We’ve all heard the horror stories about home business scams, dodgy pyramid schemes, and MLM companies that do nothing more than make the person at the top richer and richer. Unfortunately this sort of outcome has placed many honest home based businesses into the same boat. There are a few prejudices out there regarding people in network marketing that in most cases is totally unwarranted. However below I have listed some things to look out for if you are someone who is looking to get involved in a legitimate home based business opportunity, and need to choose a company/organisation that is honest in its dealings with people.Does the company offer value?There are so many network marketing companies out there that seem to concentrate on nothing more than making sales. Trying to bring people on board by showing big dollar signs; promising a million free leads (be very wary of companies that promise this amount of leads)! Therefore you need to look for someone who is dedicated in giving potential clients/customers /team member’s value. A good solid educational platform for people to grow financially yes, but also a company that promotes self development along the way. People are always looking for value. By taking time to go through the websites of some of these companies you should get a feel of what they are offering.Can you actually make any money?Look closely at their money making strategy. Does this business enable you to make money straight away? There might not be anything such as a get rich quick scheme, but it is quite feasible to start making money quickly with the right home based business. If it has good core concepts, and teaches you the tricks of the trade for getting free leads on board, and if you can spare some cash for paid advertising, you should be able to start earning. A good online business will always guide you on where, how and how much to spend on advertising.Does it have a community of entrepreneurs dedicated to your success?It’s very important that in any internet marketing or home based online business where a large team is involved, you have a solid strong group of the top earners being there to assist in advice and training. When you are new to such a venture your sponsor (if they are any good), will be there using their leadership qualities to guide you to where you want to go. However it is not a good idea to ever become sponsor dependent, you need to get out there yourself and learn as much as possible whilst putting it into practise. But having some of the top earners on hand giving good solid and precise instruction that you can easily copy is a mustWhat exactly are you selling?Make sure that what you will eventually go on to market and sell is not something that is just a fad that people will eventually lose interest in. You want to have an online business with products you not only like, but can continue working with well into the future. Think long term!Research, Research, research!Take time to research as much as you can into the area you might be thinking of joining. Sometimes forums are good places to start to see what others are saying; although be weary, I have discovered that some of the really good internet businesses out there often get attacked by people in rival home businesses to make competitors look bad.With experience you can usually tell if the company you are going for is the real deal or not. It may sound naive, but pay attention to your feelings whilst researching. If alarm bells start to ring, steer clear! Try and check that the company has a clean bill of health with the Better Business Bureau and if it is a sales company make sure that they are in good standing with the Direct Sales Association.Finally, if it doesn’t work for you, it may just be that you weren’t prepared to put in the hours and dedication. There are plenty of legitimate home based businesses that do work, and the financial rewards can be lucrative, but you have to put the hours and commitment in before you see the long term rewards. And be prepared to pay towards setting yourself up. Many people are put of when asked to pay a fee before startup,but don’t forget you are entering into a business. What business do you know that you can set up completely free of charge?
6 Tips to Get You Started When Looking Into a Home Based Business in the MLM Industry
If you’re reading this article you are probably looking into starting a home based business in the network marketing arena. Know that this my personal view on how to choose a MLM company from my past experiences. When I started my home based business I wish I would’ve researched the MLM industry and how to choose a company before joining. As I look back, this is some valuable information I wish someone would’ve passed on to me. If you are looking in to network marketing as a career, I hope this article assist you in choosing and starting your home based business right.Starting A Home Based Business Tip #1: Research the founder of the company and figure out where the founder/s originated from, have they had other successful businesses before? What’s their vision in life and the business? Where is the company based out of and do they have in-house manufacturing for the product that they sell? As I looked into my company these were question that had to find out and get answers to quick.Starting A Home Based Business Tip #2: What is the MLM companies history, do they have a proven success record?, Are they traded publicly?, Any third-party validation?, What are the annual sales? Do they have any “best something” award from third parties? and how successful are other associates?If yes, it shows that they have a great track record and the company is more than likely to keep on keeping on.Starting A Home Based Business Tip #3: Does the company take action in empowering others, educating or helping out the community in the local areas. Do they support any non-profit organization?To me this means that the company cares for others and is not too business oriented.It’s great to be able to participate in helping others in any way possible and knowing that they are involved as well is a plus.Starting A Home Based Business Tip #4: Having third-party accolades is great, for instance a best of state award, best nutrition, or best service for “X” year, athlete accolades and even anniversary accolades.Having accolades are important for edification for a new prospect. They come in handy, it also shows prove they are legit.Starting A Home Based Business Tip #5: Making sure the company is in social media is important to me, it shows that the company is actively marketing in different ways as well getting known in social media groups, most network marketing companies don’t advertise, but by being in social media it cuts advertising cost by millions which equals to more money, bonuses and incentives for the reps as they keep succeeding in their home based business.Starting A Home Based Business Tip #6: Best way to sift and sort companies I have discovered is first, figuring out what kind of product relate to me the most (electronic, on-line service, clothing, mobile, nutritionals etc…), second look into only those companies and go over the tips above and third, choose the company your going with and stay there. Before you do that go and “sponsor shop”. Seek out a great leader in the company, one that implements great off-line and on-line strategies like attraction marketing. In closing my friend, just do your homework. I hope the “Starting A Home Based Business Tips” above helped you in your journey to choosing the right MLM company.
Plan To Succeed With Information Product Creation: Why You Need To Split Your Process Up
One of the keys to succeeding in information product creation is to break the process up into discrete steps. This frequently isn’t an instinctive reaction for the typical information marketer. Especially on the internet where small sized learning products are the norm.
However, it is extremely important to your ultimate success. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if you don’t do this you probably won’t succeed… even when you are starting out let alone as you move forward.
Your product creation system should do this for you if only to help you to understand the overall task.
But why?
In this article, I’m going to ignore chunking and focus on the practical aspects. That’s not to say that chunking isn’t important. It is. It’s important to understanding and to learning the process. But while you can use the same chunks as you move forward, long term your focus needs to be on the operation of the system not the understanding of it. Unless of course you are constantly training new people!
So why is chunking important to long term use of the product creation process? (Yes, I know systems design uses a different term for this process but I’m not teaching you systems design. So I’m going to use the word learning content designers use.)
The first reason that having individual discrete tasks is important is one of schedule estimation. Frequently it is very difficult to estimate how long the total task of creating a product will take. After all, the size and type of the products matters as does the number of products in your product funnel. And those are just the most obvious elements. However, estimating a discrete task is often much easier. The total can then be estimated as the total of the discrete tasks.
Secondly, scheduling a large task can be problematic. However, by segmenting the task into a number of discrete tasks, you gain a much greater flexibility in scheduling. Not only that but as your business begins to add people you are able to schedule multiple people to the product creation.
Finally, segmenting a large task into smaller discrete tasks allows you to have much better control over the product creation. This affects two different areas — status and quality.
By segmenting your process into discrete tasks you are able to schedule and record the progress at much more detailed level. As a result you are more in control of the status of the product creation. You know what everyone is doing. When they should complete it. And how much it should cost. You also know exactly what has been done.
You also improve your overall quality. Instead of waiting until everything is done you can check quality as you go. This allows you to immediate react to low quality products without absorbing their costs. This means that you have less rework and your rework costs less. And if the product is not going to meet its quality requirement you will know about it in time to stop the development, change the requirement or fix the product.