Success Secrets of Home Based Businesses

By Jay M Collins

Secret #1:

It will take work. It doesn't matter if the person that invited you into the opportunity earns $100,000.00 a month or more. That has ABSOLUTELY no bearing on what YOU are going to make. YOU MUST commit AT LEAST 10-15 hours a week consistently to be successful. If someone tells you otherwise they are not being truthful.

Secret #2:

If the program has been around for at least 5 years or more it is not a scam. There are many who believe that a multilevel marketing opportunity or high ticket opportunity is a scam. This is not true of programs that span a decade or longer.

There are programs on the internet that present themselves to be "better than private cash leveraging programs". Yet they are structured the same way as private cash leveraging programs but they have downloadable CDs. These programs are promoted as being businesses not Private cash leveraging activities. However these programs are not a member of the Better Business Bureau, they cannot give you an income disclosure statement, and if there is a problem with the CDs you cannot return the product. Now this program is not a scam it's still a private cash leveraging program that happens to have a product attached.

Secret #3:

You must develop a marketing strategy and stick with it. You must have a continual source of prospects if you want to generate significant cash flow. If the results of your marketing campaign are not generating your desired results, be creative and utilize other prospecting methods to generate leads (circle of influence, lead lists, email marketing, social media, voicebroadcasting, text messaging, solo advertising, national advertising, etc.) Regarding lead lists, I have purchased inexpensive leads and expensive leads and guess what? I have generated $3500 or more from lists that I paid $65 for AND lists that I paid $400 for! I have also generated significant cashflow from free sources (circle of influence, drop cards, flyers)

Secret #4

You must develop a stellar mindset. Your success will rise and fall with your thoughts. Remember, as a man thinketh so is he. Develop your mindset by reading authors such as Napoleon Hill, Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Jordan Adler, etc. Sooner or later you will hit a period where you hit a stumbling block. This is the moment that will define you. You can either cave in and quit or push through that season and persist. Many people quit when they are 10 acres away from gold.

Secret #5:

The biggest secret... should I really put it out there? Most people quit the opportunities they join regardless of how much they spent to join and those same people will run around saying that an opportunity is a scam.The truth is EVERY program that has been around for 5 years or more has people in it who have created hundreds of thousands if not millions in it. These are the people who stayed the course and they persisted even when most would have given up. PERSISTENCE and CONSISTENCY is the key to the breakthrough and the key to success!

Here's a freebie secret: it's all about consistency, hard work, discipline, and a solid work ethic which will undoubtedly create THE COMPOUND EFFECT. Don't blame anyone for your success or failure. Look in the mirror. Don't get involved if you are not willing to grow. You must have thick skin.

Jay Collins, M.ED., MAT, has over 10 years experience as a leader and main trainer for several network marketing and private cash leveraging activites.She is a former teacher and high school counselor. She thrives on using her teaching and counseling background to help others reach their desired success levels in home based business opporutnities. She is available for a free marketing consultation. One of the opportunities she recommends is http://www.instantweeklycashflow.com.

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