Archive for the 'Craigslist' Category

They started a home based business thanks to the free advertising at Craigslist… until they got busted. It should go without saying that these types of ads for illegal services go against Craigslist’s terms of service, but nothing much really goes without saying anymore.
From NBC News
Kimberly Petersen, 17, was arrested after detectives doing a routine […]

The problem with selling on Ebay is that you can really be taken for a ride and not make the money you hoped by buying from a reseller instead of the actualy product source (or as close as you can get).
For $2.99 Skip McGrath helps you learn where eBay power sellers buy the merchandise to […]

By the time you read this, Craigslist will probably have deleted this post offering what sounds like a great work at home opportunity. These people seem to keep coming back again and again, so you may see it on other boards.
What made me very suspicious was that the text is an image, not actual text. […]

Can Zigire create a social networking site from scratch in just 4 days?
Zigire is one of many people wanting to sponsor a post on this blog to get exposure for their website. Most of the time you see these requests like this and you yawn.
But this caught my eye… the challenge of creating a social […]

Will “Voice Recognition” Software eliminate the need for medical transcriptionists? Not if this is to be believed. Even with the software … they need trained medical transcriptionists to work as editors.
I saw it on Craigslist.
Tired of pounding the keyboard? Want to give your wrists and hands a rest? Focus Infomatics, Inc. is hiring US MT-Editors […]

I am fascinated by the auto industry and it’s potential for entrepreneurs. So when I hear about sites like LemonFree.com I routinely check them out. Anyone, even dealers, can use the site to post used car and truck listings for free.
Basically, you go to the site, type in what you’re looking for (LemonFree.com serves the […]

This is from Craigslist. When I got information back and informed the staff that indeed it was a scam, they removed it. But you will see it again!
If you see this ad, please realize it’s about sending them $10 by PayPal and they tell you how to post these ads to get $10 from other […]

I’m all for advertising on Craigslist. Evidently a subsidiary of Monster.com is too.
The folks at Monster sponsor MakingItCount. You can see how they advertise on Monster.com to find presenters.
Here’s their spiel on Monster:
Making It Count, a division of Monster Worldwide, is the industry leader in “edutainmentâ€? delivering more than 11,000 free educational trainings to high […]

I just learned about Titletrader.com and my mind turned to all of my readers who are trying to make a living selling books and such on Amazon.com, Ebay, or Craigslist.You know those books, cd’s, dvd’s etc. you just don’t seem to be able to sell through your normal channels?
What if you could, at least, trade […]

Des Walsh tells us about a new Web 2.0 classified site, Find It.
It has a much more impressive look than the humble but profitable Craigslist, which just expanded their revenue base the other day by expanding the number of cities for which they charge job and real estate listing fees.
The question is… will it get […]