Searching Through The Maze Of Home Based Business Opportunities

Searching Through The Maze Of Home Based Business Opportunities
Copyright © Michael Ringrose
http://www.GlobalWealthPlans.com



There appears to be an innate desire in most of us to quit the day job, stop the daily grind of traveling long hours to work, sitting in boring office or factory or store watching the clock ticking and above all, telling the boss to keep his job, you do not want it anymore. "Fire Your Boss", is typical of many of the bold headlines of internet gurus offering you the golden opportunity to quit your job and start on autopilot collecting your fortune overnight.

The advertisements boldly state,

No experience required,

No computer skills needed

No need for HTML skills

No investment required,

Full training given,

One or two hours a day.

And so the dream is woven into an attractive tapestry offering a picture of lazy days in the sun, big house in the background, porche or similar upmarket sports car in the driveway and all available at just a click of a button.

Tempting, it is and millions respond. It is a form of lotto, trusting and hoping that this one opportunity is the real thing. Much of the bold letters, often in red type, state this is the holy grail. This one is genuine. Often warning readers to beware of scams, these advertisements present you with a share of a dream that is going to come to nothing but will cost you along the way. How does one determine which are true and which are pipe-dreams?

Having responded to the temptation, you then enter stage one of the dream-scheme and feel you are on to something good. Then, almost next page, a further prompt suggesting that you are now on the first step of the ladder that is going to present even more gold than that originally offered. Just a little more investment is required but this wonderfully new offer is just available to you NOW, should you leave this page the offer will not be available to you again and of course, you will be at a very substantial loss...so grab this unique opportunity NOW. So, you feel the first investment is enough and you reject the offer. No, NO, you are not free yet, a further pop-up will appear suggesting that suddenly the cost has dropped substantially as an enticement for you to take this further opportunity. So, you feel, "In for a penny, in for a pound," and you purchase the extra bit that is going to secure your way to acquiring your fortune.

You are now in the frame. Next, you are offered the best advertising system in the whole world. You will be advised, that while you have now an excellent product, you need to let people know you have it or it is worthless to you and you need to drive traffic to your site. Another special offer awaits you that promises to ensure that by the time you have the form completed, customers are going to be knocking at your door...oops, website and you are not going to be able to cope with the "Swarm".

Then, the gurus come on scene. Special audio broadcasts from this range of top-earning multimillionaires who have all made their fortunes through their particular method and it is, of course, available to you, since you have shown such a keen interest in working and marketing a home business. This you must hear. Of course, you will then be offered a CD or training video or "ReSell rights" so you too, can go on and be as successful as the "guru", but a further investment is needed.

It is wonderful stuff. Some of it good, but most, unfortunately, as Shakespeare said in other circumstances, "Full of sound and fury and signifying nothing". So many, trusting, innocent (although many are mature males and females,) continually opt in and buy in to these schemes and when they find it is not working and endeavor to contact the seller of the product or the website, they find, far too often, no response whatsoever.

"Caveat Emptor" is an expression used in contract law and it is no harm offering it to all of those who are searching for a genuine opportunity. It simply means, "Buyer Beware" and you can save yourself a lot of grief and a lot of money if you heed that warning.

Do not be put off in your efforts to search for an find your business niche. They are out there and there is a lot of opportunity available to you and would be net entrepreneurs. But there are no free dinners. All of them require commitment, dedication and work and you will not achieve success without putting a great degree of your time and effort into it. It is what success and the satisfaction of achievement is all about. There is no reason why you cannot have your own business and make good money in the process. There is plenty of evidence that many have done so and continue to do so but do not be misled by those who make their money on taking advantage of others and offer nothing of substance in return.

Michael D. Ringrose is interested in identifying Home Based Business Opportunities. He is also interested in and experienced in Internet Marketing and in encouraging individuals to reach their potential in whatever walk of life they experience and hopefully enjoy. He is a keen writer on leadership in all its dimensions and links the responsibility of leadership with that of reaching out and enabling others to find their potential and use the gifts the Good Lord gave them. Further information on each of the areas can be found at

http://www.GlobalWealthPlans.com