There’s never been a better time to start a home-based business. The recession, with all the layoffs and pay-cuts has caused many people to re-think how they earn the bulk of their income. Families have had to tighten their budgets and in response, many moms are beginning to enter the world of small business by starting home-based companies that help them to take control over their family’s financial future.

Even outside of starting home-businesses in response to a loss in household income, women are beginning to feel the need to do work that is more satisfying to them and where they have more control over their lives and incomes. Inspired by the many success stories of moms who have taken hobbies or new skills and made them into profitable home-businesses, more stay-at-home moms and women who work outside the home are jumping into the fray and figuring out how to use their passions, hidden talents and workplace skills to build their own companies. As a result, there’s been a huge spike in tele-seminars, books, CD’s and other products that demonstrate how to make the move from employee to entrepreneur.

The kinds of businesses that stay-at-home and corporate moms are starting are quite varied. Most choose businesses that have something to do with an interest or particular skill that they have, rather than just randomly jumping on the bandwagon of other women who have started things like Avon or Tupperware.

But that being said, direct-selling is a popular option for home-businesses among stay-at-home moms. It can be actual products or guides on how to find fashion jewelry wholesale, for instance. Another direct-selling trend that is gaining in popularity involves home parties such as Pampered Chef that sells cooking supplies or passion Parties which specializes in adult toys and books.

A lot of moms also choose to start a blog. Mom bloggers, as they are often called, earn money by selling much coveted advertising space on their blogs. The can also make money by selling products from which they will get a percentage of each sale.

Blogging has become a fun and entertaining outlet for many moms who use the blog as a way not just to make money but to share stories about the many challenges of raising kids, balancing a budget and ways to stay on top of time management. Many blogs by moms are day to day narratives about things as simple as going to the grocery store to get Kirkland glucosamine tablets on sale.

Many women are also starting to create ebooks that detail such things as how to make home-made xmas ornaments or the pros and cons of homeschooling your kids. The topics of these ebooks can be just about anything as long as it appeals to a large segment of ebook readers, most of whom have hopefully been following your blog.