How to Make Money at Home by Residual Work

After the work that initially goes into starting a few websites or businesses, you can bring in income without having to put any more effort into them. Residual income can supplement and, in some cases, replace the regular work you do for a set fee or wage. Use these ideas to help you get started on bringing in income without working.

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  Write articles for websites or blogs that pay you a certain amount based on the number of page views your articles receive. Search engine optimization and keywords are vital to making a success of your articles and blogs. GoodKeyWords and Google AdWords offer two free services to help you identify keywords for your articles and blogs.

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  Become an affiliate of certain products or services. Place ads for them on your websites. You will receive income from clicks to the ads on your site. Individual companies offer affiliate programs, and Google AdSense is another affiliate program you can use to make residual income.

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  Publish your own work (film, music or writing, for example). You keep control of where and how your products and services are marketed as well as all of the revenue (instead of just a portion as would be the case if someone else managed the distribution of your work).

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  Buy a business or residential property. Rent it out. Other ideas include writing a book at home, letting an oil company drill on your land for oil or start investing and saving to get dividends and earn interest.