When we look at the increasing number of people who have to stay home and take care of their families, it’s no wonder that we will continue to see an explosion of home based businesses. Accompanying this is naturally a slew of “business opportunities”.
This article is first in a series of five articles on what to watch out for in home based business “opportunities”. Read all articles in this topic here.
Sometimes we really want to believe that we can make thousands of dollars a week working from home. We are bombarded with “home based business” opportunities that promise to free us from the chains of employment. Many of these home based biz opps offers shower us with praises and tell us that we are just as smart as folks who are millionaires but we just need the “right” opportunities or business model.
Unfortunately these home based business opportunities are NOT the right opportunities or business models to help us become millionaires, either.
The truth is, what some of these home based biz opportunities master is the art of seduction. Some are masters of psychological manipulation. First, you are asked to dream your dreams so you can become highly suggestive. Then you are asked to fully experience or feel how you would feel if these dreams came true. Finally, you are given the home based business opportunities as the answer or solution to get you these dreams. A crude level of neurolinguistic programming.
Would you buy a business model that shows you a person chained to the computer 16 hours a day, or a person who is rejected time and again from potential buyers or affiliate recruits? Of course not. We picture that as a job, and probably an unsavory one. This is why home based business opportunity ads and sales pitches show you pictures of dreams and money, and favor pictures of sunny beaches.
Most home based businesses take work. A Lot of Work. Some of these home based business opps can be as much work as getting 2 full time jobs – but without vacations and health benefits. I know, this doesn’t sound as glamorous as promises of owning your dream home and taking vacations in exotic places several times a year.
Home based businesses can work for you if you fully acknowledge that you are operating a business and accept all the obligations and work that comes with being a business owner.
A good place to start when you are prospecting a home based business opportunity is with Better Business Bureau and do a search under the category of Business and Professional Services > Business Opportunities.
© 2007 by Jane Chin, All Rights Reserved.
Conflicts of Interest Disclosure: No affiliation or financial conflicts of interest with the Better Business Bureau.