Realistic Expectation when starting a home base busines
Working out of your home with an internet business can be the
most rewarding experience, both personally and financially, that
a person can undertake.
The internet has made more millionaires than any other vessel in
history, and you don't have to any education or experience to
obtain the riches that the internet has to offer. We all want to
make more money, spend time with our family, and these are only
a few of the fringe benefits that owning an internet business
can provide.
However, individuals that have made their fortune on the
internet have certain characteristics about them that have
allowed them to be successful. These riches were not obtained
overnight, and they were not obtained without realistic
expectations. Let's look at some of the things that would
prohibit you from being successful online...
Are you currently unemployed?
I see so many people sign up for internet programs these days
that are not currently employed and expect that an internet
business will provide for their families right off the bat.
Businesses on the internet are not 9-5 jobs that pay by the
hour, they are "businesses", and most pay by commission. As with
most businesses, there are things that have to be set in place
before you are going to start attracting customers. This does
not happen overnight, this is something that you will put in
place over time. When this is done over time, your commissions
will grow and grow to the point that an internet business will
replace your current income or career.
Are you unwilling to invest your money?
Many programs on the internet offer free sign-ups, free
products, and free websites to help an individual get started in
a internet home business. This is fantastic, because in order to
make money on the internet, you have to have a product to sell,
and you're going to need a website to enable your customers with
a place to go to purchase your products. However, visitors won't
know that your website exist unless you advertise it. Many high
traffic sites on the internet will allow you to advertise your
products on their site for a fee.
Getting your website listing on the search engines is free and
will supply you with a never ending traffic stream. But many
search engines are unwilling to list free affiliate websites.
The way that we overcome this is to build our own sites and link
them to our affiliate websites. Building your own website will
cost you around $25. So as you can see, if you cannot initially
invest at least $25 - $50 a month on your internet business,
you're probably not going to succeed. Are you unwilling to
invest your time?
I spend about 2 hours a day online through the week working on
my business. I am advertising and submitting my website to
various search engines, directories, and other high traffic
sites. I am critiquing my website, sending emails to my
affiliates in training, making deals with other webmasters, etc.
I also do an enormous amount of reading. I have found that
entrepreneurs who have made a fortune on the internet are only
too happy to share their knowledge on how they got there. Some
days I put in more time and some day's I don't work at all. But,
I know that every hour I spend on setting my business up is just
one step closer to reaching my financial goals. If you are
unwilling to invest your time...you're probably not going to
succeed.
Are you unwilling to give up your skepticism?
Many times I have an affiliate sign up for my program, and the
first thing I hear is how they have been burned by another
internet business. While I'm sure there are millions of internet
scams out there, I see a common characteristic that all these
people seem to have...they don't DO ANYTHING!
When people sign up for my program, the first thing that I do is
suggest that they complete a short online training on how our
program works and the compensation plan. I have a statistics
page that will tell me when the affiliates in my down line
complete the training, I can see when they have made a sale or
signed up an affiliate of their own. All these people that claim
to be scammed in the past never even get past the online
training. Then oddly enough, they will have enough gall to email
me the next month and ask where their paycheck is?
Do people actually believe that they will earn a paycheck just
because they signed up? Is this why so many believe that they
have been scammed in the past? Are they so na