I was recently searching the internet for an online christian home based business. Needless to say, the search was somewhat disappointing simply due to the sheer number of websites claiming to offer the perfect solution for my home business needs. Unfortunately, very few of the companies I researched were founded by Christians. Fewer still were built around Christian business standards and ethics. Most companies offering home business opportunities were simply Christian home business owners looking for Christian customers. Sorry, that’s not what I was looking for. Anyone can claim to be a Christian, just as easily as anyone can claim to be a true Christian business owner. I didn’t want to be part of an online business opportunity unless it was a truly Christian business, founded by Christians, operating on Christian biblical principles, and an online business that allowed me to be my own boss.
If you google “Christian home-based businesses,” most of the top websites are not Christian businesses at all. Most are Christian business directories. That’s fine if you were looking for a typical job for a traditional business, or wanted to start a typical “bricks and mortar” business. But I was looking for a real home business where I could work from home full or part time. I like the idea of working from the comfort of my own home, on my own schedule, and without the huge investment and risk involved in running a typical “bricks and mortar” business.
So if you’re like me and want to start your own Christian home-based business, let me share with you a few things I’ve learned. There are a few ways you can start this type of business, but only one is truly a home based business.
You can always find a particular product or service that has broad appeal to Christians, and then market your business through traditional marketing methods such as print or media advertising. Of course, the most effective marketing tool is the Internet. But unless you really know how to harness the power of the Internet, you’re basically lost. Even if you create a website, you will quickly get lost among the millions of similar sites on the world wide web. It is something like planting a tree in a tropical forest. You must learn all the unique ways to drive internet traffic to your website.
The most effective online Christian business opportunity is one that not only offers products or services that appeal to everyone, including Christians, but also gives you a complete turnkey operation and then teaches you everything you need to know about internet marketing. . . It must also be affordable. It shouldn’t cost you a small fortune to get started. The start-up costs of getting into a good Internet business can range from several hundred to over two thousand dollars or more. Generally, the more you pay, the more you get. Just make sure there are no additional hidden costs for services you need to purchase at a later time. Any additional costs, if any, must be purely optional and must not negatively impact your business’s ability to attract customers if you opt out of those additional services. Also, a credible online business should allow you to generate a fairly steady stream of income within a reasonable period of time. No business opportunity on the Internet, Christian or not, can promise immediate profits. If they do, there is usually a catch. But you should be able to start making real profits within 4-6 months of starting, assuming you’re putting in the time and following all the training you need to be successful.
But what if you’re not “computer literate”? What if you barely know how to log into your computer and browse the Internet? Can You Still Have a Successful Christian Home Based Business Online? It all depends on whether the business opportunity you choose offers a truly comprehensive training program. Of course, some online companies provide services where they do all the marketing work and talk to potential customers. But those services cost and very quickly will eat up your profits.
If you really want to be successful in business, especially online, you need to be patient and take the time to learn how to do everything yourself. That doesn’t mean you always have to do it all by yourself. You just need to know how to market your business effectively and talk to potential customers. Once you’ve learned those skills, you can decide how much of your own time you want to spend on those tasks yourself and how much you can outsource to others. But the bottom line is that you need to have a team of true professionals behind you, offering you the latest and greatest internet marketing strategies as part of a comprehensive training program. You not only need to learn marketing methods and strategies that will require an investment of your own money, but also effective marketing methods and strategies that are absolutely free. In addition, that training must be available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition to scheduled online training seminars, you should have access to a complete library of online training courses that offer expertise in all areas of recruiting and internet marketing. And perhaps most importantly, make sure you also have 24/7 customer support. You should be able to resolve issues within 24-48 hours from the time you submit a request. You should also have access to a comprehensive knowledge base or Q&A library where you can find solutions to problems on your own.
The conclusion is simply this. Finding the right online Christian business opportunity will require a lot of due diligence. It is necessary to approach the entire process objectively. That means looking past all the fluff and all the glitz and glamor of the claims, and thoroughly examining the basics of the business. Do you offer products and services that have broad appeal to people looking for an online business? Does it offer a turnkey setup that will put you in business right away? Does it allow you to get into the business without a big expense? Does it provide you with a comprehensive training program so that you can really learn all the ins and outs of internet marketing? Do you offer 24/7 customer support and a comprehensive knowledge base or library of questions and answers? And perhaps most important of all, is it really a Christian business? Was it founded by Christians and operates on sound Christian biblical principles of truth, honesty, justice, and the golden rule of doing to others as you would have them do to you?