Google Cash Kit is a Scam

Good afternoon, Are you able to tell if these two websites below are online home business scams? It sounds too good to be true. I am skeptical about these three websites. www.dailyjobstribune.com/jobs/?t202id=12539&t202kw=work%20at%20home dailytribunes.com/finance/?c1=12&c2=72&c3=132&c4=0 rs971.speedypaycheck.com/?pubid=23829 Thank you in advance! Right now I don’t have a job. Currently, I am looking for an online business opportunity so I can free up most of my time for my children. These programs consist of a membership website with lessons. The lessons teach you how to place advertisements on Google Adwords for other online programs that you have an affiliate relationship with. These programs have an ongoing monthly membership fee, that can be as high as $70. They aren’t scams, per se, if they do provide you with training, but they aren’t very upfront about the monthly fees. Also, from what I’ve heard, there are so many complaints about these programs, that they keep changing their name and URL. That’s a danger signal to me. Can you make money online using Google Adwords to promote other affiliate programs? Sure, but is it worth $70 a month to find out? I don’t know. I don’t know if they’re part of the program, or just something that someone is using to market them, but the websites you sent me strike me as scammy. The sites use an IP-based location service to figure out where the viewer is web surfing from and then they change the info on the page accordingly so that they look like they’re talking about people that are local to you. For example, one of the sites mentions: Mary, a mother from Oakhurst, California is thriving, in the middle of an economic recession working in the comfort of her own home. The other one says: For Mike Richardson, who lives in Mariposa , CA , who filled out a simple online form, working online was the way to get a new job. Both Mariposa and Oakhurst, California are very close to me — I live between them. If you open the pages, you’ll see a different city listed. If I didn’t know better, I’d assume that they were really talking about local people doing this business, but they aren’t. It’s just marketing. Thanks for the question. Hope I was able to help. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Find Your Loved Ones After a Disaster: WeAreSafeAndSound.com Posted: 22 Jun 2009 02:09 PM PDT Just in time for the start of hurricane season comes a new business called We Are Safe And Sound. It is a electronic lost and found bulletin board for families. Families pre-register for the site and receive a login ID, password and voicemail box number. If, unfortunately, they’re involved in a disaster like a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or terrorist attack, family members can update the website, either via the internet or telephone and leave a message for their loved ones letting them know where they are and their condition. I think it’s an interesting idea, and I do see a need for something like this, but I don’t know if the company’s business model is viable. It consists of selling advertising space on the website and audio advertisements on the voicemail system during the initial setup. The founder of the site, Alvin Brown, explained that advertising does not play when a user is a leaving a voicemail, so that not no one is ever forced to listen to an ad for the local insurance salesman while clinging to the roof of a building during a flood, for instance. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

How To Take Better Photos of Your Product Posted: 22 Jun 2009 01:46 PM PDT photo credit: Jesse757 A new post up on Dgital Photography School offers four tips for improving the photographs you use on your online store. They are: Turn Off the Flash Remove Distracting Elements Utilize Simple Staging. Employ Creative Use of Depth of Field to Highlight Product Detail From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Defining Your Challenge Posted: 22 Jun 2009 11:30 AM PDT photo credit: Christmas w/a K As business owners we face a number of challenges on a daily basis. Some are small no big deal challenges and others require a great deal of time and attention in order to overcome them. Many of us find ourselves at a loss when it comes to defining our challenges. Office Hero Headquarters offers some suggestions. Consider all of the problems and grey areas that you are facing at the moment and ask yourself what is not working in the scenario. This is where you can correctly pin point the factors that are currently bugging you. Once you have correctly pin-pointed the challenge at hand, now you must ask yourself how you can overcome this challenge or how you can correct the challenge your facing and better the situation. Would this feel like success? This is your “checking question.” It gives you a way to make sure you’ve defined the challenge accurately. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Entrepreneurs Take Second Jobs To Stay Afloat Posted: 22 Jun 2009 11:11 AM PDT The Wall Street Journal: Small-business owners who are struggling to keep their companies afloat are doing anything they can to ride the recession, even taking on second jobs. For Darren Hammond, co-owner of Chile Blossoms, a Concord, Calif., importer of peonies from Chile, the winter was particularly harsh as clients stopped paying or fell behind in payments. Sales are down 60% from last season, Hammond says. Last year, he had to stop taking a salary so that he could continue paying business expenses. To manage personal expenses, such as cellphone bills and car payments, Hammond found a part-time job working two to three days a week as a customer-service representative and weekend guide for All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting in Walnut Creek. “Everybody has bills to pay,” he says. “It’d be nice if I could sit back and collect money from Chile Blossoms and live a very comfortable life. At this stage, that’s not the case.” Small-business owners like Hammond are looking for alternate sources of income to make ends meet and to fund their troubled companies. Some 18% of owners surveyed in April said they are working a second job, according to the latest findings from the American Express Open Small Business Monitor. Many of them have sacrificed their personal finances and have stopped taking a salary to deal with the current economic reality. “It’s an indicator that small-business owners are experiencing challenges the type of which they haven’t faced for a long time,” says Alice Bredin, small-business adviser for American Express Open and president of Bredin Business Information Inc., a consulting firm in Cambridge, Mass. The goal for most is to simply bring in enough money until business picks back up. The second job, she says, is “a bridge to better times.” Photo by Chile Blossoms. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Proven Headlines That Sell Like Hotcakes Posted: 22 Jun 2009 10:30 AM PDT photo credit: faeryboots In business when entering into marketing and advertising, every business owners dream is to strike their prospects with attention getting headlines, content, pictures and more. Below are some suggestions on proven awesome headline formulas that are sure to sell like crazy, recently found on Copyblogger. Put it out there plainly and simply. No jokes or pun on words. Something such as “all jeans 40% off, no interest for 1 year”. Don’t beat around the bush with people, say it straight out and they will respect that. Say it with commands to get their attention. “Become a better writer in 10 days, get tax relief now, buy now and get free shipping” are all great way’s to get their attention quick and get your message across to them. Relay an honest, enthusiastic testimonial. A testimonial headline can do two things for you. First, it presents your reader with a third party endorsement of your product or service. Second, it capitalizes on the fact that people like to know what other people say. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Free Pop-Up Space For Small Creative Bizs Posted: 22 Jun 2009 10:10 AM PDT Springwise: This summer, KiosKiosk will be offering a small kiosk space to start ups selling ceramics, art, fashion and other creative products. At no cost to its temporary tenants. Creative organizations, businesses or individuals ready to trade simply send in their details and explain why they’re a good candidate to fill the space. KiosKiosk’s founders note that, although the number of people enrolling in design courses in the UK increases each year, it’s difficult for creative businesses to find affordable retail space in locations with enough foot traffic to attract potential buyers. The initiative is backed by the London Sustainable Development Commission, working to promote creative independent shops instead of more dime-a-dozen souvenir stalls. The first KiosKiosk—an eye-catching design by Geraldine and Wayne Hemingway—will be set up outside London's City Hall all summer, with plans to roll out the concept in other parts of the city and country at a later stage. As well as encouraging start ups and up-and-coming designers, the kiosk is a low-cost way for London to showcase the abundance of local creativity to visitors from around the world. Photo by KiosKiosk. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Successful Email Marketing Posted: 22 Jun 2009 09:30 AM PDT photo credit: Mzelle Biscotte Email marketing is all about customer retention. It's about building stronger relationships with customers who already know you and decided that, yes, they want to keep hearing from you. They want to stay up to date on what you're doing, they want to hear about new products, they want to hear about hot deals, etc. Put yourself in your customers place, think about what your customer wants and needs. This can be accomplished by thinking about what you yourself wants and needs as a customer, that will at least give you a rough idea of their wants and needs, as stated on Small Biz Trends. Always make sure that your subject line is a unique and attention getting subject line. Often times if something in the subject doesn’t strike their interest it gets automatically deleted. Look for a great template to use. Your email should speak to your readers including the way it looks and what it reads, so choose something unique and interesting to help catch their eye to the email. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Inventive Online Resources For Inventors Posted: 22 Jun 2009 09:09 AM PDT CNET News: I received an e-mail asking if I had ever taken a look at sites and services for inventors. I hadn’t. And judging by the size of those sites’ communities, I’m guessing that most other folks haven’t, either. Below are some of the neatest resources designed specifically for inventors. • Incuby is an online community designed for inventors who want to get the word out about their inventions. Once you sign up, the site asks you to input information about yourself. After that, it asks for pertinent information about your invention. You can give it a title, describe it, choose a category, and let the community know if your invention is patented yet. • InventBay enables inventors to list their products to target investors who might want to bring those products to store shelves. InventBay itself even does some investing. • InventNow is a really great idea. The site is an outlet for child inventors to show off their inventions. They can list their product, describe how it works, explain the problem it solves, and (hopefully) be seen by an investor. • InvenTube is a place where inventors and investors can work together to make a product a success. After you sign up for the site, you need to input information about your product, including whether it is patented, what you plan to do with it, and more. You then describe the product you want to sell and place it on the site. • The Patent and Trademark Office site is a handy tool for any inventor. It is filled with how-to articles on inventing a product, checking to make sure that your creation isn’t patented by someone else, and patenting your inventions. The site also has a variety of search tools and software downloads to help inventors and attorneys determine if a product or something similar has already been patented. It’s a helpful resource for any inventor. Photo by raja4u. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Myths About Employee Motivation Posted: 22 Jun 2009 08:30 AM PDT photo credit: lumaxart Recently Entrepreneur.com posted an article regarding what truly motivates your employees in a down economy that i don’t necessarily think is true for everyone. While they state that money sure does motivate your employees in today’s economy, they are more suggesting that the recognition you give your employees motivates them more than money. It's the recognition and status that are the true motivators for the increased output. Take for example, the high tech salesperson who sold more product than anyone else in the department. I have no doubt in my mind that employees appreciate recognition a great deal, however, i wouldn’t go as far to say that they prefer that over money in a down economy. Maybe during times of good business the recognition would mean a lot more, but let’s face it, during good times people enjoy more money so they definitely are going to enjoy it a great deal during times when they very much need it. Entrepreneur.com suggests that smart employees don’t need to be motivated that they are self motivated through their status and recognition. I would say that no matter the employees status or their recognition or even how smart they are, they are still going to want a decent if not better than decent salary otherwise they will go somewhere else. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Win $25,000 To Grow Your Biz On eBay Posted: 22 Jun 2009 08:08 AM PDT Business Wire: eBay launched the eBay Sellers Challenge, a unique initiative with a simple goal: empower and inspire entrepreneurs to grow existing businesses – or start new ones – on eBay. The Sellers Challenge asks entrepreneurs to answer a simple question: "How would you use $25,000 to grow – or start – an eBay business?" Four winners will each receive a $25,000 business grant, along with marketing advice and assistance from eBay. The challenge requires entrepreneurs to develop a compelling plan for growing or establishing an eBay-based business, using the powerful tools and access to buyers offered only by eBay, the world's largest online marketplace. Entrants are encouraged to submit a business plan and an accompanying video in one of four categories: * Current or former members of the Unites States armed forces; * Individuals or small businesses who have not sold on eBay; * Part-time sellers who want to go full-time on eBay; and * Full-time eBay sellers who want to grow their business further. Submissions will be evaluated by eBay and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship. Working with eBay, the Kauffman Foundation has also made available a wealth of information and resources for entrepreneurs – including tips for success, guidance for starting and growing an online business and advice on business plan development – at the eBay Sellers Challenge Web site. Photo by eBay. From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Why Your Business Needs A Coach Posted: 22 Jun 2009 07:30 AM PDT photo credit: timsamoff If you haven't yet hired a coach or didn't have a good experience with one, my hope is that the following will encourage you to consider why a coach would be beneficial to you and your business. Hiring a coach for your business offers a very supportive environment for you and your company. They always have “the client comes first” attitude when working with you, which is how it should be in business as our clients are the most important key to our success. A coach is about listening and being helpful and supportive in all situation’s that you and your business encounter. They can help provide fresh ideas and solutions to your challenges that arise in your business. Your coach will provide a safe and secure place for you to express your ideas and concerns without being judge or put down for the way you think. From Business Opportunities Weblog.