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Assessing an online business opportunity without first establishing what it is that you want to achieve from it is like going shopping without a list. Whilst it can be done, you will inevitably not be as successful as if you had put some forethought in to it. Therefore, you need to establish some criteria that prospective opportunities must fulfill.

The criteria that I used to evaluate business opportunities when I was first starting out in this industry are as follows…

- I decided that for me to take an online business opportunity seriously, it would need to have a commission structure or compensation plan in place that would allow me to earn $100,000 within the first year. I was prepared to work hard, so I needed to know that I would be rewarded sufficiently for doing so. How will you know that you have hit the bulls-eye, if you don’t even know which wall the dartboard is hanging on? So, decide what you personally want financially from any online business that you start, as knowing what you require your online business to earn you is going to narrow down your search tremendously.

- I knew that any business that was seriously going to be able to deliver had to have a proper system of training and support in place. After all, you can have the best business in the world but if there is no proper system in place when you start, you are going to waste an awful lot of time looking for the missing pieces of the jigsaw. Most people do not consider this aspect of a business opportunity until they have already made an investment (whether it be time, money or both) in it. They get started, come across a problem, and then find there is no-one willing to help them, with the consequence often being that they become disheartened and give up.

- I was only interested in involving myself with business opportunities in growth markets. I wanted to create a long term ‘career’ for myself, and to do so it was necessary for me to be operating within a market that would not fizzle out soon after I had started earning money. It is no good trying to trying to paddle upstream if the tide on your opportunity has already turned and is going the other way. All businesses have a period of growth, plateau and then, if a new idea is not launched, they will go into decline. Ask the question: When did the top earners have their best year income wise? This year, last year, 5 years ago?

Using these criteria served me well, and they can do the same for you. Essentially, it is just good common sense, but we all need reminding and refocusing before embarking on a new challenge, especially one that has the potential to change your life in such a big way. The selection of the right opportunity is not as step that you want to get wrong, as if you do so, you will struggle to succeed regardless of how much time and effort you put in.

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