If I’ve heard this question once I’ve heard it a thousand times… “why does it cost money to get started in your business?”
In this article I want to go over one of the most commonly asked questions about getting started in a home based business? Why does it cost money to start?
I suppose it’s a pretty understandable question after all it doesn’t cost anything to start a job right? But that’s just the thing, you’re not starting a job you’re starting a business and all businesses cost money.
Think about if you were going to open a clothing store, how much money would you need to spend to get started? Well you’d need a location, clothes (duh), heating and air conditioning, electricity, you’d need counters, hangers, probably an alarm system… oh and you’d have to pay your employees.
If you want to go even smaller thing about this... what if you were opening a lemonade stand in your front yard. Surly that wouldn’t cost anything right? Well you’d need a stand, lemons, cups, a pitcher… you get my point by now right?
All businesses cost money to start, every single one, and there is nothing illegal or unethical about that fact.
Of course if you really were talking about opening your own traditional business you’d be talking about an investment of thousands or even hundreds of thousands and in the case of your average home based business you’re only talking a few hundred or less.
A very common misconception is that home based businesses take all the money you sign up with and give it to the person who signed you up. It’s almost as if they’re taking your money for no good reason at all other than to give your upline a bonus.
This is not true, while it is true that the person who brings you into the business will usually get compensated for that most of the money goes to operating the business for you, creating product, or sending out membership cards, providing training or customer service for you, just your basic cost of operation.
Now let’s get back to this whole it’s not a job thing because I think that’s a very important issue that many people don’t grasp 100% upon signing up. When you get started in a home based business you have officially become a business owner! You’re not someone with a job, you are the CEO of your very own company.
Don’t treat your business like it’s some little “work at home thing” treat it as if you run a fortune 500 company a company that in the next 5 years or so could very well pay you $100,000 $200,000 or even a million! Now doesn’t that make a start up cost of a couple hundred dollars seem like pocket change?
Don’t let the start up cost keep you from building the business of your dreams. Find the home based business that’s right for you and the sky is the limit!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
What's The Difference Between Cash Gifting and A Legitimate Home Business?
There is a lot of buzz out there right now about cash gifting. I see it almost every time I’m online looking at things for my home based business.
There are articles about it, lots and lots of videos, they’re on Craigslist, forums… everywhere! It occurred to me that a lot of people might not know the difference between a home based business and a cash gifting program.
I admit that if you’re searching for a way to make some fast money from home, cash gifting does sound like a good idea. However, let me be perfectly clear. Home based businesses and cash gifting are very, very different.
Let me start with the obvious, cash gifting is illegal. It is the definition of a pyramid scheme. If you have a business and there is no product or no service, it’s not legal and you do not want to be a part of it.
For a home based business to be legit they have to have some kind of product or service that they provide to their customers. No product? Don’t do it, it’s as simple as that.
Secondly cash gifting is not a way to make any kind of real income. Sure you might make a little bit in the beginning but when you can’t find anymore people to get started in the "business" the money dries up and for a lot of people they end up losing hundreds or even thousands.
With a home based business you build an income based on the products as well as bringing people into the business. The income you create is much more stable and while your income might dip down a bit from time to time it won’t dry up completely.
Residual or lifetime income is a huge reason many people become involved in a home based business and that is simply not available with cash gifting. Like I said before you might make some money for a while but that money is never going to be there for you the rest of your life let alone for your children or your children’s children the way residual income from a legitimate home based business can provide.
Simply put there is nothing about cash gifting that even compares in a honest, legal and ethical home based business. Find the business that works best for you and start living a better life with the help of a home based business.
There are articles about it, lots and lots of videos, they’re on Craigslist, forums… everywhere! It occurred to me that a lot of people might not know the difference between a home based business and a cash gifting program.
I admit that if you’re searching for a way to make some fast money from home, cash gifting does sound like a good idea. However, let me be perfectly clear. Home based businesses and cash gifting are very, very different.
Let me start with the obvious, cash gifting is illegal. It is the definition of a pyramid scheme. If you have a business and there is no product or no service, it’s not legal and you do not want to be a part of it.
For a home based business to be legit they have to have some kind of product or service that they provide to their customers. No product? Don’t do it, it’s as simple as that.
Secondly cash gifting is not a way to make any kind of real income. Sure you might make a little bit in the beginning but when you can’t find anymore people to get started in the "business" the money dries up and for a lot of people they end up losing hundreds or even thousands.
With a home based business you build an income based on the products as well as bringing people into the business. The income you create is much more stable and while your income might dip down a bit from time to time it won’t dry up completely.
Residual or lifetime income is a huge reason many people become involved in a home based business and that is simply not available with cash gifting. Like I said before you might make some money for a while but that money is never going to be there for you the rest of your life let alone for your children or your children’s children the way residual income from a legitimate home based business can provide.
Simply put there is nothing about cash gifting that even compares in a honest, legal and ethical home based business. Find the business that works best for you and start living a better life with the help of a home based business.
Hardworking People Succeed In Home Based Business
Is it really true at almost all network marketers fail in their home based businesses?
In a word…. Yes! I’m sorry to burst your bubble and I’m pretty sure that’s not something they told you when you signed up or went to your first meeting, but it’s true.
Why am I telling you this? Not because I want you to fail because believe me I love seeing people make as much money from home as possible! I’m telling you this because you deserve the truth.
I believe that one of the worst thing network marketers do is they give people false hope. Now I’m not saying that they shouldn’t tell you their business works, because it probably does. I’m also not saying they shouldn’t tell you about all the big money success stories, because they deserve to be heard.
What I’m saying is they should tell you the cold hard facts:
Network marketing is awesome and it allows ordinary, hard working people to make 6 or even 7 figures from home!
And
You’re gonna have to work for it!
We live in a society that wants everything and wants everything right now! We aren’t so big on waiting for results. However, if you really want to build a true and lasting income from home it’s going to take time and it’s going to take hard work.
So what can you do if you need success sooner rather than later? The answer is simple… you can work harder. And what if hard work just isn’t your thing… can you still have success? Absolutely, but it’s going to take a lot longer.
You see, regardless of what you’ve heard or what your uncle Bob has told you the truth is, network marketing as a business plan works! And if you work hard enough or stick it out for enough time you can have success in any business!
The trouble is most people aren’t willing to put in the time or the effort to see the real success. A lot of them quit before they should and THAT is why almost all network marketers fail.
Not because of the comp plan or the product, not because of a bad upline or because it’s a scam. The simple truth, and the part that kind of stings is. In almost all cases where people fail in network marketing, they have no one to blame but themselves.
Don’t be one of the people who fail in this industry, work hard, put in the time and there is no doubt whatsoever that you will see success and lots of it!
In a word…. Yes! I’m sorry to burst your bubble and I’m pretty sure that’s not something they told you when you signed up or went to your first meeting, but it’s true.
Why am I telling you this? Not because I want you to fail because believe me I love seeing people make as much money from home as possible! I’m telling you this because you deserve the truth.
I believe that one of the worst thing network marketers do is they give people false hope. Now I’m not saying that they shouldn’t tell you their business works, because it probably does. I’m also not saying they shouldn’t tell you about all the big money success stories, because they deserve to be heard.
What I’m saying is they should tell you the cold hard facts:
Network marketing is awesome and it allows ordinary, hard working people to make 6 or even 7 figures from home!
And
You’re gonna have to work for it!
We live in a society that wants everything and wants everything right now! We aren’t so big on waiting for results. However, if you really want to build a true and lasting income from home it’s going to take time and it’s going to take hard work.
So what can you do if you need success sooner rather than later? The answer is simple… you can work harder. And what if hard work just isn’t your thing… can you still have success? Absolutely, but it’s going to take a lot longer.
You see, regardless of what you’ve heard or what your uncle Bob has told you the truth is, network marketing as a business plan works! And if you work hard enough or stick it out for enough time you can have success in any business!
The trouble is most people aren’t willing to put in the time or the effort to see the real success. A lot of them quit before they should and THAT is why almost all network marketers fail.
Not because of the comp plan or the product, not because of a bad upline or because it’s a scam. The simple truth, and the part that kind of stings is. In almost all cases where people fail in network marketing, they have no one to blame but themselves.
Don’t be one of the people who fail in this industry, work hard, put in the time and there is no doubt whatsoever that you will see success and lots of it!
Confident Calling: Home Based Business Success On the Phone
One of the hardest things for home based business owners to do can be simply picking up the phone and calling a prospect. In fact it’s a fear that is hard for even the most confident marketers.
Unfortunately, it’s something that every single network marketer will have to get good at eventually if they ever want to be successful in their business. It really is a silly thing to be nervous about when you think about it… people have a need and you have the solution! We should be excited to talk to people not nervous! We have what people need!
If you’re nervous or just downright scared of calling people on the phone one of the things you can do is practice in front of the mirror. Sure you might feel a little silly but it really can help you become more confident in what you’re saying.
This method is particularly helpful if you plan on using a script on the phone. A lot of times it’s the fear of the unknown that makes calling prospects so scary. So when you know your script backwards and forwards you’ll be much more confident.
Another thing you can do is practice with a friend or your spouse. Have them play different types of prospects and try to make the best out of every situation.
You see, the fact of the matter is… and this part really stinks…. Some people probably are going to be rude to you over the phone. When this use to happen to me I would get extremely upset because I thought it was my fault, something I had done wrong. It of course wasn’t, those people were just having a bad day or had some other type of problem that had absolutely nothing to do with me.
Listen to that carefully because most people don’t get it, when people are rude to you over the phone it has nothing to do with you! Once you understand that fact it becomes a lot easier to deal with the rude, nasty people because you know that it’s their problem not yours.
Of course 90% of the time there is nothing to be afraid of at all. Out of the thousands and thousands of people I’ve ever spoken to on the phone almost all of them have been incredibly nice and kind. Sure not all of them were interested in my business, but that’s just life.
Some will, some won’t, so what, someone’s waiting.
Somewhere out there, there are tens, hundreds maybe even thousands of people who want what you have to offer. So get on the phone, ignore the rude people, and start dialing like crazy. Because the more people you call… the closer you are to your victory!
Monday, July 7, 2008
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
My Stay At Home Mom
My Mom was a stay at home mom. Highly unusual, even in those days. My Dad worked 2 jobs to support the family. They were married for 58 years and passed away 10 weeks apart.
My childhood was a rare exception. My parents were still married to each other. My mom was a full-time mom. The only thing that would have been better is if Dad could have been a stay at home dad. If there is one thing that I regret about my life, it is that I never got to spend enough time with Dad.
There is never enough time for families when one or both parents work. Children need full-time parents.
Stay At Home Moms
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My childhood was a rare exception. My parents were still married to each other. My mom was a full-time mom. The only thing that would have been better is if Dad could have been a stay at home dad. If there is one thing that I regret about my life, it is that I never got to spend enough time with Dad.
There is never enough time for families when one or both parents work. Children need full-time parents.
Stay At Home Moms
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Tools, Tools, and More Tools For My Home Based Business
It isn't bragging if it is true...
My team has more state-of-the-art tools for successfully marketing our home business than any other home-based business on the planet!
At the date of this posting, we have
Our team has access to over $10,000 in Internet marketing tools and training. Not bad for a $350 investment!
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My team has more state-of-the-art tools for successfully marketing our home business than any other home-based business on the planet!
At the date of this posting, we have
- FREE use of over 75 marketing videos and website templates
- FREE access to an Internet marketing home study course that retails for nearly $500
- FREE admission to an Internet marketing 2-day bootcamp where the price of admission is nearly $200
- Low-cost, secure eCommerce websites for transacting business
- FREE use of numerous online training websites
- FREE admission into several weekly webinars
- FREE admission into half a dozen training conference calls
- 2 different marketing DVDs - one FREE, one low cost
- FREE web tools for creating websites, uploading files, and multimedia creating and editing of audio and video presentations
- FREE mentoring by some of the most successful home business professionals in the industry
- Low-cost web hosting and domain name registration
- FREE custom-branded eBooks
Our team has access to over $10,000 in Internet marketing tools and training. Not bad for a $350 investment!
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