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.
Once in a while, 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.
Most of the time, the sender did not bother to reply. In fact, I don't think I can remember a time in which I did get a reply. Obviously the sender was looking for a simple answer, and I didn't provide that.
Come to think of it, there was an instance when somebody emailed me and told me he liked my site very much. And that he would very much like to join my site. It took me a moment before I realized that he was thinking that my site was some sort of business opportunity that he could join and make money.
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.
There are many websites in the Internet that 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.
The only thing 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 not run the errand right? You will make some kind of excuse, walk briskly away and never look back right?
You know that he is not going to practically give you $100 and that there is definitely a catch involved. He is probably hoping that you will stick around to find out and he will charm you into doing it.
The Internet may be cyberspace but things are no different from the offline world. Stop looking for a quick kill, put your nose to the grindstone, do your homework and sometime soon, you will be the proud owner of a successful home based business. - 22871
Once in a while, 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.
Most of the time, the sender did not bother to reply. In fact, I don't think I can remember a time in which I did get a reply. Obviously the sender was looking for a simple answer, and I didn't provide that.
Come to think of it, there was an instance when somebody emailed me and told me he liked my site very much. And that he would very much like to join my site. It took me a moment before I realized that he was thinking that my site was some sort of business opportunity that he could join and make money.
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.
There are many websites in the Internet that 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.
The only thing 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 not run the errand right? You will make some kind of excuse, walk briskly away and never look back right?
You know that he is not going to practically give you $100 and that there is definitely a catch involved. He is probably hoping that you will stick around to find out and he will charm you into doing it.
The Internet may be cyberspace but things are no different from the offline world. Stop looking for a quick kill, put your nose to the grindstone, do your homework and sometime soon, you will be the proud owner of a successful home based business. - 22871
About the Author:
David Lim is the webmaster of a website about starting a home based business. He assumes a no nonsense angle and holds nothing back. If you are really keen on starting a home business, his site is worth a visit.
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