There are several residual income opportunities available online these days. Their common denominators for success are of course hard work, patience, perseverance, and determination. Therefore this is a very clear statement that it is not as easy as it looks and the more effort you invest the higher your chance of success. Residual does not mean completely passive since there is always work done involved and even if you already have residual income you will still have to do some tasks to get things continually in motion.

Finding the opportunities online is not the hard part, the part that would really require much attention from you is when you get to decide which one is the right one for you. Of course performing the actual work or your duties would be another story. The important thing about choosing the right one is to be able to save time since if you have picked the one that is not suited for you then you probably won't gain any success from it therefore you would be going back to square one.

First thing you can consider is affiliate marketing. There are tons of websites available online who have merchants actively recruiting affiliates to help them market and sell their products. Affiliates will then earn a certain amount of commission for every product purchased by a customer through a customized affiliate link provided by the merchant. Most merchants will offer commissions ranging from 10% to %50. To get you started in this kind of business, you need to find the affiliate website you like. Check on the available merchants and select those who offer quality products that are sellable. After selecting your merchant, advertise the products you are selling through free classified ads websites and make your own blogs or website to be able to advertise more.

Another way to market your affiliate products is through effective article marketing. Write articles that are related to the products you are selling. Make them interesting and full of valuable information to get more visitors to your site thereby increasing your chances of making a sale.

If you have a certain skill other than writing a good article you can make an eBook about it. Many successful entrepreneurs online wrote about their skill or knowledge about something and sold a lot of copies. Any skill would actually do such as your skill of playing the piano or guitar, effective techniques in playing golf, tricks in training your dog, special recipes, and much more. People around the world are always looking for different kinds of information. Market them well through effective advertising and you will make huge profit from it.

There are other opportunities online you can consider as a source for your residual income. These ones stated though are the most popular ones and are used by some of the most successful online marketers around the globe. Explore them well and contemplate on which one of them you would fit more so that you will enjoy your income for the years to come.