I am currently running a website about home based businesses that was started a few years ago. It is a simple guide to home based businesses. It is basically an informational site and the main revenue is from ads and not from product sales.
Once in a while, I will get an email that will read something like this:
“Please, I want to make money on the Internet.”
In the beginning, when I do get such an email, I will give the sender a proper reply. Essentially, I will tell him that making money on the Internet is hard work, but very possible if he puts in the work.
I don’t think I ever got a second email. The sender was probably looking for a simple turnkey solution and I didn’t offer him one.
I remember an email from someone who likes my site very much, and wants to know how he can sign up. I took the trouble to tell him that my site is an informational site and that it does not have a join button.
I did electronics design for a living. I studied electronics engineering for 3 years at the polytechnic to get my diploma, and it was only after about 5 to 10 years of working experience that I consider myself good enough to ask for a salary of a few thousand dollars a month.
Many websites that advertise their business opportunities claim that a few thousand dollars a month after a few weeks or months is within easy reach. And you do not require any experience or expertise to pull it off. What’s more, the work will probably need only 1 to 2 hours per day.
What can I say except, “Use your head.”
I mean, if a man were to offer you a lot of money to do something really easy, would you do it? Say you were offered $100 to deliver a parcel to a nearby address. Would you do it?
You will run away like you were planning to break a few Olympic records right?
You know that nobody is going to offer you $100 for a half an hour job with no strings attached. There is definitely a catch. He is hoping that greed will take over and you will accept the job.
The Internet might seem somewhat magical since you can’t see it, or touch it, or hold it in you hands. But it is as real as the offline world and exactly same rules apply. There is no free lunch on the Internet and the sooner you realize that, and the sooner you will put in the work needed and reap the benefits.
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