There cannot be many of us who haven't been tempted by glitzy get rich quick schemes, and after the shine and razzmatazz has been taken away there is no substance to the scheme. Whilst no one wants to be caught by such a money draining experience, is there any way in which it can benefit your business?..
Selling a pyramid.
Selling to your friends seems easy. Just take the product, show it to them and they will want to buy it. But even if they don't want to buy it, you can still earn commission from them as long as they sell it to someone else. Sounds a brilliant idea, until you sit down and work out that the further you are down the pyramid the harder you have to work to get back the considerable investment you've made in the scheme itself.
People who are down on their luck are emotionally vulnerable. It takes a psychological leap to pick yourself up and heave yourself bodily back into the Matrix of life. And if just at that stage you see a glimmer of hope, wouldn't you take the bait and be tantalised by the hook that was dangling in front of you?
Make Big Bucks!!.
Put in a few expensive cars (hired for the day) and a touch of showmanship, and hey presto, the sequins and stardust have drawn you in. You can almost smell the money, and the magnet it becomes, so that you and thousands of other people are tempted to throw, sometimes considerable, money into the pot. You will be told, it takes money, your money to make money. And for the promoters that's exactly what will happen. They will make money hand over fist from those optimists who think they can buck the trend by signing up for instant riches.
Taking the bait.
I'm sure you wouldn't be taken in by such scams, but just a little bit inside you might just be tempted by the thought of easy money. You might wrestle for a moment or two wondering if you could make your life easier by taking t he bait. But believe me you shouldn't!
The one thing you can do is to learn from this. Nothing in life will give you easy money. All money comes after a lot of hard work up front. It might flow a bit easier once you hit a comfort threshold but I am pleased that there are get rich merchants around.
Avoiding the easy money trap.
If you want to end up steering your business in the right direction then you could go with the easy money experts. And after trying one or two of these it becomes evident that there is no easy solution. Finding business solutions burns up a lot of time and effort if you want to get the best business result. This is especially so for solutions involving technology.
By avoiding get-solutions-quick schemes your business will benefit from sustainable answers to your business pinch points.
The team at tactips.com is ready to help you.
Rob Wendes
Business
Technology Consulting
15th May 2009
