Can I make money from Online Network marketing?

Can I make money from Online Network marketing?Author: Ric MoranI want to explode the myth of online marketing and I also want to help you in your choice of Online marketing opportunitiesFirstly the big question, can I make money in online marketing? The answer is definitely yes but there are many pitfalls and potential traps to avoid along the way toward achieving that goal.To save you much time and heartache in searching for a genuine opportunity, I want to introduce you to my pick up front, you can find it Here this is a genuine opportunity and fulfills my main criteria for a genuine online system which I have detailed below.Believe it or not there are an enormous amount of people who think that the Internet is some sort of free money bonanza, that it all sits in a giant pot somewhere in cyber space waiting to be collected and distributed. The Internet is not a source of free wealth as many claim, rather it is a place where people can conduct business and if you find ethical people to conduct business with then wealth can be built and earned. There is no free lunchHave you noticed that everyone in the Online Marketing world has something in common? they all want to sell you something, no one really wants to give you something or help you. It is all one way.But because the Internet can be nameless and faceless unlike a shop that you go into and meet people, many look upon people as commodities and the Internet as a means of exploiting those people.The way to success on the Internet is really no different to the shop front, you go there to meet people, form relationships and conduct business in an ethical manner.Very few will want to actually give you something or want to help you. They may pretend that their site has a ‘Free gift’ or get this free, but I have yet to find a free one that is worth anything.Yes, I have introduced you to my recommended system Here but the major difference is, I truly want to help you avoid all the pitfalls, heartache and cost that I experienced in my early years of searching for genuine programThis is why I have laid out in the following article, my experiences findings and recommendationOnline marketing is an incredible world full of confusion and uncertainty. I remember a few years ago when I first entered into this frenzied world, I was so bright eyed and bushy tailed and kept on joining the latest greatest venture that promised to make me money.Leapfrogging from one opportunity to another. One thing that has not changed in all my years of Online Marketing, there are still as many new ‘opportunities’ popping up as ever, the task is to find the very few genuine real opportunities, really down to a handful that exist.After many excursions into various systems and pro-grammes I began to discover a few key things that I want to share with you.Whether you are fresh out, into this dizzy world, or a seasoned pro, I hope that you can receive something out of my experiences.Lets break it down into the categories of Online Opportunities1. Cycler2. Multi Level Marketing3. Income opportunities4. High yield investment opportunities5. Free Programs that offer to make you money6. How to recognize a scamThere are probably many more, however these nine are the main ones I will focus on1. CyclersCyclers are generally all built on a matrix system and are variations of a Ponzi scheme. The ponzi scheme was first introduced in 1920, by Charles Ponzi  who had a postal coupon scheme that promised to make his investors rich, basically, for the scheme to work, there has to be a non-stop flow of investors that are willing to put in huge funds of money and keep on doing it.Ponzi schemes basically work like thisTo start earning, Mr. X has to recruit others like him who will also make one payment each. Mr. X gets paid out of receipts from those new recruits. They then go on to recruit others. As each new recruit makes a payment, Mr. X gets a cut. He is thus promised exponential benefits as the "business" expandsThis is important because even to this day, the Ponzi is the basic model for most of the systems and money making sites on offer on the Internet. The main difference is they are packaged so cleverly and promise wealth that it is very difficult to avoid their hype.The ponzi model has a basic and simple flaw, it initially works very well, however as new recruits are captured into the scheme the number of people needed to sustain the scheme and pay everyone, grows exponentially, very quickly and simply, the amount of members needed is staggering. You can imagine on a simple matrix 1 gets 2, 2 needs 4, 4 needs 8, 8 needs 16. Soon the whole system falls over and is unsustainable. The latest and probably most famous of these schemes was devised and marketed by Bernard Madoff who made off with about 50 billion.His scheme was successful because he had incredible credentials and reputation but it was still a variation of Ponzi.So in effect cycler programs are no different, if you are in at the start you might make a quick profit, however human nature being common, most will p loughh their ‘profit’ back into the cycler to gain even more and eventually they will lose with everyone else, as the scheme becomes top heavy and falls over and the site disappears, avoid cyclers.2. Multi Level marketing or known as MLM, Network Marketing, referral, Home based businessMulti-level marketing is a system of selling in which you sign up other people to assist you, and they, in turn, recruit others to help them.  Some entrepreneurs have built successful companies on this concept because the main focus of their activities is their product and product sales.It can work, but is really a variation of the Ponzi scheme, you get 2, your 2 get 4. The difference is that many Marketing sites have introduced ‘products’ so as to appear viable and legitimate businesses.Most commonly they offer with the joining fee, the opportunity to download free e-books, training videos, or some other electronic product, most of which is questionable content, however it gives the appearance of being viable and legitimate and they often claim that the content alone is worth the registration fee.The basic flaw in this model is that similar to a Ponzi scheme, they need astronomical numbers to sustain the growth, most people joining are joining for the Money ride, they don’t intend to work and contribute, instead they will join and sit waiting for the income to arrive magically.The problem here is that these systems depend upon the building of a down line to sustain the growth. A down line means that I recruit you, and you recruit Bill and Pam and Bill and Pam recruit 2 more each forming a line beneath you or a line down in the queue waiting to be paid.If everyone continues recruiting, the system grows and works, however, since most will hook up for the free money ride they never recruit and your new sparkling down line begins to dwindle and the system dies.Solution for the Site owner is to abandon that scheme and start another one with fresh content and hype.3. Income opportunities or work from Home schemesAfter analyzing many Income opportunities, Affiliates Pro grammes, Paid surveys websites, and work from home sites, I have come to the conclusion that almost all of them are questionable. Many if not all will ask you for an up front fee which is usually non refundable, then hidden behind the glam site, the hype and the excitement is yes you guessed it a form of Ponzi model. Again you have to get 2 or 4, 4 each get 2 or 4 the truth is that most of the people joining sadly will not get even one.If you are prepared to put effort into your marketing then it can work, but you need to steer clear of sites where you must build a down line to sustain your income, as that down line will dry up, not because of you, but because of the ineffectiveness of your down line members.4. High Yield Investment schemes.Invest $5 - $500 and receive daily, weekly or monthly payments of 1% 2% and upwardsUsually these sties are all again based around the Ponzi scheme, some of the income from the first few ‘investors’ are used to make small payments, so that each investor thinks that the system is working and either puts back his ‘profit’ to earn more or invests even more now that his confidence in the scheme is rising.They major on the use of the misconception that many people have, that the Internet is today's great source of wealth, like a gold rush on steroids, but you don’t need a spade, just a large sack or a wheelbarrow for your earnings.After a while the whole thing collapses under the sheer weight of numbers required to pay everyone and the site disappears, only to be resurrected with a new flashy site design and new name and new promises sometime later. The winners out of High yield are the site owners. They are not banks waiting to disperse money, they are usually scam artists waiting for greed to kick in and fuel their scheme.5. Free Programs that offer to make you moneyThere is an old adage that says that there is nothing for free, usually most programs that offer you a way of making money are actually deceptive.They are really a way of getting recruits, shortly after joining they will offer you incentives ’to upgrade’ or you will have to create a domain or website address for $10They all have one thing in common, pretty soon after joining, you realise you have to pay for their ‘free’ siteThis is another form of marketing that I dislike because it is based on deception. They are using the ‘free’ promise to lure you into paying a fee. The only exceptions to this are the PTC (Paid to click sites’)  many of the reputable ones do pay you for things like reading emails, trouble is, they usually only pay you fractions of a cent for each email read and it may take you several months to actually make a single dollar.6. How to recognize a scam6a. Rule No1 Ensure no funds go directly to site administration and that all funds are paid directly to members, bypassing Admin6b. Rule No2 search for a review of the program There are many ways to recognize a scam, unfortunately scam sites are becoming cleverer at disguising their deception. Some time ago there was a simple test that you could employ to determine a scam, simply place the offer in a search engine with scam or review together with the title and you would find many articles and warnings of a rip off.Nowadays, marketeers have cottoned on to this and will often even headline an article with the word scam in the title! You click on it thinking it is an exposure of the program you are interested in, only to find that they are actually promoting it.However, if you keep searching particularly using the word review with the program name, you will usually find a genuine review.There are also some good sites that independently rank programs and give valid comments on there effectiveness. Be aware however that many sites will even pay these sites to rank them highly so that their reviews become worthless.6c. Try to email to a few members independently to gain insight on their experiences, this can be more difficult as sites will not release member names, however, if you search for ads for the program and then email the person advertising the site, they will usually answer. Be aware though that you will have to filter their views as many will give you a positive spin hoping to recruit you.6d. Ensure that you break even very quickly after entering the program, so that your outlay is zero shortly after joining.For your interest after all my searching, the site that I would recommend is Here and it fulfills all of my main criteria namely:-a. You join for $25 (zero admin fee)b. You get access to a HUGE bank of educational tools worth hundreds    of times more than you paid, these are training videos in products    such as Office. c.  You get the $25 back instantly with your first person. d. You make serious money.e.  You make residual income every 30 days. Best RegardsRic Moran