I started a site about online home businesses a few years ago. The site serves as a guide to somebody looking to start a home business and I do not really sell anything on the site.
Every quarter or so, my inbox will have an email with a single sentence that reads something like the one below:
"Sir, teach me how to make money."
In the beginning, I painstakingly crafted a few paragraphs as my reply, essentially repeating what I said on my website. I would also ask about the background of the sender, so that I may be in a position to better understand what he wants and what he can do.
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.
I remember 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 went to college for 3 year to study electronics engineering. I did electronics design for a further 10 years. It is only after this period of time that the industry considered me good and experienced enough to be earning 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.
The only thing I can say is, "Use your common sense."
I mean, if somebody were to offer you a lot of money to do something really easy, would you do it? Say you were offered $100 to deliver a parcel to a nearby address. Would you do it?
You will not run the errand right? You will say that you need to wash your hair, walk briskly away and never look back right?
You know that nobody is going to offer you $100 for a half an hour job that a 9 year old can do. There is definitely a catch. He is hoping that greed will take over and you will accept the job.
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:
"Sir, teach me how to make money."
In the beginning, I painstakingly crafted a few paragraphs as my reply, essentially repeating what I said on my website. I would also ask about the background of the sender, so that I may be in a position to better understand what he wants and what he can do.
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.
I remember 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 went to college for 3 year to study electronics engineering. I did electronics design for a further 10 years. It is only after this period of time that the industry considered me good and experienced enough to be earning 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.
The only thing I can say is, "Use your common sense."
I mean, if somebody were to offer you a lot of money to do something really easy, would you do it? Say you were offered $100 to deliver a parcel to a nearby address. Would you do it?
You will not run the errand right? You will say that you need to wash your hair, walk briskly away and never look back right?
You know that nobody is going to offer you $100 for a half an hour job that a 9 year old can do. There is definitely a catch. He is hoping that greed will take over and you will accept the job.
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.
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David Lim runs a website about starting a home based business. He assumes a no nonsense angle and tells it like it is. If you want to start a home business, visit his site. Get a totally unique version of this article from our article submission service
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