Getting ideas for a home based business is rather easy if you have at least a little start up capitol, but what do you do when you don’t have anything to invest at the start? You have to find business opportunities that do not require an initial investment. You can always earn a little money on these free ventures and then use that money as start up capital for a bigger idea that does require an initial investment.

Here are two easy to start home based business ideas that do not require any money to get started. Whether they work for you or not, allow them to get you started on your own ideas.

-Affiliate Marketing

There can be some expense to this type of business, but you can always find free methods of advertising to get started. This type of marketing allows you to sell on the behalf of other people, so there is no actual inventory for you to purchase and stock.

Some free marketing opportunities that you can use to promote your affiliate’s products include article marketing (if you can write them yourself), blogging, and creating effective landing pages that will pre-sell the products.

Blogging and landing pages can be started from free websites to get you started.

-Article Writing

What do you know about that you think others would be interested in? Do you have good grammar, or at least access to a good word processor with spell check? If so, then you could make fast money online writing articles. There are websites which allow you to sign up completely free and start writing on literally any topic under the sun.

Getting into the writing business doesn’t have to be complicated. Find a free site which allows you to submit for a small payment per short article and submit pieces on anything that interests you.

Ideas for a home based business are all over the place. The trick is finding easy ways to earn a little money that can be used as an initial investment for more lucrative opportunities