go into the details of what I wrote in the email reply back to Craigslist woman, but I was toast. Something about showing my true colors (what?) and that she's used me for all I was worth (huh?).

Maybe it was best this one got away. Sometimes that cute one isn't necessarily matched up with the most stable of personalities. And there are a few more that I'm working on at the moment and its been a few days since I posted my last ad.

So, in order to not crash and burn meeting women on Craigslist like I did, re-read her email replies. Over and over until you understand exactly what she is saying to you and what she wants you to say back to her. Her reply to me was only one line - my mistake was inexcusable but the only thing I can do moving forward is to not repeat this same online dating mistake again.