I need a good "work at home" business. I am college educated, own a computer and can travel.?

Anyone have any good ideas? I am single and a good salesman. I've tried many things and failed. This includes: Melaleuca, Watkins, Pre-Paid Legal and dozens of others.

I know a lot about this topic so please forgive the length of this reply. I have a lot of good info for you. I am a mother of two little girls who are actually tugging on my arm as I write this so I will try to be brief. Many people are looking for work from home companies. All the scams definitely create a big problem but also, there is a problem of people misunderstanding the difference between work from home "jobs" and work from home opportunities. There really are not work from home “jobs”. To get that you have to start working for a company in their offices first, then they MAY allow you to take the job home.

Most of the work from home opportunities that are legitimate offers are not an hourly pay type job. They are business opportunities that help you in starting your own business from your home.

What you should do first is to decide if you are simply looking for an hourly rate type job or if you are looking for more of an opportunity for additional income such as what you would make in your own business being your own boss from home. Many say a JOB stands for Just Over Broker and I have found that to be true as well. I never got anywhere working for others.

Small home businesses have some small costs involved, less then $500 to start is reasonable and I would stay away from those wanting $1000-$5000. It doesn’t cost that much to start and run a home business so you shouldn’t pay it. The real ones will have a small monthly overhead as well. Should be around $50 a month but no more then $75. And everything should be included from your web sites to training and team support to back office accounting and booking. It’s ok to pay this overhead because it’s a business, they cost money. It’s not reasonable to assume you can run a business from home with a website, accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, processing and more for free so do keep that in mind as you search.

If you are coming across places that say free then I would RUN don’t walk the other way! They never are. I tried them many a times and 3 weeks later I had to buy this and 6 weeks later that. After 6 months these “free businesses” had cost me over $800 on average.

I’m a stay at home mom of two little girls as I mentioned, ages 1 and 3. I work about 15-18 hours per week for a National Medical Benefits Company. This is a home business, a nationally known and reputable home business which is what you need to make sure you are looking for. I have been with the company almost a year now and I make over $3500 a month! In your first month, depending on how many hours you can work, I have seen people make anywhere from $500 to over $3000. And your income will increase each month because we get paid residual income as well. If I continue on as I am going at the end of the year I will be making $6000 a month. My friend Becky from South Carolina started 2 years before me and she is now making $102,000 a year with this company.

The best part is they have 401(k), direct deposit, life insurance and a benefits package most of which you get from day one. In addition, there are no products, no hard selling or pushing, no cold calling, no home parties and no telemarketing! That was VERY important to me.

I absolutely love working with them and I can't believe I am making what I am making and in so few hours per week. The neat thing is there are other people on your team that you work with so you are never alone. You have great team support and you get to know the other people on your team pretty well. The support is great but I have made wonderful friends as well. I think that’s important too, especially being at home!

I was a bit apprehensive at first because I know a lot of companies are not legit but this company is the number one National Medical Benefits Company in the US. They are a member of the US Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Dental Plans and the owner of the company actually sits on the board of The Consumer Health Alliance to which we are also members. Also they were featured in “The New York Times”, “Wall Street Journal” “Time Magazine” and the “American Medical Review”. Even “60 Minutes” with Morley Safer did a big special on this home based business.

Even more then all this is they are accepted at over 100,000 retailers nation wide. These are fortune 500 companies like Sears, Target, Walgreens, CVS, Wal-mart, Publix and more. These companies would never work with a company that was any thing less then reputable. That made me feel very good about working with them knowing they were accepted at these stores that I frequent. Also now of course being with them I get the dental and vision benefits for free and I saved over $150 on my last visit to the dentist! That’s just a beautiful perk! : - )

When I first started I just felt very safe with them, that and my friend was already making so much money with Ameriplan. But at this point I feel a sense of security financially that our family has never had before. That plus LOVING what you do? What could be better?

Check them out! Just type in www.workathomeplus.net in your web browser.

-Amy

PS Janie Jones on our team tried and failed at Melaleuca before finding ameriplan and now, 4 years later she know makes over $300,000 a year. If you want, you can come on over and even talk to her.

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How about getting a real job??? If you failed at the others, you are not a good salesman, you just think you are. You should consider McDonald's.

Almost any home based business has the potential to be great for someone but your goal needs to be finding “The One” for you. In order to do that you need to discover our passion.
What gets you fired up?
What do you love?
What do you like doing now that you can incorporate in your new venture?
There are business’ that revolve around food, books, all natural products, home décor, candles, beauty products, etc…which one is something that gets you excited?
Not every business is for everyone but it is for someone. Whatever business you choose you will need to invest your time and energy into getting it going. You will need to learn your products, find your customers, and develop a budget and a business plan. All of this takes time and effort. I have heard the statement “Find a job you love and you will never work another day in your life.” I love that statement and honestly believe it.
I have found 2 home based business’ I love. One encompasses a large line of various products and the other is a candle business. I would love to share information on my businesses but would be happy to tell you what I know about other businesses as well.
Lift is short – spend your time enjoying it!

Stacy
Gold Canyon Senior Demonstrator - www.mygccandle.com/stacyscents
Avon Unit Leader - www.youravon.com/svaughan
avon_stacyv@yahoo.com

Feel free to read up what you need in this blog here as well as other tips on running homebased business too here:

=> http://www.getrichinsg.com/workfromhome

Cheers to you and I hope it helps with your money making goals.

Have you considered learning medical transcription? It's a GREAT work at home career, good pay, and many jobs available. It doesn't entail sales, but it's a great and legitimate career choice. Best wishes to you.

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I think your best bet is to sell your products in the eBay. Try to post good and influential statements for your ads in your eBay website. You will make a hell lot of money. You must be honest to your viewers and customers.

Hi Michael,

If you are truly ready to take control of your life email me. I would like to share a opportunity with you that has changed my life forever. Our two sons just quit college to do it also. There is nothing to sell just help people that are looking to get out of the trading time for money cancer, living paycheck to paycheck at a JOB (Just Over Broke). Believe me I know it's hard to know who to trust on the internet but check out my profile and email me. No sales pitches I promise. I will just give you some sites to explore and you be the judge.

Sincerely,
Val

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Have a look and see how things go.

well this is not really for salesman, but you may want to look into promoting. It is good to know how to write good articles and good websites, but not really sales. :)

Check it out.

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Review the page of the items you will be selling and then go to Want a Page like this and Join, it's that easy! With your Sales Expertise I am sure you will do very well.

Hi Michael,

This whole business can seem very overwhelming but do your research, be patient with yourself, and the truth is there is no get-rich method and you do have to work at this to make real money and there is real money to be made. So once you are not afraid of putting in a little effort, then you're one step in the right direction. The best advice I got was to join programs that were FREE or extremely cheap to join and offered training and support, that way I'm not spending the little bit of money i do have with no support to make it work, this came from www.about.com, check out home business and online business for advice and tips.

Now , concerning safe, reliable businesses that have been around and are free to join and will give you training, support and promotional tools, you can check these out.

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If you need any more help, feel free to drop me a line, good luck and don't get discouraged, this business is like any other except the benefits far out weigh the hardships and in time you see, it's far better to work a job you enjoy just cause you want to and not because you have too. And that's if after you succeed, you even choose to work a J.O.B. So again, be realistic, be patient and be persistant.

God Bless
K

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Look into staffing. Especially in tech services....you can contact one of the staffing companies and subcontract to them.

I've looked into many other the same businesses you've mentioned and some more. My advice is to go where the money is and that is travel. Travel is a $7.1 trillion industry and growing every day. A Baby Boomer is retiring every 8 seconds and the first thing they want to do is travel. The average family in the United States spends $4,200 annually on travel. This is why my wife and I started our own online travel business. We’ve looked for years for a home based business and this is the first thing that made sense to us. The best part is that it sells itself. All you have to do is tell people about it. The industry commissions are already built in. You can also learn to save thousands on your taxes and travel wholesale instead of retail. The company that we work through is publicly traded, SEC regulated, has a $6,000 guarantee, and even offers health insurance. They even send their top agents on a cruise to the Bahamas. No one else does this. We love this business!

Hello college kid
There are a lot of inexpensive programs out there. Choose a
home based business that come with online training , and living sponsors to mentor you so I would'nt worry about education too much .I have several programs on my sight. Holler at me

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