Do Get Rich Quick Schemes Work?

With the internet era, and people needing more money, is it any wonder that there are advertisements everywhere stating you can get rich quick? The promises are big, the promised money is bigger, and the cost to get started can be very little. Whether you have ever attempted to try these schemes or not, they are tempting and virtually everyone who has a computer has looked at it wondering if they were a legitimate option or not. Everyone wants to know, do get rich schemes work or not. Before you dive in, perhaps you should look at the truth.

The Bad

Remember that saying, “If you want money, you have to work for it”? The person who said it was not as dumb as you may have hoped. Earning money, whether a little bit or a million dollars, is going to take some degree of effort on your part. That is where get rich quick schemes fail. There are honestly not very many legitimate get rich quick schemes that can actually work.

As a good rule of thumb, when you see a “job” opportunity that promises you will start to earn money by simply clicking a button, there is going to be a catch that you may not enjoy. No one can make a million dollars by clicking email. It does not matter whether it is a claim that your rich great uncle twice removed has passed and you are the sole heir or if they tell you that by clicking this email link you can open your own store to make thousands in a month. Most of these things want either a healthy down payment on your new store, bank account information, or will leave you with a healthy dose of computer viruses.

The Good

The best way to make money is by doing something you are familiar with and good at. If you have a job currently where you get up every day and go to work, you may want to see if they have a job opportunity that allows you to work at home sometimes as well. If this is not what you are after or you do not have a job currently going, you can make money through other means by using your computer, as long as you have something to base it on.

If you enjoy yard sales or have a lot of things lying around your house that you do not need, you can sell items on craigslist or eBay. If you enjoy writing about your thoughts, things you try, such as crafts, or writing about the insanity of raising a house full of kids, then you can take up blogging. There is money to be made in it, if you are interesting or have something to say that others want to hear. However, to start making money with a blog, you will need to gain fans and then have people who want to advertise on your blog.

Other Alternatives

There are plenty of ways that you can legitimately work from home. There are jobs that need a typist who sits at a computer either writing emails, filling in forms, or writing articles if you have the desire to do so. You can even find websites that allow you to design tee-shirts and other items to express your creativity and perhaps get paid. In most cases, for these avenues you are a freelancer. You may work for one person or company, or you may work for a variety of people if they need your services today. If this is not something you are interested in doing, there are survey sites that do pay, pay-per-click emails where you visit a website and earn a little money from it. All of these things can help you to put a little cash flow into your pocket, but with most of them, it will take you quite a while to make enough extra cash to survive on.