Success Working From Home Is Based On The Right Choices! Why Gamble?
Premise: Today more than ever, making the right choice for your home based business will make or break you! After working from home since 1990 full time, I have had a long roller coaster ride with several successful programs until the owners decided otherwise! Sad, but true and those of you who have been around the industry for a while know exactly what I mean! The most difficult choice today is finding the right company the first time and not several programs later! Another sad, but true fact is that most people NEVER take the time to really research their choices as well as who they choose to work with! Another problem is treating your business like a business and not a hobby!
History & Trends: There are several types of home based businesses to choose from. Wellness, telecoms, energy savings, travel, legal protection, home party types, affiliate types, gold & silver, buying clubs, & more.
In the wellness arena you will always see companies that ride on the coattails of other previously successful companies! Take for instance the "Juice Craze"! It all started with Aloe Juice back in the 80's. Then Noni Juice came out and was extremely successful! 6 years later we have the Acai and Mangosteen Juices! Today there are numerous juice products in several companies! What about value? The KEY here is are the products worth the price paid? Doing some research at your local Sam's Club, Costco's, and several other grocery stores has revealed that most are way over priced! Another area is the "Energy Drink Craze"! Now, the latest going around is the "Healthy Coffee Drink Craze"! So many competitors in these 3 areas and the prices are to high, it is not worth the effort since customer retention is low.
Pretend You're A Customer: This is an extremely important part of choosing the right company the first time! This is where so many people make the wrong choice. If you were to pretend you are just a customer only and ask yourself this question: Would I keep buying these products even if I were not making any income from it due to the extreme value to me & my family month after month, year after year? Most people that join a home based business tend to do little or no research on the company, owners, compensation plans, and products. Customers long term will make up the bulk of your income, not distributors.
Do you have what it takes to make it? Another major problem I have seen is lack of commitment of time and energy to achieve true wealth working from home! It simply amazes me how people say how motivated they are to work at home and then do little to accomplish their goals! It is more prevalent here in the USA than any other country. It has gotten worse over the years and is based on priorities mainly! You must decide how much time you are willing to commit, then work with your sponsor to make it work. If you can not call people by phone, meet others locally, you may want to keep your day job and forget it! Although, if health is a priority, you may want to become a customer only.
Why Did I Choose The Wellness Arena? First and foremost is you HAVE to have consumable products IF you want to develop a long term residual income! Not only are wellness products in demand by so many people, but you need to focus on what the majority want and need too! Promote products that people will continue to use by having impact on their lives! The key is to offer products of real value! Those products that are low cost and of the highest quality to produce real life changing results! With our economy so fragile now, people need these products and are looking at ways to save money any way they can!
One of the major reasons so many home based businesses fail is due to "owner greed" where midstream things get changed! Whether they change the compensation plan, increase product prices, cheapen their products, or simply terminate their distributors for no reason, this has been so prevalent for many years now for numerous companies! This is the most difficult to predict, but it comes back to some deep research on the owners. Also, if a company is public or is thinking of going public, stay away! Why? Investors are more interested in profits which come at the expense of their distributor's welfare!
The Right Sponsor (Not Recruiter)! What is the difference between a "Sponsor" and a "Recruiter"? A Sponsor is someone who truly cares about your success and will work with you, support you, and help you to achieve the goals you have set forth for yourself! A Recruiter is simply a person who brings in as many people as he/she can hoping that they find people who need no help to build their business! They offer little if any support since they have no time to work with people due to the fact they over recruit!
Newbie Nightmare! New people joining the home based business industry today have it much worse than years ago due to 1,000's of programs to choose from! It is simply overwhelming to say the least plus so much hype now! You need to take the time to do your homework well and don't just jump into the first program you look at! The major thing to focus on is your "passion" about what you are going to promote! Even though the wellness arena is in my opinion the best area to be in, if you don't care about your health or that of your family, then you will not do well at all! The failure rate is now over 97% in MLM or Network Marketing, so you need to choose wisely, hence my blog to help you!
Multiple Streams Of Income? Should you consider several streams of income while working from home? It is possible to work more than one program, but part timers will have a much more difficult time doing this! The best idea is to stay focused on your primary and possibly add 1 secondary program as long as it is not in the same category as your primary! Personally being full time since 1990 I have decided to mainly focus on wellness, but may add a program that helps my group to build. Systems are very important too for support.
Now what? Now that you have been presented with the facts of what I have learned over the years, what is your next step? Armed with this ammunition, you will now have a much better chance to succeed working from home or simply decide that it is not for you after all! Just remember that you need to decide what your passion is first, then choose the right company based on numerous factors. Once you start getting contacted by distributors in several companies beware of HYPE and convincing sales people who will try and get you to make a decision right away! Also, make sure the person you choose to work with has a "System" you can take advantage of to bring people into your business! If not, they are not truly serious about their home based business! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me!
*Thanks so much for you time and much success to you!
Tom Sparrow-CEO
Health Innovations & Marketing, Inc.
http://tomsparrow.info
248-705-9716
scubapro48@gmail.com
Skype: tom.sparrow56
