So in the words of the guardian of the Holy Grail in Indiana Jones, “Choose Wisely!” To help you do this, here are a few important things to consider when choosing your future money making machine:

Discover a Need

One of the best ways to determine the type of business you might want to start is by finding a need in your area, and forming a business model to fulfill that need. However, that need should be something that has the potential to pay well. Some questions to ask would be:

1. Is the need recurring or a one time purchase for your future customers. Recurring would be ideal for continuing cash flow.
2. Does this need have enough demand?
3. If it does have demand, would enough people in your area be willing to pay for it?

Remember, just because “you” need it doesn’t necessarily mean that others need it. So take surveys, ask questions and find out some solid numbers and plug that into a business plan.

I’ve also realized that some of the best business ideas you’ll have should be able to be sustained from customers within your local area, but have the ability to service customers abroad through social media and online stores.

Sites like https://www.pointfranchise.co.uk/ are an excellent way to browse through different franchise opportunities that might be able to fulfill a need in your area.

Make Your Business Difficult for Others to Compete With or Enter Into

This is something called, “Barrier to Entry.” I used to design websites for businesses, but got out of it because there is no barrier to entry, meaning, it costs next to nothing to start a web design business. Anyone with a computer, access to the internet and basic website design knowledge can become a competitor.

I know that sometimes you won’t always have a lump some of money to invest in a business, but if you can save enough to start a business, it makes it difficult for others who don’t have that up front investment to become a competitor.

Other barriers to entry would be certain specialized skills you might have which most people wouldn’t have, machinery, equipment, connections, etc. Any sort of an asset that puts you above the competition, making it difficult for them to duplicate you is considered a barrier to entry.

Work Harder than Your Competition

My wife runs a very successful home decor and sign business called Freckle Barn, yet, in our local area, there are 10 to 20 other sign makers who are almost as talented as my wife (Yes, I am biased!). Yet, Freckle Barn stands out above the rest mainly because of her work ethic. She is willing to put in the hours and do what it takes to make her business succeed. There aren’t many people in our valley that will “out work” my wife.

Hard work and dedication can make the difference.

I hope this information has been helpful. Good luck in your future venture!

I’m one of those guys who has earned an “above average” income in a home based business. I’ve had five figure months and six figure years, and all while working from home. Not everyone gets those results, and plenty of people get better results, but I’m here to tell you that in the next few months, I am going to trump any result I’ve ever had in the past…

…and I’m going to do it with the Blog Beast, Empower Network Version 2!

What is the Blog Beast?

As I mentioned above, I am an affiliate with an opportunity called the Empower Network. Well, over the last twenty months, they’ve paid out over $70,000,000 in commissions to affiliates around the globe.

That’s a lot of commission!

The product is a blogging platform that is helping individuals and business owners around the globe get more exposure online. It’s a blogging platform hosted on a top 100 trafficked domain name. It’s creating results for people who have never, ever experienced results online before.

And in about 15 days, it’s going to get much, much better.

The Blog Beast is a blogging system that will allow you to make more money, gain more exposure and blog with more ease than ever before. You’ll be able to upload videos and post blogs from your cell phone without having to rip your hair out.

I’m telling you….it has already, and will continue to change the way people blog online.

How do you find out more about Blog Beast and capitalize on it’s launch?

The best way to do it is to get started now. It’s only $25. You don’t want to wait until after the launch, believe me when I tell you this.

Why, because there will be HUGE benefits to getting in before the launch. As with any launch, a bunch o’ money is made. And you’ll end up with some of that going into your pocket!

To find out more about Blog Beast, CLICK HERE.

To get in now, and get “grandfathered” in, CLICK HERE.

And the unleash the Beast! Beast Mode: ON!

My primary business is with the Empower Network and is my main focus. But if you’ve ever wanted to throw $10 bucks a month and something just to see what happens, this is it! A La Carte style! It’s a way to invest in a great idea from the beginning and profit from it later. And from what I’ve seen, the app should be pretty great.

The Personal Development App, iLA – The Inspired Living Application

iLA, The Inspired Living Application, is a one of a kind, mobile application that makes it possible for the average, every day person, to profit from the exploding mobile application industry. The iLA application delivers a high quality, professionally produced, personal development video to your mobile device on a weekly basis.

At the time this post was published, iLA hasn’t even reached pre-launch yet and already has over 2000 people involved! It’s expecting to see over 500,000 within 6 months, which, if you’re in early, that means thousands of residual income every month. This thing is going to spread like wildfire.

If you are a compensation plan guru, it’s a forced 3×7 matrix. Basically put…the sooner you get in, the better.

There is no sponsoring requirement to earn in the matrix, but there are matching 10%, 20% and 40% bonuses for those that sponsor 3, 6 or 10 people. This is pretty easy to do.

So what do you have to lose? $10 a month for 6 months? I’d spend $60 to see if I could make a few thousand on a monthly basis, any day! If anything, you spent less than a hundred bucks over a period of six months and received a bunch of great content.

But I don’t think that will be the outcome. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain! The network marketing industry has yet to see a mobile app company. This will be the first of its kind.

Visit http://www.ilivingapp.com/davidallred to get started.

Enjoy the Inspired Living App video…

How about this one?

“Your income just increased by $100 monthly.”

Here’s a quick screen shot of a few emails I received yesterday while I was sitting on my butt, watching a training video:

I show you this not to brag about a whopping $25 commission, but I do it do make a point. $25 bucks will barely pay for two meals at McDonald’s, right? Well, there’s two meals, per month, at McDonald’s that I didn’t have before. And who eats there anyway?

My point is, what does your income look like when you receive just ten of those emails in a month? You could probably use the extra $250 of residual income per month. What if you start getting ten in a week, or per day?$250 per day….you could do a lot with that.

Step it up a notch and start receiving ten $100 dollar monthly commissions. What does your month, week or day look like with five to ten of those in your inbox? This is just the beginning!

Those emails come from the Empower Network. It’s a business model that has already created more six figure earners than almost any other opportunity on the web.

How long does it take someone in a job to receive an email, or notification telling them that their income just increased by $25 monthly, or by $100 monthly? Maybe once a year….twice if they’re a really good employee? In the Empower Network, you can receive these emails in your inbox, and in your bank account, daily.

Click Here to learn more about the Empower Network. Fill out the form and get started. Build up your residual income stream, and then ditch the job, or the business that has no leverage. Or, just add to them, it’s you’re choice.

Whatever you decide to do, don’t let this one pass you by. I let it pass by for almost a year before getting started, and by doing so, I also let a lot of money pass by as well. Don’t make that same mistake.

It’s time to flood your inbox with inspiring emails too.

Amy Allred joins Visalus

As you might already know, Amy is my beautiful, extremely talented wife who is amazing at pretty much everything she does. And that’s no joke, seriously. Everything she does, she does at full speed ahead. Look out Visalus, because she loves your shakes, and when she loves something, everyone she knows will hear about it and probably want it too.

That’s just who Amy is. She’s the kind of person that makes friends with every person she meets. And by the time I can count my fingers and toes, she’ll know everything important there is to know about a person she has just barely met. But the part that baffles me the most, is that most of the people she meets think that she is the most amazing person they have ever met. Well, I guess it’s not that baffling, I think that every day.

She has an infectious personality, in an extremely good way.

So why did Amy Allred join Visalus?

Amy didn’t ever plan on joining Visalus, she just wanted to be a customer. She was looking for a way to loose some of here “baby” weight and trim down a little, and the Visalus shakes have had some pretty amazing results for others. So she asked her friend, currently a Visalus distributor, to come give her the spill. Amy invited around seven or eight people to the little get together. By the end of the party, six of those eight people purchased a package.

To make a long story short, Amy received a call from her friend who asked her to join as a promoter. Amy refused, but was later convinced that she needed to do it.

As a result, Amy gets her Visalus shakes completely free, plus a check in her pocket every month. Right now it’s a small check, but she already has commitments from others who are wanting the shakes.

So why did she join Visalus? She joined because she likes the shakes. And I can tell you this…she isn’t even really trying to make money. She is just sharing a product that she, herself, can’t get enough of. The checks are a bi-product of that.

How you can join Visalus

It’s very simple to do and there are a few different packages you can get started with. My advice, get started with the largest one that you can possibly afford today. It will put you in a better money making position quicker.

To sign up for Visalus as a distributor, Click Here.

If you’d just like to purchase the Visalus shakes, Click Here or contact Amy Allred via Facebook or by emailing her at amy(at)goodideasandtips.com.