If you have spent any real time on the internet you have seen the ads for the surplus of work at home offers. The ads all promise the same set of benefits. “Make thousands of dollars, work part time, from your computer automatically!” They all sound great don't they. If you go to these websites you will get somebody's life story in a long full page article usually starting something like... “Hi, My name is John Doe and six months ago I was as broke as you are. My cat was going to be repossessed, my car left me for another man, and my wife laughed at me openly in public. I was a miserable wretch of a man. But then I discovered a powerful way to tap into outrageous fortunes through the internet. I want to share that secret with you, FREE!!!.”
The article continues on ad-nauseum telling how John turned his life around and now lives in the lap of luxury and only works three or four hours a week maintaining his automatic wealth building system. “You can do it too! Let me tell you how.” Then there is another twelve paragraphs of intimation about simple tools available to you on the internet that John has gathered together for you to use. Use these tools and you can find your wealthy little niche and he will guarantee you will make $2000 your first six months or your money back. Who else but everyone offers you that kind of guarantee? You will also see pictures of people who have echoed Johns success story holding “actual” checks of the money they made...$1200, $2500, even $10,000 in one month just by using John's simple automatic internet wealth building system. Wow, sign me up today! At least, that's what it says on the link button at the bottom of the the story. And underneath is a slightly smaller link that says, “No Thanks”, which if you click on, will take you through the “Are you sure?” pages and threatened that you will never make anything out of your life if you don't act NOW! But If you've gone this far you don't want to stop and miss out on the amazing, “Free” offer, no, you press ahead. Tell me more John! Enter your e-mail address and keep going!
The next page is much shorter. There are “real” testimonials here from more customers making from $400 to $5000 a month with John's system, Babs in Houston, texas, Carl in Minot, Minnesota, Gustavo, who was a Cuban boat person, now wealthy as wealthy can be all with John's simple help. Amazing!
You have patiently scrolled through two web pages of bragging and promise with out a single concrete piece of advise. Some wonderful innuendo, but, come on John, you promised to help with out any cost what so ever. You've been hooked, so you read on because on the next page he is going to tell you “exactly” what you need to do!
“I will send you my....
- 60 page manual on internet success... a $497 value
- access to my website building online software... a $250 value
- set you up with advertising … a $130 value
- 90 days of phone technical support … a $748 value
- my webinar series … a $369 value...”
This “basic package a $1994 value, for just $600!!!” Whoa!! You say to yourself. Whoa indeed! “But wait, order now and for just $200 dollars more you can get the Professional package which includes....”
Whoa!! Let's step back here just a few lines.
“No, don't think about it, for only $1200 you can get the Super Platinum package and get...”
STOP!!... Go back....What did that say?
A 60 page internet success manual is a $497 value? By whose standards? Web site building online for $250? I can get it for zip, $0, nothing, advertising is $130? Google's Ad Sense is also free. John is doing nothing more than pointing you to web tools and tips that are FREE for the taking to begin with!
Let's consider how John is really making his internet millions, by selling the secret to making internet millions, which is no secret at all. You can use John's secret to make money if you have no scruples, too. Just set up a simple, free website, write your life story and offer access to dozen's of free websites and help them sign up and collect $600 a pop for doing so! As P.T Barnum said, “There is a sucker born every minute.” Get them to send you money! At $600 a piece you just need to get 10 people to respond and you've made $6000 get 100 people to respond and you have $60,000, that is a huge chunk of change. There is the secret in a nutshell! For free!
Consider the the TV ads for all of these amazing new products you can buy, by phone, online are through the mail. The snuggle blanket with arms that allows you to talk on the phone and read and...heck, school kids will be wearing them to school next year. 0ne is a $19.95 value, but call now and you'll get two for the same price, just pay separate shipping and processing. Look out, shipping and processing is $7.95, do the math, two snuggle blankets will cost you $35.85! What a deal!
Don't misunderstand me what all of these vendors and entrepreneurs are doing is perfectly legal and, if you think about it, brilliant! You can do it too. The solution is so simple that it seems to good to be true. It is and it isn't. The internet is such a powerful tool that all you need is a little time and research and you can find everything you need, by yourself, with no capital outlay at all, initially. Let me tell you what you need, send me $4.95 and I can get you started on your way to making money on the internet. Is there a catch? Yes, you will have to apply yourself and focus on what exactly you want to sell. But it is not entirely free. Here are the five steps:
Step 1:
Find, make or develop a product. It can be anything you are interested in from ascot knitting to zipper repair, but you have to have something to sell. John is selling you the promise of success and if he is actually being successful then someone is buying it. What do you have? Ideas are a profitable commodity, too! You just need to find a buyer for them.
Step 2:
How much do you want to make? $400 a month? $1200? $10,000? Break it down. You wan to make an extra $1000 per month, then you need to sell your product to 1000 people per month for $1 each or 100 people per month at $10 each or 10 people per month at $100 each. To find out a base price for your product go to a website that tabulates web search data. How many people are looking for your product online? At least ten percent of them are looking to buy, right now. People will believe that the value of something is what you tell them it is, make your product sound really valuable and they will buy at the discount rate you are selling it for.
Step 3:
Make a web site. There are dozens of free on line places to make websites for commercial purpose. They will give you basic web building tools and ready made sites to start. They hope that when you start making money you will buy upgrades, and then they make money too. They have lots of online help to make it simple and you can be up and running in matter of hours. Your product, your website, your way. You will probably want to get a domain name for your website but these can be registered for as little as $4.95 per year.
Step 4:
Advertise. This is a little trickier. Google, Yahoo, Bing, and other search engines provide simple free tools to make your weblink pop-up during searches, exactly where depends on how you set up the account, and you can pay them to make your web site pop-up more frequently. Start with the free stuff and try to get your friends and relatives to push your web site. An excellent place to advertise is on Facebook, You Tube, Twitter and My Space. Especially if you have a lot of “friends” connected to you. All of the social networking sites will shortly become advertising havens anyway, get in early to avoid the rush.
Step 5:
Collect you profits, This is the one that is the most costly. If you want to collect money on line for your sales and services you will need a POS (Point Of Sale) system. Some thing that will take credit and debit card information securely and deposit money in your account. PayPal has been around for quite a while but both buyer and seller need to have accounts to use it. Accounts are free to set up and Paypal only charges when you transfer money out of their system to your bank. Regular processing of bank cards can be more costly but it's worth looking into...if you are serious.
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of drop ship companies that will ship their products to your customers and pay you a commission on every sale. Using affiliate ads to link to other vendors for their products can pay you when some one buys from them through your link. And most search engines have click through ads that can pay you when some one clicks on their ad link from your website. Yes, it can all happen “automatically” if you take the time to set yourself up and do the homework.
You want to be an internet mogul. Do it. But do it on your terms and get the services you need from directly from the providers that offer them. You don't need to pay John Doe $600 for it, unless you want to. His offer is not a scam, he can give you exactly what he says he will, but it is available to you without going through him. The money is out there go and get your share. Is there a guarantee you will make $100,000 over night night? No, but with patience and perseverance you can become your own boss with your own business and start making money the old fashioned way, sell something. All of the experts say that if you want to be successful, find the thing that you are passionate about and sell it to someone. There IS a market out there for you and your idea, explore and find it. Believe in yourself and good things will come. This is the best advice I can give. If you think you're ready, grab the brass ring.
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