The following is a question that I just came across today about building an automatic business, that will continue to bring in residual income, even if there is no contact with the downline that is part of that business.  

"I want to run a bunch of networking businesses on the NET exclusively, with no human contact whatsoever, in a totally automated fashion so that I have no attachment to what is going on with the business except that I do the set up, and occasional maintenance, and banking. Can you tell me the process for accomplishing that with the goal being my obscene wealth in the shortest possible time?"

Is this possible?

This is kind of the idea of everyone who desires to work from home full time:  Make as much money as quickly as possible, while doing almost no work, and not having to talk to anyone in the process.

I'm sorry to say, that idea is a made up fantasy.  

Who's going to pay you for doing absolutely nothing?

We need to realize what work needs to be done, and where the income is going to be coming from before we begin.  For sure, there are many ways to earn a substantial, residual income online, but work goes right along with that just like in any situation.   

So many people come to the point where they want to work from home full time, but they just suppose that they can earn a decent income right away without doing any actual work.  This is a very ridiculous plan, especially in the world that we live in, where we need to work hard to pay the bills.  

I'm not saying that earning an automatic income online is not possible because it is.  It's actually very possible, but hard work, dedication, perseverance, and knowledge are all key ingredients. 

The perspectives of those entering into a new home business, are way off.  Perhaps it's that way because they hear the success stories about those who earn such an incredible automatic income.  What they don't hear is how much work had to be done for such people to get to the place where they are practically doing nothing and still earning a huge income.  

Many people are successful online and it's because the necessary work was taken care of, and the anticipated income was earned.  

It seems as if so many people have it backwards these days:  "I'll do some work, after I am earning a decent income from home."  This backwards mentality isn't going to get anywhere fast in the business world, and it's definitely not going to see that many people become successful.  

Even if there are programs online that will, at least help build your downline (which there are), if those people aren't instructed, encouraged, and given the proper perspective, they will continue to be unsuccessful, and if your business revolves around the success of others as well as your own, you also stand a good chance of being unsuccessful.  Downlines need to be in contact with those who can help them, and give them insight into the things that need to be done.  That's the downside to most affiliate programs; if you're team isn't successful, that means that you are likewise not successful.  With most affiliate programs, finding people to be part of your downline isn't the hard part.  Finding people who will learn, and do the necessary work is the big problem.  

Like many other methods of earning income online, affiliate marketing can be done automatically, once the necessary work has been completed, but it's very hard to keep a team focused, encouraged, and on their way to success.  Other methods of earning an online income may be easier in which to create an automatic income, but there will still be work to do.  There's always work to be done, and I'm sure you wouldn't have it any other way.  

Well, I know that I would rather continue to build my business while giving others the same platform for success, but maybe that's just me.  

In any case, automatic income or not, there's work to be done until we can get there.  

Will you do it? 

Dave Earley   http://www.init-2-winit.org