The Truth About Home Based Business Opportunities

The tag line for this site is the truth about home based business opportunities. As we enter a new year my purpose for discovering legitimate home based opportunities has been intensified. Why? Because every where I look I see a scam. Sometimes they are cleverly repackaged and retooled in an effort to gain your attention. Ultimately many of these opportunities only present opportunities for their scammers. Buyers beware. The time has come to share some truth and to present some options. Folks it is what it is , and I must call it like I see it. I am sickened by the extent to which these people will lie, deceive and try to take our hard earned dollars.

Welcome feel free to look around. Subscribing to my Feed or Newsletter guarantees you don't miss any new content, give it two weeks, you will love it RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Hope to see you again soon.

So When Do You Make Money

money-stacklrg.jpgI have had this post in draft form in my blog for several weeks now. When do you make money? When do we make money? I receive e-mails most every day about someone wanting to make money in sales with their blog or website, frankly it’s why I created this site and I love it. As a result the outline of this post has changed somewhat. I want to address something that seems to be a common concern, making money is sales.

See How Much Money I Made, It’s That Time Again

carnival_barker.jpg

 

Thanksgiving and Christmas are behind us and all we have to safely negotiate is New Years. Shortly thereafter the blogosphere will be inundated with post about how much the various make money blogs earned during the month of December. Some will claim they experienced a holiday rush and sales records were set. Others will suggest the December lull was the result of a technical difficulty with their site, but somehow they managed to save the month in the last week by installing some fancy widget that boosted traffic and thus profit, and may suggest you do the same. Coming from a traditional business background where profits and bottom lines were closely guarded secrets, I am amazed. Why do blog owners post this kind of information as a matter of public record? Can you believe them? Mr Ripley made it famous to believe it or not. The short answer to that question is NO, you cant believe them.

Life is a Niche , Pick One !

dice.jpgI suppose today articles will be posted all over the blogosphere about choosing, determining, and researching the proper niche. While the ambitions of those are similar, results, can be dramatically different. I believe in my heart of hearts many will choose about making money online, why, because they do not trust the knowledge they possess themselves. Life is a niche isn’t it? Choose one , commit to one and then begin to cultivate one. The word niche is certainly catchy and is applied to all areas our lives. I love words, so as is my custom ,I dove into defining this word, and came up with these interpretations.

How Bad do People Want to Make Money Online

The niche of making money online is without a doubt the most sought after niche in blogging. I have recently posted articles about making money. I have posted about creating a business. Whats the difference? I am glad you asked.

My post on Monday was about requiring initiative to make money online now. Someone really enjoyed it, Stumbled it and the momentum from that Stumble lasted until my server went down yesterday. Darn maybe that is what caused my server all the grief! Traffic for this site was at an all time high. Please don’t hear me wrong here, I am grateful.

You Need Initiative to Make Money Online Now

I was talking with a friend of mine today about starting a blog. We chatted for bit online and he decided he was going to investigate further his chosen niche. I was telling him that personally I was fearless when it came to these things. The investment is so low, and the overhead is well, in your head. Your knowledge. What he was lacking is initiative. He has a niche, he just not willing to scratch it.

Offer to a Spammer, How could they Refuse

This week I received yet another get rich quick e-mail. Another offer to make me wealthy for doing absolutely nothing. All I have to do is sit back, and watch the money just pour in. Of course it does involve me giving away 40 of my better friends as an initial investment, but hey, after that, its all good. After all it is guaranteed right? Below is most of the email, I have left out the links intentionally for obvious reasons, but I am going to make an offer to its author at the end of this post.

Use What You Know to Make Money

home.jpg

I answer e-mails and have conversations every day from people who want to start their own home based business. Usually the conversation includes an idea about purchasing a franchise, and MLM opportunity or an internet marketing possibility. All legitimate, all potentially profitable. The question is are they a good fit for the business. The majority of the time the answer is no. Why?