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.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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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