Larry McCullough
Are You
Cut-Out To
Own a Home
Business?
By: Becky
Gilbert
Now that I
have my own
home
business I
realize that
I am cut-out
to do this
kind of
work. The
shoe fits
and I wear
it well. But
I also
realize that
some people
are just not
cut-out to
do this kind
of work.
I often
dreamed of
having a
business
where I
could make
my own
hours, take
the day off
it I needed
to, work in
my pajamas,
and make the
kind of
income that
would
provide me
the
financial
freedom to
purchase
things that
I wanted to,
instead of
limiting
them to
things that
I needed. My
most
depressing
moments were
thoughts of
working
until I was
70 before I
could
retire. What
quality of
life would I
have at 70?
Would I even
live until
then? If I
did, would
my health
allow me to
enjoy
retirement?
When I
answered an
ad on the
Internet
that claimed
that I could
make a six
figure
income from
home, I had
no idea
whether I
would be cut
out for this
type of
business. I
didn’t even
know if the
business was
legitimate.
But I knew
if I hid
behind my
skepticism
that I would
never find
out, and I
could be
giving up
the one
opportunity
that could
help me
retire
before I was
70.
So I jumped
in head
first and
did all of
the things
that was
suggested. I
ran ads on
free
advertising
sites,
passed out
business
cards, got
involved in
some surf
for clicks
programs,
ran pay per
clicks, took
out
newspaper
ads, and
have been
involved in
virtually
every kind
of low cost
and free
advertising
campaign
that was
ever thought
of. Some of
these ideas
worked and
some didn’t,
but I didn’t
let the
advertising
failures
deter me in
the least. I
simply
dropped the
campaigns
that were
not
generating
any traffic
and kept the
ones that
did.
Eventually,
I had a
business
plan that
was working
for me and
that was
generating
enough
traffic to
sustain a
home
business.
I have
signed up
and trained
over 800
people
during the
last two
years and
early on I
was amazed
by the high
failure
rate. I’m
less
surprised
now because
I know this
is not
something
that
everyone
wants to do.
Many people
today have
the mindset
that by
having an
Internet
business it
pays by the
hour, and
I’m sorry to
say that it
doesn’t.
You will
work long
hours for
months
building
your
website,
setting up
your
advertising
campaigns,
exchanging
links and
getting
listed with
the search
engines
before you
see one
cent.
Because in
order to
succeed on
the
Internet,
you have to
have
traffic, and
it takes
some time to
build it up.
But when you
do, the
money will
flow
consistently
and daily
for the rest
of your life
with very
little
effort on
your part.
Many of the
people I
have met on
the Internet
have jumped
in full
force for a
few weeks or
a month and
then just
kind of
burnt out.
The first
few months
are always
the hardest
because if
you have
never made
money on the
Internet,
it’s very
hard to keep
yourself
motivated to
keep working
towards
something
your not
sure is
going to pan
out. But I
assure you
it will…
Some people
are under
the
impression
that it
takes a huge
investment
to start an
Internet
business. It
can if you
want to pay
for
advertising,
but if
you’re
willing to
wait a few
months, you
can get
started for
as little as
$20. I built
my first
website for
$20, and
spent the
next few
months doing
nothing but
exchanging
links with
other
webmasters,
submitting
my site to
directories
and writing
articles.
These three
things are
huge traffic
generators
and they are
free.
I’ve meet
people who
were close
to heart
failure at
the thought
of spending
$20 to build
a website.
In this day
and age, I
find it
really hard
to believe
that anyone
is really
that
financially
strapped. In
my most
financially
strapped
times, I
know I spent
$20 a month
on things
that I
didn’t need.
You have to
keep in mind
that this is
an
investment
in your
future. It
will come
back to you
many times
over.
And the
hardest
thing that I
think that
people deal
with is the
isolation of
maintaining
a home
business.
You won’t be
going to the
office and
chatting
with your
co-workers,
there is
little to no
phone
conversations,
and I have
never had
any human
contact with
any of my
customers on
the
Internet. I
do however
send a lot
of emails.
But that is
fine with
me, and I
love it. I
love the
quiet times
working
alone. I
love the
fact that I
am not
interrupted
by the phone
every five
minutes or
by employees
and
co-workers
running in
and out of
my office. I
love the
fact that I
don’t have
to commute
any farther
then to my
home office.
So, as you
can see
there are
many perks
to owning a
home
business,
and there
are things
that may not
fit with
your
lifestyle or
expectations.
The shoe
must fit in
order for
you to
succeed.
If you
believe that
you’re
cut-out for
an Internet
business,
visit me at:
http://www.home-business-opportunity.biz
and let me
help and
guide you
towards
owning a
successful
home
business.
Sincerely,
Rebecca
Gilbert
Rebecca
Gilbert has
been a
successful
entrepreneur
since July,
2002. Visit
her at:
http://www.101homebusiness.org
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