Friday, January 30, 2009

Legitimate Work At Home Opportunities - 3 Profit Pillars Revealed

By Kylon Trower

With scams and less than honorable money making schemes lurking around every corner, legitimate work at home opportunities can be difficult to recognize if you don't have a keen eye and head for business. That said, there are some legitimate work at home opportunities that will suit anyone looking for their way out of the corporate rate race or a chance to for supplement their income.

I have listed a few of the most popular that you should take a look at below:

1. MLM or Network Marketing. These opportunities allow you to promote a product or service while building a team of others to do the same. You will receive overrides and commissions on your teams sales and productivity resulting in a residual income for you and your family.

2. The Affiliate Marketing Opportunity. This unique opportunity requires that you sell the products/ services of others normally for a flat fee commission (usually between 25-75%). This is a very easy and simple way to get started in a legitimate work at home business without the need to recruit. The other side of the coin is that this solution isn't as highly leveraged as residual income is typically not a characteristic of this business model.

3. Top Tier Direct Sales. This opportunity is somewhat new in the world of legitimate work at home opportunities. It is sometimes considered a hybrid of both Network and Affiliate Marketing. It shares the direct internet sales aspect of affiliate marketing as well as the leveraged team building advantages of Network Marketing.

This type of opportunity is usually more costly to get involved in (between $500 - $5000 in some instances), however, it allows affiliates to earn more significant immediate cash income in very short periods of time.

Each income vehicle will cater to different segments of the market depending on social skills, time commitment and other key factors. That said, all of the above solutions can be extremely profitable and are legitimate work at home opportunities that can be started immediately.

Please note that strong marketing skills (preferably internet marketing) are highly recommended to have success in all of the examples above. There is certainly more detailed information that can be shared on each but due to the nature of this medium I would recommend visiting our website for more details. - 15485

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