starting with nothing

hometalk · #1 (**permalink**) 11-10-2006, 10:12 PM

What would you guys recommend to people who want to start a home business but have no money to fund it? Are there any tips that you might want to share? Starting with nothing is very difficult but perhaps there's a way to do it?

10cents · #2 (**permalink**) 11-29-2006, 01:12 AM

You can always start with your talent and skills. If you are a good writer, you can write articles for websites and blogs and then maybe proceed to having you own website offering services from freelancers. You can do the same with web development and grafix skills.

Sapphira · #3 (**permalink**) 11-29-2006, 05:57 PM

Blogging would probably be your best bet. You can get a free blog pretty much anywhere these days. Some sites will even allow you to place your own advertising on it. Blogger.com, for instance, is owned by Google... so you can sign up for a Google Adsense account, and make money off of the advertising.

You can also use a blog to write reviews for products that you have affiliate links with, etc...

k00lit_gurl · #4 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006, 12:31 AM

It would be best if you will try to come up with a business that is related to your field of interest. By doing so, the business you will put up will sure be a product of your passion.

headquarters · #5 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006, 12:55 AM

Aside from writing, are there any more that don't require to fund it? I know it is hard to find but it is the best way to do it without risk, right?

k00lit_gurl · #6 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006, 01:13 AM

There are a lot of available jobs online like paid to click, paid to read emails and paid to post ads. These online jobs does not really require us to think since we will be just clicking or posting the contents of the project. However, beware of scams.

yuanhua · #7 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006, 08:31 AM

There are a lot of Paid-to's jobs over the internet but don't expect to earn a lot from these. There are other jobs that you can venture on that doesn't need much money from you like rendering your services. Be an online tutor or something like that.

Gil857 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by hometalk

What would you guys recommend to people who want to start a home business but have no money to fund it? Are there any tips that you might want to share? Starting with nothing is very difficult but perhaps there's a way to do it?

I agree, starting a business without any funding is difficult, but I think it can be overcome with a little creativity.

First I would ask is what is it that you like to do, what is your passion - and center it around that. I think I saw some recommend blogging - that's a great place to start. There are numerous free blog sites out there, subscribe to one and blog about what interests you, then generate some revenue from the traffic by some well place ads from Google. Use that money to fund even a bigger idea.

angel · #9 (**permalink**) 12-01-2006, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by hometalk

What would you guys recommend to people who want to start a home business but have no money to fund it? Are there any tips that you might want to share? Starting with nothing is very difficult but perhaps there's a way to do it?

Home business with no investment? I think I have an idea. First create a blog. There are many free blogger sites are available. You can try for blogger.com. Then apply for google adsense program. You can earn a good amount of money.

romeoNjuliet · #10 (**permalink**) 12-12-2006, 09:30 AM

As long as you have an internet access and a personal computer, there's so many ways to start online business without funds. Yes, it is really a difficult tasks and it needs a lot of time to create a financial support. PTC programs is a better start and yes blogging.