Everyone has things lying around – in the shed, carport, or under the house – to sell on Facebook Marketplace. Old tools, a spare fridge, a kayak, a roof rack, whatever. You know it’s worth something, but you haven’t done it because writing the ad feels like more effort than it’s worth.
By the way, most Marketplace ads are pretty average. “Good condition. Pick up only. $50 ono.” And then people wonder why nobody’s biting.
Here’s what I do now. I grab my phone, open Wispr Flow (voice dictation – I’ll put my link below), hold the button, and just describe the thing out loud – like I’m telling a mate about it. It takes about a minute, maybe less. I say what it is, age, condition, why it’s good, why I’m selling it, and my price.
That transcript goes straight into Claude (claude.ai – free) with a note: “Turn this into a Facebook Marketplace ad. Make it sound like a real person wrote it. Friendly, honest, give them a reason to message me.”
What comes back is an actual ad – something that tells a story about the item and makes someone want it. I recently sold a camp chair that had been in my ex-partner’s carport for two years. Listed it on a Tuesday afternoon and sold it by Wednesday morning.
Here’s why this is in a business newsletter: if it works for a camp chair, it works for anything you’re selling. Products, services, market stall specials, second-hand stock, whatever. Same process, same result – something that sounds worth buying instead of something that sounds like you couldn’t be bothered writing the ad.
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If you want to explore where AI can save you time across your business – not just the fun stuff, but the important stuff – I offer a one-hour session for $99 where we work through it together. [Book here], or just reply and we’ll chat first.
P.S. Take a decent photo too. No amount of AI can fix a blurry picture of something sitting on a dirty concrete floor.
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