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Legitimate Home Business opportunities come in many shapes and forms, so when I received an email last week from Nick Oba, the developer and former owner of a unique article content site called Qondio (started life as Qassia) promising to release a new program aimed at people looking to make money from home, I was intrigued.

Qondio is one of my favorite sites, providing me back links to my websites every time I provide short pieces of "intel" on any subject.  It has a proven track record and an active community of writers, it is not however, a business opportunity, but rather a means of generating traffic.

So my interest was pricked pretty much straight away when Nick alerted me to his new program which he  tentatively called Locust Swarm (promising that the program would generate so much interest that people would be swarming like locusts all over it)

Today I got the opportunity to join and I have to say that I am very impressed with this.

Fortitude in some respects, has been produced as a response to the content factories designed to capture search engine traffic without actually providing quality articles.  Think programs like Constant Content, Demand Studios and Associated Content which pay writers to produce short largely meaningless articles that are keyword rich but do nothing to enrich, or empower the reader (or for that matter make them think) 

Fortitude wants quality content and it wants content provided by its community, voted for by its community.

That's where the home business opportunity comes in.

Fortitude will pay writers between $10 and $100 for articles/poems or essays that make there front page.

It doesn't stop there.

Fortitude's affiliate program is quite outstanding
 

• For each user successfully referred on or before May 31, 2010, receive $16.00.
• For each user successfully referred on or before June 4, 2010, receive $14.00.
• For each user successfully referred on or before June 7, 2010, receive $12.00.

Residual Rates

You will be paid $1 in instant cash for every piece published on the Front Page by any user you referred to Fortitude, for life. Wow! The residual payments are not locked and can be withdrawn instantly. The minimum withdrawal is just $5.00.

All payments are made via paypal.

The obvious question is -Is this sustainable?

Let's consider what Fortitude is doing.

It is charging a very small fee for full membership ($23.98 for 12 months membership) which allows you to submit articles, review content  etcetera.

This fee will pay for any referral fees and leave some cash over for running costs.

Additionally, Fortitude will sell advertising to interested parties.  I have reviewed there advertising pages within the membership area and they are aiming at high ticket advertisers.  Ultimately, as with all magazines and publications – they will stand or fall on their ability to generate advertising revenue -hence their willingness to pay for quality well written articles.  

My Verdict

Nothing is certain in the world of online publishing.  Fortitude Magazine is a bold attempt to create a legitimate online business that gives a legitimate business opportunity to opportunity seekers while trying to create a quality publication. 

As with any program there is a risk of failure, however, this is based on a sound business model, has an owner/developer with a proven track record and makes good business sense.

The risks are minimal ($24 per year) and the potential earnings either by contributing content or by referring others to the program could be quite lucrative.

I have joined and recommend that you do so too

Fortitude Magazine Bonus

This is an exciting home business opportunity, particularly for those who have some writing ability.  Accordingly I have put together the following bonus package for people who choose to become full members at Fortitude Magazine.

Fortitude Magazine Bonus #1

Mass Article Submitting

Software

VALUE $47

FORTITUDE MAGAZINE BONUS OFFER #2

VALUE $7

                                           WITH FULL RESALE RIGHTS

To claim your Fortitude Magazine Bonus here's all that you need to do

1. Go to Fortitude Magazine and Claim your year's membership by visiting here
2. Send an email to me (Mark) at breakfreetraffic at gmail dot com headed Fortitude Magazine bonus  with a copy of your receipt.
3. I will forward you your bonus' within 24 hours of receiving your email.

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Finding a legitimate home business opportunity is a difficult process given that there is so much hype and misinformation on line.

The trouble is that many home business opportunities are legitimate in as much as they present a legitimate opportunity to the prospect, however, the claims of earning capacity and workload are in many cases grossly over exaggerated.

Let’s begin our quest by ruling out some opportunities that, in most cases will not deliver.

You can immediately discount the following “home business opportunities” as scams.

1. Programs that use a bait and switch “hook” by promising that you will earn a free payment upon completing some set criteria are designed to lure unsuspecting people into a sales funnel that usually is MLM based and ultimately will require that you spend much more in advertising or time promoting the same bait and switch principle to others.  These are cruel cynical ploys that play on the “free earning concept” when in actual fact they are designed to enslave “newbies” in to a shadow  world of promotion, matrices  and mythical pay plans that benefit the owners and hardly anybody else.
2. High Yield Investment programs – these dodgy schemes are doomed to fail.  Typically they promise massive returns on investment and promise to pay you big commissions on referrals.  They are ponzi schemes pure and simple reliant upon a constant stream of money from new players to pay the interest to existing “investors.  Run do not walk from anybody who presents such a scheme to you as a home business opportunity.
3. Doublers/Cyclers operate on a similar premise in as much as they promise to cycle your money providing you can find other unsuspecting victims to part with theirs.  Again, do not touch such a scheme
4. MLM programs that don’t offer a tangible product that is of value to you.  There are some good MLM programs out there selling all sorts of Berry Juice,and health supplements, but the bottom line is if the product does nothing for you why on earth would you recommend it to somebody else.  This is the golden rule for all MLM home business opportunities – ask yourself a simple question – is the product good for me and would I buy it if I didn’t have the opportunity to get compensated for it
5. Paid Surveys.  OK there are lots of Paid Survey companies that will pay you for your opinion, but you will never make a living out of taking paid surveys – and you should never pay for a list of paid survey companies – you can fine the information for free if you spend a little time looking.
6. Anything that says they do all the work for you.  The only work they’re likely to do is pocket your money

Having dispensed with the hype driven part of the market what are you left with if you want to build a legitimate online home based business?

• Affiliate Marketing
• Private Label resell rights
• Product development

These are the real legitimate home business opportunities available online to you today and grabbing hold of these opportunities and profiting from them is not that difficult and will involve some expense, principally in the areas of research and skill development.

I can think of no better place to start your search for a legitimate home based business opportunity then by learning from the  very best  people in the industry.

Here are my Top 5

• Graham Hamer has been involved in online marketing for many years.  He has been there done that and got the tee shirt.  His new publication Tompedia is what it says it is an online marketing encyclopedia and comes with my highest recommendation.
• Mark Dulisse has taken the internet marketing world by storm in the past 18 months and his training series’ are second to none.  At the time of writing his IM Niche Formula 2.0 was available to a limited number of trainees.  I wholeheartedly recommend getting in if you can.  Otherwise his program Gunshot Money is well worth a look.
• Rosalind Gardiner literally wrote the book on online affiliate marketing. Her eBook the Super Affiliate Handbook is well worth the read and very nicely priced
• Alex Goad is a bit of a renegade online marketer.  His latest offering Autocontent cash is currently working exactly as advertised for me- it isn’t for everybody and there is a huge learning curve- but it works.
• Ken Evoy successfully launched the Site Build It concept some years back.  SBI as it is known in the business continues to teach people how to build and maintain quality niche targeted websites – well worth a look.

All of these programs represent legitimate means of earning income online and as such  I highly recommend that you choose one and seriously study what they offer.
Only then will you be able to take advantage of the legitimate home business opportunities that present themselves to you online

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