Looking For A Homebased Business? 5 Things A Business Absolutely Must Have

Ok, so you may you hate your boss. Maybe you are on the road an hour or two trying to get to and from work, stuck behind a whole lot of people who don't have a clue how to drive? Is This You? Do you want more quality time with your kids? Need extra money to pay off those credit cards from Christmas and your vacation. Maybe like me you have your own business but want to make money from home. I made good money with my business but I wanted to be home with my 3 kids.

Many people are saying I want to come home, where do I start? I don't want to get scammed. What Do I look for in a home based business? I'll Share with you 5 important things for you to look for when searching for a home based business. I started off on my search for a home business as a single parent. To be honest at first I didn't do enough research and have invested in some scams.

Their promises and claims were just want I wanted to hear and later I discovered that they didn't deliver and I was left with less money.

I knew from owning my own business all my adult life that you don't get rich overnight. It takes work and persistence to make it happen. You need to be committed and NOT have the attitude of... oh I'll try it out for a few months and see how it goes. You are setting yourself up for failure with that attitude. You need to have the attitude that once you find a legitimate business you are going to stick with it and make it happen. Look at the successful people like Donald Trump and Tiger Woods. They didn't have it easy at first. They experienced a lot of failures but the difference with them is that they didn't give up and they believed they were going to make it happen.

I wandered aimlessly for 8 months not making a dime and investing a lot of money because I didn't know what I was doing. I am so glad I stuck with it because my determination has paid off.

5 Important factors to look for....

First: Check out the company. How long have they been around? Are the owners ethical and honest? There was a company I was considering that had a great product but I found out that the owner had all kinds of articles, reviews and comments all over the internet bashing other great direct sales companies. I definitely don't want to represent a company that doesn't hold high ethical standards. Do a search on the company and owners and research what you find on them. Listen to some of their training calls and overview calls. You will discover quickly what kind of people they are.

Second: Does the company have a quality product or service and how much demand is there for this service or product? Would you use it yourself and feel good about selling it?

Third: What kind of training do they have? This is crucial. Are most of their calls just testimonies and motivational calls or do they have concrete ways of teaching you how to build your business. I'm not saying testimonies and inspirational messages aren't important, they are but most people don't have a clue on how to market.

Does the company offer a website and can you modify it? Are you allowed to create you own. As a newbie it is important to have lots of resourses. As you gain experience you can create your own website that can be original and unique to you. What kind of resourses does the company have to train you to successfully market your business?

Fourth: What kind of support do they have? Will you have to submit a support ticket and wait 2 days to hear back or do they have live support daily? There's nothing more frustrating then running into a problem trying to set up your business and not having anyone to help you fix it.

Another thing to think about is just because someone has a financial interest in helping you doesn't mean you will get the support you will need. If you are going to be in an network marketing industry do the research on the person who would be your sponsor. What kind of support do they offer? What kind of leader are they? Will you be able to contact them when you need to?

Fifth: What is your compensation? I recently heard this one successful internet marketer talk about his experience when he started out in direct sales. He mentioned after many companies and much struggles he finally succeeded with one company in bringing in about 6000 people in a period of a few months. When he got his check it was for only a couple hundred dollars. What a disappointment! One women was sharing how she built an organization of 67,000 people world wide but the crazy part was she only made a little under 3 thousand a month. That sounds so familiar, I wonder if she was in the same nutritional company that I was in.

Some companies are set up for you to make them a lot of money. Crunch the numbers and figure out what you will have to do to make the money you want to make. Of course we know that this company was making a killing on 67,000. people. Make sure you fully understand the compensation before investing all your time and money in a company.

There are a lot of great sales pages out there that sound so good and promising but you can't base your decision on that. It looks to me like you are doing the right thing right now, researching. Success to you in your search for a home business.

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