HOME-BASED BUSINESS - STRATEGIES Growing Your Home-Based Business - The Basics There is no shortage of business opportunities online.Find a business opportunity with a reasonable probability that you can earn $300. Then move your goal to $300 a month, then $300 a week, and so on. I used $300 dollars, but use any number you like. Cooperation or Competition Cooperation builds trust and credibility online. Trust and credibility in turn builds sales. Rather than fear my competitors, I embrace them. It simply makes good business sense to cooperate. Prime the pump; give if you want to get. Grow Your Own Associate Program Your associates actually work for you for free, you don't pay anything until they make a sale. Every other method involves out-of-pocket costs with no guarantee of success. The average product with an affiliate program will generate over two and a half times more sales. Don't Play Follow The Leader You ATTRACT visitors and sales online through the principle of attraction "FIND A MARKET that is easy to reach and then find a need in that market that you can fill. This is the easiest way to success and almost EVERYONE OVERLOOKS IT."