Obinna Heche asked:


You can barely turn on a Tv these days without someone trying to sell you the perfect business idea that is going to make you more cash than you know what to do with, all without you lifting a finger. These infomercials generally feature people with flashing cars, big houses or getting off private jets saying that they were just like you not so long ago, but then they took a chance on a business opportunity, and now they are living the swimming pools and movie stars dream life.

All you have to do to get to live like them is to make a small investment, and then you will get the tools you need to live life beyond your wildest dreams. At least, that is what they all try to tell you. The reality of the situation is often much different. More often than not, these kinds of business opportunities turn out to not come to much at best and can do serious harm financially at worst. That is why business opportunity laws exist. They are in place to help protect you from the scam artists who prey on your desire for a better life and bilk you out of your hard earned money.

Anytime you buy into a franchise style business opportunity, the company has to give you a note of disclosure giving you basic financial information about the business so you have some idea of what you are getting into. Business opportunity laws are different than this. These laws apply to home based businesses and non franchised business opportunities that require people to pay a fee before getting all of the business materials. Business opportunity laws require companies selling these business ideas to provide the buyer with more extensive information than franchise sales require.

These business opportunity laws are state laws, not federal ones, and so the exact details of what the seller must provide to the buyer can vary. In general terms, the company selling the opportunity must provide the seller with information about the parent companys income and information about the financial records of other businesses they have sold. In almost every state business laws requires the business seller to be registered with a state board and be vetted on a period basis. Further, in some states, the business seller must put part of the buyers money in escrow so that they can receive a refund for a set period if the opportunity does not pan out as advertised.

It is worth noting that only 26 states have these business opportunity laws on their books and that there are few federal guidelines that govern these businesses, aside from laws preventing the use of actors as satisfied customers. If your state does not have these laws, you will have to be proactive in protecting yourself if you are thinking of a work at home business opportunity. The internet has plenty of message boards and websites where people report business opportunity scams. Check these out before you hand over your hard earned money for a deal that may be too good to be true.

Kathleen Tremblay asked:


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If you haven’t been down this road yourself before, and you are part of an internet marketing busienss opportunity or the best affiliate marketing program you’ve ever seen, you have more than likely seen this scenario with someone else. You have been introduced to a home based business opportunity with a great pay plan, excellent training, and outstanding leadership. You have a great sponsor. You join, and you are ready to get to work.

It’s fine for the first week, after all, you are pretty excited about the home based business opportunity you just joined, right? Or, if it is an internet marketing business opportunity, you’ve watched all the tutorials, joined the forums, and placed some ads.

So, you begin to work whatever system you have been taught, but by week number 2 or 3, for some reason, you seem to have lost some steam.

Then, after the end of your first month, it’s all you can do to pick up the sales literature or log into your affiliate marketing system. You cringe when you see your credit card bill for your monthly investment in the business or your products. You have stuffed your contact file into a drawer. You have shoved all the product samples into the closet where at least they won’t collect too much dust. You have stopped working. You haven’t placed any ads, and you have been avoiding your sponsor.

Why? What happened?

To answer that, let’s take a quick look at why you joined to begin with. Let’s say you joined a home based business opportunity where you attended a business presentation meeting: Did you get excited by the hype and thrill where all the leaders and top-10 money earners smiled down from the stage and told you that YOU could do this too?

Or, if it was an internet marketing business opportunity, did you get excited by the video testimonials of the others who made a bunch of sales and had some big paychecks to show for it, and picture yourself as the next testimonial?

Why DID you join?

Let’s say you joined a food or nutrition business opportunity. Do you enjoy eating those types of products? Do you even enjoy the field of nutrition?

What if you joined a financial services opportunity. Are the services offered of value to you? Do you use them? Do you need them? Are you interested in whatever financial services are offered to begin with?

Look around at the most successful and happiest people you know - in and out of internet and home based business opportunities. What do you notice about them? I know an engineer who absolutely loves his job, and when he’s not helping design industrial structures for his employer, he enjoys reading Architectural Digest and planning home and landscape renovations.

You will notice that people who are successful marketing a travel opportunity tend to love travel, and use their product to take their own vacations. You will notice that the most successful representatives selling candles or cosmetics always use the products themselves.

Have you ever noticed that writers are also avid readers? Or that most musicians who play instruments or sing also enjoy listening to music? In my case, I enjoy writing about internet marketing and home based business opportunities. When I’m at a restaurant or on a plane, you will typically see me bent over a Success or Entrepreneur Magazine.

This is really the key observation: Notice when someone’s business and way of making a living has actually become a lifestyle. More often than not, these individuals are doing what they love; which means that they have played to their strengths, skills, talents, and interests which helped them determine their field, or in the case of the home based business or internet marketing based business industry, which affiliate program or opportunity to join.

So, it is important to examine the things you enjoy to begin with. Sounds simple, doesn’t it?

If you enjoy travel, find at an opportunity that includes marketing travel. If you enjoy cosmetics, align yourself with an opportunity marketing make up or perfumes. You get the idea. I don’t wear jewelry as a rule, so trying to recruit me to sell jewelry is a waste of time. It could be the best jewelry opportunity on Earth, but I will not be able to muster up the interest or energy to make a successful go at it.

It is also important to consider the structure of the opportunity. If you prefer working online and reaching a global audience, choose an opportunity that doesn’t rely on face-to-face business presentations in your neighborhood. Do you enjoy blogging? Do you love writing? Then, join an internet marketing business opportunity that promotes the use of these activities to market.

If you align yourself with an internet marketing business opportunity or other home based business opportunity that reflects the type of person you are: your interests, your passions, and your personal marketing style and strengths, you will find that you are more likely to enjoy working the business.

You might discover that you look forward to the work! You will be more likely to stick with it, and ultimately succeed, and thus getting to the point where there is little difference between your business and your lifestyle.

And that, my friend, is a great place to be!

Warren Franklin asked:


What makes one person in a MLM Business opportunity successful and another a failure?? Why do some people work and make money from home while others struggle??

There’s no simple answer to these questions.? However, there are keys to being successful in a MLM business opportunity.? It begins with choosing the right company for the right reasons.? It has to do with the person’s attitude, mindset, and desire.? It’s as much about the individual as it is the company the products and services it provides.?

Two of the keys I’m sharing are all about you.? They are the ones that will make the difference of whether you succeed or not.? The other keys are very important, but nothing will happen without you.

Here are the “Five Keys to Make Money at Home with a MLM business Opportunity:”?

Key #1:? You have to recognize the opportunity when you see it?

You may think opportunity it is all about money.? That is wrong.? ?Opportunity is about the company and its products and/or services and the growth potential in the market place. What is the quality of the products or services offered?? Does the company stand behind them?? How are they different from the competition?? Are they affordable?? Do they fill a need no one else is supplying?? Are these products or services you can believe in??

It’s about timing.? It is best to find an MLM business opportunity that offers emerging products and services.? Is the company really on the cutting edge of research and technology or are they talking a good line?? Where do you see the company and industry headed in the next five to ten years??? Where do you see the need in the market place in the coming years, is it going up or down??

Key #2:? Have the desire to make your business profitable?

I know this sounds silly, but its true.? To succeed and make money at home you have to have a desire to make money - more money than you spend.? In other words, make a profit.? ?

You have to see yourself working the business and succeeding.? You must visualize the end results and see yourself successful.? See it!? Feel it!? Sense every bit of it.? Your subliminal mind will take over and direct your actions for success.?

Without desire you will go nowhere.? You must have a burning desire to achieve what you want.?? Does the business opportunity have the ability to do that for you?? What are your dreams and goals?? Does the company help you achieve them?? ?

You have to believe in the company, its leaders and products and services.? You have to believe in yourself and your ability to make money at home with this company.? ?

You must have a sense of purpose.? You must know where you want to go in business and in life.? Will the business take you there???? ?

Your desire, belief and purpose have to be so high that fear goes out the window.? You are on a mission and you will complete it no matter what the obstacles.?

Key #3:? Recognize that to create wealth you must leverage other people’s time and energy?

Corporations know and understand leveraging is the key to success.? Show me a large company anywhere in the world and I will show you leveraging.? Companies hire employees to do the work that wouldn’t be possible if only one person did it.? By leveraging companies are able to produce products and services for the masses.?

A MLM business opportunity allows you to leverage and do the same thing. As an independent representative you are a distributor of their products and services.? Your job is to do two things: gather customers and find people who want to build a business just like you, business partners.

As you find and train business partners you leverage your time and energy.? A synergy begins to grow where the sum of the efforts actually out performs the number of people in your organization.? That is how you build solid long-term wealth with a MLM business.?

Key #4:? Have a strong desire to create residual income?

We all understand the concept of residual income.? You do something once and you get paid for it over and over again.? Residual income is the key to everyone’s success.? Once you have learned the secrets to leverage other people’s time and energy residual income will come your way.? ?

You can earn residual income with either a products oriented or service oriented company.

?However, I have found a services oriented MLM business opportunity is more likely to have lasting residual income.? Here’s why:? ?

When you sell products they tend to operate on a month- to-month basis with the only connection to long term being auto shipment.? ?

On the other hand, when you sell services there is generally an annual contract.? The services are billed month-to-month but the commitment is much longer.? Service oriented customers tend to stay with the company a lot longer thus giving you a longer lasting residual income opportunity and a great way to make money at home. ?

Key #5:? You must take action to get the ball rolling?

Everything we do takes action.? Even the simplest of things like mowing the lawn, driving to the store, or going to work every day.? It all takes action.? ?

Building a MLM Business opportunity requires action, too.? In fact, it takes a lot of action to get it rolling.? You will have to work hard in the beginning.? You might not see much activity for weeks or maybe months.? It can be challenging.?

Your desire, belief and purpose are going to carry you and get you past the challenges.?? You will take action because you mentally see the results.? You believe you will succeed.?

To make money at home and achieve your goals you must take action every single day.? You must do the things that will grow your business and build the long-term residual income you desire.? ?

A foundation you can work from?

“The Five Keys to Make Money at Home with a MLM Business Opportunity” are a foundation you can work from.? Apply these keys and you will succeed.?? ?

For inspiration and motivation I recommend you read and study, “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill.? In my opinion it is the book that all other motivational books are based upon.