Individuals have no control over economic trends; however certain businesses are sensitive to economic trends. Real estate is sensitive to interest rates. In times of economic downtrends a low number would be assigned. Cosmetics, on the other hand, are virtually immune to economic downtrends and would be assigned a high number. People will give up eating to look good and feel good. If your online homebased opportunity is immune to economic trends assign a high number.

Timing (T) (Maximum = 20)

You have no doubt heard the expression that in real estate the three most important factors are Location, Location, and Location. In an online homebased opportunity, the mantra is Timing, Timing, and Timing.

If one force is more important than the others, perhaps timing is the most important element of success. Timing, like trends, is also beyond your control. Like trends, you can only recognize timing and take advantage of it. There is nothing you can do to improve timing. It is either there or it is not. If timing is present assign a high number based upon the following criteria.

A. Formulation Phase: (Maximum = 20)

This is the phase where research and development are just completed. Production and initial marketing efforts begin. This region is characterized by slow, deliberate growth. As an agricultural example, this is the time for planting. It is defined as the region of the growth curve where income from sales is less than $50 million per year.

This is the time to get into any business. It requires forethought and knowledge. It does not require speculation. It requires due diligence on your part to study the online homebased opportunity and arrive at your estimate of the strength of the five essential force ingredients of a successful online venture. If you identify that your online homebased opportunity is in the formulation phase, assign timing a value of 20.

B. Critical Mass Point

he critical mass point is defined as sales of $50 million per year. This is the point which will determine " When". This is the point when your labors will begin to yield fruit at such a great rate you will be unable to contain them. From this point onward, the curve rises ever so steeply. This is the time to act quickly and decisively. If you are not on board at this time, your online homebased opportunity will quickly leave you behind. If you identify that your online homebased opportunity is at the critical point, assign timing a value of 20.

C. Momentum

Momentum is defined as sales greater than $50 million per year and increasing very rapidly. If you have exercised your desire, ability, and motivation, you have already become a participant before your online homebased opportunity reaches momentum. You have exercised your choice and are now in position to enjoy the fruits of your labor. There is nothing you can do to stop the momentum which is now building beneath you. It is beyond your control. It is like a giant wave that carries you to the pinnacle of success. There may be some who grab onto an online homebased opportunity as it speeds by them, but the exponential growth eventually decays exponentially as the wave crest rises higher and higher until the opportunity diminishes. For example, you could buy Microsoft stock now, but the big opportunity is already over and it will never come back again. If you find your online homebased opportunity is just starting into momentum, assign timing a value closer to 20. If you find your online homebased opportunity near the top of the curve, near stabilization (defined below), assign timing a number closer to one.

D. Stabilization

This is the area where the exponential growth has died out. Momentum has dissipated. Sales are good, but sales are not increasing exponentially. The is mature, stable, and secure. The curve is relatively flat, and growth has slowed to a value similar to the development phase. The online homebased opportunity has gone. It is passed. It is over. There is no online homebased opportunity. If you find that your online homebased opportunity is in stabilization, assign timing a value near zero and start looking for another online homebased opportunity.

Compensation (K) (Maximum = 20)

Leverage (Maximum = 10)
If you trade time for money, you will never get ahead by investing one increment of your time for one increment of income. You will remain in the very treadmill you are trying to escape. You will get by, but you will never get ahead. If you want to get ahead, you must find a way to multiply your efforts. That is done by leveraging yourself. J. Paul Getty stated this clearly when he said:

"I had rather have one percent of a hundred people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts".

If you have no way to leverage yourself (e.g. fixed salary) assign leverage a number near zero. If you can leverage yourself, assign a number closer to 10.

Multiple ways to earn income (Maximum = 10)
Sales Profits (1)
When you can profit from your own sales efforts, assign a value of 1, otherwise zero.

Override (1)
If you receive override compensation on the efforts of others, assign a value of 1, otherwise zero.

Matching (5)
If you can receive matching compensation on the efforts of others, assign a full value of 5.

Residual (2)
If you can build your equity to the point that you have residual compensation from your previous efforts, assign a value of 2.

Perpetuity (1)
If your equity is yours to sell or will to your survivors, assign a value of 1, otherwise zero.

Define the Possibility for Success (P) as being totally dependent upon the sum of the five prime forces required for a successful (above). Notice that it has nothing to do with you. The only thing you will do is evaluate each ingredient and assign it a strength value. This will depend upon the research you conduct to gain information about the five essentials for the particular online homebased opportunity. Assign each one of the five ingredients a value from zero to 20 according to the instructions presented above. (Naturally, 20 is the ideal, strongest value.) You have determined all the values for C, D, R, T, and K.
Repeating, you have evaluated each force ingredient separately and arrived at your evaluation of its relative strength.

Add up all five of your separate evaluations.

P = C + D + R + T + K

For example, if all five ingredients are present in your online homebased opportunity and each is individually evaluated as being 20, then:
P = 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20
P = 100

Let us further define a Multiplier (M), as a figure of merit derived from your desire, motivation, and ability to succeed. Let M be limited to a number between zero and one with zero being the worst case and one being the best case. Note that this multiplier is entirely dependent upon you, not the online homebased opportunity. Determine this multiplier number by self-evaluating your desire, ability, and motivation. Notice that the multiplier number does not depend on your time. Too many people say "I don't have the time." That means you are "too busy chopping wood to stop and sharpen the axe". Successful people do not have time---they make time. Ideally, you want to rate yourself as a "1", not a zero. But unto thine ownself be true.

Define Success (S) as:

S = M(P)

If you are a "one" and not a "zero", and all five ingredients of your online homebased opportunity are present at their full value, there is no gamble since:

S = 1(100)
S = 100

Having completed your "due diligence", failure is no longer an option or possibility. The probability for success is 100 percent. Your success is assured. It is no longer a question of "If". It is simply a question of "When".

Get on board this online homebased opportunity fast

Use this procedure one each online homebased opportunity that you wish to evaluate and compare.




Jack Price, engineer, artist, marketer, makes it easy to learn the five key forces that must converge for any successful online homebased business opportunity to succeed. View Jack's metal sculptures at: www.autoimmune.biz