Linear income is what most of us make if we have a "job". We trade our skills and time for a one time payment. A person like an insurance salesperson makes commissions over and over again on the sale of the same policy.



The MLM Business Model is an avenue that 15 million use to build a residual income. It is therefore hard to beleive that 99% of the people who start an MLM business to make a residual income fail. A residual income is hard to come by but very much desired way of earning an income.

Most people fail to build an Mlm Business and earn residual income because they fail to understand that it takes time to build an MLM Business. In the beginning is when the MLM distributor is building the foundation of the business. This is the most important time in the business, yet it is the least lucrative.

Just like laying the foundation of any building, a lot of digging and heavy work is going on. However it appears to the outside observer that nothing is happening. When will the building start to rise; or in MLM terms, when will the downline start to grow?

In the beginning you will be setting up lead capture pages with autoresponder followup messages to lay the foundation for your business. You will begin to sign up your 1st distributors. Training these 1st distributors is of upmost importance since they will duplicate you. If you fail at this critical stage of duplication you will fail to build an MLM Business which will produce a reliable residual income.

It will cost you money to lay a firm foundation to earn a residual income in your MLM Business. You will not earn money during this period. The best you can hope for is to break even. This is the reason the failure rate is so high. Few people can overcome laying out money for 6 months, while it "seems" that nothing is happening. Get past this crucial period, and you probably couldn't stop the momentum if you wanted to.

Patience is the key to success in MLM. The time factor which is a inherant component of building a residual income cannot be rushed. Accept it, build a strong foundation, and you can't help but to succeed.