Legitimate Work From Home Jobs Making Money On Craigslist

I’m going to share with you an idea for a legitimate work from home jobs making money on Craigslist. How you, yes you, can actually make money with jobs you can do from home using Craigslist. The process is actually fairly simple. Stick with me and I will outline the steps for you to follow.

Just in case you are one of the 4 people who do not know what Craigslist is, you can get an overview and understanding at the Craigslist Wikipedia Page. Ok, now we are on the same track, let’s proceed.

Before you click away and increase my bounce rate for this site, you most likely found this article from a search for legitimate work from home jobs. I hope you will find a lot of great ideas within this article. This is one of the ways I make money working from my home and you can too. I will remind you that virtually anyone can do this internet based business idea that I will detail for you. There are almost no barriers to your entry. The economy is really bad and a lot of folks are looking for legitimate work from home jobs because they have lost their corporate day jobs.

You can start with almost zero knowledge and along the way, I promise you an unbelievable education as to how the internet works. It’s all self-paced. There are a lot of internet business ideas out there for work at home employment but I’m afraid that too many of them are scams. If you need to earn extra income, I hope that this idea will cause a light bulb to go off because the possibilities are endless.

During this process your own human potential will increase 1000% and you can use your new knowledge for the good of mankind or your own bank account.

This could be epic. Do like Griz says and put on a pot of coffee. I also recommend that you also put on your thinking cap.

We all know someone who is out of work. I’ve had a lot of people ask me if I knew about any jobs. I really couldn’t offer any help up to now. If I’m going to make a recommendation, it must be a legitimate home business with an opportunity for success. I recently tested for myself, what I’m going to share with you and it really does work. Because I enjoy internet marketing, I’m always on the lookout for for good online business ideas. I enjoy building niche websites but income from those can take a while. Making money on Craigslist is a faster way to put some money in the bank for yourself. The cool thing, is that you can work this as hard as you want and I do believe the only limitation as to how much money you can earn is whatever limits you may place on yourself.

This is really where your own potential will meet up with reality. I’ve been making extra income online for quite a while now and I’m always looking for new opportunities.

Earn extra income with legitimate work from home jobs

As with most business ventures, to start making money, you have to spend a little to make a little bit of money or a lot of money. Starting online internet marketing on Craigslist is very affordable, more affordable than most of the other ideas floating around out there. I will assume you have a computer and an internet connection. I can’t imagine that you are reading this post on a computer at the library. Ok, that part of your investment is done. Good. With this online business plan, you really can start earning money this month. Keep reading.

Legitimate work from home business

The dream of working from home is not for everyone. It’s hard work, no doubt. The cool part of this is that you can work this idea towards a full time income or easily stay part time. You will need to make an investment in a monthly subscription. The monthly subscription that will cost you a whopping $33 per month. Don’t panic, that’s chickenfeed. I will promise you right now that this very small sum of money that leaves your account every month is probably worth more than your Business Administration Degree from your favorite University.

I will keep all of this very simple and easy to understand. The 8 regular readers I have here on Bloggerlens all know that I am a simple man.

A job you can do from home. I placed an ad on Craigslist

A few months ago, I placed an ad on the Craigslist posting service. My offer was to help local small business gain better exposure and rankings on Google. I offered a very simple service with no promises or guarantees.

How about that? I offered a service in which I would be paid yet I gave no guarantees that my service would even work.

Here is what is wonderful about this method of earning money online. When you work from home online, you can offer your service to businesses all over the entire U.S.A. and never have to leave your house. You can work at your own pace without ever guaranteeing that your service will effectively work for a client or not. This is a legitimate online business that you can grow as big as you desire.

Stick with me here, I’m getting ready to start giving the nuts and bolts of this method to earn some cash on Craigslist but I wanted to make those points I have written first. I wanted to wet your appetite a little. This is a very exciting opportunity for you and I am hoping that you may use this to your advantage. If you have ever wanted to make money working from home, I will show you how I do it in this article.

This is not a scam or stupid or illegitimate. You can seriously affect the bottom line for your clients and their families with the service you can provide. You can make them a lot of money. At the end of the day you can be proud of what you are doing and I want to prepare you for the fact that these clients will send even more business your way. If you do this correctly, you will be turning down business.

Start a business making money on Craigslist

If you know how to post anything on the internet, you are 90% there in working this business. If you have a blog and you know how to post an article, you are home free. If you already know how to post an ad on Craigslist that means you are qualified right now. Isn’t that good news?

Seriously, if the extent of your knowledge is only your Facebook page, you CAN make money by using Craigslist. This would be a great home based business for Mom’s who stay at home with the kids. Most Mom’s seem to have a Facebook page. If you can make a Facebook posting, you can do this business.

The service you will offer is Link Building For SEO To Local Business.

I have spent the last couple of years working with and dealing with small businesses in my local community. The majority of local businesses are not very well educated when it comes down to how the internet actually works. They hire someone to build them a website and wait for the traffic to start rolling in. It never happens and they become desperate for help because their is no traffic or very little to their website.

This is not the case with all local business. Some are extremely knowledgeable. In my experience, most small businesses are not and those are your target clients. You are here to help and they need you badly.

This desperation for help is where you come in and offer your services. I promise you, there are some desperate business owners out there trying to survive this economy. A person like you comes along offering to help and they are grateful.

You have an opportunity to really help these small business. This can be very gratifying work where you can truly make a difference.

Is It Too Technical?

No. Once again, I will remind you that I’m keeping it simple here. You will never touch the clients actual website. You will simply build anchor text links from other websites that will point toward your clients website.

If your local plumber in Greenfield, Alabama has a website and no traffic, you will simply assist in getting traffic to his website by building appropriate links and increasing his position in the search engines. Nothing more, nothing less. Business simplicity.

If your plumber is ranking at #25 for the term “plumber, Greenfield, Alabama” and you can move him to the first page of Google with a simple link-building campaign, he will gladly pay you for your efforts.

Local business are generally the easiest to move up in rank. You are mostly dealing with Mom & Pop type establishments who have very little or no knowledge at all at how to rank a website. Competition is generally very low for local terms. Usually, with a few links and a little time, you can push a client website to much better search engine rankings. With a little effort in link building on your part, you can usually see gains and moderately quick which result in happy clients. Happy clients usually mean referrals.

Can you start making money?

The short answer is YES!

• If you can write a 400 word article and place a link in your article that points to a client website, you can do this business and make money.
• If you can hire a writer that will do all of this work for you, you can make money with this business.
• If you can send an email to a writer explaining what you want them to do, you can do this business and earn money.

I can’t explain this in much simpler terms.

Let’s take a moment and summarize where we are at with this work from home business or maybe you prefer your local coffee shop.

You can make money on Craigslist offering a simple link-building service to local companies in your community who have existing websites.

• You place a simple ad in your local Craigslist
• You offer a link-building service to increase traffic and search engine rankings to websites.
• You never have to touch a clients website.
• You write 400 word quality articles with a variety of anchor text links that points to a client website.
• (Optional) You can hire writers to do all of the work for you.
• Your work is measurable to your client based on traffic stats & a simple check on rankings over time.

Here is the second part of the equation for your internet business. Where are you going to place your articles and links? You have many choices. Many of those are free such as writing articles and submitting them at sites like HubPages & EzineArticles. I do recommend that you make full use of these sites and establish a membership.

Where will you post your articles that link to your clients?
My first choice and the one we will concentrate on for this online business is The KeyWord Academy.

The Keyword Academy is the place that will teach you, step-by-step how to build a sustainable income by working online. The Keyword Academy is free to join and free for the first 30 days. In reality, you can test everything I am teaching you for free for 30 days with no risk at all to you. After that, it’s $33 a month. Remember, I said you have to spend a little to make money. This is part of your business expenses. It’s tax deductible folks, if you are running a business.

The Keyword Academy shows you step by step beginning on Day 1, how to properly create a legitimate work from home business by working online. If you are a seasoned veteran of internet marketing or a complete newbie, The Keyword Academy is the place to learn how you can create yourself a long term sustainable income online.

I make money with my Keyword Academy membership
I have been a member of The Keyword Academy for 2 years now. The forum alone is worth the price of admission. The forum is full of experts from across a wide spectrum of the internet marketing world. The forum gives you direct access to these individuals and you will receive an education that can’t be paid for just by reading the posts in the forum.

The PostRunner System
The true goldmine benefit of being a member of The Keyword Academy, and where you will make your money is in a system they have created called The PostRunner System. The PostRunner is a clever system consisting of a massive network of websites and blogs which allow you to submit quality articles to the site owner. All of these site owners are actual members of The Keyword Academy and in return for your content, the site owner allows you to place as many as 2 links per article that point to other websites (your client’s sites). Once a member of The Keyword Academy, you can also submit your own site to the system and receive free content from other members.

Once you are a member of The Keyword Academy, you can log into the PostRunner Dashboard and submit your article. You are given the option of selecting the website in which to submit. The PostRunner system will scan your article quickly to determine some quality checks such as duplicate content. Once the initial requirements are met, the PostRunner system will submit your article to the site you have chosen.

The owner of the site you have submitted to will receive an alert that an article has been submitted. The owner has 7 days to approve or decline your article. If approved, your article goes live and you are sent a notice. You now have an active link to your clients website. A very simple process that does not take much time.

I actively use the PostRunner system for my own sites and also when I do client work. This system works for me and it also earns money for me. That’s why I recommend you do the same.

As you consider this, keep in mind that my goal is to keep it simple as possible. You are not offering to change how the world spins. You are not representing yourself as an SEO Expert. You are not making any guarantees that your service will even work. You cannot control the search engines such as Google.

You offer a simple service. You can send each and every link you post to your client if you desire transparency. You can certainly determine if he has moved in rankings by going to Google.

Your results to your client is measurable and that will build confidence to your client about the service you offer. Allow them to cancel at anytime if they feel you are not providing results.

I do not share my exact methodology with the client. That would make no sense. I explain my system of link-building but I do not go into great detail. I certainly do not want my client to skip me and do the work directly for themselves. That would be dumb on my part. You will find that most of your clients have no time to work on their websites anyway, so this will not likely be an issue for you.

So now, we have an online business idea. We will advertise our link-building services for free on Craigslist. We will use The Keyword Academy to to build links to our client websites. How are we going to word our advertisement?

Place Your money making ad On Craigslist

Here is an outline for you to consider when posting your ad on Craigslist. You can modify for your own use. It’s very important to come across as a legitimate service. You do not want to sound spammy. The more comfortable your ad can make a client feel, the more likely they will respond to your ad.

********* Here Was My Craigslist Advertisement *********

I am a local guy who runs a few community websites among others. I understand how to help websites get ranked for the keyword terms you are interested in.

I am not a website designer, programmer. I also make no claims as an SEO Guru. I simply understand more than the average person because I do it everyday.

My own sites are built with WordPress.

I believe in simple effectiveness. I discover what works and then I rinse and repeat over and over.

For the search engines to give you the highest possible rankings, you need good on-page SEO (search engine optimization). You also need appropriate links pointing to your website.

Before I go further, you should check out 2 local sites I publish.

http://monroescoop.com

http://ballantynescoop.com

If you like those, please continue reading. Maybe I can help you.

I understand and use Social Media.

I have access to a vast network and resources in which to point anchored text links to your website to help you rise in the search engines.

I am strictly white hat and legitimate. I don’t do anything shady to break the search engines rules & terms of service. I don’t risk my own sites, I will not risk yours.

I do not do PPC. I work to get free traffic from Google. Some refer to this as organic traffic. Me and free get along great.

*I’m local. If necessary, we can meet over a cup of coffee to see if we even like each other.

*Evaluate your existing rankings for the keyword terms you want to rank for.

*Make suggestions to increase and improve your on-site SEO. Other than make a recommendation, I do not touch your site.

*I will create a baseline report of your current keyword rankings. This is a starting point so you can measure your site and my effectiveness.

*I start building links with proper anchor text to your site. I do not automate link building. All of my efforts are manual and natural in the eyes of Google.

*Most likely I will find new keyword terms that you should consider.

*I provide a detailed monthly progress report of your rankings.

I stay pretty busy with a lot of activities and I only accept clients in which I can actually help. If you do not need help, I will tell you.

I may tell you how to do a better job with Social Media and leave it at that. I will always give you my opinion how to beat your competitors.

I will show you how to use videos to increase your rankings.

Can you afford me? Yes, you can.

I only work based on what you can afford, not what I want to make.

I will ask you your budget and then I will detail what I can do that will fit your budget. If you feel it’s fair, we will begin work.

I do not work based on contracts. We can both walk away from each other at anytime.

I do not do this to earn my living. I do it because I enjoy it.

If you need the hype of a fancy SEO company, blowing some smoke your way and speaking a lot of terms you have never heard of, you don’t want me.

For the past 3 years, I have mainly worked for myself and learned through trial and error. I have helped a few people along the way when asked.

That’s the cool thing about the internet and search. Work hard now and enjoy the benefits for a long time to come.

If you want a guy who has resources and produces results, we should talk.

If any of this sounds like a possible fit for you, please email me. Feel free to list your website so I can have a quick look before I respond. That way I can educate myself just a bit before I call you.

Steve Sherron

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That’s pretty much how my ad looked. I got a lot of responses from my Craigslist ad. Presently, I’m only working with one client right now. At anytime that I want to earn more money and take on more responsibility, I would just place this ad again on Craigslist.

How much should you charge for your services?
Ok, this is highly subjective and could be a real problem to overcome when you are first starting out. You could do what I did. I made a personal decision that I would not take on any client for less than $300 per month. That was my baseline.

I decided that I would let a client set his own monthly budget. Once he sets his budget, I would determine exactly how much work I would do based on that amount. If we both agreed, I would begin work. If he has a $500 per month budget, you simply need to determine how many articles and how many links per month that you will build for that amount.

I work as a sole proprietor. I am not incorporated. The clients make their checks payable to me. You will have to make some business decisions as to how you want to be paid. Do you want to be paid before the work or after you perform?

My advice to you if you decide to try making money on Craigslist is to keep it as simple as possible. Never make a claim you can’t back up. Never make guarantees about search engines. Promise to do the work to the best of your ability and help your client to overtake their competitors. Once they see movement in their search engine rankings, your hardest work is complete. I would also mention to your clients that the only search engine that you work to increase their rankings in is Google.

Should you outsource your writing?
If you are not confident in your ability to write quality articles that will please the search engines, you may want to consider outsourcing your writing. I use The Content Authority when I outsource. I buy well written articles for .01 per word. A 400 word article will cost me $4.

I take that article and submit it to the Keyword Academy Postrunner System with appropriate links inserted to my client’s websites. This is an online business model on cruise control if you want to work from home. At the end of the month, you can check the rankings for the keywords you are targeting and submit a report along with an invoice to your client.

I make sure I explain to my clients that this is not a race. Slow and steady we will make progress. Progress may take 2 or 3 months to see visible results.

I will not work with anyone I am not comfortable with. I will not work with those claiming they have expertise already. If they were such experts, why did they respond to the ad?

I usually met face to face with prospective local clients over a cup of coffee. You may or may not want to do this yourself. I did it because I wanted to meet the person to see if I liked them and gave them a chance to see if they liked me. I was looking for good chemistry between us.

Do the math, if you go out and get 10 clients at $500 per month, you have just produced yourself a $60K a year income less expenses. Can you find 10 clients? Chances are you will not have to find 10 clients. Find just a few clients and show results to them and your other clients will come to you by referral. When I was meeting with potential clients, they were telling me they had friends that also needed help.

You can be as successful making money on Craigslist as you want to be depending upon how much effort you are willing to put into it.

Start your online business for free

This is a legitimate work from home business idea for you to ponder. You can give this online business a try for free for 30 days using The Keyword Academy. After that, it’s $33 a month.

Legitimate work from home jobs by making money on Craigslist could be a great opportunity to change your life and the lives of others.

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