Sunday, June 29, 2008

Work from Home Scams

With the current economic climate more and more people are looking for means to supplement their incomes. Choosing the right product or strategy can however be a daunting task. According to Derek Sanderson, senior editor of proconsumer guides, 94.6% of programs they tested failed to produce results and generate revenue. After testing 37 of the most prominently advertised "work at home", "make money online", "home business" markets only two showed positive results. The 37 programs that we shortlisted after surveying the major online search engines and portals were tested from between 10 to 14 days.

Of the two that generated money, a check was received approximately 12 days after the testing period. The two companies only required a small registration fee and had a clear refund and privacy policies documented on their sites. The registration fees appeared to be reasonable and legitimate costs due to the investment into the members area, the quality of information and the infrastructure needed to maintain the provided resources, as well as the provision of support. The one time registration fee was negligible compared to the level of income that was produced in only a two week period.

The factors which may have contributed to the negative results amongst the other products tested are useful guidelines to follow in selecting any potential product. These include:

1)Too little information provided: Whilst the concepts and methods were presented fairly well, there was no further information of practical or instructional value.
2)Poor quality of information: In some cases the program merely consisted of an E-book in PDF format ranging from 50 to 80 pages with an inflated font-size to make the book appear more than what it actually is. The information was poor, confusing and the content had many spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. These were very unprofessional products.
3)Hidden fees and huge upsells: A number of these programs did not disclose that there were further fees for the use of certain resources they offered, and many others offered an "upsell" which is offering you a higher value item at the point of purchase.
4)No clear privacy or refund policy: Many of the poor quality programs did not offer a clear privacy policy nor a refund policy. They attempted to get refunds for some of the extremely poor programs but were unsuccessful in most cases.
5)Selling of mentoring programs: Their personal information was used (or passed on to other organizations) and they received a few emails and calls in some instances attempting to sell them expensive mentoring schemes.
6)Poor customer support: The poor quality programs had support that was not very responsive and in some cases, non-existent.

Given the high failure rate of many programs it is important that people ensure they join only the highest quality programs since it is very possible to make a reasonable income online. The two programs which did show positive results in the abovementioned research are The Profit Lance Automated Wealth Program, which produced and income of $10043.19 in the 2 week period, and Legit Online Jobs, which produced an income of $ 2854.40 in the 2 week period.

Click here to visit the Profit Lance website
Click here to visist the Legit Online Jobs website

If you are looking to create mulitple streams of income, I recommend the Profit Lance program. However, if you are simply looking to supplement your earnings I recommend Legit Online Jobs.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Reviews: can you earn money online?

Everyone is looking for ways to either earn some extra cash or establish work-from-home businesses that will give them the opportunity to spend more time with their children, avoid commuting and not have to answer to a boss. Who is not sick and tired of working hard all their lives to barely survive and live from one month to the next. It is for this reason that so many people get fooled into hundreds of money making scams, spending hundreds of dollars to learn about the next get-rich-scheme. The sad truth is that these get-rich-schemes have given all legitimate products a really bad name. There are some very good products on the market that do provide many people with lucrative incomes. If you want to read more about independent reviews of the hottest money making opportunities and programs, check out this site:
http://petal.netsalaries.com/ and make up your own mind about what really works. Don't be fooled, many people are making alot of money working from home.