Realistic expectations when starting a home based business
Realistic expectations when starting a home based business
- By Rebecca Gilbert
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. Lets 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 your 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, your 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...your 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