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Just Over Broke

You probably get hundreds of emails aYou could have thousands invested before
week promising greatriches. "Financialyourealize you have been taken. Most of
Freedom", "Earn Money While You Sleep",the people trying to sellthis deal, are
"Beonly trying to recover the money someone
Your Own Boss", "Create Your Ownelseconned them out of, and hope you
Destiny", "Escape Your Dead Endwill be gullible enough to letthem
Job", "Be Able to Watch Your Kids Growfleece your pockets. Anybody want to buy
Up While Making Money",a "water filter"?
"Work at Home", are all commonI know someone with a garage full.
headlines. Are these statementstrue?With the exception of a naïve minority,
First, let's have a reality check. Todaypeople are "savvy" enoughto avoid the
over 90 percent ofstart-up businesses onmajority of these scams. So, if you want
the Internet fail within the first year.to getinto business on the Net, use some
The majority of these fail in a fewcommon sense and do some "duediligence"
short months. Why?investigation before jumping in with
The answer to this is simplistic. Manyboth feet .
people are conned into aprogram thatDo some people make money on the Net?
cannot succeed without selling the sameSure - but guess what?
program toother people. This is aThey work for it. Some may tell you that
typical example of a pyramid, andJOB is a dirty word andstands for "Just
whenyou run out of suckers to sell theOver Broke". Working for yourself is
program to, you are out ofbusiness.hard workif you want to succeed. You
Others jump into a program withoutmust run your "Home Business" withthe
finding out the particularsfirst.same discipline you would use in any
Envelope stuffing is a perfect example.other.
You are promisedone dollar for everyYou must advertise, advertise, advertise
envelope you stuff. With visions of- if people don't knowyou're there, how
"sugarplums dancing in your head", youdo you expect them to find you to do
figure you could do hundreds aday. Let'sbusiness?
face it - machines can stuff thousandsBe prepared to work 60 to 70 hours a
an hour. Whywould someone pay you aweek or more if it is a fulltime
dollar apiece? They won't - it's a conventure.
-pure and simple.But how about those who need the
Some might stumble on a legitimatefinancial security of their job,while
venture - yes there are someout there.trying to develop their online business
But they followed the "Earn Money While- can they hope tosucceed? Yes! But they
You Sleep"routine. They believe if theyhave to put in their effort in
follow some simple directions,they willtheevenings and on weekends. They have
be "rolling in dough" without having toto approach it with the sameattitude as
do any work.someone doing it full time.
When the postman isn't filling theirThere are a lot of good opportunities
mailbox with $20 bills, theylose heart"just ripe for the picking"out there. If
and quit.you avoid the obvious scams, and do some
Others might buy some "obsolete"duediligence" investigation, you will
government reports" on a CD andbelievefind one. If the first fewdon't work for
the "rap" that they can sell each oneyou, don't lose heart. Be sure you give
for $15 a pop.itenough time and effort before giving
They get a free email account, a freeup. If you are sure itwon't, "cut your
web site, and are inbusiness with justlosses" and move on to something else.
the cost of the CD. That business mightIt maytake some time to find a "fit",
lasta week.but when you do, it will be worthyour
The ones I get a kick out of are wheretime and effort.
they "front load" you withmerchandise.



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