THE BEST HOME-BASED BUSINESSES
From Jonathan Kraft
Former Teacher... now I
CommuteFromHome
I once saw an ad
someone had posted on an ad board.
"Home-based businesses
opportunity! MLM! Your chance to get in on the ground floor of
an MLM opportunity."
Next to it were tags you could pull, which had an
email address and a web address. On each tag, someone had written things like "MLM is bad!" "BAD, no good!" and "No MLM!"
This
was obviously someone who had a bad experience with MLM, and wanted
everyone to have the information: "beware! danger!"
There is danger in investing into anything. I should
know. I've invested both time and money into lots of home based
businesses, online courses, "Get rich quick opportunities," ebooks, home
mailers, and more. It's ended up in a lot of frustration for me,
because all I really want to do is retire young, so that I can use my time
and income to really make a difference in people's lives. That's the
whole essence of the strive4impact philosophy which you'll read about in
many places on this site. Maybe you can relate to the frustration of
wanting to make positive changes in the world, or even in your backyard, but
are unable to do so because of the constraints of time and money.
That's how I felt prior to beginning these opportunities, both those on this
page, and on my best affiliate
programs page.
Which is why,
after having tried several home-based businesses (home assembly, Amway/Quixtar,
TREK), I have decided to include only two businesses and an ebook on this
page.
UPDATE: Referralware is interesting. I used the service for 2 years
for their autoresponder. I paid $19.95/month, and never made a
commission with Referralware.
To their credit, I think that the Referralware system can work... but I
know of much easier, and MUCH quicker, ways to help you earn income from
home.
The two businesses I talk with people about now are:
Cognigen
Prepaid Legal
Why do I talk about just
Cognigen
and
Prepaid Legal?
Becase they both pay me, every month, after having worked at them,
part-time, for two years.
Because
Prepaid Legal
allowed me to walk away from a full-time teaching job after working with it,
for just 1 year and 2 months.
There is
nothing wrong with some of the large MLM companies out there. Quixtar
is a very reputable site with a good support system, and I have friends who
are doing very well with Quixtar. However,
the home based businesses listed here
Cognigen
Prepaid Legal
are
those
which (in my opinion) offer the most promise for developing a successful
home-based business, and generating income for you.
Why do I say that these
home-based opportunities are the
best ones for running your own business? Because, aside from the
three reasons I list below, I'm doing it. I'm running successful
home-based businesses with these opportunities, and making money.
So why do I share it with you? Well, to be quite
honest, I want to help you be successful. I was telling this to a good friend of mine, and she
asked,
"Is it really about the money?"
"No," I told her.
"It's about never having to worry about money again."
And it's not about money. What it is about is not
having to live paycheck to paycheck. It's about living a life of
abundance, where money isn't a concern, but more than that, it's about
sharing that abundance with others. It's about associating with
positive people who want to escape the rat race. It's about having
more time and money to travel, be with family and friends, and read. I
love to read and learn new things! It's about realizing that I can
have what I want from life, and it's about making a positive contribution,
and a significant contribution, which betters life for people who I've never
even met.
So, that having been said, if you're still reading, then we're probably on
the same page about goals, and I'd like to introduce myself. My name
is Jonathan. I've never taken a class in web design, (or marketing for
that matter). I don't have any particular special training or degrees.
I am (as of May 2002) a college graduate (B.A. Human Communication), and a
certified massage therapist (CMT) in Colorado, USA. I suppose if you
want to count my B.A. or CMT as special training for the Internet, you can.
But what I've learned about being successful on the Internet hasn't happened
because of my degree or CMT, it's happened because I've gone through a lot
of trial and error with home-based businesses, both on and off line.
I earn money from affiliate programs and from
Cognigen
and
Prepaid Legal.
I know it will sound cheesy, but if I can earn money
from affiliate programs and home based businesses, then you can
too.
If you have a web site, then you can use one (or more) of
these programs to get set
up with an online presence which earns you money.
I've also started helping other people to
realize how they can work to make more money from home, and if you enter your
information below, I will share that information with you. Please know
that I hate SPAM, and you will not receive anything from anyone but me.
Updated September 21, 2004: Below, you will see what I used to
tell people about Referralware. I actually don't use
Referralware anymore - not that there was anything wrong with
Referralware, I just found that it was much easier for me to earn
income doing what I share with you in the above report about
increasing your income from home.
I still do work with Cognigen, and do recommend that you check
that out at a later date. Please do request information from me
if you want to start your own home based business. It will save
you time and money!
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If you do not have a web site, then I recommend working with the
two opportunities listed below.
You might be asking:
ARE THESE HOME BASED BUSINESSES GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR ME?
Yes, I believe they
will be. And here's why:
4 reasons
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Reason #1 you'll be successful
My site built by Referralware is
http://strive4impact.referralware.com. I never had to build that
page. They had it designed for me from the moment I signed up for
free! The other business is Cognigen. My main site page at
Cognigen is http://www.strive4impact.com/ideas/calling-business-commissionriver.
Again, they designed the site for me from the moment I signed up. Once
I learned to bring people to my site, using the training they provided, more
people came and signed up.
I have six sites from
PrepaidLegal which I
pay monthly for ($19.95), but if I sell even one membership per month
through the one of those sites, then it's been worth it to have the sites
and the business.
It's quite simple, and it generates sign-ups
and customers (a.k.a. income) for you online, no matter what you are
physically doing. Once your businesses are set up and generating income,
you have to do very little to continue receiving that base income.
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Reason #2 you'll be successful
Two of the three allow you try before you ever make a payment of
any kind. Try
Referralware out for yourself. That
is why I am involved in both of these businesses. Within my trial
month, I had 8 new customers and many leads, and didn't want to
lose those customers. Based on my past experience, I also realized
that if I could generate 8 paying people in just 1 month, that there was an incredible income opportunity
in these particular businesses.
With
Prepaid Legal, the
reason I signed up was because more than anything else, the product made
sense to me, and I knew that it would make sense to other people too.
Being involved in
Prepaid Legal
has made sense to many people I've spoken with who have purchased the
membership.
Reason #3 you'll be successful
Great products!
Cognigen
has an amazing number of different products related to long distance, phone calling plans, and
Internet telephony. You earn a monthly commission on other peoples'
long distance phone bills. The become customers of your home based
business for phone service, and they are saving money because the phone
rates are cheaper. I am earning money right now. Don't you think
you should be too? If you want to find out about the
Cognigen
business
now and come back to this page later,
click here.
I've already mentioned the
Prepaid Legal product.
To check it out, click the
Prepaid Legal link and
see if it makes sense to you.
Reason #4 you'll be successful
You'll be working with me.
I'm not Corey Rudl or Tony Robbins or those other
motivational guys you've heard of and perhaps been inspired by.
They're great, but they somehow seem different than the average Joe.
I'm an everyday guy who has figured out how to make this online business
thing work. My success is your success, and I want to see you be
successful. I want you to help me be more successful. By teaming
up, we can accomplish a lot. If your drive is to be successful, then I
want to help you achieve that goal, because it's my goal too. By
helping you be successful and get what you desire, I become successful and
get what I desire.
So, what are the 2 best home-based businesses I know of?
I mentioned them briefly above. Here's more detail.
Cognigen
information
As already stated,
Cognigen has an amazing number of different products
relating to long distance, phone calling plans, and Internet telephony.
They save people money, and often give them better service over the big-name
phone companies. This home-based business is one everyone can benefit
from, because it makes their long distance bills are
cheap. Check out the
calculator for your own phone line and see how it can save you money
every month.
Cognigen also has some other kinds of
products which anyone can benefit from. They build you a web site
which is an exact mirror of their site, only you make commissions off of
everyone that is referred into your site, AND they teach you how to get
traffic to come to your site!
Pre-Paid Legal Services
information
For over 30 years, Pre-Paid
Legal Services has provided equal access to justice for middle income
families across the United States and Canada for less than the cost of a cup
of coffee a day. As a New York Stock Exchange Company with over one
million members, Pre-Paid Legal is quickly becoming a household name as a
revolutionary, rock-solid solution to an often inaccessible justice system.
For less than a cup of coffee a day, a
Prepaid Legal Membership will
provide you and your family with immediate access to top-quality legal
protection!
Prepaid Legal
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Referralware
information
Referralware is a site
with a collection of businesses you can build and develop, either online or
in the real world. These include e-books, marketing tools, and other
business opportunities. One of the coolest things about Referralware is their Live Support Line.
Referralware offers online support with
volunteers (people who have become successful in Referralware because they
have learned how Referralware is best used as a home business). This
means that you can join today and talk live TODAY with someone who knows the
ins and outs of making this business work from the comfort of your home. (Live support is from
9AM to 9PM PST). Try
Referralware out for
free for a month (no credit card needed) to really get
a good feel for this home-based business.
ADDITIONAL HELP FOR YOUR HOME-BASED BUSINESS!
E-Book Compiler - Free Trial Download
One of the best ways to make money on the Internet from your home is by
creating ebooks, or changing ebooks. Why? Because once your
ebook is created, you can sit back in the comfort of your own home and sell
one product which costs you virtually nothing to sell. There is no
physical product, other than that which is stored on their hard drive once
they download the ebook from you. You can also use this ebook creation
tool to customize existing ebooks (many aren't copyrighted) to include your
information and help you sell more products/books/reports, etc. The
best thing is that you can use the full copy of this product for free, then you pay only $29 for the registration fee
if you're going to sell your ebook.
Give it a shot. I did. That's why I'm telling you about it here.
Create your own E-Books - try it free!
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