Wealth Building Information

Residual Income - The Myth


"Join our program and retire in 3 months..." yeah, right.

We all want to get to a place where we have ongoing, hands-off income that continues without us having to work for it. These ads play into that desire by offering us the promise of "easy continuing income."

The reality is often far from the sales pitch.

The first step in developing an ongoing, residual income is to dispel some of the myths surrounding the sales hype.

Here are some of the most common myths about creating a residual, ongoing online income:

Myth One: Put up a Website and Sit Back and Collect the Checks.

Those of us who have run Internet businesses for a while can tell you: Making a good living on the Internet requires marketing, customer service and order fulfillment. Either you have to do it yourself or you need to hire someone to do it.

Either way, having a website and selling your own products is often far from the "laying around on the beach while collecting your checks" image.

Myth Two: MLM/Networking Income is Residual Income.

Almost always a part of the sales pitch in networking is "creating residual income." While that is *possible* with MLM, it is very difficult to maintain. Here's why...

MLM income is built on three basic factors: new purchases by retail customers, the recruiting of new *wholesale* customers and the ongoing purchases by both groups.

In order to have an ongoing "residual" income, you need to recruit, train and motivate a sufficient number of *leaders* who will then continue the process in growing numbers.

This is rarely the case.

Instead, top leaders have found it is easier to build a large list of MLM "junkies" who they then take into one program after another. If you stopped joining new programs, your income would also dwindle within a few months.

Myth Three: Just Build Your Business and Hire People to Run It for You.

This does work, but it is often more of a nightmare than a dream.

At various times I have had anywhere from 0 to 15 employees. I have had many friends and clients with much numbers up to 1,000 employees. We all have the same opinion: Unless you have enough employees and profits to hire top quality managers, employees are a constant headache.

If you DO build a big enough, profitable enough, business and if you have the right personality, then building your business and hiring people to run it is a great idea.

Myth Four: Developing A Residual Income is Easy.

I don't want you to fall for this one, either. Developing a residual income will take some perseverance. The steps to getting it done are not difficult, but it requires one thing many people will not put in--consistency. If a person does the right things, day after day, they will create an ongoing, growing income. If they try today, then one day next week, then one day a month later, they are unlikely to ever get there.

Developing a residual, on-going, hands-free income is worth the effort. Avoid trusting in these four fantasies, get ready to work and you can have a supplemental income in no time at all. Keep it up long enough and you can eventually retire.

Kevin Bidwell owns http://www.All-In-One-Business.com and has just released a new report on creating a residual income. You can claim your copy here - Residual Income Report


MORE RESOURCES:

Testing a Wealth Building Strategy
Motley Fool - Nov 30, 2008
So, I'm back at it and in the process of developing (what I hope to be) a potential wealth building strategy. The strategy takes into consideration both ...


Wealth-building:
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com, NJ - Nov 24, 2008
BY GEORGE P. KORFIATIS The house of cards, more respectfully referred to as the financial markets industry, upon which our economy has been built in the ...


Financial Guru, Wayde McKelvy, to Host Wealth Building Boot Camp ...
PR Web (press release), WA - Nov 17, 2008
Wayde McKelvy, founder of Moving at the Speed of Wealth™, will host a three-day intensive wealth building workshop at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, ...


A Beginner's Guide to Making Millions
Motley Fool - 11 hours ago
... at Ready-Made Millionaire, the Foolish investing service designed for busy investors in search of a set-and-forget wealth-building solution. ...


Free Book Helps Entrepreneurs Start a Business, Build Business ...
Press Media Wire, VA - Dec 1, 2008
In addition to covering asset protection and lawsuit protection, the book also teaches people about wealth building and how and why they should incorporate ...


Real Estate Investing For Wealth Building Event Announced From ...
PRLog.Org (press release), Romania - Nov 14, 2008
If you have every thought of Investing In Real Estate, then you cannot afford to miss this!! This team has bought and sold OVER 200 HOUSES in 2008! ...


The Pros and Cons to Living in a Loft
RisMedia.com (press release), CT - Dec 1, 2008
George W. Mantor is known as “The Real Estate Professor” for his wealth building formula, Lx2+(U²)xTFP=$? and consumer education efforts. ...


New York Times

You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?
New York Times, United States - Nov 29, 2008
GOOGLE and its vast farm of more than a million search engine servers spread around the globe remain the best example of the power and wealth-building ...


Bailout Your IRA Funds and Start a Rescue Plan with RealSource ...
PR Web (press release), WA - Dec 1, 2008
"The IRA Builder program combines the wealth-building power of real estate with the benefits of IRAs, including the ability to protect assets from creditors ...


Unprecedented Volatility Will Precede Highly Profitable Rebound
Money Morning - Nov 29, 2008
That means that long-term investors seeking the best wealth-building opportunities should find the immediate price declines we see ahead to be some of the ...

Wealth-Building - Google News

home | site map
© 2006