If you are considering starting a home-based business by joining a network marketing company because the prospect of working from home appeals to you, then you need to know the pros and cons of doing so. In my opinion, the following are the top pros and cons of having your own home-based business.PRO #1 – FIRE YOUR BOSSThink of the joy you’ll feel when you are finally able to walk into your boss’ office and say, “I quit!” Technically, you will still have a boss, but it will be YOU! There is not one person on earth who cannot live with that fact.PRO #2 – SPEND MORE TIME WITH FAMILYThis pro is the crème de la crème for most people. For those who are married or have children, achieving this goal is the most important of all the pros. Being able to spend all the time with your spouse or children that you want is priceless. Imagine never missing another precious, irreplaceable moment in your little ones’ lives again! Imagine being able to date your life partner everyday! This pro is a win-win for everyone involved!PRO #3 – NO MORE PLANES, TRAINS OR AUTOMOBILESThe very thought of no longer having to commute, hop on a plane to go on a business trip and be away from family or sit next to stranger after stranger on the mass transit train is enough for most people to consider working from home a pro! The end of bumper-to-bumper traffic and that long, stressful, two-way commute is worth its weight in gold. Say goodbye to traffic jams and hello to your favorite fruit flavored jam you get to spread on your toast each morning, instead!PRO #4 – PAJAMA PARTYNo more strict corporate dress codes to adhere to. Party in your pajamas! When you work from home in a home-based business, you can wear your pajamas to the office…and you don’t even have to worry about getting reprimanded!PRO #5 – VACATION WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANTForget living for the weekend. When you determine how your time is spent and not an employer, you can go and stay on vacation for as long as you want! And what’s more, when you are the boss, you actually get a CEO salary, so you have the money to enjoy yourself while you are there, as well!PRO #6 – MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEYWhen you work for someone else, your employer dictates your life and how much you get paid. However, when you’re the boss, you decide how much you want to get paid. And when you want a raise, you just put forth a little more effort, and you can give yourself one! And, you don’t have to get anyone’s permission to do so.PRO #7 – GOODBYE OFFICE POLITICSWhen you work from home, your co-workers are your computer and telephone, so there is no co-worker drama to deal with. When you are the CEO, it is impossible to be passed over for a promotion. Of course, you can always buy something nice for “the boss” to get on their good side…after all, no one knows what you like, like YOU!Now, for the cons.CON #1 – BUILDING SOMEONE ELSE’S DREAMIf you work for an employer, you are building someone else’s dream. Someone is buying your time for a lot less than what it’s worth, and what’s worse, you give them permission to do so each time you punch the clock.CON #2 – ENOUGH IS ENOUGHThere really is no bad side to owning your own business. The majority of the world’s wealthiest people are BUSINESS OWNERS. If you want what you’ve never had, you must be willing to do what you’ve never done.Owning your own business is the way to go.The pros far outweigh the cons. A home-based business coupled with an incredible work ethic cannot be ignored – positive results will come.The choice is yours.

Prospecting is one of the most important parts of being in network marketing. It is actually the only money making activity in network marketing.There is an art to prospecting. Many people do not know how to properly prospect and end up spamming by pitching their business opportunity or compensation plan to people.That is not cool my friend.It is largely because of not knowing how to prospect like a professional due to a lack of adequate marketing training.It is really not their fault. As time go by, more and more people enter upon the home base business industry in an attempt to supplement their income.Maybe it is an individual’s last hope to earn a living because he or she has been laid off due to the global economic crisis or their retirement investment is not enough to sustain a life style that he or she are accustomed to leading.Whatever the reason is for getting started in the home base business industry, people need training in how to build a profitable home base business and prospecting is the only way to do this.Some of the stumbling blocks that people may come across are related to lacking in people to talk too as well as what to say to people.The home base business industry is an industry that is based on relationship building. That is why the majority of people struggle because they are taught to make lists of people whom they know and then pitch their business to them.If these warm market people do not join them in their opportunity, they are faced with a dilemma of speaking to people that they do not know.This is where the problem becomes a huge factor and when people need to know how one actually become a master prospector in a professional manor by not spamming people or pitching their business but to rather provide people with value that will attract them to them.There is not really one single course that you can buy to acquire the knowledge in how to do this. One need ongoing training in a variety of marketing methods to truly become a master prospector.Prospecting can be done using offline and online marketing strategies.An example of an offline marketing strategy could be to create a sign that you would place at a busy intersection where it is allowed to do so with the proper permission from the authorities in that area.The text on the sign is what will determine your success using this strategy.Write something like: “Need Solution To Extra Income Today? Call ******There are various call services that you can make use of as an answering service. I would not recommend that you make use of your home number or cell number. Let people call, leave a message and then get back to the people that you feel would be an asset to your business.You could also have a couple business cards made so that when you speak to a friend in person, you can give them your business card with your contact details and link to your website.Follow up is the next step.The recipe for prospecting is to place your business in front of new people on a daily basis. The top producers do this not just on a small scale but in fact use the Internet as a tool to do so by prospecting to thousands of people on a daily basis.This is largely done using online marketing strategies that include: blogging, social media marketing, article marketing, pay per click, forum marketing etc.Doing your prospecting this way does entail a bit of research on your part but the end result is very well rewarded with being able to prospect to thousands of people at once.There is a right and a wrong way to prospect using the Internet and that is why I recommend that you have a mentor that can guide you along the way.You might also want to become part of an online marketing training platform that will provide you with proper training in how to build your business like the top producers do.

There are many mistakes that people make when starting a home based business. With just a few changes to these actions and adding a bit more knowledge and steps that same person can have a very successful home based business. The internet makes having a home business even easier than ever before.You need to set goals for your home based business when you start and every year after that. Some goals can be small and quickly achievable while others may take the whole year to complete. The goals must state what action you need to perform to achieve the goal and the deadline you give yourself to achieve the goal by whether it is a week, month, or year later.Schedule on your calendar the hours you are going to spend on your home based business each day. To succeed you must take the business seriously and not treat it like a hobby. Planning the time you will spend and the goals you will work on each day is important in order to stay on track for success. If you do not complete a days work just reschedule it into the following weeks work. Do not give up just because you hit some rough spots in time management or hitting your goals. Just keep on taking positive actions.When getting stated in a home based business it is important to focus on only one product theme or niche when you are learning the ropes. If you try multiple topics or niches then it will be hard to grasp the basics or get as much success from each audience as you could if you just worked on one niche in the beginning. Pick a product, topic niche that you think people want to actually buy products related to it. If they only like to talk about it but do not spend money on it then the theme may not be the best one to get started with.It is important to get some guidance from successful people in the home based business profession. Be careful to pick the right course or teacher. There are a lot of scammers out there who claim to be able to direct you to success but there information may be outdated or not even accurate at all. You need to find the best coach or mentor that you can that can help you reach all your goals. Research the best in the business you are starting such as affiliate marketing online. Then follow their direction as you move forward in your home based business.Stay flexible as you grow in your home based business. Just because one action worked five years before does not mean it will today. You need to be able to try new avenues to success as they become available through technology or through your knowledge as you follow your course of action.

Why should we consider a Home-Based Business in today’s economy? Changes in America’s workplace are forcing us to open our minds and consider alternatives which, in the past, may have been considered by some as non-traditional. But of course, many of those people who become wealthy consider alternatives that the majority of the population deems non-traditional; otherwise more people would be financially independent!

I’m not trying to say that all people can or should become wealthy, but it seems evident that the business and job environment for the masses is rapidly changing. I’m only asking that you have an open mind and allow me to share with you some ideas about the pursuit of success utilizing a home-based business.

It’s been said that a mind is like a parachute, it works better when it’s open!

Happiness and Satisfaction

First there are some questions which we must ask ourselves in order to see if we really are satisfied with our current life. If you read the following statements and they stir no particular emotion, then you’re probably happy with who you are and what you’re currently doing.

I wish I didn’t have to pay so much income tax.

I wish my job or business paid me more money.

I don’t have enough money for retirement.

I can’t afford to pay for my children’s education.

I wish my financial situation would allow me to at least semi-retire.

I get so tired of my boss telling me what to do.

I would like to have the flexibility to spend more time with my family.

My advancement does not depend upon my accomplishments.

I’m not paid what I’m worth.

I’m not accomplishing my personal and financial goals.

I’m tired of dealing with employees.

I wish my job wasn’t so stressful

I want to control with and for whom I work.

Do you identify with any of the above statements? Someone once said that success is a journey and not a destination. The purpose for this communiqué is to identify individuals who sincerely want more financial success in their life but don’t seem to have the right Vehicle for their journey.

Years of experience indicate that success depends not only on the development of the individual, but also on having the appropriate vehicle. How many times have you seen people pour their heart and soul into a job or business and still not achieve the success they desire? Maybe that has happened to you. Let’s assume that you have the desire and persistence necessary to achieve the success you want.

How about your current vehicle, will it take you where you want to go? If the future is as the past, are you on track to achieve your goals and dreams?

How about you? Have you properly prepared yourself for success? If the answer is no and you are one of those individuals that truly possesses the desire and persistence necessary for more success, I respectively ask that you allow me to share with you a personal development program and business opportunity concept that has the potential to be that Vehicle to success!

Risk Tolerance & Reliability

When evaluating a Vehicle, we look at four distinct areas. First, the Vehicle must be safe in relation to the risk tolerance of the person. What is deemed as safe to a young person starting their career is certainly different from that of a person in or near retirement. Regardless, the height of our success should be limited only by our ability to develop the mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, and financial aspects of our own being… The vehicle must never be the limiting factor in our success.

An opportunity’s reliability is a function of several factors including age, management, market, and compensation. Each of those topics warrants their own discussions.

Suitability

Next the Vehicle must be suitable for the individual. Experts have always said find something you like to do, figure out a way to make money from it and you will probably be successful. Professional athletes who earn fortunes playing a game they love are extremely fortunate. But, most of us have learned that we can’t always be financially successful working at our hobbies. However, we all deserve the opportunity to enjoy what we do and to work in a positive environment.

Effort vs. Reward

Next, the activities surrounding the Vehicle must be doable and provide opportunity in relation to effort! Not everyone can be a scientist, a doctor or a CEO of a Fortune 500 company. However, any individual can obtain financial success if they can match their abilities with the appropriate vehicle. The Vehicle must be time proven and be doable by a wide array of individuals of all ages, races, educational backgrounds, and business experience. In the cases where individuals have demonstrated true desire and persistence over a period of time, their income levels have equaled or exceeded that of many CEOs. Although education and experience may reduce the time period for achievement, desire and persistence are more important characteristics for success with our opportunity.

Other Desirable Traits

We believe using an appropriate home-based business as a vehicle for success addresses the four areas of concerns better than most other alternatives, whether for an additional $50 per month or for $50,000 per month of income. Having a home-based business is not a new concept. We’re asking that you consider adding a home-based business to your current job or business income. We believe that a home-based business possesses at least three additional desirable traits: a) immediate tax benefits, b) flexibility of time and activity, and c) a favorable opportunity to investment ratio.

Tax Benefits

Owning a home-based business allows us to immediately make many of our current home and automobile expenses tax-deductible. In addition, other tax benefits include converting children’s allowances and living expenses, medical and dental expenses not covered by insurance, educational expenses, and travel expenses to tax-deductible expenses. In total, there are at least nineteen different types of tax deductions applicable to the home-based business. In many cases, these are expenses we already have but which are not currently deductible. If done properly, converting these expenses to deductions can often save enough in income taxes to finance a major portion of the new home-based business!

Let Uncle Sam finance your home-based business.

Uncle Sam wants to give you these deductions for a home-based business in order that you generate more income for yourself and others which results eventually in more income taxes for the government. Although I’m not qualified to give tax advice, I can refer a tax service that I use which specializes in home-business tax deduction planning.

Current Trends in the Workplace

The availability of personal computers and people desiring flexibility of time and activity are the catalysts for a major movement of people working at home in corporate America. Those people desiring flexibility of time and activity and, in addition, want control of their financial destiny, are also starting home-based business en masse. Most people need additional income. Many people want more time with their families. Some simply want to have control of their time. We must be aware that the more obligations we have to other people, the less control we have over our own time. Our own desire for success is the only factor which controls the time of a home-based business owner.

Investment

Normally, when we think of our own business, serious investment immediately comes to mind. Many mortgage their homes to start a small business. Even if the individual possesses the desire to own their own traditional business, the majority of people do not have the proper education, experience, or disposition to successfully run a business which has risk of investment loss, debt, employees, inventory, advertising, customers, billings and collections and other on going problems! History shows that a majority of those businesses won’t last three years. In many cases, even if the business succeeds, it would not have the potential to provide financial independence without total domination of our time, energy and attention.

Franchises

Most franchises cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars and a percentage of the gross revenue, regardless of profit. Our opportunity requires a very small investment and has virtually unlimited income potential. The potential is limited mainly by one’s own desire and persistence and time of involvement.

Network Marketing

We are not asking that anyone change everything immediately. We are however, suggesting that people consider the addition of the right Network Marketing home-based business starting their journey of financial success in a different direction. Having a home-based business is not a new concept. Network Marketing is not a new concept. Having a home-based Network Marketing business is not a new concept. However, never in the history of our country has the concept been so prevalent and is fast becoming the norm rather than the exception!

The reason is very simple. Our concept is providing American’s with what they want; control of their time and financial opportunities proportionate to their abilities and effort.

As we move further and further into the 21st century, we find that mobile devices are getting smarter and more useful to users. Take the case of mobile advertising networks that work as a system to deliver solutions so that it optimizes a company’s advertising strategies, besides also tracking analytics and maintain a web of applications that deliver quality results across a spectrum of platforms including video and the Internet. This advertising mode first made its appearance with the coming of the iPhone, which has proved to be the star of the advertising.

The mobile advertising network is poised to excel along with the widespread usage of smartphones. These days, this form of advertising can be studied under three kinds of categories:

• Blind networks: As far as advertisers, publishers and impressions go, this form of advertising is considered the largest and generally works on the basis of CPC. These mobile advertising networks have options to target specific content channels but do not allow advertisers to opt for specific websites. The advertising networks that fall under this category are BuzzCity, Adfonic, AdMob, Madvertise, Admoda or Adultmoda and Mojiva.

• Premium blind networks: This form of advertising networks is generally mid-sized and gives newspapers, operator portals and broadcasters a higher premium. So, it’s not surprising that they bring in a higher percentage of brand advertising on the basis of CPM. In this category, you can choose either semi-blind or blind targeting with options to search and display advertisements or go in for particular spots on sites that you choose. These include Hunt Mobile Ads, Madhouse, Millennial Media, xAd, Greystripe and Jumptap.

• Premium networks: These mobile advertising networks are popular with big brand advertisers willing to pay top prices to get prime locations on premium networks with a CPM pricing model. They usually offer superior direct sales and support and a multitude of targeting options. Well-known in this category are Mobile Theory, YOC Group, Hands, NAVTEQ Media Solutions, Microsoft Mobile Advertising and Advertising.com or AOL.

In order to choose a good network for your business model, do the following:

Check that your network has an extensive reach, locally: Is your advertising network able to connect with local business advertisers? In fact, your network should be serving about 60%-70% of local mobile search applications.

Does your network specialize in localized content? If yes, your network will serve ads directly to his local customers. Your ads should be reaching people according to their ZIP codes as far locally as possible, rather than at city level so that they are relevant in a given context and locally too.

Does your network offer Search and Display Advertising? You’re sure to get SMS and display ads on your advertising network, but what about Search and Display advertising? Ideally, your mobile advertising network should offer you both.