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According to a recent Harris poll, 72% of American households are thinking about starting a home based business, and I’m sure that percentage is equal if not higher for South Africa. This is quite frankly a staggering statistic. Almost three quarters of Americas are unsatisfied with their current employment situation for one reason or another. Many of these unsatisfied workers are turning to the Internet to fuel their work from home dream jobs.

Quitting the never ending rat race is a personal decision that many work from home entrepreneurs face. Their reasons for wanting to work from home vary. Some people find that they simply have no other choice but to work out of their home office. Perhaps they have to take care of their elderly parents or their children, or they themselves are house-bound. Some people are retired and find that finally having an opportunity to spend time in their own home is a huge comfort and joy. Even college kids, stay at home spouses, and those recently downsized are finding that the Internet is simply the best option for starting and running a profitable home based business.

Working from home is a serious commitment that all entrepreneurs should consider. However, they must be aware of the negatives and risks of the Internet. The Internet is fraught with get rich quick schemes. It is also overflowing with misleading business building hype and flat out work from home lies. Any program or opportunity that promises big bucks with little work is a fraud. Proper research and common sense should eliminate any frauds and scams. Developing a solid Internet business requires partnerships with strong and professional companies.

Building a real business, no matter what kind of business, requires hard work. That’s the bad news. The good news is there has never been a better time to start a business from you home because the Internet makes it a log-cost and low-risk venture. Building an online business or home business does not require massive amounts of start-up capital. With that said, it is possible to over-spend on your business simply by neglecting the research.

Learning about web hosting companies and traffic building strategies in the beginning of your home business plan is a tremendous positive step. There are many web hosting companies that offer cheap domains and seemingly endless features. The problem which many web entrepreneurs face is they invest in the wrong web hosting company at the start up phase of their business. They soon discover that they have not built and online business. They have simply built and online brochure that sits with very few visits by the millions of web surfers. Now they must invest more and more money into building a bigger and better site, or paying a firm to optimise their web pages, or paying a search engine to display their ads.

A web business that sits without visitors is not a business at all. Online entrepreneurs know they need and income to be successful. They also realise that building an online business is a series of steps. They must rank well in search engines by providing excellent content filled pages. In return for ranking so well, the search engines send droves of targeted customers to the online business. Now that the online business has their customers, it can begin to develop a relationship with them. It warms the customer by creating a welcoming and personal feel. All of the great information and the atmosphere of the website will build a trust between the business and its customers. It is this relationship that leads to profitability.

Forget the long string of classic work-at-home dead-end jobs like envelope-stuffing and telemarketing. Use the Web to build something terrific that excites you, a business to be proud of, that is your own, and that earns you a substantial income. Working from home rewards entrepreneurs in so many ways. If you are interested in an online business or work-at-home business, you must be smart enough to do the research!

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Google Street View trikes arrived in South Africa in November last year, when they started collecting imagery of historic landmarks, heritage sites, scenic panoramas and sports venues around the country. South African Tourism compiled a list of 20 special locations on which the public voted. As a result, Google’s Street View team has been visiting the places that the South African public really wanted them to cover, everywhere from Soweto to Kruger National Park, and from Blyde River Canyon to the Kirstenbosch Gardens.

The Google trikers have been met with excitement from those they’ve crossed paths with along the way, including tourists who’ve said how useful they’ve found Street View for planning their holidays elsewhere. Street View is not always the first thing that comes to mind when seeing the Trikes though…in fact, in Kirstenbosch Gardens, a group of schoolchildren were convinced that the Trikers were actually ice-cream men! (via)

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Did you know that 80% of online job-seekers still fall for the simple old ‘get rich quick schemes’, the kind of companies that flash high paychecks and expensive cars on their home page…

Well let me tell you the truth; There is no such thing as ‘get rich quick’ unless you’ve won the lotto. Many people who enter into the Network Marketing and MLM industry have no experience and are extremely gullible to whatever they see.

I am going to be completely honest with you now and say that you can possibly make large amounts of money using ANY of the online systems out there, but that all depends on how much time, energy, and hard work you are willing to put into it. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and joining any Network Marketing or MLM business today won’t mean that you will be driving a Ferrari or enjoying a tan on your new Yacht tomorrow.

As with any business, MLM takes a while before you break even and start to make a decent profit, It took me two years to start earning money through the businesses that I am involved with but knowing that this is passive income I am very pleased and willing to put in another 2 years (and more) to push my business to new heights.

The Internet is a gold mine, but it can also be very misleading with all the ‘glitter and bling’ covering every page, making everyone believe that ‘join today, be rich tomorrow’ is a reality. It can be, but this depends on your efforts.

Statistics also show that 95% of people who join MLM have no experience or training in any form of marketing, therefore their businesses fail within the first 6 months. It is vital for everyone who join MLM to take some time off to read and study the system before attempting to bring anyone else on-board.

I will post later on about ‘quality vs. quantity’ and the power of network marketing. If you require any assistance with pushing your own MLM business to new heights please do not hesitate to contact me!

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