By Deborah MacDonald
Residual income, or income that is received regularly with limited, or even no, continued work on your part, allows you to have greater financial freedom. With this income model you will set your own schedules, take vacation days whenever you want and even work less while earning more.
So how do you get started living the dream life? You find the perfect residual income opportunity, build a solid foundation and then grow your business. Being able to recognize the best opportunities is the first step to this kind of freedom.
Do Your Research
Before you invest time or money into any opportunity, it is absolutely vital that you do your homework. The more you know about a company and opportunity, the easier it will be to decide if the opportunity is right for you.
One of the most important steps to starting a business on the side or home based business is doing your due diligence and learning about the business, people involved, organizational structure and anything else you can find out.
My upcoming ebook, “Choose Freedom Now! Create Wealth Through Residual Income,” will be a due diligence guide that can help you through this process.
Understand What is Required
While you are doing your research, make sure you fully understand exactly what will be required if you decide to join the program. Also, make sure you have the time and resources it will take to be successful. Different opportunities will require different levels of involvement, different tasks and different types of marketing.
When you have a good idea of what you will need to do to take advantage of an opportunity and build a solid stream of residual income, it will be much easier to identify the best opportunities a they present themselves.
Don’t Fall for a “No Work” Claim
The whole idea behind residual income is to earn an income while doing less not while doing nothing. There is a major difference here, and if someone claims that you can earn a lot of money very quickly without doing anything, the opportunity probably isn’t legitimate.
Legitimate residual income opportunities will require some work on your part, but they will pay off multiple times for that single piece of work.
Find an Opportunity that Fits Your Personality, Skills and Passion
Something that is a good opportunity for one person may not be a good opportunity for someone else. The best opportunities for you will be the ones that fit your personality, skills and passion. I have a passion for real estate, so this opportunity is a good fit for me.
You will be much more successful with a residual income opportunity that you enjoy and that you are good at. Look for things that you have a knack for and that you enjoy doing, as you’ll be more likely to have what it takes to make those things work.
Make Sure You Can Identify with the Target Market
No matter what kind of residual income or business opportunity you are considering, it’s important that you can identify with the people you will be marketing to. If you don’t understand or relate to your target market, it will be hard to do things like network marketing, make sales and work with your customers.
When you know who your customers are, what makes them tick, how to communicate with them, and perhaps most importantly, how to attract and sell to them, you will be much more successful.
Look for Room to Grow
The best residual income models allow a lot of room for growth. They make it possible for you to increase your income by offering more products, selling to a wide market or growing in other ways.
You can probably tell if an opportunity allows room for growth by looking at the model carefully, asking about success rates and considering the product and market.
Finding the best residual income opportunities is a matter of doing your due diligence, understanding what it will take to be successful and finding opportunities that lend themselves to your interests and skills.
In your experience, what makes for a good residual income opportunity?
As a business coach in Canada, I work to help people find ways to create wealth through residual income. If you are interested in starting a home based business or earning additional income, contact Deborah.
NOTE: This article is originally published at this website:
http://www.deborahmacdonald.com/2014/01/09/how-to-recognize-a-valuable-residual-income-opportunity
AND also at this website:
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