Internet Home Based Business

When we think about an Internet home based business, the mind can race in one of two directions. The phrase can mean an entirely Internet focused enterprise in which the most important things in the house are the computer, electricity and a high speed Internet connection with really no need for running water or food. On the other hand, the phrase may mean a home based enterprise in which an Internet connection is really important but not the heart and soul of the business. In either case, the owner of the enterprise is living at home in his pajamas living the dream life of self employment. Both opportunities are available, but caution should be exercised because there are the ever present scams that are looking to take unsuspecting consumers unawares. 

For every legitimate Internet home based business there are two dozen scams of which one should be aware. All of these scams can be labeled under the "Get Rich Quick" moniker. Dozens of World Wide Web sites push the idea of making five hundred or a thousand dollars a day for a small "investment." Anything that sounds too good is almost always the case and should be avoided like the plague. If these schemes and scams really were legit, there would be a lot more very wealthy people in the world. As reality is, seventy percent are Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. The truth is that a livable income can be made with many Internet home based business opportunities but forget the "five hundred dollars while you sleep" line. That's for the emirs of Kuwait.

If any Internet home based business was all the rage, the talk would be the idea of building an affiliate marketing network. This is not a scheme or a scam and has a legitimate Internet core to the business. This kind of enterprise is built around a website that someone puts on the World Wide Web and the website can really be about anything, from an idea to a retail store selling stuff or maybe a blog that has monthly or weekly information about something current. The subject of the website is not the most important thing. Once the website is built, the owner seeks out similar websites and invites them to advertise on the pages of his site. In exchange for advertising on his website, the owner is paid for each mouse click that transports visitors to those other websites. The greater the number of advertisers that agree to this business deal, the more the website owner can make. The secret is to build a website other merchants or blogs want to be on which translated means a quality site. 

If there was any Internet home based business where a person could make money while they slept, it would be the affiliate network program. But the profit won't be emir money by any means because most affiliate networks make less than five hundred dollars a month. However, there are some other great commerce opportunities on the Internet that allow a person to remain at home. So many of us think of having a great deal of money as a good thing, but Jesus looked at riches a different way. "...Children, how hardly shall they that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Mark 24b, 25)

A person can search forever looking for the right franchise to purchase, and there are many that use the Internet as the main medium of doing commerce. There are on-site computer repair franchises, medical billing services, consulting services, old photo to digital format opportunities, real estate listing services and the list goes on and on. But just stop for a minute and think about things for a minute. Does a person really need to buy a franchise to work from home? Every person has a God-given talent or passion for something, whether it is dog breeding, nursing, gardening, auto repair, photography, cooking or whatever. Stop and think about how a person could put that passion to work. Who will be more excited about that enterprise than you? And with the web reaching all the way around the world, what's to stop anyone from figuring out a way to turn their passion, their joy, the thing that gets the old motor running into an Internet home based business?

Far too many people are working for others when they could take some classes on running a commerce venture, using the Internet for marketing and advertising and writing a business plan. The United States has been built not on big business, but on the entrepreneurial spirit of millions of small business owners. And there is no reason why you can't be another success story. Get to reading about starting an Internet home based business. A web commerce venture can provide tremendous tax breaks by using part of a mortgage for a tax deduction, plus the expenses of getting the commerce venture up and running are also deductible. 

Okay, so the reader is a little scared. Try starting a consulting business with your passion and talent. Start a website using the passion for cooking by answering online questions people have. That could be the beginning of the affiliate network talked about in paragraph three. The same idea holds for the gifted auto mechanic that could really attract women who have no one to ask about car problems. Start a blog where questions can be asked and invite advertisers to set up ads on the blog that speak to women's issues. Listen, the whole world is someone's oyster when it comes to using the Internet home based business paradigm.