Consider starting your own home-based business.

If you’re really interested in working for yourself, starting your own home-based business can be a great idea. It also involves a lot of work, and much of the time, some investment.

This is not a decision to make lightly, nor should you start a business just because you can’t find a job.

Having said that, starting your own business — if you’re willing to do your homework and do what’s necessary to make it a success — may well become one of the best decisions you ever made.

There are lots of great resources on starting a legitimate home business. (But remember, you won’t receive them via spam.)

Don’t come across as desperate.

You may be in dire straits financially, but it’s worth your while to act calmly and professionally — just like you would in a real-world job search.

Posting messages on forums saying that you are in financial trouble, or desperate to find work from home is a bad idea. Desperation is like blood to sharks — it’ll bring all of the scammers out of the woodwork, and you’ll be inundated with phony offers.

Be patient.

If you’re looking to start a home-based business, or looking for telecommuting work you can do at home, you may have a considerable search ahead of you. There are a *lot* of people in the same boat, many of whom are falling prey to scams every day.

Don’t let scammers use high-pressure tactics to sucker you in. If you’re given a time-limited offer, there’s usually a reason why — scammers know that pressure brings in people!

Even if you’re in dire straits, it pays to be patient… so that you don’t lose money to schemes that never materialize.

And most important, NEVER reply to spam.

Fraudulent offers for home-based businesses or work-at-home opportunities almost always arrive as spam. The better it sounds, the less likely that it’s legitimate.

Scammers aren’t planning to deliver anyway, so what does it matter to them what they promise? Delete and move on.

As we say — if it’s spam, it’s a scam!

There is much more good information on their sites. I believe that the couple that operates this site, as well as several others, has learned how to make a reasonable living from the Internet.