Serge Daudelin asked:

There is a saying in the music business that is perhaps one of the most poignant ever created. It is the term “one hit wonder” and it refers to a band that came bursting onto the scene with a single song that made them famous, but then failed to build on that and eventually had to give up the music business because their one stroke of genius was all they had in them. One hit wonders are very common in the music world, almost as common as no hit wonders are in the online marketing world.

If you put together all of the people that have been successful in internet marketing, the gurus would have you believe that these people amount to around 25% of the online internet marketing population. The simple truth of the matter is that the actual figures are for every one person that succeeds in online marketing, over a hundred fail. For every person that gets rich as they were supposed to, one hundred people go broke and end up going back to their everyday jobs. And a lot of people love to blame everything for this failure; the book that they purchased, the membership they joined or anything else that might come across their mind as a good target of opportunity.

The simple truth of the matter, however, is that the only person that can truly be blamed for your failure is you. If you blame someone else for going broke in business, ultimately all you are doing is casting blame outwards for things that you really should take responsibility for. A purchase of a single e-book would not have destroyed your business even if the information turned out to be less than useful and in most cases people are too lazy to return them and get all of the money they spent back.

If the complaint that you have is one of purchasing a business program that was your entire budget, then the real question is “why”. Why did you put all of your eggs in one basket, relying on a program you knew nothing more than a sales pitch about? When you are starting in online marketing, you want to make your initial money last as long as possible so that you have a chance to hit on something at some point. For this reason and others, most people have nobody to blame but themselves for failure in internet marketing.

Many internet businesses fail not because they didn’t have enough money. It’s because they don’t really have the knowledge on how to put things together. They spent all their time doing costly mistakes. When they figured out what was not working, it is too late. Making money online can be very difficult for the newcomer but if you are willing to work hard and learn all you can about internet marketing you will have a far better chance of succeeding. Keep in mind that the secret to the income is not only in the knowledge, it is in doing it!

To Your Success!

Caleb Mcmillan asked:




About a year ago, I was going through a phase where I tried about a dozen online money making programs. I even went as low as envelope stuffing and surveys. I guess that you could say that I have matured since then, and when I decided to start searching for something again, I would research the product before I dove in head first.

Its kind of funny really, how I found the profit lance course. I figured it would be easier to weed out the scams by actually searching for scams. I came across a blog about the profit lance course that stated that it was not a scam. I spent the next couple of days searching for terms about the profit lance course. The only negative feedback that I received was from people that were trying to sell their own product. Everybody else seemed to think that this course was the real deal. People talked about how the information would literally take you by the hand and show you step by step how to become successful on the internet.

I purchased the profit lance course about a week ago, and I must say that I am impressed. The Profit Lance Course is not just an e-book, but a members area that has everything from a learning center to resources and projects. They also give you about 15 free websites to get you started. I have made at least $40 a day since, and feel that I am making my way towards financial freedom.

Martha Meagher asked:

With so much advertising inviting you to be a part of America’s quickest growing industries, it can be difficult to find a genuine and legitimate online business opportunity.

Online business advertising can be found on streetlights, telephone poles, in newspapers, and of course on the internet. While these advertisements seem attractive, many of them are not legitimate online business opportunities.

Legitimate online business ventures require planning and dedication if you are to become a successful entrepreneur. Decide what type of person you are. Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit? Are you ready to be in charge of your own life and do whatever it takes to be a success? Or would you rather work for someone else? Being an entrepreneur may not be for you. That’s the first thing to get clear about.

If you know yourself to be someone who wants to follow instead of be a leader, to stay in your comfort zone instead of taking risks, then one place you can look for an online business start-up that may be less challenging is medical billing based out of your home or something where you are given assignments that you can work into your day at home.

If you choose to be your own boss then you have to do your due diligence before you join a company so you avoid wasting your funds chasing unrealistic and misleading advertising.

Advertising that reads, “Earn thousands of dollars each month from the comfort of your own home sending and receiving email”, is probably not an example of a legitimate online business opportunity.

Most advertisements omit facts such as, you will be working without pay until you get your business up and running, and many advertisers won’t disclose all the costs involved in establishing your own legitimate online business venture.

Online opportunities that are legitimate usually suggest you to pay for tools to get your business going, and they encourage you to buy their products so that you know the products that you are selling intimately.

Legitimate online business opportunities most likely require a membership fee to get your business up and running. If they are worth joining they will also have great in-house training or be affiliated with a marketing company that helps you with advertising. They will advise you that you can either pay for advertising or, with new free marketing on the internet, they will teach you how to advertise for very little or no cost, as long as you are willing to put in the time to learn it.

Be sure to ask for all these upfront start-up costs. Ask if there are costs to being part of a marketing system? Is there a web-hosting fee? What are the costs of the products? Will you be making money with your first sale or do you have to pass up sales to qualify to make money (not a good system)? Ask for detailed information about the compensation plan, and what to expect for advertising costs.

Be certain you are getting in with a company that has products with tremendous value and a great support system to help you learn how to be successful.

If it sounds too good to be true, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is. If you do your research you will be able to distinguish the scams from the legitimate online opportunities.

The main point here is that you have to thoroughly investigate the company you are looking at being a part of. Read the testimonials. Listen to your gut. Don’t jump in without being convinced you have a winner of a company in front of you.

On the other hand, don’t get into the “analysis/paralysis” mode and do nothing. Your life wont’ change unless you do something differently.

When you do find that exceptional company, and they do exist, then take action and get involved. Sign up right away and start your journey to a better future for you and your family. There are millions of people in legitimate online business opportunities who are changing their lives significantly and living their lives without limits.

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Ruth Harris asked:

Very simple: Be a source of integrity. Don’t be phony, people will know and not come to visit your site again. Even worse, they will post a bad review somewhere on the web and others will not even come to see for themselves. If you don’t know about something, don’t pretend that you do. Respect your customers, or prospective customers, and offer them something of value. Give good information that will draw your customers’ attention and this will help to build trust. It also gives them a reason to stay or come back again for more. Follow-up with your customers, but don’t be a pest. Basically, don’t spam, don’t steal, and don’t lie.

Just as in an offline business, there are ethics and standards that should be followed. If you are starting an online business, you’ve probably spent some time online already and can see that there are hundreds of thousands of businesses trying to sell their products and information and services to you. Study how they do it. Spend some time visiting the websites of your competitors, much like you would when preparing a business plan for an offline business. Look for and evaluate the following characteristics to determine the integrity of the business as a whole:

What are they selling? When you first come to their index page, can you quickly and easily figure out what they are selling? Is it a real product, an information product, a membership or a service? Do they offer something of real value right off the bat for free such as informative content or a related ebook? If you cannot determine within the first 30 seconds what they are selling or why they are in business, chances are that they are just a hodgepodge of links put together to make the owner affiliate revenue. However, if you do see something of value, stay a bit longer and evaluate further.

Can you contact them directly? Look on the main page. Contact information could be in the top nav bar, on the side nav bar or at the bottom of the page. Also, look for a direct link such as Contact Us. Click this link and see where it takes you. Do they provide a physical address, a contact name or email, and a phone number? These three things are a must for a legitimate business. If an owner is not confident in his business enough to put an address and contact phone number on his site, he must be hiding something. The final test is to send an email to the company and see who responds and how long it takes to get a response. Most one-person web businesses should be able to answer your email within 1-2 business days.

Is the content valuable and correct? One of my biggest pet peeves is spelling and grammar. If the owner has done his research and knows what he is talking about, this should show in the quality of the information on his site. A professional image depends on attention to details. Presentation is everything. If you are going to put out information, it has to be presented in an organized fashion with no mistakes. When I see more than one misspelled word or grammar mistake on a website or page, I move on. If the owner has not proofread his own material or verified the information on his site is correct and presented professionally, I won’t be trusting that his products are much higher in quality.

Is there a free trial or guarantee on the products and services being offered? Those businesses that have developed a quality product or service and are confident in it will not hesitate to put a guarantee on it. They will stand behind it 100%. Even better are those companies that let you try the product or service for free. This way you can test it out to see if it is indeed what you need and meets the quality standards of a legitimate business.

How do they advertise? Look at the other links on the website. Visit some of them to see the quality of partners associated with the first business. Do the links take you somewhere valuable and helpful? Is the business partnered with other legitimate businesses? Also, how did you find out about the website in the first place and what in their ad drew you in? Did the ad lie to you? Make sure that when you advertise that you don’t misrepresent what you are offering. In addition, don’t be a spammer. Make sure to develop a double opt-in email list that you can use to send valuable follow up information to your customers. This will help to build loyalty as well as word of mouth referrals. Visit forums and pay-per-click sites to see the companies who are advertising the same products and services that you are to find out what promotion methods they are using. Use them as a starting point and try to set your standards of quality and honesty a step above when developing your ads.

The bottom line is, there is good karma and bad. Even though we all know those people in life whose bad karma hasn’t caught up with them yet, don’t join the crowd. Be a leader, be a source of integrity, and provide a quality product or service that you can stand behind. In the long run, this will help you build a profitable, long-standing business rather than a fly-by-night get rich quick scheme.

Will Schwartz asked:




If you’re wondering how to create an online business, you’ve spent some time looking at different online business mentors and legitimate work from home opportunities.

Along with picking the right work from home business, the most important decision you will make is choosing the right coach.

There are a lot of online business mentors out there. Making the right decision will accelerate your success curve and exponentially increase your chances of making real money online with a legitimate work from home business.

Not only that, but working with the right coach makes it an all around more enjoyable, more profitable experience!

So if you’re looking for legitimate work from home and want to avoid online scams, once you’ve found a business that appeals to you, your next step is to find the right leader to work with.

Every legitimate work from home business will have a number of qualified online business mentors. The way things operate in the work from home arena, you actually have the opportunity to interview different online business mentors before making a decision.

Use this time to do your due diligence and choose wisely.

A word of warning: don’t go being a “tire-kicker” and calling a dozen different mentors. You’ll only be wasting valuable time – yours and theirs.

But you absolutely have the right to narrow down your list by watching videos, reading articles and visiting websites. Once you have 4-5 potential leaders that you’re seriously considering, give them a call and find out if they meet your qualifications.

Here are 6 crucial elements you need to consider when choosing the right mentor for you.

1) Find a Coach you can relate to and feel good about working with. If you choose the right work from home business, you will be establishing a long-term relationship with your direct sponsor. This will be your business partner for years to come! It’s important to find someone who you feel at ease with, and who shares a common sensibility.

2) Make sure the Coach you choose knows their stuff. We’re talking means real hands-on marketing techniques and strategies that actually work. There are many online business mentors out there, a lot of so-called “gurus” and experts. Beware the theoretical fluff and “rah-rah” motivational stuff. Choose someone who actually knows what they’re doing.

3) The Coach you work with has to have the ability to teach. It’s one thing to understand marketing. It’s another skill set altogether to be able to show others how to do it. You’re looking for definite Action Steps that you can follow. Ask your prospective mentor what kind of training they offer and ask for examples if possible before you make a decision.

4) Make sure your Coach is available for regular support. You’re not looking for hand-holding or coddling. The right Coach will empower YOU to run your business for yourself. But especially when you’re first getting started, it’s important to have regular coaching sessions that will give you the systems & tools you need and show you how to best optimize those tools for success.

5) Select a Coach who is flexible and can tailor the training to meet your needs. Everyone is different. We all learn in different ways. A top level mentor will sculpt their training to suit your personality.

6) Make sure your Coach has a strong vested interest in your success. Picking a “good person” is smart, but even a good guy or gal has to have a financial motivation to help you out. This is intimately tied in with the company’s comp plan. Try to find a legitimate work from home where the comp plan has a built in financial incentive for your sponsor to provide the absolute best mentorship. Talk is cheap. So definitely grill your prospective Coach on exactly how the comp plan works and ask them to explain exactly how they will benefit from your success.

To summarize: If you’re looking for good online jobs and legitimate work from home opportunities, and trying to avoid online scams, a crucial element in your success will be finding the right Coach to work with.

You have the ability to interview different online business mentors and select the one that best meets your needs. Use it! And know what to look for.

Lisa J. Lehr asked:

As you know if you’ve read my article “Great Business Opportunity for Coffee-Loving Entrepreneurs,” the coffee business is a “hot” place to be. Coffee captures many elements of the American good life–health, social interaction, and the culture surrounding the enjoyment of food and drink.

An article in Forbes online says, “According to the NCA [National Coffee Association], 80% of Americans drink coffee, and more than half of the population drinks it every day….” It adds, “Coffee consumption is now being linked to the lowered occurrence of cases of certain cancers and chronic diseases.” Tea is no slacker in the health department, either–it’s a source of antioxidant vitamins and minerals and is becoming recognized for its many health benefits.

While a new Starbucks store opens for business somewhere in the world every day, however, starting a coffee franchise may not be for everyone. For those who prefer an online business, with its flexible hours, automated systems, and freedom from geographical limitations, the world of coffee and tea still offers a world of opportunity.

Here are some items you’ll want to offer in your online store:

A wide variety of coffee and tea Other beverages such as hot chocolate and spiced cider Foods to go with the beverages–chocolate, biscotti, scone mixes Items for preparing and serving coffee and tea: coffee makers, espresso machines, teapots and teacups, latte mugs Gift items for coffee and tea lovers Novelty items–t-shirts, bumper stickers, note cards, etc.– all with a coffee/tea theme Books about coffee and tea, with topics including: coffee and tea history, recipe books, The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary by Joseph Michelli (and other books about Starbucks)

Some ideas for marketing your products:

Continuity/loyalty/gift programs Referral system(s) with complementary business(es) Affiliation with a “trendy” philanthropic cause, such as fair trade Being a source of information on health, quality, conservation issues, etc. Hosting a blog An e-mail campaign Developing a reputation for excellent customer service–asking for, and graciously receiving, customer feedback…and acting upon it

Some of the really cool things about running an online business: you won’t have to find a prime location; you won’t need a building permit or furniture; you don’t need a lot of employees; you won’t face a long startup process.

You will need suppliers for all your coffee, other foods and beverages, and everything else; explore drop shipping so you won’t have to carry a huge inventory. You’ll need a graphic/web designer, of course–one who “gets” your image and your message. And you’ll need a marketing expert who loves coffee as much as you do.

A Josiah asked:

If you already own an internet home business there is a great possibility that you are so busy in the day to day running of your business that you fail to consider that there are other ways that you can profit from your money. There are some situations where you can make more money from investments than from your actual internet home business. This is possible because allot of normal expenses you incur in your every day business is not applicable when investing, like salaries, overhead expenses, and normal every day to day expenses. You are making your money work for you when investing rather that you working for money.

So how can someone go about becoming an investor? Well investment requires exposure to the market that you want to invest in, this ensures that you know exactly where and how to invest your money. There is a whole list of potential investments to choose from. Even simple ones like your saving bank account and fixed deposits can be a good investment because you can earn a pre-determined rate of interest on your money

Outside of this there are other types of investment that you can consider that would allow you to get a high rate of interest on your investment. Opportunities include mutual funds, the stock exchange and the foreign currency market. Although these are great investments you need to pay very close attention to the movements of these markets so you know when you to buy and sell in order to maximize profits.

You should always remember that in business and investments [http://MakingMoneyFromHomeOnTheInternet.com] there will always be a certain amount of risk, different types of investment have different degrees of risk so you need to know how to determine the amount of risk that is involved in any type of investment, for example if you’ve made the decision to purchase stock from a well known company at a high price there is a big possibility that it will not cost the same the following day due to allot of different factors; management or other issues that can arise. Investing in mutual funds also carries risk because the interest rate can be lower than what you predicted it would be.

Overall, investment is a fantastic way to earn profits while still being in control of your money and time. Investment can also provide you with a sense of security because you are happy that your money is in the hands of experienced companies like banks and mutual fund companies. Additionally you should always consider that having a diverse investment portfolio is important in today’s dynamic and consistently changing global market. Diversification means that you invest your money in different types of investment so your risks will be balanced in different industries. Investments give you the flexibility to choose which ones suit you best. If you would like to know more get a free copy of Dotcomology [http://MakingMoneyFromHomeOnTheInternet.com] the art of making money on the internet.

Jim Degerstrom asked:

You need to be careful browsing through online turnkey offers to avoid serious financial loss. Everyone has at least one horror story involving online scams, and some are more personal because they were a victim. Once I receive my check for $14,000,000 from Nairobi I can retire from writing advice for small business owners and designing web sites. Wish me luck!

Consider the line from the movie “Field of Dreams” saying “If you build it, they will come”. This does not apply to websites. Online, the P.T. Barnum adage “There’s a sucker born every minute” is too often the case when it comes to purchasing a turnkey online business. Think before you hand off your hard earned cash. You could become victim of an online scam.

In the real world, individuals with novice internet skills are becoming victims every day. An honest person is more apt to believe what they read online because it’s in their character to trust things in writing. Stories of instant wealth with turnkey websites help perpetuate the elusive dream, especially when the reader has little or no business experience. Let’s examine a true case involving one of my clients, and the extreme nature of what can happen.

Imagine this single Mom, struggling to make ends meet while living off the proceeds of a real estate sale, and she encounters a variety of online ads filled with exaggeration and promising the opportunity of a lifetime. Over time, and before meeting me, she purchased 7 prepackaged web sites for a variety of online products and services thinking that money would roll in automatically. To put her online marketing in perspective, only recently she grew more comfortable sending and receiving email.

Her total cost for 7 sites exceeded $10,000 two years ago with zero profit to date. Most of the sites were cookie cutter turnkey subdomains with insignificant search engine ranking. In general, the top level domains were poorly coded with grade school level graphics, so each of her sites had serious problems with credibility.

When questioned about the lack of sales, most of her sources replied blaming her for the poor performance because she wasn’t promoting and marketing the site. Any person with bare email skills, no previous online marketing, and ruthless predators taking advantage of novice online entrepreneurs, all adds up to disaster. The ones selling advice about how to make money are often the only ones making money. Read on about how truly outrageous this situation became.

To get started, one company required payment of $2500 by EFT to transfer funds immediately from her bank account to theirs. One year later, they renewed her site without any prior notice, and withdrew $2500 again. Believe it. I know because by this time I was contacted to create a super site as a portal page to introduce the other 7, and she asked for advice on how to handle the $2500 withdrawal.

Here are some tips to help you avoid online scams when considering an online turnkey website.

1. Look at the web site and reflect on your first impression objectively. Your visitors will decide within 5 seconds if your product or service is credible and worthwhile. If your reaction viewing the parent site is not favorable, move on.

2. If you decide to review their web site further, look for signs of exaggeration. Pages overloaded with adjectives claiming or exclaiming success may be overselling in an attempt to convince you that you’ll be the next millionaire.

3. Next, do the owners or managers of the online opportunity give their real names, physical address, and phone numbers? If all you find is a postal box address and nothing to identify who’s taking your money, don’t do it.

4. Never consider buying an online business unless you personally have the experience to market and grow the product or service. Very few people make it rich quickly without effort and a considerable commitment of time and energy.

5. Don’t believe ads that offer something too good to be true. Avoid the pressure to act now. There is no urgency handing over your life savings until you perform some basic research.

6. Check for comments from satisfied customers. Testimonials from unhappy buyers are never published, so save your energy and skip over those unless you’re in the mood for some entertainment, and enjoy reading fiction.

7. Join a forum to get advice and feedback from other honest people like you. Search Google for “online business marketing forums” and visit several to see reviews of online opportunities from other users.

8. If you are going to distribute a product, think twice if the site requires you to pay in advance for inventory, offers a bonus if you sign up more distributors, or has ANY advance fee requirements.

Keep an open mind as you review different concepts, and think twice before you believe what you read online. Another downside to a turnkey website is you own a site that is most likely a clone to 100’s or perhaps 1000’s of pages covering the same product or service. Making a positive first impression includes being unique. In most cases the turnkey site is a fixed design, so you probably have zero influence on the look, and no chance of revising the content.

In summary, caution and research will be the key to avoid being victimized. Shortcuts to wealth are rare. Real success in any online business requires long hours and hard work. The turnkey website for an online business may look too good to be true. It probably is. Your success depends on having a popular product or service that people need, presenting your offers on a credible and attractive site, and finally getting traffic to your web pages to make the sale. It is not easy. It can be done.

Josh Spaulding asked:

Maybe the question isn’t what you should do online, but what shouldn’t you do online. You see there are many scams online which have one goal, and that is to take your money. You should learn how to protect yourself before you do anything else online.

There are many scams in disguise of great opportunities and they will only cost you a certain amount of dollars a month. That might be great but if you are not able to make that money back then it is not money well spent.

You should consider what your budget is before you start online and then try and stick to it. Only buy things that are relevant to your business or things you can sell through your business.

If you are not careful you could spend thousands of dollars chasing the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The problem is that there is no pot of gold. You can earn money online, but you will find that you will have to work many hours, especially when you first start out.

You will need to decide what your business is about, whether you’re going to sell products, promote affiliates, focus on adsense etc. If you decide to sell a product or service then you need to figure out what product or service you are prepared to sell and for how much.

You need to check out relevant blogs and forums for information, but be careful about the advice you take, as many people offer advice that is inaccurate.

Take time to learn how the business operates. Learn about how to direct traffic to your site, how to get good content for your site. Take time to decide on your sales tactics. Learn how to amend PLR products which come with sales letters. Think about your site being lost in the midst of the rest of the web, and how you can make it stand out in the darkness.

Once you know what you are going to do, then you start to build your online empire. It is going to start small but as you build it week by week you will soon have a large empire giving you an income from various sources. There are many opportunities for you to make money online, but you are the only one who can decide what fits into your skills and time available to do the job well.

Omar Reed asked:

They’re out there. Millions and millions of them. They surround you in an orchestrated dance, salivating at the prospect of a juicy meal, a hapless soul wandering in their midst. No warning, no sympathy, no chance. They fix their gaze on you like a hypnotist; you are soon under their spell. Now the only question is, which one of them will have their way with you? Just like a lost hiker who happens upon a lion’s den, all you did was innocently Google “make money online.”

Searching for money-making opportunities shouldn’t feel like being lost in a jungle filled with wild, starving animals ready to rip you apart. However, everyday well-meaning individuals allow themselves to fall into the trap of believing they will make $2,500 a day in their underwear while watching Jerry Springer. While this is possible, it certainly isn’t going to happen with little effort as most of these online scams would have you believe. The key to choosing a real online business opportunity is first recognizing the scams that are just screaming at you.

“Make $300+ Daily Processing Rebates!” This particular advertisement is probably one of the most insidious “business offers” going around the web today. This simply implies that you will work for a company that will pay you hundreds of dollars to process rebates. Cool! You’ll take that, right? After paying $200 for this work-at-home gem, you quickly realize that it’s not what you expected. First, you’re told to promote a product, such as an ebook, that costs $30 with a 50% commission. You’ll offer a rebate on the book for $5. So, when the book is sold, you’ll earn $15. You pay the customer the $5 rebate and you take home $10. To promote this product, you have to open advertising accounts with Google or Yahoo; and if you do not have specialized knowledge on how to maneuver within this space, you will lose hundreds to thousands of dollars trying to promote this product that generates only a $10 return.

As the old adage goes, if anything sounds too good to be true, then it probably is; but we allow ourselves to believe maybe this is the one. And why do we believe that we will be paid $100s of dollars an hour to take surveys when this makes no logical sense? Or better yet, why would anyone pay us to shop? The marketers of these programs aren’t stupid. In fact many of them are very intelligent and understand the human psyche as well as any gray-haired Harvard professor. They prey on your vulnerabilities and emotions with the promise of quick cash for doing practically nothing. Intuitively we know these are scams, but the human mind is imaginative and believes what it wants depending on the moment. If people searching for online opportunities recognize this truism of themselves and take the time to research common scams, then half the battle is won.

Okay, so the other half of the battle is upon us. We’re focused now, like Rome’s Maximus ready to throw-down against the Germanic barbarians. In this case, the barbarians are the still salivating, scamming marketers looking to make a final play for your wallet. The best way to defeat them is to have a plan and be decisive with that plan. Know exactly what you are looking for. If you think “make money online” means hooking up with a brick-and-mortar that pays you to work at home, then find that particular type of work. Just make sure that it is a real company with a real address and a real phone number; and it doesn’t require you to pay anything up front. If you are unsure, then call the company. If the person on the other end sounds unprofessional or annoyed that you called, then that should raise a red flag that, at best, you may be dealing with a mediocre operation. A professional organization will have people who will welcome your call and answer any questions you may have.

Usually making money online involves managing several websites, having an online store of some kind or affiliate marketing. All of these require long-term skills and techniques that may take some time to learn but are necessary if you’re going to succeed in this unapologetic environment. You should be looking for a comprehensive program, offering a money-back guarantee, that’s going to teach fundamental skills and provide specialized knowledge that will serve you for a lifetime. There are legitimate ways to make money online, but without the specialized knowledge of running an affiliate program, choosing and exploiting niche markets, SEO tactics, pay-per-click techniques or various methods of generating traffic to a website, you will be doomed for failure. Make sure the opportunity you choose doesn’t just surface these topics while avoiding the depth analysis and real-world illustrations that most people require to learn.

While recognizing scams is half the battle to this internet business game, the other half is knowing what to look for in a quality program. Realize that you’re going up against seasoned veterans and multi-billion dollar corporations. You wouldn’t apply for an Accountant’s position without having learned Accounting in college or in a vocational program, would you? The same holds true for working an online business. Don’t take it lightly because it’s online, “cool” and carefree. It’s business. And like any other business of making money, the stakes are high and you need specialized knowledge to succeed. The internet business game plays on a huge field; big enough for you to get swallowed up or big enough for you to get your slice of the pie.