The best home business that you can be sure is not a scam is one that you start yourself. It will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs.
The key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.
Dan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:
1. List 5 things you do best
2. List how others would benefit from what you do best
3. Find out how to give people what they want
4. Learn the value of your services to others
5. Find out who else offers similar services
6. Learn from the successes of others
7. Learn from the failures of others
8. Plan your own success
9. Make low cost mistakes
10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it
The Web offers tremendous opportunities for those who know how to harness it. You hear of stories of people who earn thousands if not millions of dollars from doing business on Web. While there are many scams (same way in the traditional business world), there are various ways you can legitimately make money on the Web.
Here are the main business models you can adopt:
1. Sell products on the Web - Big boys like Amazon or Lillian Vernon online catalog or smaller businesses like BigKidsVideo.com or Candle4Less.com all sell products on the Web.
You can either sell: (a) through your own storefront through your own website or applications such as Yahoo Stores; or (b) sell through online auctions like eBay
2. Information Delivery. Others such as About.com or EuropeforVisitors.com create content and monetize their content in a number of ways:
a. Advertising - From the article "How to Generate Advertising Revenues for Your Web Site" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol28/adrevenues.htm , there are several ways you can earn money from advertising:
1. Join an advertising network. Advertising networks are organizations that aggregate Web sites that offer advertising space, and sell banner ads (and other advertising options) across them. Traffic requirement is often a minimum of 5,000 monthly impressions, although many do not accept sites hosted by free page services.
Burst Media http://www.burstmedia.com
Fastclick (ValueClick). http://www.fastclick.com
Advertising.com. http://www.advertising.com
Tribal Fusion http://www.tribalfusion.com
2. Participate in contextual advertising networks. Contextual advertising are text ads delivered based on the content of the web page using an automated system.
Google Adsense https://www.google.com/adsense/
Yahoo! Publishing Network (currently in beta and available to US publishers only) http://publisher.yahoo.com/
Intellixt http://vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.htm
Quigo Adsonar http://www.quigo.com/adsonarexchange.htm
IndustryBrains http://www.industrybrains.com
Commission Junction Evolution http://www.cj.com
3. Sell advertising for your site directly. This is admittedly a more difficult route for a small business site wanting to earn advertising revenues. But hey, as they say: "no pain, no gain!"
b. Affiliate Programs - you sell other people's products that your audience may be interested in; and you get a certain commission after the desired action was done (whether a sale, a lead, subscription to email newsletter, or however this is defined)
c. Paid online content. Hoovers.com or WebmasterWorld.com Supporters forum all require paid subscription before accessing the information
d. Content licensing and syndication. Some publishers such as the Associated Press get paid every time their content is published elsewhere
Some other home business ideas (not Internet based):
Top 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breakeven.htm
10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.htm
Low Cost Startup Businesses http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html
6 Hottest Businesses on the Web http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/web.htm
You can also check out the following books:
Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness
The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century
121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home
The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start
101 Ways to Make Money at Home
To give you ideas on what exactly do you need to start your own business, here are ten things you need to know before launching your own business “10 Things You Need to Know When Starting Your Own Home Business” http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/startingbiz.htm .
2006-06-23 07:15:21
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answered by imisidro 7
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There are many businesses that are worth taking a look at. Some are short term get in and get out ventures and others are designed to last over many years. The MLM model of business is one that give the business owner a residual income to start and as the business matures and the compensation plans develops the Passive income that is why you would look at Networking business. Passive income is such that it will continue to come into your mailbox after you no longer work at the business.
Any endeavor is work to build. Weather you are working at a job for a company, working at a business where it's up to you to show up to get payed or you have developed something for yourself that is leveraged.
I recommend you read some and decide what is right for you. How much time are you willing to put into your efforts for financial freedom.
Internet businesses have been around for awhile what makes your business different from the others. What is going to draw your future customer to you?
We join a great company, www.mysuperscanner.com/mccoy. It has all the things you need to make a successful opportunity for yourself.
If you have some cash to invest look into opportunities that created leveraged income.
Hope this is helpful to you.
2006-06-23 05:30:35
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answered by Map 2
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I would recommend you the most profitable homebased business which is fully automated.
This homebased business(No MLM ) is very much different from other business which requires lot of time,energy and money. This incredible system allows you to earn fortune without selling, advertising, prospecting, closing or answering questions. It works 24/ 7 and you can earn profit for each automatic sale, sitting in your home, enjoying life with family and friends or on vacation. . This system allows you to earn $3000 everyday. This business has been selected to be featured in National television ( Discovery channel and CNN )
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2006-06-23 21:59:32
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answered by heaven 3
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I do not think internet home based businesses work, but home based businesses do work, if you are willing to put time into them. A lot of people think they could just surf the web and bamb, you make money. I have a home based business and it is taking a lot of work to get it started, but I just keep doing it. Eventually, the money will come. People do not realize it is what you put into it. These businesses are not get rich quick jobs. It is just like any business, you must give it a few years, then you will see the result. I am in the legal insurance business. I am off to a slow start, but none the less, I am doing okay. I cannot expect to just explode. People are saying it is a scam and such. I am sure people said that about medical insurance when it first started and house/life/car insurance also, but hey, now look at them. I think if you find the company that works for you and you work at it, you will do fine.
2006-06-23 09:09:40
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answered by gatorgirl 5
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95% of people who start a home based business fail before they make a profit. The other 5% make a good living. What is the difference? There is a small element of skill, intelligence and good fortune, but the vast majority of those who succeed have none of these things.
They only have a lot of patience and commitment, and a good sponsor who will answer their questions and point them in the right direction.
I can't provide you with the patience and commitment you would need to keep going until you reach profit mode, although I can point you to some training that will make it a lot easier for you, but I can provide you with the mentoring you will need.
I say that because I am willing to stick with you until you succeed, of course, but not only that, I can introduce you to a system that includes a forum of successful motivated people who will always answer your questions. My sponsor will personally see that you have the guidance you need, and if you want, will get you started in the exact same methods he uses to make more than $700,000 a year.
If you are committed enough to work until you have reached that golden circle of the 5%, or at least want to see what it would involve, I challenge you to log on to my site and scroll down to the TOPS info. Click on that and read the details there. If it sounds good to you, and you decide to give it a try, I will be there to help you, along with the whole team all the way to a good solid level of success.
Hope to hear from you!
Debbie
2006-06-23 04:46:23
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answered by Anonymous
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2006-06-23 05:00:20
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answered by aatcheaptravel 3
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2006-06-23 05:01:37
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answered by shoppinggirl90 4
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2006-06-23 04:31:37
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answered by Anonymous
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2014-09-29 23:55:08
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answered by Omar Saady 2
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answered by ? 4
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