Defining residual income – Residual income also known as passive income is a very common referral to income received from a source that requires very little effort in generation usually on a monthly basis. Popular examples of residual aka passive income are property leasing, stock dividends or bond interest, affiliate programme commission and royalties, of which affiliate programme income is the most popular means of earning home based residual income.

Other definition- It is very important to draw a clear distinction between the different residual income definitions due to the fact that there are two definitions for this income type. The second being the amount income lefts after debts such as clothing accounts, utility bills and mortgages installments have been settled for the month. Should the accounts or mortgages be fully settled the amounts allocated towards these costs will then be considered residual income.

Internet a residual income source- The popularity and incredibly widespread user-base of the internet makes it the ultimate money making tool in the comfort of your own home with very little to no effort required on your part. Affiliated programmes are extremely popular business models with tons of free software for program operation, setup and support, cutting out all kinds of business costs such as office space and equipment leasing, overheads and labour.

What are affiliated programmes exactly?- Affiliated programmes pay affiliate referrers, members or subscribers to the programme a specific percentage commission based on his or her promotional performance usually per month or as agreed upon.

Partnership- These affiliate programmes very closely resemble real-life business partnership without all the red tape and legal requirements and prescriptions of course. It is a mutually beneficial relationship between two parties. The merchant should pay a lot of attention to it’s network of affiliates as the slightest lack of appreciation from the merchants’ side may lead to a deterioration of the network. Compensation should be fair and payment regular or as agreed upon. Beware of con-artists and scammers, there are plenty of them around.

Programme types- There are three affiliate programme types namely Pay Per Click referring to affiliate referrer compensation based on merchant website visits, Pay Per Sale referring to an affiliate referrer compensation based on percentage of successful referred purchases or sales and Pay Per Lead refers to payment for either qualified or unqualified leads.

Secret to success- The best kept secret to success for affiliate programmes lies in audience or group targeting. If you know a certain product or service is focused on a specific age, race or gender group, these groups must be tapped into. The number one rule in any marketing strategy- identify your target audience and focus your primary attention on them. Take note-primary attention not all your attention.

Site content- Please keep your affiliate website uncluttered and easy to navigate. Service or product sales will also be much higher if you ensure that your affiliate website content matches that of the merchants’ as far as it is allowed to.

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