Work-at-home veteran says success is possible
| • | Work-from-home jobs often too good to be true |
| • | Participants often find additional fees needed |
By Michael Tsai
Advertiser Staff Writer
Wayne Harrison is 52 and a veteran of numerous work-at-home excursions. These days he supplements income from a state job with a pair of side ventures: Herbalife and Care Entree, a medical savings program.
Harrison is the guy who slips cards under your windshield wiper, posts ads on Internet bulletin boards and runs the occasional classified in search of new recruits and new buyers. Unlike some of his peers, however, Harrison doesn't hide his affiliation with Herbalife.
"I tell people up front," he says. "I don't like doing business any other way."
Harrison says he has been burned a few times by work-from-home ventures, but he maintains that it's possible to make money if your expectations are reasonable.
"I have felt scammed by a few of them," he says. "It's something that everybody has a problem with. But because I have a little experience with it, I know to look into things by checking the Internet or the Better Business Bureau."
As for those sensational ads promising big money for minimal effort, Harrison says it's all a matter of getting people's attention.
"Some people have a misconception about the ads," he says. "The ads are just trying to see who's interested. You have to generate excitement."
After the excitement, however, Harrison says people need to get real.
"You could make a lot of money if you sell well," he says. "You could make more money if you recruit. But you have to be interested, and you have to want to succeed. People nowadays want it easy. They don't want to commit and put in the effort."
Harrison declined to say how much money he makes from his work-from-home businesses.
