Monday, January 12, 2009

Legitimate Work At Home Opportunities - The Big 3 Cash Geysers

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.

Here are few that are very popular for you to consider:

1. The Network Marketing Opportunity. This kind of opportunity has a long standing in the work at home niche and is one of the most popular. Your task is to retail a product while recruiting others to do the same. You earn commissions on your sales as well as the sales of those on your team (or network). The idea of creating a long term residual income is the ultimate goal of this income vehicle.

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. High Ticket Direct Sales Opportunity. This opportunity type is growing very fast among high income earning professionals due to its strong immediate income potential. It shares characteristics of both Network and Affiliate Marketing in regards flat fee commissions (typically between 60-100%) and the ability to build a team for leveraged, residual income.

Although the initial investment may be higher than other opportunities, many direct sales associates have been able to earn significant incomes in very short periods of time based on the pay structure.

Depending on exactly what you are looking for in a business, each of the legitimate work at home opportunities above has it's pros and cons.

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. - 15359

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