Day One The Blog Begins

Greetings!

First off let me say that the date for this blog is incorrect. Today is actually April 23,2008. I came here and set up the blog at the end of March and put in a few words and that was it. I had planned on coming back the next day but some things came up......and now here it is almost a month later...anyway I promise I will be posting a bit more frequently than every 3 -4 weeks 8)......so anyway on to the blog......

Welcome to my blog. I hope to spread some wisdom about my experiences,(or should I say my nightmare), that has been my work from home journey. I have to say first off that before you purchase any work from home program you need to beware! I can't even begin to count how many scams and rip-offs programs that are out there. But believe me when I say....It IS possible to work from home online and make money! There are many people out there making a very comfortable living working online from home.

Many will ask, " well how the heck do I determine whether or not it's a scam"? Well common sense certainly comes to mind as one way! 8) I mean if it says you are going to be able to buy their program and sit back and watch the money roll in, and you don't have to do any work....common sense should tell you...."boy this sounds a little to good to be true". Well guess what...it probably is!! Unfortunately many of these scam artists are so good at drawing you in with their ad copy that it's hard to resist.

So here is one way I have found to check them out. Many of them have a name for their program, or actually list the name of the person who has developed the program. So just hop on over to Google or Yahoo and type in the persons name or the name of the program in the search bar......and at the end of it just add in the word scam. If anyone has been scammed or ripped off you are going to get some results back warning you to stay away! There are even quite a few sites out there that specialize in reporting scam and rip-off artists and or their programs.Now this won't work for all the programs out there but it will work for quite a few, especially the big name ones. It will at least give you a starting point.

Here is another way to check a program out. Most of the Work from Home sites almost always have a testimonials page. Now if they just give you a first name and last initial and maybe a location you are out of luck for this method. But many of them will give a name, and the persons web site address. The legit ones will have actual web site links that work. The scam ones will usually have links that mysteriously do not work. Or they will sometimes post the web address in the testimonial but you can't click on it.....they just make it an inactive link. If that's the case just copy and paste the link into a new tab or window in your web browser and check it out. If most of the links in the testimonials pages won't take you to the person listed web page, or if they just don't go anywhere, then chances are you want to stay away.

In closing tonight I will give you 2 sites you can use to check out a program you are wondering about. The first one is called Scam.com. It's a forum site dedicated to scams. Just click on the search button and type in the program name or persons name that you want to check out. Chances are if it's a scam it will be listed in someones post somewhere in the forum. Or you can just register for a free account at Scam.com and post a question about the program or person you are wondering about.

The other site I recommend checking out is called WAH Watchdog/. This site a a bit different. What they do is they have a grade for Work At Home Programs. The reason I like this site is that the grading is done by people who have actually purchased one of the Work at Home programs. To post a rating on a program you have to prove that you have actually purchased the program. It's a different idea and there have been over 8 MILLION votes cast on all those programs you see out there. Head on over and check it out.

The main point of all this is, you need to do your research before you lay down your hard earned money for a program that you can't evaluate until after you have paid your money. In following blogs I will give you some other things to look out for in scam sites, and I will get more into the different ways to actually make money online from home. There are programs out there that actually do work!!!

G'nite all!
Mike
http://www.iloveworkingontheweb.com/