Monday, July 28, 2008

Work At Home Ads Is This For Real?

There are many ads out there with claims that you can make money working from home over the internet with little time invested in the venture. I saw an ad on a cable channel and autions at Ebay that are selling website ventures that are built for you. What goes unsaid is the time and the money advertising these websites...you got to have internet traffic for them to work for you.

I will say that I put no emphasis on their claims. I believe that you get what you put into it...as in blood and sweat. There are programs out there that do make money, but it takes time and creativity to do it. Keep in mind the people who are making the most money are the ones selling the pre-built web sites and/ or they have numerous of websites working for them.

I am weary of the programs that ask for money, but I do believe that you have to spend money to make money. When you work from home you essentially running a business, so you have to make an investment of time and money. There is an element of higher risk when you do business over the internet because you are interacting with faceless individuals. Not just the buyer trusting the seller, but the other way around.

More and more people are selling products and/or services or becoming affiliates/ partners of businesses that sell products and/ or services. So the competition is becoming stronger and thus the potential to make money. So that is when the creativity comes in...clever ways to attract traffic to your website. The problem is there are people out there who are out there practicing fraud to get you to their website. People who are willing to promise you the moon and take your money.

In summary you can make money over the internet, however you have to attract clientele to your website, you need to have integrity, and you need to be creative. Do not spend your hard earned money on empty promises. Do your research on the company...if the company or individual is in a hurry to take your money I would probably not do business with them.

In regards to scams, here is a good site to utilize when you are researching whether or not you are being scammed Federal Citizen Information Center .

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