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[digg=http://digg.com/business_finance/No_Marketing_Budget_Try_Craigslist/blog]It doesn’t talk much to start a services-based company, if you are willing to do the work yourself. It does however take a little bit of time and money to do some marketing and attract new customers.In a recent discussion with a friend trying to start a services-based company, he figured it would be easiest to connect with potential customers online. As an SEO guy, I told him he was right, but that it would be difficult in a competitive space to build a site from scratch and hope to compete with long established companies. That’s not to say that I wasn’t hard headed enough to try it, but we had to be realistic from the start.With little or no budget outside of building and hosting a site, we tried posting ads and links to the site from craigslist. Much to my surprise, it resulted in some phone calls!Lesson learned: If you have no marketing budget. Give Craigslist a try, and don’t be afraid to post every day.