The Only Thing You Get For Free Is Hungry.
My grandfather was a very wise man. Simple but wise. He once
told me "The only thing you get in life for free is hungry."
There is a lot of truth in that. I see it all the time online
and offline that people are looking for the perverbial "free
ride." Online it takes the form of "get rich quick schemes" and
overnight success stories. Promises of quick money for doing
nothing. While setting back and doing nothing and watching the
money roll in would be nice, the truth is that very few if any
get rich quick promises ever pan out.
The thing to look for if you are seriously wanting to start an
online business is one that shoots straight from the get go
without making promises of exhorbitant amounts of money falling
in your lap without you having to do anything. The greatest
companies in the world took many years to build and lots of hard
work. While it is true that you can start a company with little
or no money the flip-side of that coin is you will have to put
in extra time promoting and advertising it.
So one way or another you invest whether it be money or time.
If you hear someone tell you something like "You don't have to
do anything but cash the checks" then the check you send them
will probably be the only one cashed.
There are some easy signals to spot when looking for a business
to get involved in. Like red flags that should tell you whether
the business is worth checking out or not.
They want to charge you to sell their products. If their
products sell so good and you will be selling them for the
company then why should you pay the company for the right to
sell? After all you will be making profit for the company right?
They want money upfront for information about their
"Opportunity" You see this a lot especially offline. People are
duped into sending money for information about a "Business
Opportunity." When you receive the information it is pretty much
useless and more times than not they ask for more money for more
info. If it were a legit opportunity especially online they
would let you check it out for free.
They offer you FREE products. This is a very popular ploy
online. You are offered free products only to find out that you
have to buy something to receive your "Free Bonus." If someone
says this and this are free then they should give them to you
free. After all that would be the honest thing to do wouldn't it?
Is it a real business or just a Storefront? Both online and
offline there are fly-by-night companies that pop up, take
peoples money and then as quickly as they appeared they are
gone. One of the main things to look for in a Business
Opportunity is to make sure the company is well established. How
long have they been in business? Do they have an actual brick
and mortar business or simply a P.O. Box they operate out of? Do
they use only auto-responders to answer e-mails or can you get a
response from a real person?
These are only a few things that you can look for in
determining if a company is reputable or not. Most times just
common sense is enough to tell you if they are worth checking
out. The most important thing to remember is don't pay money to
anyone for anything until you at least have an idea as to what
you are getting. At least then you can decide for yourself if it
is worth it or not.