"Are You Online To Earn Money Or Just To Have Fun?"

By:R.M. Blackledge

"Are You Online To Earn Money Or Just To Have Fun?"
R.M. Blackledge
TheWorkAtHomeBlog.com
Š Copyright 2005
Okay, you're online now and you've made a decision that you want
to earn a few extra dollars just like the people do in all of those
late-night infomercials.
Congratulations, you've just gone through the same basic decision-making
process that thousands, if not millions, of home-based entrepreneurs
have done before you.
Believe it or not, the manner in which this first fateful conclusion is
arrived at often times determines whether or not each home-based
business will succeed or fail. { at least, until they acquire a better
understanding of the online business game, through painful trial and
error. } Unfortunately, many people go online with a vague, undefined
notion that they are going to earn some extra money for themselves,
without really realizing, exactly what they've gotten themselves in to.
That kind of lack of focus can doom an online newbie before they
even get started.
The first rule of online home-based entrepreneurship is that it is not
a hobby. Okay, it can be a hobby if you want to put up a personal site,
place a few banners ads, and maybe earn twenty or thirty dollars a
month in commission, just as something fun to do. These individuals
we are not addressing. Such persons regard being online as just fun,
because their personal site is meant only to impress a few friends,
and serve as a conversation piece. Or even as a convenient place to
post some juicy gossip!
If you are online with the express intent of earning money, then you
are an entrepreneur, not a hobbyist. You can never approach your
online business as a hobby. This applies whether you're intent is to
work at your online business full-time or part-time.
There are millions of commercial websites online now, and the internet
is extremely competitive. In fact, the commercial side of the internet
is like a war-zone. Duck, or you might get hit by something.
It is well-nigh impossible to earn substantial money, say $300.00
dollars a month, and up, just stumbling along. All of those paid-to-surf
deals and reading e-mails for pennies a mail, have been overexposed,
and scandalized, such that people just don't believe in them anymore.
The thrill passed out of those types of online businesses a long time
ago.
If you want to succeed as an online entrepreneur, you have to set goals
for yourself. Write out a business plan, even if it's just a few short lines
on a notepad. What is it that you want to accomplish? What kinds of
businesses interest you?
Then you have to study, and read till your eyes ache. Learn all you can,
from whatever sources that you can.
Most of all you must have determination and patience. Even the wealthiest
online entrepreneurs { the so-called internet gurus } had to start from the
same place everyone else had to start. -- The beginning.
You're going to make mistakes. So keep a positive attitude and refuse
to let the temporary setbacks take you out of the game.
Finally, be proud of yourself. Because you're running an online business.
You're not a hobbyist who's going to settle for just a few extra bucks.
You want the big cash. Because you deserve it.
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R.M. Blackledge is the owner of The Work-A-Home Blog and has published numerous home business and self-help articles on the internet.

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