30 HubPage – 20 eHow Article Challenge – Week 3

The third week of my 30 HubPage – 20 eHow Article Challenge has now completed. Unfortunately I have not been able to reach the success of last month’s 100 Article eHow Challenge. Due to time constraints with my job and active income source, I have fallen behind on my goals. There just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day right now to actively work on building my passive income streams. I didn’t even get around to posting the results from week #2!

In order to save extra hours in the day, I have written fewer articles on PFI so I could focus on other sources of income. I have also tried to maximize my time by taking advantage of the following tools and practices.

• Batching – I have written about this many times already here, but I try to batch as many of my passive income tasks as I possible can. I have done it with my eHow articles and have picked up this practice now for my Hubs. On a given day, I may write 5 Hubs using a text editor and then later in the week will go and publish these articles. As my time becomes more and more precious, I will continue to leverage this practice as much as possible.
• Keyword Research – I have found that using the Micro Niche Finder Keyword Software tool has helped me save time writing my Hubs. While I have used it with some success for my eHow articles, I believe it helps a lot more researching keywords for writing Hubs. More to come on this tool later!
• Cutting the Fat – There is no time for any waste in my day, so I have tried to cut out any fat that I can. For example, I have started reading email only once per day and have tried to eliminate all unnecessary tasks that I possible can.

Week #3 Updates

Here are my results from September 1, 2009 – September 18, 2009 -

HubPage Articles

• Published Articles – 14
• Article Views – 128

My HubPage results are not all that impressive for the month. I still believe I can hit 30 published articles which should set me up nicely for future projects. I have found it a little difficult figuring out how to track my earnings from these articles, but estimate I have earned a few bucks in the past couple weeks.

My goal for these Hubs is not to earn income directly from them (although I won’t turn it down!). Instead, I am setting up several articles focusing on keywords that I am interested in writing about. These Hubs should eventually pave the way for setting up niche blogs in the future.

eHow Articles Published

• Week #1 – 1
• Week #2 – 0
• Week #3 – 6
• Total – 7

eHow Total Views & Earnings

• Article Views – 59
• Income Earned – $1.97

My eHow stats are nowhere near what they were a month ago, which is okay with me (for now). I needed to branch out and diversify from eHow. My goal is still to reach 20 new published articles by the end of September.

Are you looking for a free way to start increasing your income? If so, eHow is one option that allows you to accomplish this goal. There are people just like you earning over a $1,000 each month on a recurring basis just by writing “How To” articles. If you are new to eHow, one place to start is by checking out a great resource called – How to Earn Passive Income on eHow.com: Maximize Your Online Earnings. I purchased this resource several months ago and have made my money back within the first month using the guidelines laid out.

How are your monthly goals coming along?

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