| If you want to make money online and operate a | | | | involved in a drop ship program, and they are not |
| real ecommerce business then understand that it | | | | trying to sell e-books, then the odds are good. |
| requires a substantial time investment. First, the | | | | There are many 'scams' on the web that people |
| business owner must learn the ropes and tricks of | | | | have made a success, everything from investing in |
| the trade and then, to build the business. There is no | | | | stocks to real estate investing, work at home and |
| easy way. | | | | internet money making opportunities. Ask one person |
| There is no pre-packaged website that will generate | | | | if blogging for money is a scam and they will say yes, |
| wealth while you sleep. There are not hundreds of | | | | despite the fact that there are thousands of people |
| people waiting to click on advertisements that line | | | | making a full time living as blog managers. |
| your blog. And, there is not a few thousand people | | | | So, how do you decide what is a scam and what is |
| surfing the web looking for a place to buy candles. | | | | not? |
| The eBay stores and the prefab drop ship companies | | | | Scam: Sells a prefab business or charges you to join |
| may look tempting, but these sites and business | | | | their opportunity. |
| opportunities 'are' the product for sale. Their success | | | | Not a Scam: Sells information that puts control in the |
| depends on whether the owner can convince others | | | | business owner's hands |
| to buy their business opportunity. Their success does | | | | Scam: Promises that you can make great money |
| not depend on whether their clients succeed. | | | | working only a few hours |
| There are unlimited companies designed to help | | | | Not a scam: No promises, just resources that help |
| people start their business . This site is one example | | | | business owners do what needs to be done. |
| of a company that is designed to 'sell' people on the | | | | Scam: Take surveys, data entry, answering phones - |
| idea of running their own business. However, the site | | | | easy work for big pay. |
| is not concerned whether their clients succeed or fail. | | | | Not a scam: Offers articles, forums, and tools that |
| There are no training articles, no features to help the | | | | empower the business owner |
| clients succeed, and no resources for the business | | | | It can take a while to separate the negative |
| owner to use to help them run their business. | | | | comments and the slander from those who quit, and |
| All someone will find on a site like this is pretty | | | | the web is full of it, from the real information. There |
| graphics, lots of sale's hype, and Google ads, so the | | | | is so much conflicting information out there. Websites |
| company can make money even if they lose a | | | | that make money encouraging people to sign up for |
| potential client. | | | | their services and products, and websites that make |
| However, there are places on the web designed to | | | | money by discouraging people from signing up for |
| help people build a company. That is the secret. A | | | | business opportunities. |
| business owner cannot buy a business, they must | | | | The important thing to remember is to stay away |
| build it. Even if the business is Internet based, it must | | | | any site that is negative, or one that promises a get |
| still be built, brick by brick, day by day, in the same | | | | rich quick scheme. A good business site doesn't need |
| way a storefront business is built. | | | | to do either. It just offers the basic fundamentals, |
| Scam or Not? | | | | trains people to use them, and then sets them free |
| The question is, can a person make money at one of | | | | with the resources needed to create their own |
| these sites? The answer is simple. If the business | | | | success story. |
| owner is in control of their traffic, if they are not | | | | |