What If A Franchise Was Run Like a Typical Home Based Business

and Residual Income? by Nick A. James

Have you ever wondered how a Franchise would do if run like a

typical home business? This might give you some idea.

There is something that is long as I live I will never

understand. Well I suppose actually there are several things,

however right now this is business focused. That something is

residual income. I just can t for the life of me understand how

someone can go through life and just continue to work at a job

with no plan for residual income. I suppose many people just

can t comprehend that they can have money coming into them while

they aren t working.

There are a number of ways to get residual income like writing a

book, or a song. However, these are tough occupations to succeed

at.

One of the very best ways to have residual income is good home

business in Network Marketing. Network marketing has been

criticized, poked fun of, ridiculed and worse. But it s here to

stay and it s popularity is growing. Often called the poor man s

franchise, with the right company, product and timing a person

can actually do much better than a franchise without the expense

and headaches that so often accompany a franchise.

Think about this, what would you say is the best most successful

stable franchise today? Several come to mind but no one can argue

that McDonalds wouldn t be at or near the top of most lists. So

what kind of point am I making here. Simply this, many people

argue that home businesses, especially in the area of network

marketing don t work. Well gee whiz if a McDonalds was run the

same way the majority of people work their home business the

McDonalds would all go out of business.

Here is how the typical McDonalds would be run if run by the

typical unsuccessful home businessperson.

When it s open I stress the word open, (more on this) it would

probably be open less than 1 hour a day. The workers would be

sitting around pretending to be working, but accomplishing very

little. And then suddenly at a whim the store would abruptly

close, perhaps to open again in a few days or even a few weeks.

No schedule or hours of operation would be posted when the store

was going to be open. After reopening after an absence the

workers would just be getting back in the groove of working again

when a half hour later the store would close because no customers

were coming in. It seemed not knowing when the store would be

open was keeping them away imagine that. Well after a month or

so of no customers the store is closed with the owner muttering

under his breath. These franchise things just don t work! Then

he starts telling all his friends, I tried one of those

franchise things once. They just don t work!

This example is easy to see and yet we all wonder why a home

business fails when conducted in this same manner. What is great

about a home business versus a traditional business is you don t

have to start each day at 8:00, you have a lot of flexibility.

However, you don t have the flexibility not to work for days and

weeks at a stretch and engage in poor work habits when you decide

to work.

Of course not all the blame can be put on the new home business

person, there are some bad programs out there and timing can be

bad with others. Of course wrong expectations can mislead many

people into discouragement. What do we mean here. Well look at it

this way. Very few people would argue that Microsoft would be a

poor stock investment today. However, there are people that hype

their particular company that has passed it’s growth spurt, that

you can get rich and retire with their company. This is the same

as a dishonest stock broker pushing Microsoft from the angle of

it getting ready to explode in value as they will have double

digit growth each month for the next 5 years. Hey in the early

80 s Microsoft had this type of growth, just don’t expect the

growth to continue forever.

The point is there are always new Microsoft s in the Business and

Home Business markets. It s knowing how to find them that is key.

They are out there, home businesses that are rock solid and will

experience this type of explosive growth over the next 5 years.

About the Author
Nick A. James offers informative tips and information on

nutrition, health and working from home. His many years of

Internet Marketing expertise puts him in unique position to help

others starting a home business . For free newsletter, free

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AND THE ADDY GOES TO!

The American Advertising Federation recently announced the latest

recipients of its 2004 ADDY Award which honors excellence in

advertising and praises companies that raise the creative

standards in the advertising industry. ADDY’s are awarded on the

national level as well as on the local level in 14 different

regional competitions. One of the winning campaigns belonged to

Planet Beach Franchising Corporation the company behind the

global Planet Beach sunless-tanning franchises. Planet Beach is a

rapidly growing tanning salon franchise that has grown to more

than 450 (open and in-development) locations in Australia, Canada

and the U.S. Planet Beach is the only tanning salon franchisor to

have received an ADDY for its marketing program.

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Then, have we got a solution for you. 21 Minute Fitness and

Weight Loss Centers require participants to pay attention to

every detail of their workouts. In this way they will be able to

reap the benefits of hours in the gym after working out for just

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lean muscle mass quickly and efficiently. 21 Minute Fitness and

Weight Loss Centers are capitalizing on the latest trends in

exercise, extra-slow training and express fitness. Because the

exercises are slow and controlled participants can work out in

their street clothes. This is good because the facilities don t

include showers or changing rooms. Locations are small and

intimate (about the size of a Starbuck s coffee shop) and there

are no mirrors surrounding the equipment. The relaxing music

piped through the exercise area encourages people to focus on

what they re doing in order to achieve the maximum benefit from

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it’s flagship outlet opening last month in Walnut Creek,

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FAST, FIT AND FOR MEN ONLY

Look out Curves, there is a new kid on the “Get Fit in 30 Minutes

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provides a 30 minute full-body circuit training workout much like

the model employed by the for-women-only Curves chain which seem

to be popping up on very street corner in North America. Cuts

offers a quick, easy and safe workout for executives, husbands,

seniors and beginners of all ages. The exercise system uses

smooth-motion hydraulic equipment and stretching and cardio moves

to increase strength, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. The

company is headquartered in New Jersey and has 13 franchise

locations currently operating. Another 24 are set to open soon.

Cuts Fitness for Men is looking to expand throughout the U.S. and

is interested in talking to potential franchisees.

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