Saturday, August 22, 2009

It may be a very wrong opportunity, baby…

Everybody is looking for something: love, money, ideas.

Let’s talk about money first. That d* thing always comes first nowadays.
Everything looks so easy on Internet. Just do plenty of surveys. What can be easier, people will pay you for your opinion, will they? Nope.
Not that easy, not the way it is presented in multiple programs and paid “opportunities”. I am guilty; I bought into that kind of “opportunity”. It’s easy, quick, and completely useless. Add Image
I bought survey program and earned “0”, a big one.
So just do not waste your time and money, however small, it is your money, you do not have to pay scamsters. You have to realize, that people who advertise these programs are either affiliates who are trying to make a quick sales cash, without even thinking, what the heck they are selling, or creators of the so called “opportunity”, who are making money by selling the program, knowing very well, that you are not going to make any money.

They are going to make money, by finding a sucker who will buy it. You can sign up to any big company for free, They need surveys on a regular basis and for your participation and if you qualify, they will give you some points, lottery draws (sweepstakes).
But most important, you have to qualify for a survey.
And if you are a green elephant living in Alaska, you might not qualify for that particular survey today or any other day for that matter. And if by some lucky chance they need opinions of green elephants today, you can earn couple of points instead of peanuts you would prefer.
And to earn these points you have to participate in a lot of surveys, as many as possible. Theoretically you could win some sweepstakes.
I once won $100 US. Unfortunately I got only $70; US government deducted $30 dollars for taxes.
I live in Canada, and do not clearly understand why should I pay US tax? But I got the rest and was happy. Anything helps.
US government needs more money than me anyway. That’s a well-known fact. They have to feed more people. My problem with that stuff is that if you divide the amount you can get on the time you spent to get it, it does not sound right.
You better sit on the corner, at a subway or busy market and beg, you’ll get more, just kinda embarrassing for most people.
Same with pay per click, or reading email.
I joined some of them, wasted some time, quit, or just dropped out, waste of time. If you are earning $0,00015 for reading email, how long will it take you to earn $10? I am still with Clixsense, though, it is more like a curiosity. They sent me $7.60 recently worth almost a year’s clicking. Now I upgraded, may be will get more and sooner. But they are reliable and you can trust them.
We have to understand that to earn money right away, like substantial money, you need to invest considerably and knowledgeably.
You need to know what you are doing, or you’ll be loosing a lot. You need not sacrifice your last penny.
You can take some learning curve; you can even join some good MLM. MLM is a good opportunity, if you know how to build it, or somebody is willing to show you how to do it right.
In a reputable company with good and in demand product you can start with very little money and in time make you business work for you.

In 5 years if you have sufficient support of your upline, you can build a successful business and help others to do the same. It’s a wonderful idea. The problem is that many people too greedy or in a rush to make money fast and they turn the legal business into illegal pyramid scam and ruin everything, quit, even go to jail.

If you have some skills and knowledge, you can sell that opportunity on line or off. Just do not go into affiliate marketing without thorough investigation, do not scam and spam people. It’s unethical and immoral. Some programs are just useless junk, not worth a dime.

Sales person and a scoundrel is not the same, though start with the same letter.
If you have some interesting information, write about it and give it to people. We live in the Informational Age.

Good information worth paying for and people will pay for it. And if you do not have any skills, you can always help people who does have it, or help somebody off the Net.
We used to have plenty of rich people before Internet Era. We never missed Internet then.
And one more thing: being broke is not a genetic disorder; it’s a choice (I did not say that!). And money does grow on trees. It’s called Tree of Knowledge.
Just do not sit on your butt, do something, man (I said that!)

That’s 2 pennies of wisdom of a reluctant immigrant.

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