Online Network Marketing Business Opportunities From Home: 4 Myths to Bust

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 6:55 pm

There are a lot of reasons to go for online network marketing business opportunities from home, and the good thing is that there are a lot of advantages to them, as well. Unfortunately, to the uninitiated in the intricacies of network marketing, there are a few myths and numerous outright misinformation about the business that need to be addressed before jumping into it.

Myth 1

Network marketing is illegal. This is the most common and damaging of all the myths about the business. It stems from the fact that many have used the same strategies that are used in network marketing to build scams and schemes that are designed to get the prospect’s money and make them believe that they can earn from it back many times over. Here is the very basic truth about these schemes: if recruitment is the main source of your income, then you are probably in a scam (unless, of course, you are building a recruitment or head hunting agency).

Myth 2

Money will come rolling in immediately. Although network marketing has the potential to become a life-long source of income if you have the tenacity to stick with it and the capabilities to make it work, it will still take time to build up your network. It does not come ready made and raring to go. Many online network marketing business opportunities from home come with a support system that will ease the burden of creating this network, but it takes time and effort on your part to make it worth your while.

Myth 3

It is guaranteed easy money. There are no guaranteed profits in any kind of business. Even if you look at the well-established corporations of today, they all have had their “bad year/s.” The best you can hope for is to have enough good years to help you through the bad ones.

Myth 4

You do not need to do anything but wait for the money to come in. This is the biggest falsity of all, and more of a sales talk to get you into a network and leave you disillusioned. Think of the musical Phantom of the Opera; without the soul or the menace of the Phantom, it simply will not work. Neither will your network work without you.

There are a lot of programs that will help semi-automate your business, but you will still need to be at the captain’s seat. In the same light, think of the many actors that have played the part and given it their own flavor, such as Gerard Butler versus the first Phantom, Micheal Crawford. So should you give your network and business your own personal touch. There is a difference between owning a business and REALLY owning a business.