Friday, February 27, 2009

Work at Home Business - Auot Pilot???

I know you have seen the promises of starting autopilot work at home business plans all over the Internet. These "plans" are littering the search engines. Please believe me when I tell you, "there is no such thing". This is just another marketing ploy to lure desperate, and or, lazy people into buying work at home business plan. If a person or company is saying their program can be put on "autopilot" after you purchase it, the person or company can't be trusted. This is very similar to someone saying their work at home business program will making you $10,000 the first month you use it. If the advertisements for these programs say things that sound too good to be true.............. they are!!! These are ones you should stop looking at and move on to the next one.

There really is no such thing as an "auto pilot" work at home business. Any program out there that makes money is going to take a lot of time and effort. Please understand that there will be less work once your work at home business is up and operating, but there will always be something to do. Business, the Internet, and the world are constantly changing and evolving. You and your work at home business will constantly have to do the same if you plan to maintain a constant flow of income.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Work at Home Business - Nay Sayers

A work at home business is like many other things in life. There are going to be people out there who think it can't be done. We will call these negative people, Nay Sayers. These people fall into two different categories (probably more, but we will divide them into two for now). They are, the people who have failed, and the people who do not understand how a work at home business works. Both of them obviously do NOT know what they are talking about when they talk negatively about a work at home business.

Someone who has already given up or failed isn't going to have anything good or positive to say about a work at home business. They obviously couldn't make their work at home business work. There are many reasons why they failed. I am pretty sure the biggest one is that they expected to "get rich quick". When this doesn't happen, people tend to give up as quickly as they expected to get rich. Do not listen to these people.

Someone who doesn't understand how a work at home business works obviously won't have very many positive things to say about it. There are too many people out there who are willing to talk negatively about things they don't understand. I have a lot of very intelligent friends and family, and most of them thought I was crazy until I started making large sums of money. Some of them were downright horrible to talk to. Most of these people are begging me to teach them what I have done now. I don't mind telling you, I tell every single one of the people that were so negative to me to "learn for yourself like I did". I think one of my driving forces to make my business work was to prove some people wrong.

The bottom line is - there are negative people out there EVERYWHERE!!! Please don't listen to them. Any valid (not a scam) work at home business can make you a lot of money. Keep working at it until it works. Never give up, never surrender!!!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Work at Home Business - Getting Your Money's Worth

There are going to be a lot of people out there who will try to talk you into spending money on your work at home business. They will try to sell you services, computer software, supplements to the program you are working on, etc. Rule number One for spending money on your work at home business is DO YOUR RESEARCH. Don't ever let someone rush or bully you into buying anything. If you are feeling pressure to spend money on your work at home business, just walk away. Look for reviews on the things you think you need to purchase for your business. Any software or services that are legit out there will have a list of reviews somewhere on the Internet. Rule number two is getting your money's worth for your purchase. Ask your self if you will make the money back if you implement your purchase into your work at home business. Something that can save you a great deal of time is often worth paying for as well. The bottom line is, if you are not going to make your money back or save a great deal of time, DON'T make the purchase. Don't spend money you don't absolutely need to.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Work at Home Business - Paying Dues

I'm sure you have seen all the ads out there about how people are only working a couple of hours a week and making a thousand dollars a day or more. Believe me, these people are working more than a couple of hours a week. As I have written before, you won't make anything near that when you first get started. I am sure it will take you several months to reach that point. So don't go into starting a work at home business without thinking you will have to pay some dues. There is some competition out there. There are people out there who have been working on their work at home business for years, and they have payed their dues. These are the one who are reaping the rewards. Believe me though, these people are still working more than a couple of hours a week. The people who are selling the work at home business plans are telling the public they only have to work a couple of hours a week to make a sale. Once again, a work at home business is a LOT of work. You only get out of it what you put into it. You will have to do more work (considerably more) in the beginning, but you will always be working much more that a couple of hours a week.

Work hard and pay your dues in the beginning and you too will reap the rewards later on down the road.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Work at Home Business - How to Choose

I am sure you already know this, but there are literally tens of thousands of work at home business plans on the Internet right now that are scams. The question is - how do you find one that isn't a scam? That is honestly a very difficult thing to do. There are more scams out there right now than there are honest plans. Sharks are preying on people who are out of work and desperate. I have been making money with my work at home business for years now and I have noticed people taking someones else's plan and trying to sell it as their own. The problem is they don't offer the same information, or do their own research. So.......... how do you weed out these thieves? The answer is - reviews. There are plenty of sites out there that review a lot of sites and tell you exactly what these work at home business plans are all about. Before you do anything, you should check some reviews of the plans. I have purchased several work at home business plans myself. I have purchased several scams as well. I have several of the plans I still use and make good money on listed to the right. I believe the easiest one to get started with is HERE. This plan is very straight forward and detailed. I don't have a single plan listed that will start making money overnight, but if you follow any of them you can make great money in the very near future.

Remember - Review any work at home business plan, or web site (even the ones I have listed), before you make a purchase. If you feel uncomfortable about the plan or site, you simply shouldn't make the purchase, and move on to the next one on your list.

Good luck.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Work at Home Business - Market Saturation

As more and more people are loosing their jobs, they are turning to work at home business plans to try and make money. With the amount of people unemployed today, a person might think the market for work at home businesses might become saturated. For those of you who are taking your work at home business seriously, there is no need to worry. The majority of the people who are trying a work at home business for the first time will quit shortly after they find out how much work it really is. A large portion of the people who stick with it won't put forth the effort to make their business a success. All this means to the rest of us is that the number of people competing against us in the work at home business world really isn't as large as some perceive it to be. As long as we work hard at what we are doing, and the Internet keeps growing, we will never have to worry about the work at home business market being saturated.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Work at Home Business - Not for Everyone

Before you think about starting a work at home business you need to be honest with yourself. You really need to ask yourself two very important questions:

1 - Are you a self motivated person?
If you are not a self motivated individual, you will never make it in a work at home business. You won't make it in any form of self employment if you are not self motivated. You are the boss when you have your own work at home business. There will NOT be anyone there to tell you what to do, or when to do it. The success or failure of your business is completely on your shoulders.

2 - Are you easily distracted?
If you are a person who is easily distracted, building a successful work at home business is going to take you MUCH longer than it will take a focused person. There are literally millions of distractions on the Internet that will take your attention away from working on your business. A work at home business is like any other thing in your life you want to make successful - you have to be able to focus on what you are doing. Being easily distracted won't necessarily cause your work at home business to fail, but it will take you much longer to succeed. By making success take longer, you will be in danger of loosing motivation. Lack of motivation is what causes most work at home businesses to fail.

Successful self employed people always find ways to stay focused and motivated.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Work at Home Business Scams

Lets face it, the economy is in a terrible state these days. More and more people are loosing their jobs every day because of the state of the economy. People are getting desperate and trying anything to make money and pay their bills. There are sharks out there preying on these desperate people every day. They are offering a number of different get rich quick "scams".

Here are a couple of scams to be aware of -
1. The pyramid - The only thing you have to remember about this scam is, if you have to recruit other people to your business to make money, you are probably working a pyramid scheme. This scheme is a little more involved, but this is really all you need to know. Stay away from programs that want you to recruit more people.
2. The check cashing program - This scam is pretty obvious, but more and more desperate people are falling for it every day. In this one, "companies" e-mail people to cash checks or make wire transfers for them. All the people have to do is split the money with the "company". This is more often than not, a money laundering scam. The people cashing the checks can go to jail for a long time for this one.

The biggest thing to remember about work at home business scams is that if you are not required to sell a "product" and put in some good, honest to goodness work, you are probably looking at a SCAM. There are plenty of great ways to make money on the Internet. Every single one of them requires hard work. Remember - the word "WORK" is in the phrase work at home business. I have several great work at home business plans listed to the right. These are not plans i have written myself, but I have used each one successfully. I actually still use all of them. Good luck to all of you in your work at home business futures.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Work at Home Business = Get Rich Quick

We have all seen the ads in the news paper, on the TV and all over the Internet. Ads that say earn $1000 a day, or make $10,000 a month for only working a couple of hours a day. They all say you can start earning money on the first day. I don't mind telling you - they are all full of BS. If anyone could make $1,000 a day, or $10,000 a month, every person you know would be doing it. Stop and think about it. These people are all giving you a line to try and get you to purchase their program. The truth is that almost all of these programs can work. The simple fact is that none of them will work without a lot of work, and I mean a lot. I can almost guarantee that you wont make any money the first week, let alone the first day. The point I am trying to make here is, work at home business plans work, but you won't get rich quick using them. The most important thing to remember is that you won't make a dime only working a couple of hours a day. Work at home business is just like any other form of self employment - you get out of it what you put into it.

Please don't have dreams of getting rich quick, or not having to work hard. The only way that will ever happen is if you win the lottery.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Work at Home Business - Internet Types

There are many offers for work at home business programs on the Internet today. There are really on two that will make you any kind of "real" money. They are affiliate marketing and paid surveys. .
The paid are exactly what they sound like. You will have to join some kind of service, and they will pay you for taking surveys or participating in control groups. This is very easy to do, and doesn't really require much effort. You will never get rich with this work at home business, but you could make a decent living if you stick with it.
The affiliate marketing is a lot more tricky. This is often disguised as article writing, rebate processing, making money on certain sites (Google, Face Book, etc.), etc. There are many ways to make money as an affiliate marketer. Any plan you follow in the affiliate marketing world can be very profitable. The trick is to find the one you are most comfortable with and sticking with it. Here are a couple I have used and had a lot of success with Web Colleagues and Money on My Space. Both are very reasonably priced and easy to follow.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Work at Home Business - Blogging

It is very possible to turn your blog in to a work at home business. If you didn't already know, there is easy money to be made by blogging. If you already have a blog, you can add a few simple links to it and start making money. If you have never started your own blog, it is very easy to do. There are a lot of blog services out there (free services) that make it incredibly easy. The more popular your blog, the more money you can make in this work at home business. If you are a pro at blogging, or just a beginner, I found a great program that will teach you everything you need to know. This work at home program guarantees you will never need to spend another dime after the original purchase. After reviewing the program, I have discovered this is 100% correct. If you would like to review this program, or even purchase it click here. I truly believe this work at home business program is great for anyone.