Home-Based
Businesses: The TRUTH Behind the Lies
©
1999, by Harmony Major
Part
of the "American Dream" is to be able to work from home. People want to
have freedom and flexibility in their schedules, have more time with family,
become financially independent, or maybe have the option of working at
home due to health problems. But, whatever the individual reason, it all
boils down to the simple satisfaction of taking control of your life. That's
when people start looking for that ideal job or business from home.
However,
there's something terribly wrong with this decision.
A
lot of people go into this misinformed. Most people don't know how to go
about finding a job from home, nor do they don't realize the amount of
commitment involved and the amount of time that it will take to build a
successful home business. Truth is, they really aren't prepared for the
"home business world." You need to be prepared to handle your business,
and to know what lies, scams, and false claims to be aware of.
THE
LIES
A
lot of people don't realize that it takes time, patience, commitment, and
discipline to create a successful and profitable business from home. People
tend to go into a home business thinking that it's going to be so much
easier and less time- consuming than a conventional job.
They
want to have the freedom to spend more quality time with family, and not
have a boss constantly over their shoulders. Unfortunately, most are truly
looking for the "free-and-easy," and are severely disappointed to find
that a home business often takes more time, money, and involvement than
their regular 9-to-5!
Then,
they may become discouraged and frustrated, because they feel that working
from home isn't "all it's cracked up to be." After they get over the initial
disappointment and frustration, they begin to realize that their business
is finally starting to take off.
But,
"taking off" doesn't necessarily mean that they're starting to achieve
the financial independence and freedom that they'd hoped for. "Taking off"
just means that they're finally beginning to see some progress -- no matter
how small.
THE
TRUTH
Starting
a home business is very similar to a regular job, only you end up doing
twice as much work, for about half as much pay. You're doing the very same
things that you'd be doing in a conventional job, only the "boss," (or
sponsor), is usually on the other side of the world, and you don't have
the security of hourly pay.
When
people first start out in home employment, 99% of the time, they're still
actually working "under" someone else, in their "downline," or as a referral.
This is an excellent way to get started and learn the basics of Internet
home business and how it works, but it's not a good way to achieve the
goals that got you into this business!
As
an "Associate" or "Reseller" of other people's merchandise, you make much
less money as you're getting paid percentage commissions instead of by
the hour. So, in essence, your "freedom" is still virtually non-existent,
and your "financial independence" is quickly turning into financial debt!
The way to make a living with a home business is NOT to limit yourself
to working FOR anyone, or UNDER anyone.
Whenever
there's anyone that you have to report to for your paychecks, or that gets
money or bonuses when YOU make sales, warning bells should go off in your
head! This is just another dead-end job. Why work twice as hard to get
paid half as much? And, the bad thing about that is, you're actually still
working to put money in someone else's pocket!
TAKE
ACTION
The
key to making a living on the Internet is to get your own products. Don't
sell for anyone else -- make money for YOU. You get the freedom and flexibility
to set your own prices, choose how to market your products, and a lot of
other things that you weren't able to do before. You can have people working
for YOU!
This
has become increasingly easy to do on the Internet. Now, you can simply
purchase quality products, modify them to suit your needs, and sell them
for profit! Never has making honest money been simpler or faster.
Now,
I didn't say that doing business this way was fast OR easy. I only said
that it was much faster and easier than doing in the old way, but it still
takes some effort on your part. Only this time, you'll have the satisfaction
of working for YOU, and keeping all of your profit. :-)
So,
go ahead and give it a try. Stop wasting time and money on these rip-off
programs that statistics show will fail. What have you got to lose? Do
it for YOU.
Excerpted
from 'Simply, eBusiness', Harmony Major's online business and marketing
startup guide. Learn how to start an online business, acquire money-making
online marketing techniques, and profit like never before! Get the guide
at
http://SimplyeBusiness.NET
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