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Have you or are you thinking of starting a home based business. We all think of how our life would improve if we could just make an extra $500, $1,000, or more every month. If you are like me you have thought about it and may have started a part time business in the past. I believe people think about creating a better life for themselves and their family all the time. People also I believe, and this may have happened to you, jump into a business opportunity after an exciting sales pitch, without due consideration. People, including myself, have spent more money than they can afford, on products and services they have absolutely no need for, just because they are products the business opportunity they joined sale.

Does this sound like something you have done? Don't think you are alone in this. Most of us get excited about something and jump in without first considering if we have the time, money, or knowledge necessary to make the opportunity work. We don*t conceder if we have adequate belief in our ability to represent the products to our prospective customers, or the support necessary to get over the rough spots that, without a doubt, are going to put blocks on our path to becoming financially successful.

You have no doubt heard a hundred motivational speakers say "You can do it if you push yourself outside your comfort zone". The thing is that when you have pushed yourself way past your comfort zone a few dozen times you are in a near panic every time you reach for the phone or talk to a prospective customer face to face. Another thing, since this is not the first time you or I have tried starting a business, it is also not the first time you or I have called our friends and family with a wonderful money making opportunity. When they hear us say "I have something I am really excited about that I want you to look at," they say *sorry* and hang up the phone.

You know, that is one of the most marvelous things about starting a Home Based Business using the internet. With putting just a few hours a week into your internet business, in a reasonably short time, you can begin to make money. You don't have to be in a hurry and you don't have to ask your family and friends to join you, *not until you are making money and can show them a few checks you have received in the mail*.

If you optimize your web site you can get, with no cost to you, people to visit it from the search engines (google, yahoo, msn. etc). You can get inexpensive advertisement from a variety of advertising firms. You can post articles to the internet, like this one, with a resource box at the bottom with your contact information. You can write blogs and post them on your web site, and do a multitude of other things that can bring traffic to your site.

One of the most important things about starting a home based business on the internet is that you can get very knowledgeable people to create a free web site for you. You can get a large variety of fantastic free training. You can get all the help you could possibly need, not only from the person that built your web site for you but also from a multitude of forums on nearly anything you can imagine.

Just remember, you do not have to spend a fortune starting a home based business on the internet. You can start for the price of a cup of coffee a day and work from there. You don't have to rush to get or learn everything today. You don't have to pick up a phone to do cold calling or talk to strangers on the street. You can do these things BUT only if you decide to.

Best wishes and the best of luck in your path to financial success.