When you take a look at ways to make money from home you will undoubtedly be flooded with promises of easy money and instant riches but there is one area which is never covered anywhere near enough and that is the legitimacy of any online business. Is it really possible to work from home with programs such as Empower Network, or is everything just a get rich quick scheme?

The problem with the home based business industry is the industry itself. It has given itself such a bad name through nonsense schemes and scams, most believe it to be physically impossible to make a genuine income from home in this day and age.

The following steps will help you to determine whether your chosen company is as genuine as it claims to be:

1) The business should be approved by the Federal Trade Commission.

2) Home businesses are also usually members of the Direct Selling Agency.

3) Organizations such as the Better Internet Bureau will be featured on their website if they have passed their screening procedure.

4) Look at the products before you do anything with the business.

Number 4 is a very important tip. Many people are sucked into opportunities by the sheer excitement and promise of an easy life, with money generating on autopilot. Ask anyone who has become their own boss and you’ll be told it is nothing like that.

One look at the product line will tell you all you need to know about the long-term prospects you can expect from the company.

The first sign of a bad home business program is a company who provides a fairly useless or overpriced product purely as a means to keep their business legal.

You can’t sell a product which is useless. It doesn’t matter if you can possibly earn a five thousand dollar monthly income with less than a hundred people in your business if you can not even find one member, right?

There is legitimate money to be made on the internet but as with most things in life there are good and there are bad out there. Even opportunities like Empower Network, which are safe and proven, will have people calling them a ’scam‘ or saying they are impossible. The potential income within any opportunity can only be realized by your own determination to become your own boss.

About the author: Russ Howe is an established leading Empower Network member. See your free video plan here Join Empower Network today.