I thought I would write about the topic of stuffing envelopes from home. Most of the time the word business opportunity is not mentioned but instead the word job, career or work at home is used. Remember you do not have to pay for a job. That is the first thing that you should keep in mind.
Second you have to analyze how your going to make money. Is it going to be salaried, hourly, commission based, or on retainer for each project completed.
How will you get paid?
Freelance work is not the same as a regular paid job. As a person who is paid by how much they produce is usually not going to be very steady. Stuffing envelopes is not a career, instead it is a opportunity to make money by sending out marketing material to a mailing list.
The goal is to get as many people on the mailing list to reciprocate and start stuffing envelopes and sending them out as well to promote products for a company.
Usually you will get paid when someone signs up for the product that is being sold in the marketing material that you just mailed out. The more letters you are able to mail the more money you can make.
The downside is you usually have to purchase the stamps an the envelopes and pay for shipping them out which will eat into your profits. Plus if you are smart about it you will soon realize you can send out stamped letters for your own business.
Start your own envelope stuffing business
Find a product you want to promote and then go online and find a company that sells names and addresses on a mailing list of individuals who are interested in a business opportunity.
Then hire a copywriter to write a convincing sales letter to send to the list of people. The goal is to get as many people as possible to purchase your affiliate product.
If you choose to do it this way you will cut out the middleman and start earning 100% of the profits minus the cost of your advertising budget. If you are reading an advertisement found in a make money from home magazine you will see plenty of offers for you to make money stuffing envelopes.
Just remember that you will only get paid if you make a sale and you are not earning money from home for the time spent stuffing the envelopes which can be very time consuming.
Sometimes you may be required to place similar ads in the classifieds to get more people to do what your doing. If you are not required to fill out a 1099 then you are not hired for a job.
Things to look for in a work at home position
If you are unable to contact the person who is offering the job and they list a mailbox instead of a physical address more than likely the only person making any money is the mail order business not you.
To avoid getting scammed by work at home opportunities is to remember you can not make money if you have to spend money to get started. The starter kit or processing fee is part of the scam to get money out of people who want to make lots of money fast with little effort.
Sending a self addressed stamped envelope to people on a mailing list is just a way for you to promote another companies products and services for free, basically you are paying to be an affiliate.
Legitimate mail order money maker
The direct mail business is a big one and can earn lots of income if done properly. First of all you will need to learn how to market. It will requires being a good sales person and being able to write a influential sales letters.
Also it will require a advertising budget to start with so if you are broke, strapped or on a shoe-string budget you will not be able to make enough money to break even or make a profit to live off of.