| Thousands of opportunities to start a home business are presented to you on a daily basis. E-mails are sent to you multiple times during a day asking you to join their business. But how do you determine which are legitimate and which are not? In considering a home-based business one of the factors to determine is whether-or-not you work well under the direction of someone else who has already established their business and you are entering in as a franchise. Unless you are starting something completely new, you will have to follow the guidelines that have already been set in place. The best way to determine if a business venture is legitimate and right for you is to do some research and footwork. Start asking around about the business, if you know someone who has joined a particular home-based business that you are interested in talk to him or her about the positives and negatives. You can also join some of the online forums associated with the business. These are very helpful and the participants are very frank and honest Do not go into the business venture with your eyes closed. Look at the advantages and disadvantages of business opportunities that come with everything you need to start. This is a very personal decision based on what works best for your personality as much as it is a financial decision. If you choose to invest in a business or franchise that has an already established a workable concept, you are not starting from scratch trying to invent something new for consumers. This type of business venture will often bring in earnings at a faster rate than starting from scratch and you will often have support in the initial phases and throughout the lifetime of the business. I chose the plug-in profit site for this very reason. I realized I was a novice and needed all the help and support I could get. There is also a 30 day plan that one can follow exclusively and this also helps a great deal to have a daily plan you can follow when you are starting something new. For me this has taken a lot of guesswork out of my strategies. The potential disadvantages of joining a franchise is that out of ten corporations that offer to sell franchises and other business opportunities nine of them fail in the first five years of being in operation. So when you are looking into this type of business venture, take notice as to how long they have been in service. The other side of this is if you rule out all companies that have been in business for five years or more you could miss the opportunity of joining a business on the ground floor that has a great potential for profit. After careful research and looking at the financial risks and benefits you have decided that a franchise is what you are interested in consider carefully the following questions: * Is there a particular district you will have to work in? * Do you like the product line? * Does the business have an established business record? * Is there a name brand that is associated with this opportunity * Is training and support part of the business package or are you on your own once they receive your money? Starting a home-based business is serious and you do not want to enter into a venture without thoroughly checking it out first. Copyright ? Eleanor Tilghman |
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