Work at Home, Email Scams, Online Surveys & MLM

We have all been bombarded with Email, mostly Spam, Get rich quick schemes, MLM ads (Multi Level Marketing) Government Grants. I have already posted about the HSBC Phishing scam. I have had enough! Today I thought we could look at a different angle of Internet Safety and ways to protect against not only online scams, but so called “Legitimate” opportunities of hitting it big. Changing your life, buying expensive cars, going on great vacations. Are there good opportunities out there? Yep there are. Will you make it “big”? Maybe, it is possible. Let’s take a look one by one and do some analysis.

First we have spam. This is a mass marketing email campaign. You sign up for one thing that you are interested in on the web, and low and behold you have 30 emails in your inbox. To me this is not only annoying, but I look at these email with disdain. I would NEVER sign up based on a spam email. The vast majority of these so called programs are looking for you $29.95 “donation”. After all, you can’t expect to open a business and become successful for free now can you? Or maybe they claim it is a way of weeding out those prospects who are not really serious about their own business. Either way, they pull enough prospects who pay the initial fee and they are making some serious money. Let me be honest here. If you were going to start a business, would you blindly pay someone money to buy the business or start your own business? I think not. You would research the area, find out what the demand is, figure out how to make a product that is better than your competition, market your product, and the most important, provide flawless customer service. As a business owner you must be a leader. It doesn’t matter what business or opportunity you decide on. If you have the mindset of being a “worker bee” and not the queen, you will have a very difficult time succeeding. What do I mean by that? Well, some people are natural leaders, some people are natural followers. Some people are in the middle. Most of us in fact. So the question is, will you transition into the role of a leader? In my experience, the ones who decide to lead will be successful. There are many ways to make money on the internet. There are many ways to make money in your own community. Find something you absolutely enjoy and do it well. Know your subject matter. Become an expert in it. And start providing the products and services you would want to receive. It will not happen overnight. You will get discouraged. You will have failures. However, if you have one success for every ten failures you are on your way.

This brings me to MLM or MultiLevel Marketing. There are so many MLM programs I don’t know where to start. The Grandaddy of them all AMWAY! Let me say this about Amway, they are a company who has incredibly good products. They encourage their distributors in every way possible. I know from first hand experience they have a culture of spirituality. They want you to succeed not only so they will succeed, but because they have a genuine heart for you to succeed. The biggest obstacle to overcome is their old reputation of buying a basement full of soap products, and never being able to sell them. There are many many other MLM companies. One of the things that frustrates me to no end, is that they hide their products inside some marketing hype. They have an ad on the radio or online websites which promote starting your online business. You don’t even know what the product is, but you can duplicate their success by joining and working 2-3 hours a week. I think this is very deceptive and ultimately once you find out that it is a clever online storefront for a 30 year old product, it kind of takes the wind out of your sails. So MLM. Is it good? It can be. Is it legitimate and does it promote a good product? Some of them do. Will you go from rags to riches in MLM? That depends on whether you transition into the role of a leader. If your “heart” is into it, and you truly have the desire to help others as you also help yourself, if you go at it unashamed and work everyday and don’t lose site of the goal, you can have what you desire out of your MLM business. This is true for any other business you decide to pursue.

Next, let’s talk about online surveys. I have looked at so many of these programs, it’s hard to count them all. Many of them are nothing more than a company saying you will get free merchandise for taking online surveys. Most programs you have to “participate” in sponsor offers. Let’s boil it down. SCAMS! You have to provide your credit card, accept three “offers” which can be costly, and of course if you don’t like them you can get a full refund. Ummmm try getting your money back. Stay away from these. Go to their website and always read the terms of the agreement. You will be shocked what you can find out by reading the terms for 2 minutes. This brings us to legitimate online surveys. I know that there are some good ones. The only one I found is opinionoutpost.com They do pay you to take legitimate online surveys. The more you take and complete the more opportunities you have for more. This is definitely not a get rich quick scheme. You will not make a lot of money, but I suppose you can make an extra $100.00 a month potentially if you work at it. My estimate may be a little high, although I have tried it and have $25.00 in my account there.

Now let’s talk about Government Grants. This is an absolute shame. We are all struggling right now. The future is uncertain. I am sure you know at least one person who is affected by this economy. But to prey upon people when they are at there most dire moment is a travesty. Again, we have people looking to exploit and take advatage of your situation, and provide false hope. If you want to find out about loans and grants, go to www.us.gov there is a link right there for legitimate funding opportunities.

In conclusion let me say this. We are an amazing people. We have an amazing country. There is opportunity everywhere. Learning how to recognize those opportunities, evaluate the risk and reward, and take decisive actions is where we many times fall short. The easiest way to lose the game is to not play it. Look at the opportunities, whether online or not, and evaluate with a critical eye. Never start a business out of pure desperation. We may be desperate at times, but that doesn’t mean we have to throw logic out the window. Evaluate your opportunity just as if it were a brick and morter business in your local community. If you make the decision to go forward, put your all into it. Everyday. Read books from authors who are successful. Talk to people who have been successful. Not those trying to sell you an ebook, who are only successful if you buy it. If it is a local business or an online business, join your local chamber of Commerce. Network with others. Brainstorm. Promote your business locally as well as online. Work at it everyday, and you will be successful.

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