| You hear a lot about people making a lot of money | | | | a certain number at 3:00 PM today. I called the number |
| working some MLM opportunity but the only problem | | | | which was a conference call and you could hear all |
| with these are that you need to make an investment | | | | these other people on the phone talking about how |
| and you have to know a lot of people. I have a | | | | they were now making six figures a year from this. |
| guaranteed income each month that covers my rent | | | | Some of the people said that they used to be Police |
| but I'm at home all the time and not earning any | | | | Officers, Teachers, Lawyers, and managers from |
| additional money. When my wife and i first arrived in | | | | other industries. What it all boiled down to was the |
| Brunswick we applied at a lot of local businesses but | | | | reason they got you to make this call is because they |
| the problem being is that at the present moment we | | | | wanted you to hear all the excitement from the other |
| only have one car between us. | | | | people which would then get you excited. For a $3500 |
| I had signed up with Guru over a year ago but pretty | | | | Pledge you would then get other people that would |
| much never had pursued it. Guru is a site that says | | | | pay the same pledge placed underneath you. You had |
| you can make bids on freelance work. The only | | | | to advertise the prewritten ad and call anybody who |
| problem is that you can only have one active profile at | | | | responded. |
| a time. With Careerbuilder you can apply for retail | | | | To me this is like the old chain letter schemes but |
| sales positions, telemarketing positions, and whatever | | | | instead of getting an envelope in the mail you got an |
| else gets your fancy. You can do all of this without | | | | email. No product, no ebooks, no trials to anything. All |
| limitation. I did receive an invitation in some junk mail last | | | | you got was the satisfaction of parting with your |
| week about a low cost trial for a freelance site and i | | | | money. They told me that if I didn't have the money to |
| signed up and responded to as many ads as I qualified | | | | go a head and borrow it from somebody. There are |
| for. | | | | so many of these programs out there on the Internet |
| I got zero replies so I canceled my membership. | | | | and it never ceases to amaze me how people can |
| Otherwise it would have automatically charged my | | | | actually sleep at night after they have convinced other |
| credit card for a full months membership and since I | | | | people to part with their hard earned money. I call |
| got nothing from the trial i was not about to keep the | | | | these things Scams. No other way to look at it. |
| service. I then did some searches on the Net for | | | | Now, I have found that there are some legitimate |
| articles about freelance, work-at-home jobs, | | | | telework jobs out there. These are opportunities to |
| telecommuting, etc. What I learned is that there are a | | | | work on the telephone from your home and actually |
| lot of sites that will only give you the right information if | | | | get paid an hourly wage. I have received some emails |
| you pay a membership fee. These sites are making | | | | today from a few of these companies and I have filled |
| money off of anybody who signs up but I almost | | | | out their applications and gone through their training. |
| guarantee that none of the members are actually | | | | The ball is now in their court but if these jobs end up |
| getting and work from these sites. | | | | not working out believe me I will not keep this bottled |
| I spent the day yesterday visiting any freelance work | | | | up inside me. |
| site that didn't charge any fees up front. They may try | | | | I have come to the realization that you need to stick |
| to get you to sign up for additional services which | | | | with sites like Craigslist, Careerbuilder, and Monster and |
| have a cost but to look at and reply to jobs cost you | | | | in the search box use keywords like Virtual Employee, |
| nothing. Most of the responses i received though were | | | | freelance, virtual call center, work-at-home call center, |
| from people trying to get me into some Biz Opp. Or | | | | or remote employee. Now there are some services |
| only offering a job where your only compensation is | | | | out their that will post what you are looking for on a lot |
| commission after the sale is made. | | | | of job boards and this is fine if you have the extra |
| I have tried commission only work in the past and at | | | | money but please be careful with your money. |
| first you are all hyped up about the work. This is the | | | | When you do a search on a site like Google or Yahoo |
| same if you have ever signed up for one of theses | | | | the results that show up first in a box are paid listings. I |
| MLM companies. After a while you get fed up when | | | | am under the assumption that these results are MLM |
| you find that you were the only person to get really | | | | or some other type of Biz opp. Remember, any site |
| excited about a certain product or Biz. The recruiter's | | | | that is charging a fee is probably only making money |
| for these opportunities are very good about getting | | | | by charging you that fee. Guru at least lets you to bid |
| you all excited about the possible money you can | | | | on 10 jobs per month without paying anything. I am |
| make. | | | | giving some though to creating a job board where |
| I did respond to this one ad that went like this; | | | | freelancers will post their portfolio and a company that |
| Make $500 to $1000 a day Just by Returning Calls. | | | | has a job would then look at thesite for a freelance |
| Not MLM, No Selling, No Inventory, no Start up | | | | person. The only money I would make would be from |
| It gave an email address that I replied to and today i | | | | something like Google Adsense or by becoming an |
| received a phone call about it. The lady asked me a | | | | Amazon affiliate and letting them suggest books |
| few questions like could i follow a specific business | | | | based on a persons search. |
| plan and after i responded positively she told me to call | | | | |