We talked extensively about the difference between “legitimate” and “worthwhile” work at home opportunities in our previous articles, but it’s important enough that it bears repeating here:
The only real work at home opportunities are the ones where you put in the time and effort to grow your business .
However, the type of business you choose can make all the difference in the level of success you achieve.
With this in mind, while multi-level marketing (MLM) and affiliate marketing “work at home” opportunities are technically considered legitimate, they may not necessarily be worth your time. Why?
Many of those opportunities will lead you to believe that it will take very little work to earn a large sum of money.
They will also promise you’ll be able to achieve financial independence in a short period of time.
While either of these industries can provide you with an added source of income, the reality is that the amount of time (and often money) you’ll need to commit to achieve success may not make them worthwhile in the long run.
Many times, MLM opportunities also have reputations for toeing a very fine line between being legit business opportunities and pyramid schemes.
The former can help you earn commissions on the products you sell, while the latter are focused more on how many distributors you can enroll in your downline.
And because nearly all MLM companies, even longstanding ones like Amway. focus on creating an active downline, differentiating scams from legitimate opportunities can become very blurry.
As such, we’ve mentioned on multiple occasions that the best paths to success when working from home are either a) being directly employed by another company, or b) becoming your own boss.
With this distinction out of the way, let’s take a look at why you keep seeing advertisements claiming to help you “Make $1K in the Next 3 Days!” pop up every time you’re online.
