Friday, October 16, 2009

How To Recognize Legitimate Home Based Business Opportunities

By Montoya Snyder

By now everyone knows that the internet is the new land of opportunity. Much like the older days of the gold rush, the internet has become the new frontier for wealth building opportunities, people look to work from home and for scammers. Yes, scammers seem to always find a way in and as large as the internet is, there is plenty of room to operate undetected.

People not too familiar with the world of the internet have the most difficult time sniffing out real scammers. As a consequence, they follow the misguided premise that anything which cost money is a scam. This is not true. The internet is a real world with legitimate opportunities to prosper. However, knowing how to spot a scam will help you immensely.

When you are exploring your options online, depending on what you are looking for, most often you will be required to enter you first name and email address before you are allowed to get more information. Is this a way to get scammed? Of course not. The website owner requires your contact details so they can follow up with you. This is how they send you the latest updates related to your area of interest.

In most cases, if an opportunity is going to cost you money then it has the potential to deliver a return on your investment. Free opportunities have no associated risk involved and most often, participants have no vested interest in your success. This makes perfect sense right? It should because the world of successful ecommerce requires the exchange of money just like traditional businesses do.

Some business opportunities have a moderate price attached while others could easily cost you several thousand dollars. The higher priced opportunities often have some form of specialized training included which you cannot get otherwise. This could be in the areas of affiliate marketing, internet marketing and any number of areas that are essential to your success.

When you are seeking for ways to prosper on the internet, place a premium on the type of training you will receive. Seek out mentors with a proven success track that can lead and guide you to your goals. The education and training you will receive will last you for the rest of your life. It is a wonderful feeling to be empowered to prosper. Place a particular emphasis on the subjects of internet marketing, lead generation, pay-per-click advertising, search engine optimization and website monetization. Focus on the content of the course and the successes of the individual and not on the cost to get involved.

When you start your internet success journey, you will have to learn how to navigate around the sharks. They are many scammers on the internet. This should not discourage you but rather encourage you because even scammers know that the internet has unlimited potential. Just use good common sense thinking.

What is the best way to spot a scam? There are hundreds of them. The best advice I can give you is this: Never send money to any business or individual that you have not thoroughly checked out. Additionally, a lot of scammers like to hide behind fake email addresses, unidentifiable website addresses and most often, prefer to do business by wire. This is not to say you should send money this way, just be sure to whom you are sending it to.

Scammers like to use wire transfers since they are hard to track. In many cases the scammer resides in a country outside of the U.S. making it almost impossible to recover your money.

Similar scams are done through email notifications telling you that you have won money or they need your help with the transfer of a large sum of money. Never fall for it. With a little bit of common sense and good research you will find a great opportunity.

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