Top Five Ways You Know You Have Been Duped After Purchasing a Home-Based Business Online

Later in this article, I’ve mentioned what to look for, when going through the rigors of purchasing a home-based business opportunity online. So to begin with, here is your official Letterman-like countdown, of the top five ways you know you’ve been duped, after buying a home-based business opportunity online. So, here we go…You know you’ve been duped, when right after buying a home-based business opportunity online…#5- It turns out that the instructions you just received about your purchase, is the actual product they tell you to sell to your own list of “dupe-ees”…that you now have the most esteemed privilege of hand-picking.You know you’ve been duped, when right after buying a home-based business opportunity online…#4- You realize it only caters to an overwhelmingly unenthusiastic audience of one- you.You know you’ve been duped, when right after buying a home-based business opportunity online:#3- You find that the “purchase now” button is the shape of a little dude snickering, in preparation of the belly laugh he lets out, right at the moment you click it.You know you’ve been duped, when right after buying a home-based business opportunity online…#2- The first tutorial you click on activates a pop-up window that says, “Please click here to pay $19 for instructions in English”.You know you’ve been duped, when right after buying a home-based business opportunity online…#1- You find out it’s a front for the largest online fraud sting in the history of the internet- right at the exact moment you hear a bang on your door with someone yelling, “Open up, it’s the police”.I know these are tragic, if not humorous extremes, but how many times have you gone online and purchased something, only to find out it’s the furthest thing from what you expected? Well, welcome to the big wild world of the internet. Home of the million and one business opportunities- just waiting for your antsy little clicker finger and that handsome sixteen digit code that resides on that piece of plastic in your wallet.But wait. With a little awareness and what I’m about to give you, perhaps we can save you from falling prey to at least some of those unscrupulous offers, shady tactics, and the dreadful brain-lock that’s typically caused by dead-end deals.What you first need to know is that not all online business opportunities are bad, assuming that with each and every one, you’re going to get the five-finger frisk, the minute you step down off of your horse. That’s simply not true. But the more prepared you are in spotting the gopher holes in your garden of prosperity, the cleaner you can keep your sassy little spurs from getting tarnished in the long run.In another article I wrote, I addressed what I call the twelve qualifiers of a solid online home-based business opportunity. And that my friend, is a good read. But for this article, since the general human attention span is probably much less than the time you’ve given me already, I’m only cover the first three of those awesomely crafted opportunity qualifiers…leaving the other nine up to you and your due diligence. So here goes..Qualifier One: Cost. If it’s not palatable to your purse or wallet from the get-go, or if you don’t feel like you’re being “sold right”- making you feel uncomfortable when it comes time to come out of pocket with your cash…or if the method in which they continually try to bump-sell you with more and more products on every squeeze page becomes unbearable- just simply back away from the whole enchilada, period.Qualifier Two: Compatibility. When you buy it, you own it, characteristically speaking. So, picture what this online business opportunity or program might look like on you. That’s right. If you feel like it’s going to show a little too much skin and it going to make you feel too exposed and uncomfortable in the public eye, well…it’s not for you, babe. Or if it swallows you up whole and you think you’re going to lose your soul in the process of making a go at the darn thing, then lose it before it does you.Qualifier Three: Ease of Set-Up. If it seems like there’s something missing in the translation or the flow of the initial delivery or presentation, that could very well be the warning flare lighting up the field of possibilities that something could be amiss as well, in the delivery of the most important aspect of the launch: your step-by-step set-up instructions. Yep, the tutorials, videos, and PDF’s that are supposed to help you, when it comes to birthing this baby into toddlehood. Still, when a bad set-up is a bad set-up, there’s simply no amount of coddling that’s going to make your investment in a online opportunity worth your time.

Considering a Home-Based Business? What Are You Waiting For?

The home-based business industry which is often referred to as network or multi-level marketing is exploding as of late. There are millions joining home-based businesses every month and hundreds of thousands per week. What is so attractive about a home-based business you may ask? More time to spend with family, more money, and a low-end investment in most cases. You can start a legitimate home-based business for less that $500 and make as much if not more money than you would starting a franchise.Having said that, you get all the benefits of using a franchise business model as you are able to use the company’s support infrastructure, marketing tools, and are able to use their guidelines to make sure of legal compliance. The only thing that exists in a traditional franchise that is not present in a home-based business is the huge franchise fee. When you couple the power of the home-based business model with the meteoric rise of free marketing strategies on the internet such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube just to name a few, you will be in the right place at the right time.Considering the state of the U.S. economy, with people getting laid off every time you turn around and the stringent requirements of the banking system with respect to those looking to start a traditional business, a home-based business opportunity is the way to go. I hope that you will take a leap of faith and join the home-based business industry, we would love to have you.

Retired? Now You Can Start a Home Based Business

You’re retired. Congratulations! Now you can become the entrepreneur that you have always wished you could become.Mathew Bandyk in U.S. News and World Report says:”When you think of entrepreneurs, you’re more likely to envision a 24-year-old like Mark Zukerberg, the founder of Facebook, than a retiree. Taking the risks of starting up a business seems easier to do before life commitments tie you down.”But retirement can lessen the fear of failure that comes with launching a venture. Some people cling to the security of working for someone else most of their lives, repressing their inner entrepreneur until retirement, says Sam Spector, author of The Baby Boomer’s Official Guide to Retirement Income. ‘They really have a desire for entrepreneurship their whole life. The money and benefits were so good it wasn’t worth taking a risk.’ Once retired, they might find that risk to be worth it.”Of course, retirees starting businesses certainly should be careful. The key question that retiree-entrepreneurs need to consider, says Alex De Noble, a professor of management at San Diego State University, is ‘how much risk are they willing to take after they’ve put some retirement money away.’ There are ways to mitigate risk so that, regardless of how a new business fares, the owner won’t lose retirement security.”A home based Internet business is an ideal business for retirees who want to become entrepreneurs and earn a substantial income after they retire.
A home based business has no additional overhead other than that which you already have for your home. It avoids the costs of many other businesses such as leasing an office and maintaining a large inventory.
Most people starting a home based business have to keep their day job until they make enough money from their home based business to quit their day job. As a result they can devote only a limited number of hours to building their business. As a retiree, you can devote as much time as you want to building your home based business.
You have experience that is invaluable. The experience you gained during your career gives you a tremendous advantage over the 20-something youth who attempts to start a home based business. You know what it takes to run a business, you have knowledge about markets that lets you select a market niche to promote your products, and you have developed good time management habits that are required for running a business.
Needless to say, you know how to use the Internet. Otherwise you would not be viewing this article.
To get help in determining which home based business is best suited to you, email me and I will give you a free consultation.