...Residual income ifyou prefer to call that.This is all without dealing with customers directly, refunds,product development and maintenance.This is one of the easiest ways of launching into an onlinebusiness and making a decent living.Assuming you are already into an affiliate program, what wouldbe the next thing you would do to double, or even triple, yourcommissions? How would you do that?Here are some powerful tips on how to boost your affiliatecommission in short period of...

... time:1. Know the best Affiliate programs and products to promote.Obviously, you would want to promote a program that will enableyou to achieve the most commission in the reasonable amount oftime.There are several factors to consider in selecting suchAffiliate programs.Choose the ones that have a generous Affiliate commissionstructure. At least 30% or above.Choose the one which have products that fit in with your targetaudience area of your interest and expertiseChoose the one that has a solid track record of paying theiraffiliates easily and on time.Choose the one that keeps your customer that you send under youraccount i.e. establishing a cookie for a long period of timee.g.atleast 6 months to a year. Life time would be the best. Soyou do not loose them once they leave you site or your welldeserved Affiliate commission.If you cannot seem to earn your commission, dump that programand keep looking for better ones.There are thousands of affiliate programs online which gives youthe reason to be picky. You may want to select the best to avoidlosing your advertising dollars.2. Build your Opt in list of prospective buyers. Use that listto PreSell your affiliate program products.How to build the Opt in List?Offer free newsletter, eBooks, when a visitor visits your site.Collect the contact information when they decide to order forthese free offers.It is a known fact that people do not make a purchase on thefirst visit. You may want to send out your message atleast sixtimes on an average to make a sale.That means keeping in touch with your visitor is of paramountimportance for health of your Affiliate business.This is the reason why you should collect the contactinformation. You can do follow-ups on these contacts. You keepsending them the reports, provide some valuable information forfree.If possible, add some Reviews and recommendations about theproducts. Customers will see that in you and they will beenticed to try out what you are offering.This is a way to keep your visitor in your sight. This kind ofattention leads to repeat visits by the visitors.That may improve your conversion rate. This leads to a purchaseof your product and that means commission for you.Get the contact information of a prospect before sending them tothe merchant partner's website. Keep in mind that you areproviding free advertisement for their products.You get paid only when you make a sale. If you send prospectsdirectly to the vendors, chances are they would be lost to youforever.But when you get their names, you can always send othermarketing messages on other products you are promoting. So youwill be able to earn an ongoing Residual income instead of aone-time sale only.Publish an online newsletter or Ezine. It is always best torecommend a product to someone you know than to sell to astranger.This is the purpose behind publishing your own newsletter oreZines. You provide very valuable information to yourprospective buyers which either relates to there businessinterest or product they are looking for.This also helps you to establish a relationship andtrustworthiness with your subscribers.While using this strategy, you have to keep a delicate balancebetween providing useful information and a sales pitch.If you continue to write informative editorials you will be ableto build a sense of reciprocity in your readers that may leadthem to support you by buying your products.3. Once you establish your self as reliable and profitableAffiliate to your Merchant partner, you can always request for abetter deal like higher than normal commission from merchants.If you are already successful with a particular promotion, youshould try and approach the merchant parner and negotiate ahigher percentage of Affiliate commission for your sales.If the merchant is smart, he or she will likely grant yourrequest rather than lose a valuable asset in you. Keep in mindthat you are a zero-risk investment to your merchant.so do not be shy about requesting for addition in yourcommissions. Just try to be reasonable about it.4. Write strong pay Per Click ads(PPC). PPC search engine is themost effective means of advertising online.As an affiliate, you can make a small income just by managingPPC campaigns such as Google AdWords, Overture and some othercompaigns.Then you should try and monitor them to see which ads are moreeffective and which ones to dispose off.Bottom line: Try out these strategies and see the difference itcan make residual income checks as you build a very successfulAffiliate Business.Do not be afraid to try out newer strategies and discard thosewhich have not born fruits i.e.earns you the most Affiliatecommission for your labor.