Legitimate Work at Home Jobs: How to Know Which Home Business Companies are Real and Which to Avoid!!

With all the scams lurking around the internet and masquerading as legitimate businesses, it can sometimes be a little nerve-wracking to feel comfortable with any online home-based business opportunity.  If you have had some negative experiences in the past with online jobs or home businesses, then you are probably wondering if there are actually any legitimate, work at home jobs out there?  Well, the truth is, they are out there!  But how can you find the real online jobs to make sure money online from home?

Be Diligent:

Because not everyone is willing to research a company before joining, there are many scams that are able to get away with their dishonest operations.  If you want to avoid a scam, you have to be willing to thoroughly research your prospective company and be diligent in your search.

For example, our business mentors spent about 20 weeks researching and interviewing the top 100 home business companies in order to find the Best one to team up with!  It's that kind of research and credibility that helps us to feel especially confident with our company!

Look before you Click!

Contact Information:

The Online Opportunity or Home Based Business that you are looking at should provide contact information such as a customer service phone number, email and physical address.  It should exist somewhere in real life.  If it appears that this information is being dodged or avoided on the company's homepage, take that as a red-flag.  When you have located the contact info, be sure to take advantage of that and speak to a real company representative to get a better feel for the company, mission-statement etc... 

Network and Reach Out to Other Member, Brand Partners,
Representatives or Affiliates to get the Bigger Picture!

Get in Touch with Current Members: 

Another smart thing to do to get a better feel for the company is to contact current current members of the company.  Ask them their honest opinion of the company, compensation plan etc.  Have they made money?  Are they happy with the customer service and training they have received?  Look for members or affiliates who have had at least a year or more with the company to get a better idea for the long-term expectancy.

Hyped-up Claims/Vague Explanations:

Something else to watch out for with a prospective opportunity, is the tendency to exaggerate claims for potential earnings or even make guarantees as to what you will make and how well you will do.  No company can ever know for sure how well you will do or how much money you will make, so please watch out for specific guarantees or extreme exaggerations of earnings! 

How to find the Best Online Opportunity:

Here's what WE looked for when searching for the BEST
Home Business Opportunity!

There are definitely some awesome, legitimate, work at home jobs that are available online.  So in your search for real online jobs to make sure money online you just have to be sure to take your time and do your homework.  Compare your top choices with each other.  Which company has the best compensation plan so you can make the most money?  Which company has the best training and mentoring program so that you can be sure to learn how to best build your business and market your website.  The company may tell you what to do but if they don't have a detailed back office training system to teach you exactly how to implement all of the best online marketing methods and home based business techniques, then the company is basically worthless and you'll be left lost as to what to do and how to get started!

Find the Right Mentor and Team:

Another thing not to overlook in your quest for the best home business, is to team up with a mentor and team who have a proven track record of success.  You'll know you're in the right place when you have a network of support that walks alongside you every step of the way, not just in the beginning stages.

When you implement these important tips for finding a legitimate work-at-home job, you should be sure to find a top and reputable opportunity that can help you to make significant money online and create true financial success!

Here is a Legitimate, Work-at-Home job to earn your Best Income At Home as well as the Top Online Marketing Techniques that you can use NOW to Make Sure Money Online!

Thinking About a Home Based Business? TOP 4 Keys to Look For in a Successful Home Business Opportunity

THINKING ABOUT A HOME BASED BUSINESS? 

The Fall months seem to be one of the most popular times for people to start a home based business.  As school starts and people get back into their normal routines, they are better able to focus on setting new goals and working towards the things they want most in life:  more time with family and friends, flexible schedule to travel, residual income, no boss dictating when they can have time off or how much money they are worth and just more freedom in general.

According to Business from Home:

• A New Home Based Business is started every 12 seconds
• There are 38 million Home Based Businesses in the USA
• 70% of the Home Based Business succeed within 3 years versus 30% of regular business
• 44%  of Home Based Business are started for under $5,000
• 70% of Americans would prefer to be self-employed
• $427 billion per year is made by Home Based Business

When looking into starting a Home Based Business, there are many things to consider but when looking into the company/opportunity itself, there are 4 key components to consider especially.

4 KEY COMPONENTS to Consider in a Home Based Business Opportunity: 

1-PRODUCTS: The products and services need to be consumable and in demand.  Take a look at the industry you are looking at and whether it is in a growing trend or not.  The Wellness Industry for instance is growing at an exponential rate with the Healthy Energy Drinks and Weight Loss categories attracting people of all age groups.  

• Take a closer look at the Wellness Industry Trends here.
• Watch our Wellness Product Review here.

2-TEAMED UP WITH THE RIGHT TEAM/MENTORS: When it comes to finding success in the Home Based Business Industry, the importance of the right team, training and mentoring cannot be overlooked.  Having continue support and weekly training to help you feel plugged in an motivated is critical to your success.

3-REWARDS/INCENTIVES/COMPENSATION: One of the big reasons most people decide to start a home based business is for the residual income and compensation for their efforts.  This is the part that needs to be so exciting that you can't sleep at night!!! Examples would include:

• BMW Platinum Club Bonus
• Frenzy Bonus- bring in 3 people in a week for an extra $700 in your bank account!

4-TIMING:  Is the company and home based business that you are looking at in growth mode?  The reality is that a small percentage of companies get to what is known as 'hypergrowth'; exponential growth of the company month by month.  Be sure that you look into the growth trends and success rates of the company and team you are joining.  There has never been a better time to start a home based business.  And the Time to join a Home based business with the record breaking A-Team is NOW! 4-7 year growth curve is happening Now! 125% growth in July. 68% Above last years sales. GET YOURSELF GOING! 

Next, learn more about how to create success from home with the top home business and training available!

Courtesy of Shawn and Emily Stoik(make1kaday)

Building Brand Visibility with Social Media: The Top 3 Ways to Use Social Media for Brand Marketing Online

Social Media has a huge power to connect you to virtually any market you want to reach, so if you use it correctly it can be an excellent method of building brand visibility!  But how do you go about using the various social media tools and social networking sites for brand marketing online?

If you really want to effectively build your brand online, then you have to have a plan in place to ensure that all of your online and social media marketing campaigns will work together to really enhance your online brand and the opinion that people will have of you and your business.

“Listening is one of the most important things a brand can do online. If your brand is just broadcasting its own agenda, it isn’t truly engaging in a conversation.” 

― Jeremy Goldman

The Following is a Free Social Media Marketing Plan for Building Brand Visibility:

Be Careful What You Say and Do on Social Media!

1-  Be Aware of How you Present Yourself: Remember that when it comes to building brand visibility and brand marketing online, everything that you do, say or post in the social media world will be a reflection on you and your business.  So be careful to conduct yourself in a positive and professional manner especially in the forums that are directly connected to you and your business.  When it comes to business and social media, there definitely needs to be a line between openness and transparency and TMI (or Too Much Information!).  Some things are just better kept to yourself!

 “Focus on how to BE social, not on how to do social.” -Jay Baer

Connect with Social Media Tools!

2-  Connecting Your Social Media Tools: Another big part of building brand visibility with social media is to be sure to interconnect your social media accounts to further enhance them all for both yourself and your audience.  Tie your blog into your Twitter and Facebook accounts so that when you make a post on your blog it will automatically be be posted onto your Facebook profile and/or Facebook Fan Pages(s) as well as tweeted onto your twitter account.  And vice versa, you can set up your twitter account so that every time you make a tweet, it will be shared onto your facebook!  This will really enhance your entire social media experience, improve your rankings in the search engines and help your audience to be able to find and connect with you on all of your social media locations.

• Another new Social Media Platform you can use to build your business is the fun Pinterest website which has an emphasis on using visually pleasing pictures to capture the attention of your target audience!  Go here to see more Pinterest marketing tips and ideas!

3-  Participate and Be Consistent: Another great way to enhance your brand marketing online with social media is to really participate on a regular basis.  When you decide to use social media for building brand visibility, you need to make a conscious effort to be present and connect with the audience and market that you want to be a part of.  "Like" fan pages that are of interest to you, comment on great topics, and answer any questions or comments that are posted on your fan pages and status updates.  Keep your focus and intent on building genuine and authentic connections and relationships with other human beings.  Remember, "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you Care!"

• Be sure to follow the rules of etiquette when using Social Media to market and enhance your Online brand and reputation.  
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Above all, as you work on building brand visibility for your business, always keep in mind the impression that you may be giving to your target audience.  Your brand is really the reputation that you create through brand marketing online, so always be mindful of what you say and do especially through the connecting avenues of social media.  Promoting your brand in a positive way online will be your most rewarding strategy of building and enhancing a profitable and long-lasting business experience.

 “Social Media is about the people! Not about your business. Provide for the people and the people will provide for you.” -Matt Goulart

Next, continue learning more about Building Brand Visibility and some of the top secrets to create a lasting and authentic brand online. 

Courtesy of Shawn and Emily Stoik.

Herbalife's Anthony Powell Joins VEMMA.

I saw the news that one of  Herbalife Ltd.’s largest independent distributors, Anthony Powell, has left the company to join Vemma and is exhorting his 16,000 distributors to join with him. Despite of what the success he has achieved in Herbalife as the first MLM company he joined, I really curious why he pick Vemma now? I am sure many of you who are working in this industry might have a same question as me.



 He said ” First of all, people first product second, people first business second……” . Anthony was drawn to Vemma because of Vemma’s commitment to putting people first. BK, the founder of Vemma has been network marketer since he was very young and nurtured so much about this industry since his father was in this industry. He really put distributor first business second.

Anthony brings a team of thousands with him that will also join as Brand Partners. On a recent webcast, Anthony said, “I haven’t found any other company in this industry featuring products of such high quality and consumer appeal. This is going to be the biggest explosion in network-marketing history. 

This is a big move for all of us.” BK and everyone here at Home Office is proud to welcome Anthony Powell and his team on our mission of people helping people. Anthony has been in this industry for more than 20 years and achieved a lot of success with Herbalife. Obviously what it takes to make MLM company succeed. Based on his vast experience and success, he knows what the future holds for Vemma and sees the potential of Vemma to grow more and faster than Herbalife before he joins Vemma.

To be a part of this revolutionary opportunity ,Click Here

Vemma Nutrition Company Products Honored For Outstanding Packaging Design

Vemma Nutrition Company is proud to announce that two of its products, Vemma and Verve Bold, have been honored by BRAND PACKAGING Magazine in its 2013 Design Gallery.
BRAND PACKAGING is the only publication entirely focused on the role of packaging in the consumer product marketing mix.

Its Design Gallery recognizes packaging that most effectively tells a brand's story through design and structure to connect with consumers. Verve Bold was one of seven products featured in the Metal category and Vemma one of ten in the Rigid Plastic category.

Launched in February 2013, Verve Bold is a best-selling product in the Verve Bold is a best-selling product in the Verve energy drink line. Offering 120mg of naturally sourced caffeine, no artificial colors or sweeteners, a low-carb profile and 70% less sugar, BRAND PACKAGING notes that Verve Bold is an "edgy new product designed to create energy around the brand and attract Millennials and the young at heart.

The package is designed to be sleek, hip and upscale and aims to invoke pulsating late-night parties and busy college schedules."
Vemma's 2013 packaging update was also featured, with BRAND PACKAGING noting the custom bottle's design to "represent the clinical studies and physician-formulated blend" and that it "aims to quickly tell consumers the product is an easy-to-swallow liquid."

With 90-plus nutrients, Vemma is a complete, ultra-premium daily antioxidant supplement that nourishes the body at the cellular level to help protect and defend against everyday impurities.* Vemma is available in 32oz environmentally and economically friendly non-BPA bottles, and as a 30-day single serving supply.   

Vemma's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Brand Development, Mark Patterson, said, "The functional beverage industry is more competitive than ever. It is important to stay on trend with what consumers want in packaging and design. We are honored by these accolades and the positive feedback we have received from consumers and industry peers."

About Vemma

Founded in 2004 by BK Boreyko, Vemma Nutrition Company is rapidly growing as one of the premier industry leaders specializing in premium liquid nutrition. Every week, thousands of new customers experience the positive difference of the clinically studied Vemma formula. The Vemma brands include Verve, a healthy energy drink and Bod-e, a weight loss line. Vemma is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and distributes its products through a global network of Affiliates. For more information, please visit vemma.com.

culled from http://www.businessforhome.org

THERE ARE ONLY 4 WAYS TO MAKE MONEY – HOW DO YOU DO IT?

   

If you've read any of Robert Kiyosaki’s books, attended one of his seminars, or watched one of his video clips online, then you've most likely seen the diagram below before. He calls this diagram the Cash Flow Quadrants. This diagram illustrates the 4 ways to make money. 

E stands for Employee. You work for someone else.

S stands for Self-Employed. You work for yourself.

B stands for Business Owner. You have other people working for you.

I stands for Investor. You have money/assets/investments working for you.

Essentially, these quadrants represent the 4 different ways that a person can create income. See diagram below:

The diagram above reveals some information worth repeating…

1. 95% of the population has only 5% of the wealth.

2. 5% of the population has 95% of the wealth.

3. 95% of the population trades their TIME for money.

4. 5% of the population uses LEVERAGE to make money.

There isn't anything right or wrong about each of these quadrants. In reality, society requires people in all 4 quadrants in order to function properly. If everyone were a business owner, who would be an employee?

But the point is this:

In order to WIN at the game of creating wealth, you need to play the game from the right quadrant.WHAT CASH FLOW QUADRANT ARE YOU IN?

If your income is produced in the E and S cash flow quadrant, the odds of creating substantial wealth are against you.

Why?

Because you only have so much time you can trade for money. Immediately there is a ceiling on your earning potential. You have no leverage. If you want to make more money, you have to trade more time. If you stop working, you stop getting paid.

Next time you have the pleasure of speaking with someone who has built substantial wealth ask them how they did it. There response will likely not begin with the words: “I work for…”

Instead, their response will likely begin with words such as “I own…” or “I built…” or “I invested in…”

Do you see the difference?

They are LEVERAGING something that produces income for them. They are operating from the B and I cash flow quadrants.

So the question is…

What cash flow quadrant are you producing your income from?

Will that quadrant allow you to build substantial wealth AND have the time to enjoy it?

If not, what are you doing to change quadrants?

Nothing changes until you make a change.

7 Secrets to Networking Success

There is a great lesson Zig Ziglar taught that has always stuck with me.

Zig said, “If people like you they’ll listen to you [which is nice, but not very productive], but if they trust you, then they’ll do business with you.”

And that is the one big secret of Nozad, whom I introduced in last week’s article and in my Publisher’s letter of the December issue of SUCCESS. I also promised to pass along Nozad’s 7 networking secrets that has made him a master connector—secrets that any of us can apply.

Secrets that could make all of us as wealthy as a rug dealer.

Let me outline them for you now. I drew these from a great profile piece a fellow editor colleague, Victoria Barret from Forbes, did on Pejman Nozad.

Here is No. 1…

1. Always be willing and eager to help others with an introduction or your time. And do not expect anything in return.

Reminds me of a quote from another master networker, Harvey Mackay. He said, “My Golden Rule of Networking is simple: Don’t keep score.”

The profile of Nozad is sprinkled with names of successful entrepreneurs he has backed and advised. What’s missing is what happened in between those meetings. He is constantly having conversations with young people, some still in school, and helping them along. They may or may not end up working at startups. They may or may not raise funds in companies he could invest in. He doesn’t think about it that way. He calls this “one way love.”

 “The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.”
Keith Ferrazzi

Also note that Nozad went to the key contacts—to the influencers’ homes and to the schools the potential entrepreneurs attended. As Scott Stratten said to me in an interview recently, “Are you going to where your customers [or key contacts] are or just sitting and hoping they come to you?”

2. Be proud of where you came from and share that with others. It shows honesty and builds trust.

Nozad doesn’t represent himself as anything but a guy who sold rugs in Palo Alto and then started investing in startups. He talks openly and eagerly about his family’s background in Iran and the remarkable story of how he got to Silicon Valley. People who Nozad sold a rug to ten years ago, and had no contact with since, still felt like they knew and were close to him.  That is the social power you gain when you are willing to be completely human and authentic.

“If people like you they’ll listen to you,
but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.”
-Zig Ziglar

3. Compliment the achievements of those around you. And do it with a smile.

We all know that awkward feeling that comes with a superficial or flat compliment. It means well, but lands with a thud. Nozad deftly avoids that by focusing on what someone has accomplished and tying it to who they are deep down.

He tells one entrepreneur, “Starting things is in your DNA.” And with that, he nails exactly what this guy is proud of, and makes him feel good about it. His phrasing has so much more genuine punch to it than if he’d just said, “You’re a great entrepreneur.”

People yearn for validation, to feel important, to be recognized for their effort and achievements. You can build great bonds by looking for those things that people are proud of and pointing it out.

4. In conversations search for a common ground. It may take a while, but there is surely something to bring you closer.

This is perhaps the trickiest area for all of us. You meet someone at a cocktail party, and you know just enough about them to know you could both benefit from connecting and then… blah. You struggle to get beyond the “Any vacations coming up?” chatter. Instead Nozad Googled his early rug clients so he knew how to guide conversations. Now his own network of friends is wide enough that usually he can quickly make a personal connection with people simply by suggesting a common friend.

5. Use your Rolodex wisely and only for the right person at the right time, for the right cause.

Several of the top venture capitalists who do deals with Nozad rarely hear from him. That’s very intentional. He knows the importance of valuing other people’s time. People notice when you waste their time. They respond to your emails when you honor their time.

6. Make sure you understand what the person you want help from has to gain from it.

Nozad understands motivations. He knew the venture capitalists he sold rugs to were always hunting for undiscovered treasures: talented entrepreneurs no one else had yet spotted. The entrepreneurs, likewise, were eager to mingle with potential backers. That was Nozad’s “in.”  He knew he could bridge both worlds.

7. Don’t create walls between your personal and professional lives. It is one big network of people.

Nozad starts most conversations very personally. How are the kids? How have you been? It is subtle, disarming, and endearing. Spend more time listening than you do talking. And you do that by asking questions and listening with genuine interest.

I’ve seen this trait in other successful networkers. They don’t exhaust themselves being slightly different personalities in work, family and social settings. They are just as personally helpful and at ease to a work colleague as they are to a family friend.

OK, so let me make this easy for you; here’s your $50 million cheat sheet summary:

1. Give.

2. Be real.

3. Compliment.

4. Find commonality.

5. Use your network sparingly.

6. Think WIIFT—What’s In It For Them.

7. Be authentically YOU, always.

“The richest people in the world look for and build networks,
everyone else looks for work.”
-Robert Kiyosaki

It’s well known that 80% of business opportunities are filled through networking. And if you eventually want to become as rich as a rug dealer… then networking is the skill you want to continually work on and master.

Culled from darrenhardy.success.com