When it comes to the dream of building residual income it is often not as easy as you may first think.
The hardest element is finding a way to actually build residual income and in my experience many of the residual income "schemes" currently available simply don't add up.
One needs to take the time to consider some of the ways in which you might earn money on a regular basis from a one-time effort on your part.
A good way to begin your search is to consider what people pay for on a regular basis.
Often the best way to build residual income is to actually carefully consider these various options and choose the one that appeals to you most or seems to have the greatest potential.
Examples might include web hosting, nutritional supplement, internet service providers or insurance.
Consider your own finances paying particular attention to the things you pay for regularly.
Some companies offering vacations will even offer "lifetime" commissions so that once someone has bought one vacation through them thanks to your efforts, you continue to earn a commission every time they order in the future.
On a vacation, this can amount to a commission of several hundred dollars for a single sale.
And while there are lots of ways of promoting these various residual income opportunities, I have found that having a website listing in the search engines which drive residual traffic to your site is one of the most profitable and efficient ways to run a business like this.