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Home Based Business Myths: Free Home Businesses

December 28, 2009 - 1:03 pm

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Having lived in three different countries, and having dealt with more than a dozen different ethnical backgrounds I’ve noticed a very common characteristic between us humans.

We always want something for free.

Doesn’t really matter what it is.

I’ve seen people bargain over getting a free pair of socks, to a corporate employee wanting a promotion but not willing to put in the required effort, to someone looking to start a 6-figure business from home but not willing to pay the initial monetary and effort costs.

We’ve got to come out of this mindset of wanting things to be handed to us on a “silver platter”.

I see parents constantly reminding their children of this concept but they themselves forget about it when it comes down to them actually doing some work.

So here’s where I’m going with this.

There’s no such thing as a FREE home based business. And there’s definitely NO home based business opportunity that just builds itself without you contributing.

At the very least, you’ll need to buy your own domain name which will run you about $10. And hosting costs about $6 a month.

Now, this is ALL considering that you DON’T pay for advertising, you DON’T buy any courses that will actually teach you how to market online, and you DON’T pay anyone for outsourcing the grunt work (web design, article writing, ad writing, etc.)

But let’s say that you didn’t pay for anything other than your domain name & hosting… and you got a free product from an affiliate network like clickbank.com.

Building a site that you can use to promote that particular product takes work.

It takes effort… sometimes a LOT of effort. (Especially if you don’t want to invest much capital up front)

So no matter how many times you read it online, or how badly you want it to be true… FREE home businesses don’t exist.

You’ll either need to invest some money to get it going, or you’ll need to invest some time & effort.

I know this all goes against the fantasy that has been built in the back of your mind by countless internet marketers, but I thought I should let you in on the truth.

Home businesses DO require money… and you won’t really be spending the money on the actual website itself, but on other people’s products that can teach you HOW to run your business.

And if you’re telling yourself that you won’t buy anyone else’s product… that you’ll figure it out on your own… you’re honestly making a HUGE mistake.

There have been thousands of people before you and I came along that have built successful businesses from home… using the internet.

And quite frankly, it would be a lot easier, faster, and cheaper if you learned how to do it from the people who have already been there.

I’ll try to send you the best recommendations I can as far as which courses to look for. I have spent a lot of money on courses that weren’t worth the paper they were written on, and I don’t want you to go through that yourself.

So if you haven’t subscribed to this blog already, do so because I will be updating it frequently with valuable content.

And there’s always the most complete home business course that’s out on the net today, and I’m giving you access to it for free.

So I’m doing my part to make sure that you make money from your home business, but you have to make sure that you put in the work that’s required to make it all work, too.

Deal?

Good.

Until later… stay cool,

Arman Vakili

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