Sunday, July 12, 2009

Business Review of the Guard Your Place Camera Monitoring System and Opportunity

By Greg Thompson

Within this article, I will focus on a review of Guard Your Place and evaluate the company and the opportunity based on my 15 years experience in the direct sales and home-based business industry as we attempt to determine the viability of the opportunity.

Often times, a good question on many peoples mind before they become involved with any company is that they want to be certain the opportunity is not a scam so, we want to address whether or not Guard Your Place is a scam or a legitimate business opportunity. We will provide an evaluation and formulate an opinion based on our findings.

I prefer to look at certain facts in a typical review to help determine the strength of a company.

1. Unique product

2. Unique leadership

3. The actual offer, ie; What is their unique selling proposition?

Experience has shown, this set of criteria will be of great benefit as an aid to determine whether Guard Your Place will be a hit. It seems, after careful research, they are off to a good start. There are some credible testimonials surrounding the service itself. To be clear, the Guard Your Place product is really a service that allows you to visually monitor your home or business remotely from anywhere in the world through a computer or cell phone web browser.

For example, typical home use may be to keep an eye on your property while at work or on vacation, monitor a nanny or baby-sitter or to ensure your children arrive home safely from activities. Typical business use may be to keep a watchful eye on employees, to safe-guard expensive equipment and to reduce theft. Some special features include the ability to set your camera's motion detector to send images instantly to your computer or cell phone whenever a movement is detected. You may also set the system to receive instant email or text alerts.

GuardYourPlace is boasting a fast, easy and affordable solution or alternative to the more expensive traditional security system or video monitoring system, the Guard Your Place system also allows for the use of off-the-shelf components such as a computer, USB camera and cell phone. Chances are, many homes and business will already have the necessary equipment to get this system up and working in just a few minutes time.

It is not uncommon for people today to worry about the security of their family and property. Given this, Guard Your Place is certainly unique and has purpose. Therefore, we need to review leadership. Pierre Charbonneau is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Guard Your Place and plays a vital role in the development of the system. Careful research confirms he is also the Chairman and CEO of EGlobal Partner and is typically active with a few charities more specifically to aid and help soldiers, policemen and firemen. You may visit a couple of noteworthy web sites, onsightsupport.org and stepupforsoldiers.org to help formulate an opinion.

Granger Soward, the President of Guard Your Place, also serves as Deputy Fire Chief for Carolina Beach, NC. I find that he also has been involved in many charities and events. I was able to gain a lot of information through a web search of his name. Apparently, the leadership attitude of Guard Your Place is of a giving nature with a soft spot for those in need. Thus far, we have determined that GuardYourPlace has a specialized product and that the leadership is headed by strong character now, is there a unique selling proposition? The people at Guard Your Place inform me that they offer an affordable service and a home-based business opportunity that is designed for anyone to become involved with. So, the offer is a free trial and a low monthly fee with no contract. Subscribers can then visually monitor there home or business at any time of day. The fee is the same if you decide to market the service yourself and earn residual income. Currently, the monthly premium is set at $19.95 per month.

My analysis did not find any negatives with regard to the company, the product or the leadership. It seems and I believe that Guard Your Place the service and the business end are a legitimate offer possessing much uniqueness. To date, I know of no other company offering such a service matched with the potential to earn residual income as a home-based business opportunity.

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