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What You Should Know About Working Online

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Being a work at home parent is a big challenge especially when you are just starting out. According to statistics, only about 5% of those who venture into an online home business succeed. Furthermore, out the 5% who made it in the online business, about 1% became really wealthy. Why do others made it made while others could not even cut it in the first place? One of the most common reasons why 95% of those who tried never really quite cut it is that they do not know how to ma...


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Being a work at home parent is a big challenge especially when you are just starting out. According to statistics, only about 5% of those who venture into an online home business succeed. Furthermore, out the 5% who made it in the online business, about 1% became really wealthy. Why do others made it made while others could not even cut it in the first place? One of the most common reasons why 95% of those who tried never really quite cut it is that they do not know how to make the internet work in their favor. In other words, they don’t know how to spot the right opportunities and turn these opportunities into income streams. 

Getting Through The Online Scams And The Deadbeats

Let’s face it; there are thousands of people out there who are just out to scam the gullible and the innocent. These people usually offer you those get rich quick schemes that are just too good to be true.  For instance, there are those sites that promise income of a thousand dollars a day or that $200 per hour thing for accomplishing some surveys or stuffing envelopes. These guys are not likely legit, so forget it. Unless you are a top rate executive in a big company, a doctor or a lawyer, you simply don’t get paid $200 per hour for stuffing envelops. Be logical about it. Things aren’t that way in real life so stir clear from these scams. These scams will bring you nothing but trouble. In fact, there are many people out there who have lost their money on these online scams so beware.

Another popular online scam that you might want to avoid are those site that require you to pay in exchange for a job. Let’s get this straight; you are applying for a job to get paid and not the other way around. You are not supposed to pay your employer to employ you. 

What about those bidding sites that requires registration fees, are they for real? There are those legitimate bidding sites that are teeming with opportunities which you can access after you pay registration fees to start bidding on the projects posted thereon but there are also some bidding sites that are just not worth a penny. There are some bidding sites that collects a few dollars for registration and but do not really have enough projects for you to bid on. If you really want to bid on projects and get your money’s worth, make sure that you evaluate the site first before you register. Older sites that have earned good reputation are your best bets. If you can find a site which do not charge any registration fees at all, so much the better. Note that there are many bidding sites that will only collect commissions on the projects that you got from their site.