Where do you advertise yourself?

Like you, I also post my services weekly on Craigslist. I have business cards that I have passed out at dog friendly places when I find owners, such as my local Half Price Books store or sometimes when owners have their dog at the car dealership I go to. Just this week I overheard an employee at Target talking about feeling like she always has to stay home because her dog hates going to the kennel, and I was able to briefly speak with her and give her a business card, also! I received my first client when I joined Rover by posting on my personal FaceBook and I now also have posted on a couple of local garage sale sites that I am a member of on FB, too. I ordered the car magnets and am looking forward to using those in the near future!

I also make flyers with tear-off tags and post them at local grocery store boards, pet food/supply stores, and local restaurant boards. I've handed out business cards at local vet clinics and pet groomers. I had postcards made from Vistaprint because Rover's, although nice, are not as customize-able as I would like. I put the post cards in the newspaper boxes or on the front doors of the homes with barking dogs in them while I'm out walking current client dogs. I don't post on Craigslist because it seems to be a problem for other sitters. I do post on Facebook - my local county's buy/sell/trade pages. I have received clients from all of my efforts - although I would like more!

I haven't had any response from Craiglist or Nextdoor via posts. I have had a neighbor respond to me on Nextdoor but not from my post. I "welcomed" her when she joined and she saw I did dog sitting. So, in that way, it was helpful. I'm going to try Mary's suggestion since it sounds like that could be helpful.