By Richard Rosal

With the economy being as bad as it is, a lot more people are trying to find other ways to supplement their income. There are plenty of ways to make extra money. One of the most sought after ways everyone wants is residual income.

What is residual income? Residual income is doing something once and being paid for it over and over again, month after month. So I could actually take a vacation and still get paid. Residual income is not about "get rich quick" - the principal very much misunderstood by many people. It requires effort, determination, especially in the beginning .

Another name for residual income is passive income which can refer to any income generated through being indirectly involved in something. Website revenues, rental income, and royalties are all types of passive or residual income. Being very popular these days, residual income is no longer used just by direct sales companies. There is at least one national real estate firm that offers its agents residual income. Residual income occurs when you sell a product or service once and you receive ongoing income from that one sale.

One of the best ways to create passive residual income is through online direct marketing. The ultimate goal of most online marketers is achieving full time income by replacing his or her current income.

As an online marketer, how can you gain residual income? You gain residual income the moment your first sale is made. If you set up your business correctly, you will see continued payoff for months or even years based on the effort you initially invested into building your business. Each sale from that point on is a direct result of your past efforts.

Affiliate programs provide the best means of creating a residual income. All the hard work has been done for you. The creation of the product, the sales letter, the credit card processing, the delivery of goods. All you need to do is get visitors to the website with your unique tracking code. This code credits you, the affiliate any sale that is generated through your link.

Where can you find the best affiliate programs? Commission Junction, Clickbank, and Linkshare are just a few of the best affiliate companies. My favorite is Clickbank. All products that are sold through clickbank are ebooks with allows you to earn bigger chunks of residual income from each book to the tune of up to 75%.

Whatever way you choose to create residual income, it's the best feeling to know that you've created multiple streams of income through online direct marketing which gives you financial options.

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