Now although there have been hundreds of articles written about work from home, work at home or home based businesses I felt that I would add my point of view being a newbie to it all. I’ve found as I’m sure many others have too that once you start looking for a work from home job then you start getting lots of offers and emails from other people who more than likely you never signed up with in the first place.
My first point of call would be to check the website out on blogs and forums as this way you can get a much better idea of what it’s like. I have so very nearly signed up with so many companies before but it wasn’t until I started to check out the blogs & forums that I started to see what they were really like. Another good way is to simply put in their website address and put scam next to it in the heading e.g. bestjobever.com – scam, and see what you get that way.
With work from home jobs you can normally find that by emailing or calling them that you can tell how good their help and support will be. Of course the problem with this is that a lot of the senior people or mentors will be more than happy to get you into the business but once you’ve paid your fee they’ll just run off and you won’t hear from them again. Now my mentor has had this problem as a few of the high flyers who have the Porsche’s and big houses are very good in getting back to you but once your signed up they are nowhere to be seen. Some have been left high and dry for weeks without been given any help with setting up a website nevermind how to start off the business. Even I have had a call from a guy who said that he’d not anything from one of these guys for four weeks, and I’ve only been doing it for three so I was shocked.
Another tip that I would give you, and I know it doesn’t matter to everybody so much but I chose the one I did, because a lot of the people were based in the UK, and being from here that made a big difference as I felt the one in the states wouldn’t be able to offer the support I wanted, and I can go see my mentor as he’s only a 2 hour journey away.
So although I’ve been rambling on about how to avoid scams I would say that you need to do your homework and look at blogs, forums, scam the website and good luck!!
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
My reason to get involved in a work at home business
I have recently signed up with a company as an associate of a work from home business, and I’ve got to say it hasn’t come out smelling of roses yet. But if you’re thinking of joining one then I have a few tips that could be of use for you.
I think the most difficult part of deciding whether or not to join one of these companies is ‘Can I really have the success that they talk about?’ or initially ‘Can I make my money back?’ I don’t know about you but I’ve looked round at a few of these and spent a bit of money too but this one stood out for me and although I’ve already spent way too much money on it already I just feel that something’s are worth seeing through. The worry is of course that it’s all a scam but I always felt that if you checked out the blogs and forums surrounding the site then you would find your answer.
I did search around about this company and the only thing I could find that was negative was the fact that not all the mentors were helpful and some didn’t even respond once you had bought into it. This just means that you need to do a lot more digging around for the right people, look at youtube, email them and call to see how quickly they respond if at all.
You also need to decide what your situation calls for as I chose to go into a work from home opportunity as I had been out of work for a month and was originally looking to change career but with things being slow I decided to look at other paths. If I had been in my job then I wouldn’t have considered this but as I say with things being slow it was time to call for other options.
I don’t think there’s one defining factor that swayed my view but I know that the fact that my mentor is in the UK, 2 hours drive away from me is important and probably most of all that I was able to go and see him the day that I wanted to sign up, so I was able to meet him face to face and see how he does things.
In this business it's very important to have the right backing and mentorship as there's nothing worse than having to be left out in the cold when you've just gone and made the biggest decision of your life to then feel 'Oh no what have I done'. Thankfully though there's nothing like that and I talk with other people in similar positions and have training webinars weekly too.
So my advice to you would be to look around, check out the blogs and forums, email the person and see if you get a response from them, and of course if you are looking for a work from home business then visit and are unsure then visit me at www.changeurlife2day.com and I'l be happy to answer any questions you have.
I think the most difficult part of deciding whether or not to join one of these companies is ‘Can I really have the success that they talk about?’ or initially ‘Can I make my money back?’ I don’t know about you but I’ve looked round at a few of these and spent a bit of money too but this one stood out for me and although I’ve already spent way too much money on it already I just feel that something’s are worth seeing through. The worry is of course that it’s all a scam but I always felt that if you checked out the blogs and forums surrounding the site then you would find your answer.
I did search around about this company and the only thing I could find that was negative was the fact that not all the mentors were helpful and some didn’t even respond once you had bought into it. This just means that you need to do a lot more digging around for the right people, look at youtube, email them and call to see how quickly they respond if at all.
You also need to decide what your situation calls for as I chose to go into a work from home opportunity as I had been out of work for a month and was originally looking to change career but with things being slow I decided to look at other paths. If I had been in my job then I wouldn’t have considered this but as I say with things being slow it was time to call for other options.
I don’t think there’s one defining factor that swayed my view but I know that the fact that my mentor is in the UK, 2 hours drive away from me is important and probably most of all that I was able to go and see him the day that I wanted to sign up, so I was able to meet him face to face and see how he does things.
In this business it's very important to have the right backing and mentorship as there's nothing worse than having to be left out in the cold when you've just gone and made the biggest decision of your life to then feel 'Oh no what have I done'. Thankfully though there's nothing like that and I talk with other people in similar positions and have training webinars weekly too.
So my advice to you would be to look around, check out the blogs and forums, email the person and see if you get a response from them, and of course if you are looking for a work from home business then visit and are unsure then visit me at www.changeurlife2day.com and I'l be happy to answer any questions you have.
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