I was wondering that myself a couple of years ago.
When I found the answer, my life changed forever. Let me help you find your own answer.
There are two ways to make money from home. The first is to work from home. The second is to have a home-based business. If it sounds like I'm joking here, I'm not. The two are completely different, I promise you.
Work from home is something like a typist or virtual assistant or medical billing specialist - when you are actually employed by somebody and you are paid a fixed salary or hourly wages for your services.
Owning a home-based business means you are your own boss and can do what you want, when you want to, and you can potentially earn as much as you want to-you just have to put in the effort. The drawback is the business rest solely on your shoulders. That's a lot of responsibility.
I can't advise you on work from home, but if you are asking about a home based business I might be able to give you some food for thought.
The key to modern business is the Internet. It's become the most powerful tool available to promote goods and services and reach incredible numbers of customers.
The Internet has also created a concept of a "Internet marketer": a person who markets products and services via the Internet.
Keeping that in mind, the concept of home-based business often means Internet-based business nowadays.
Like any other business, it must have a product and in order to generate any income you are going to have to market it.
With so many options, you need to narrow down your prospects to something you are comfortable with.
Compared to traditional "Brick-and-Mortar" businesses, Internet, or home-based businesses have much lower overhead, smaller start-up costs, and almost no necessary equipment-other than a computer, of course. There's not store front to up keep or pay rent on, there are few, if any, employees to pay, and very small amounts of on-hand inventory. All of this combined, makes it easier to get an Internet business up and running, and allows you to see the results a lot sooner.
The concept of an Internet based business is still new to a lot of people and you are going to here a lot of opinions like "It's a scam" or "It's to good to be true", especially from your uncle Bob, who spent 20 years fixing furnaces and your aunt Polly, who spent her life working at the gas-station.
But a business is a business, whether it's an Internet venture or a corner grocery store. There will always be risks to everything you do and you stand as much chance of getting conned into buying something you don't want or need at your local department store as you do on the Internet-maybe more so. If somebody came up to you on the street and offered you a check for ten grand out of the goodness of his own heart, wouldn't you be a little suspicious?
The best way to protect yourself from getting fleeced anywhere is to find out all you can about a thing before committing to it. You wouldn't by a car because the dealer told you it would get sixty-miles to the gallon when the window sticker said it only got 20, would you? You'd look into the matter further, maybe check The Blue Book, right? Internet business opportunities should be no different. Get smart! Get educated!
Here are a few questions to ask about any Internet business:
- What am I going to be selling?
- will a potential customer see the value of the product without a two hour presentation
- Is there a marketing plan laid out?
- Is anybody going to be there to help you when you have problems?
- How much profit do you stand to make of each individual item, twenty-cents per candy bar or $20,000 per cherry red convertible?
Answers to those questions should be readily available to you and will help you make the right decision for you.
You may be unfamiliar with Internet marketing now, but I can assure you that you'd be surprised by the number of people already doing it-and the money there making at it. Be sure it's right for you before you give it a try though.
I can't say that I hunted around until I found the best business, but this one has turned out to be the best for me.
The next time somebody tells you all Internet businesses are scams, ask them for company names, ask them when they were involved with the company themselves, what the upfront cost in time and money was to them, and what exactly their marketing plan was.
Probably most of them will get red in the face and tell you that "it's your funeral." Not because they know, but because most of them have never had anything to do with Internet marketing. They've never stepped out of their own comfort zone long enough to take a good look into the process, at what's involved, and have never seen the rewards of being your own boss.
If you want to learn more, find an Internet marketer on YouTube-there are lots of us there. We'll tell you what we're all about and it's a good place to get started when you want to know more about the business.
Home-based businesses have changed lives all over the world. Will yours be one of them?
It's up to you!
When I found the answer, my life changed forever. Let me help you find your own answer.
There are two ways to make money from home. The first is to work from home. The second is to have a home-based business. If it sounds like I'm joking here, I'm not. The two are completely different, I promise you.
Work from home is something like a typist or virtual assistant or medical billing specialist - when you are actually employed by somebody and you are paid a fixed salary or hourly wages for your services.
Owning a home-based business means you are your own boss and can do what you want, when you want to, and you can potentially earn as much as you want to-you just have to put in the effort. The drawback is the business rest solely on your shoulders. That's a lot of responsibility.
I can't advise you on work from home, but if you are asking about a home based business I might be able to give you some food for thought.
The key to modern business is the Internet. It's become the most powerful tool available to promote goods and services and reach incredible numbers of customers.
The Internet has also created a concept of a "Internet marketer": a person who markets products and services via the Internet.
Keeping that in mind, the concept of home-based business often means Internet-based business nowadays.
Like any other business, it must have a product and in order to generate any income you are going to have to market it.
With so many options, you need to narrow down your prospects to something you are comfortable with.
Compared to traditional "Brick-and-Mortar" businesses, Internet, or home-based businesses have much lower overhead, smaller start-up costs, and almost no necessary equipment-other than a computer, of course. There's not store front to up keep or pay rent on, there are few, if any, employees to pay, and very small amounts of on-hand inventory. All of this combined, makes it easier to get an Internet business up and running, and allows you to see the results a lot sooner.
The concept of an Internet based business is still new to a lot of people and you are going to here a lot of opinions like "It's a scam" or "It's to good to be true", especially from your uncle Bob, who spent 20 years fixing furnaces and your aunt Polly, who spent her life working at the gas-station.
But a business is a business, whether it's an Internet venture or a corner grocery store. There will always be risks to everything you do and you stand as much chance of getting conned into buying something you don't want or need at your local department store as you do on the Internet-maybe more so. If somebody came up to you on the street and offered you a check for ten grand out of the goodness of his own heart, wouldn't you be a little suspicious?
The best way to protect yourself from getting fleeced anywhere is to find out all you can about a thing before committing to it. You wouldn't by a car because the dealer told you it would get sixty-miles to the gallon when the window sticker said it only got 20, would you? You'd look into the matter further, maybe check The Blue Book, right? Internet business opportunities should be no different. Get smart! Get educated!
Here are a few questions to ask about any Internet business:
- What am I going to be selling?
- will a potential customer see the value of the product without a two hour presentation
- Is there a marketing plan laid out?
- Is anybody going to be there to help you when you have problems?
- How much profit do you stand to make of each individual item, twenty-cents per candy bar or $20,000 per cherry red convertible?
Answers to those questions should be readily available to you and will help you make the right decision for you.
You may be unfamiliar with Internet marketing now, but I can assure you that you'd be surprised by the number of people already doing it-and the money there making at it. Be sure it's right for you before you give it a try though.
I can't say that I hunted around until I found the best business, but this one has turned out to be the best for me.
The next time somebody tells you all Internet businesses are scams, ask them for company names, ask them when they were involved with the company themselves, what the upfront cost in time and money was to them, and what exactly their marketing plan was.
Probably most of them will get red in the face and tell you that "it's your funeral." Not because they know, but because most of them have never had anything to do with Internet marketing. They've never stepped out of their own comfort zone long enough to take a good look into the process, at what's involved, and have never seen the rewards of being your own boss.
If you want to learn more, find an Internet marketer on YouTube-there are lots of us there. We'll tell you what we're all about and it's a good place to get started when you want to know more about the business.
Home-based businesses have changed lives all over the world. Will yours be one of them?
It's up to you!
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About the author: Pavel Becker is a frequent contributor of articles about Web-Promotion and Home-Based Business. To find out how to earn money on-line go to his blog PavelBecker.com Grab a totally unique version of this article from the Uber Article Directory
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