Realistic expectations when starting a home based
business
By Rebecca
Gilbert
Working out of your home with
an internet business can be the most rewarding experience, both
personally and financially, that a person can
undertake. The internet has made more millionaires than any
other vessel in history, and you don't have to any education or
experience to obtain the riches that the internet has to
offer. We all want to make more money, spend time with our
family, and these are only a few of the fringe benefits that owning
an internet business can
provide. However, individuals that
have made their fortune on the internet have certain characteristics
about them that have allowed them to be successful. These
riches were not obtained overnight, and they were not obtained without realistic expectations.
Lets look at some of the things that would
prohibit you from being successful online...
Are you currently
unemployed?
I see so many people sign up for internet
programs these days that are not currently employed and expect that
an internet business will provide for their families right off the
bat.
Businesses on the internet
are not 9-5 jobs that pay by the hour, they are "businesses", and
most pay by commission. As with most businesses,
there are things that have to be set in place before you are going
to start attracting customers. This does not
happen overnight, this is something that you will put in place
over time. When this is done over time, your
commissions will grow and grow to the point that an internet
business will replace your current income or career.
Are you unwilling to invest your
money?
Many programs on the internet offer free
sign-ups, free products, and free websites to help an individual get
started in a internet home business. This is fantastic,
because in order to make money on the internet, you have to have a
product to sell, and your going to need a website to enable your
customers with a place to go to purchase your
products. However, visitors won't know that your website exist
unless you advertise it. Many high
traffic sites on the internet will allow you to advertise your
products on their site for a fee.
Getting your website listing on the search
engines is free and will supply you with a never ending
traffic stream. But many search engines are unwilling to
list free affiliate websites. The way that we overcome this is to build our own sites and link them to our
affiliate websites. Building your own website will cost
you around $25. So as you can see, if you
cannot initially invest at least $25 - $50 a month on your
internet business, your probably not going to
succeed.
Are you unwilling to invest your
time?
I spend about 2 hours a day online through
the week working on my business. I am advertising
and submitting my website to various search engines,
directories, and other high traffic sites. I am
critiquing my website, sending emails to my affiliates in
training, making deals with other webmasters, etc.
I also do an enormous amount
of reading. I have found that entrepreneurs who have made a
fortune on the internet are only too happy to share their
knowledge on how they got there. Some days I put in more time
and some day's I don't work at all. But, I know that every
hour I spend on setting my business up is just one
step closer to reaching my financial goals. If you are
unwilling to invest your time...your probably
not going to succeed.
Are you unwilling to give up
your skepticism?
Many times I have an affiliate sign up for
my program, and the first thing I hear is how they have been burned by another internet business. While I'm sure
there are millions of internet scams out there, I see a
common characteristic that all these people seem to have...they
don't DO ANYTHING!
When people sign up for my program, the
first thing that I do is suggest that they complete a short
online training on how our program works and the
compensation plan. I have a statistics page that will tell me
when the affiliates in my down line complete
the training, I can see when they have made a sale or signed
up an affiliate of their own. All these
people that claim to be scammed in the past never even get past the
online training. Then oddly enough, they will have
enough gall to email me the next month and ask where their paycheck
is?
Do people actually believe that they will
earn a paycheck just because they signed up? Is this why
so many believe that they have been scammed in the past? Are they so
naïve that they think a company will pay them when
they have made no sales? If any of these things sound remotely
familiar...your probably not going to succeed.
In closing, operating an internet business
is not a get-rich quick program, nor can you be successful if you are unwilling to invest some time and money.
You must have some realistic expectations and stay focused on the goal at hand. If you are capable of
doing these things, you can expect many handsome rewards in
the future for your time and effort.
Best wishes for your future success and
prosperity!
Sincerely,
Rebecca Gilbert
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Rebecca Gilbert has been a successful
internet entrepreneur since July, 2002.
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