Comments on: Build Passive Income Streams from eHow

By: passivefamilyincome

passivefamilyincome — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:37:27 +0000

Dusty – I almost pulled the trigger the other day with Today but ran out of time. Do you get any affiliate sign-up? If so, I will create my account through you. Thanks for the kind words about my posts as well as Pat’s. I agree with you about Pat’s site – I find his posts very addicting.

Dawn – I agree. I can write about non personal finance topics on eHow with the chance of earning money. Let me know if you decide to change your eHow name so I can start promoting your articles!

By: passivefamilyincome

passivefamilyincome — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:34:02 +0000

Steve – Absolutely! That is the beauty of it. eHow doesn’t pay you any up front fee. However, your articles have the potential of earning money over and over and over. The two downsides that many people argue are that you have to split the ad revenue with eHow and the possibility of them going out of business someday and your revenue stream drying up. I think as long as you diversify among your blog and other possible companies, you should be all set. Good luck to you!

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:37:34 +0000

Can you clarify for me: can you get paid multiple times for the same article over time? Just curious: because if so, I can definitely see how this would be a passive income stream worth pursuing!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:27:54 +0000

One thing I like about eHow is I can write on topics that are different than the purpose of my blog. I can also mix and match a bit. Plus it is fun. My main focus will always be my blog, but I like the other writing as well.

By: Dusty

Dusty — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:37:25 +0000

Writing for eHow takes times, I agree. Writing for Today only takes a few minutes a day. I am actually doing an experiment to see what would happen if I wrote short, simple posts every day for a month instead of writing longer posts three or four times a week. So far, it seems that if you write every day, your traffic levels actually increase, even though the posts are shorter.

I guess the shorter posts match people’s shorter attention spans. Myself, I prefer to read the longer, more developed posts that you and Pat produce.