Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Home Based Businesses

Many home based businesses are designed for you just to lose your money. They may advertise with get rich quick ads or something for nothing ads. There is no such thing as get rich quick and there is no such thing as something for nothing. Many home based businesses use this type of advertising to take advantage of your greed. And many people do end up falling for this type of advertising. One thing to remember is it will take work to build any business, just because it is a home based business does not mean it is something that will happen overnight. Or does not mean it is something that will work without you having to work. A business is a business, period. And all businesses require work. The only difference with a home based business is the startup is normally only a couple of thousand of dollars, where other businesses can start at $30,000 dollars just for your initial investment.

There are some solid home based businesses out there. You will have to do your due diligence to find them. Here is a common problem mostly all people looking for a home based business to start will face. Most people do not have any clue how to get qualified customers to look at whatever business, service, or product they may be offering. Many companies will tell you to make a list of your warm market and then to setup a three way call with your sponsor. This is bogus. It does not work, what normally happens is you end up getting ripped by the people you have on your warm market list. In order to build a successful business you have to hit huge numbers, not make a list of 100 people in your warm market. Many of these companies know this but they are too concerned with just taking your money.

Or another common way some companies operate is they charge you for everything. For example you have to pay an entrance fee to join. Then if you want to attend training and meetings they charge more money each time so they can cover their expenses. Or they may try to sell you their own pre qualified leads. Then they just keep selling you more of their products and this is how the top sponsors are really making their money. Many people miss this fact completely. Many of the top sponsors make their money off of your efforts. First they tell you buy this product then that product from the company. And they just continue to up sell you on new products. Or they may charge you to attend meetings or conference calls. Any sponsor who charges his downline to attend a conference call or meeting is a scam artist.

What you really must look at before you join home business, is not how much money you think you will make. But you must look at how effective their business training is. Especially if you have no prior experience in building and marketing a business. The training is what matters most. If you have solid training it will allow you to grow as a business owner and you will succeed.
 
 

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