I am currently running a website about home based businesses that was started a few years ago. It is a simple guide to home based businesses. It is basically an informational site and the main revenue is from ads and not from product sales.
Every quarter or so, my inbox will have an email with a single sentence that reads something like the one below:
"Please, I want to make money on the Internet."
For the first year or so, I would send him a proper reply. I would tell him that making money on the web is not something that you can do just like that, and that hard work and skills are needed. I would enquire about his background and skill sets.
That will be the last I would ever hear from them. After a while, I got the feeling that the sender was looking for something that he could register to, pay the membership fee, do a few simple tasks, and make real good money.
Actually, I did get an email from someone who likes my site very much, and wants to know how he can sign up. I took the trouble to tell him that my site is an informational site and that it does not have a join button.
I spent 3 years at a local college studying to be an electronics engineer. I spent a further 10 years working in the electronics field as a design engineer. It is only after this period of time that I am considered good enough to be worth a few thousand dollars a month.
Many sites will tell you that you can potentially make a few thousand dollars a month if you work their program. Every single time, they will also tell you that anybody can do it and no experience is needed. In fact, they will tell you that an unemployed odd job laborer made $1200 after his first month on their program, or something similar.
What I can say is, "Get real, people."
If you were approached on the street and offered $100 to deliver a parcel to a nearby address, what would you do?
You will run away like you have never run before right?
Unless you are Miss Universe, he is just not going to offer you $100 to do something so simple. You know that something is not quite right. Besides, why can't he do it himself? But don't ask him that 'cause he is going to have an excellent excuse. ;)
The Internet has been called the most revolutionary development in the history of human communication, or the great equalizer, or the information superhighway. Whichever superlatives you use, the same rules regarding money still apply to the Internet. Money still has to be earned and competition for it is extremely keen. So, the sooner you get off "the roads are paved with gold" mentality, the sooner you will start putting in the time and work needed for a successful home business.
Every quarter or so, my inbox will have an email with a single sentence that reads something like the one below:
"Please, I want to make money on the Internet."
For the first year or so, I would send him a proper reply. I would tell him that making money on the web is not something that you can do just like that, and that hard work and skills are needed. I would enquire about his background and skill sets.
That will be the last I would ever hear from them. After a while, I got the feeling that the sender was looking for something that he could register to, pay the membership fee, do a few simple tasks, and make real good money.
Actually, I did get an email from someone who likes my site very much, and wants to know how he can sign up. I took the trouble to tell him that my site is an informational site and that it does not have a join button.
I spent 3 years at a local college studying to be an electronics engineer. I spent a further 10 years working in the electronics field as a design engineer. It is only after this period of time that I am considered good enough to be worth a few thousand dollars a month.
Many sites will tell you that you can potentially make a few thousand dollars a month if you work their program. Every single time, they will also tell you that anybody can do it and no experience is needed. In fact, they will tell you that an unemployed odd job laborer made $1200 after his first month on their program, or something similar.
What I can say is, "Get real, people."
If you were approached on the street and offered $100 to deliver a parcel to a nearby address, what would you do?
You will run away like you have never run before right?
Unless you are Miss Universe, he is just not going to offer you $100 to do something so simple. You know that something is not quite right. Besides, why can't he do it himself? But don't ask him that 'cause he is going to have an excellent excuse. ;)
The Internet has been called the most revolutionary development in the history of human communication, or the great equalizer, or the information superhighway. Whichever superlatives you use, the same rules regarding money still apply to the Internet. Money still has to be earned and competition for it is extremely keen. So, the sooner you get off "the roads are paved with gold" mentality, the sooner you will start putting in the time and work needed for a successful home business.
About the Author:
David Lim runs a website about starting a home based business. He assumes a no nonsense approach and tells it like it is. If you want to start a home business, his site is worth a visit. Get a totally unique version of this article from our article submission service
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