Starting a Home Business Using Craigslist

^{--written by Susan Smith}

Summary: You say you want to work from home but you don't know where to start? Why not try Craigslist? Not only are there legitimate jobs for someone who wants to work from home, but it's also a great repository of ideas for starting your own home business.

Starting a Home Business Has Never Been Easier

I know...I've heard all the complaints. "The Internet is full of home business scams." "I don't know which jobs are legitimate and which aren't." "I'm tired of getting spam promising instant riches for just a few hours of work each day."

Starting a home business can be overwhelming with all the information and mis-information on the Internet But there are gems out there that can truly be valuable for getting you started...with ideas, with customers, and marketing opportunties.

And one of those gems is Craigslist, which began as an email list of San Francisco events by Craig Newmark in early 1995, and is now .#12 in total web traffic in the US and #47 globally with more than 10 billion page views per month. And the best part of the Craigslist website is that it's free for you to use...that's right, absolutely free with no strings attached!

Side note: So how does Craiglist make any money? By charging below-market fees for job ads in 10 cities, and for brokered apartment listings in New York City (that means, $25 in Chicago, NYC, LA, DC, Boston, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, and San Diego, and $75 in San Francisco).

But getting back to the business at hand, Starting a New Business, this resource is a treasure trove of ideas to get your creative juices going towards building your new business, and even more important a place where real customers with real needs need real work from you. Fantastique!

So pour yourself another cup of cofee, make yourself comfortable, and get started on starting a new business that you can do at home. Enjoy the video!