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Home Business and the Economic Turndown
October 4th, 2009 | 
Author: The economic downturn in the world has affected not only brick and mortar businesses but also home businesses. Those of us who do work at home are also feeling the effects of this downturn. Face it people don’t have money. If you don’t have money for food and shelter for the family, you certainly do not have money to spend on the Internet or a home business. Living is your first priority.
The difference is with a brick and mortar business you have a lot of overhead; employees, building maintenance, health care, business taxes, and lot of little items that have to be taken care of to be profitable.
Whereas with a home business you have no building maintenance, no employees, none of the healthcare costs for those employees. You have heard it before…YOU ARE THE BOSS…you have only yourself to report to. Responsibility is to you and you alone.
I can even begin to describe the feeling of relief I had when I started working from home. At my old J.O.B. I had stress attacks at least once a week, I was tired all the time, I hated going to work. One hour to work and an hour home 5 days a week sometimes 6. Then like so many others was laid off due to cutbacks. I really thought for a while my world had ended and we would lose everything. About a week after losing my job I turned on the Internet and started browsing. That is when the idea came to me that I could work at home doing what I love.
So I learned to make a website, found companies to promote, and started advertising. At first it cost me nothing more than the cost of the Internet connection. It took some time but the feeling of elation and accomplishment at the first sale is something that cannot be explained. It was a thrill for me to know that with a little effort and a lot of time, I made money without spending any. Not much mind you but enough to get a regular hosting account for my website (I arranged to pay it monthly). I made a promise to myself that I would not continue working online if this business did not pay for itself on a monthly basis. I have kept that promise.
I never worked online before or owned a business, I was an Office Manager, who knew a little of this and very little of that. But I took what I knew and built a home business.
Even in these economic conditions you can make your dreams into a reality. You have to decide how bad you want it, how much you are willing to work for it. Only you know what you are willing to do…because I will tell from experience you can do anything you set your mind to. Whether it is working online as an affiliate marketer, working for an online company such as Moms Exec (which promotes Metaluca and other health supplements), or you want to do freelance work, the sky is the limit with your own home based business.
Working at home is a great way to supplement your current income and when this income surpasses your J.O.B. then you will have a real easy decision to make.
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Finding the Right Home Business
Every day I look at my inbox and see dozen of offers to make me rich quick. Offers that say I need this to make my home business work, if I use this product I will get guaranteed visitors to my websites. I particularly dislike the ones that promise thousands of dollars overnight for the purchase of their product. Guaranteeing me the chance of a lifetime if I only follow their simple business plan.
If I signed up for everyone of these program or just a few, then I would be making someone rich, but not necessarily me. I am not saying that all of the emails I get are trying to sell me a bill of goods, but a great majority of them are.
So how did I pick the businesses I am involved with? I tried out a few of the emails that sounded promising in the beginning. I learned a lot through them on how I did not want to market my products, but earned no money.
First of all I had read years ago about a gentlemen who did nothing but affiliate marketing. Some people say that affiliate marketing is just selling a bill of goods to the next unsuspecting customer. Let me say that not all affiliate marketers are honest, not all affiliate marketers know their products. Most have never tried out the products they promote. I personally have not tried out all the products I promote. So how do I know they are not honest work at home businesses?
It is a matter of trust. Over the years I have come to know and value friendships with many online marketers. Many are hard working people just like you who want to help others achieve the American Dream of owning their own business. Most of the people I work with have tried the programs I offer and vouch for their authenticity. Some of the products I have tried myself so I know they are honest companies.
Let us say for the sake of conversation, that you purchase a product from my site. Over the next couple of weeks you feel that the product is not living up to your expectations and you are feeling cheated. What can you do…simple every program I offer comes with a complete money back guarantee with no questions asked. Be sure and read the refund guidelines before you join any program so that you understand the process needed to get your money back.
I offer a couple of “free” programs such as SFI. I have been with SFI for over 5 years and if you have read any of my reviews on the program you will see that I haven’t always been happy with them. But as a company as a whole, they are worthwhile. They have so much to offer and the training is excellent. Follow their guidelines and in a couple of months you will see some income. And what is great is that income will just continue to grow over time.
Another program that I have recently joined is Maverick Money Makers. It is still to early for me to say whether it lives up to its hype, but I will say some of the training and support I have received from other members is great.
Obviously I am not a newbie to Internet Marketing or owning my own home business, so I am more in tune with how to earn money online, but it wasn’t always the case. At one time at the beginning of this adventure I did not know a search engine from a website. I read, listened, joined a few programs both good and bad, visited a lot of forums for information, tried not to ask stupid questions, and found a group of people who were just like me in wanting to earn money from home.
So take a look around my various websites and start your new career online. I have programs that sell health products such as Herbal Life, survey sites, drop shipping companies for an Ebay business, even sites that offer instruction on how to get the most out of your selling on Ebay. From working entirely online to combining working online and offline. Take some time to look around to find what you are looking for in a work at home business.
The one piece of advice I give everyone who signs up under me at any program is: DON’T SPEND MONEY YOU DON’T HAVE! SPEND YOUR MONEY WISELY!
Two other websites that I have just for the fun of it:
How To Make Money From Passions
To make money online many people jump right in before they are properly prepared. You know that to be a rocket scientist, a doctor, a brick layer, a construction worker, an office worker, a teacher there are prerequisites, things you must learn, before you can be successful, you don’t just jump right in unprepared.
The same applies to the Internet marketing industry even though there are unsavory people out there who’d have you believe it’s a “Walk in the Park” and requires no more than the belief that you can just do it.
And I’ll have to admit, it is a walk in the park compared to what you have to put up with in the working world punching a clock being a subordinate to someone who does not have your interests in mind, but there are still rules you have to follow and pitfalls you must avoid to actually make Internet marketing work for you.
Most people will not make a dime online and yet there are others who will make more in one month than most people make in a whole year. Why is that?
My answer begins with the age-old chicken or egg question, “what comes first the chicken or the egg”? Personally I vote for, well never mind, each argument you or I make comes back to the same old conclusion – I have no clue and I don’t think many of us do either.
But one thing I do have a clue about and know for sure is that to make money online you must first have Passion for the company products and/or service of any Internet business from which you expect to make money.
Passion in this sense simply means that you’ve researched and like the company and products or services. It is then that you translate that like (or Passion) into the education, excitement and work that usually accompany Passion.
I will have to say that many online entrepreneurs are so good at what they do that they ignore passion because they can sell anything. But I’m concerned about those of you who are not so knowledgeable at working an online business successfully.
Now, I’m not trying to make anyone believe that Passion is the only thing necessary. Because to be successful you must also have a good website, good marketing, widespread advertising, company support, effective keywords, and etc. Those things are often learned from the company you join – but sidestep Passion and you reduce your chances for success dramatically.
It therefore follows that, if you have no Passion for the company and the products and services provided by that company, again, you won’t attempt to do the work you are being taught.
Internet marketing work is typically not all that difficult or time consuming but it does take motivation caused by Passion to get you off and running with a sustained effort so that you won’t stumble.
You have a great resource in the Internet search engines to search about the Internet Marketing industry for business opportunities, USE IT!
Your research should uncover a company that you like and have confidence in. It should be solid, founded on great principles, and easy to understand with great products and services that are sell-able for which you can have Passion. If you don’t find it move on. You can find the right opportunity containing the attributes identified above.
Comments like, well, that one sounds good and the compensation plan is excellent so I guess I’ll start that business – does not sound like a decision based on anything near Passion. And remember when you hear that an Internet “guru” does that, don’t be tempted, because as I said earlier they are experienced and can sell just about anything, without being Passionate about the company products and services.
Note: By the way it’s your goal to get to the point where you can sell about anything online. That end skill and goal is a worthy one indeed.
Remember, there are other steps you must make before you step into Internet Marketing but if you don’t first find the right company products and services to be passionate about, all of those other steps may just cause you a lot of frustration instead of bringing you great success.
Not being Passionate about a company and products and services that has market proof that it will sell is a pitfall you simply must avoid.
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