Create Your Own Dividend
It isn't necessary to target high-dividend-paying stocks to earn higher income distributions than the market. Sometimes it can be more effective to simply own the market portfolio, with a fund like Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI, listed in the U.S.), and sell a small percentage of the position each year to generate cash to supplement the market's dividends. Withdrawals of 2% or lower each year should be sustainable, as there's a good chance that earnings per share can grow at that rate (above inflation) over the long term.
This approach yields better diversification than dividend funds, and it avoids the value style risk common to most of those strategies.