Did you get your updated eHow earnings for January? You know, the updated earnings promised by eHow as a result of the UK beta site. I was actually surprised when I got the email notifying me about the additional income added on to my previous earnings. Who knows how it was calculated, but I will take it just the same.
Over the past several months, there have been plenty of problems with eHow. From purging articles with no notice to the issues around the eHow UK site, a lot of members have become upset in the last 6 months. I am actually trying to get someone to tell me why I have pending articles that have not been reviewed in over two weeks now. There always seems to be plenty of technical glitches that come and go at eHow.
eHow Makes Good on Promise
While there have been plenty of issues to go around with eHow, I wanted to give them some credit for making good on their promise. Back in January after the huge uproar about the UK site, they promised to go back and compensate their writers for lost earnings from the new site. Just this week, they made good on that promise.
This is something they didn’t necessarily need to do, although it makes their writers a lot happier (at least for now). The facts are that while eHow has it’s quirks and issues, it is still the best place to publish content and begin earning money immediately. Given that it is FREE to join (US residents only), all you are really out is the time you spend publishing articles.
I challenge you to find a better place to setup passive income streams in such a quick period of time!
January Earnings Correction
My updated January eHow earnings were $208.36 after the UK corrections were made. While this does not get me back to my December earnings ($230.35) or my peak earnings of $253.84 back last year, it gives me renewed hope. While the earnings decrease from eHow can be attributed to a number of causes (i.e. UK Site, AdSenese, etc.), it is tough to see my earnings creep down while I continue to publish new content.
Here are my updated results for January -
January (2010)
Earnings – $188.07- Updated Earnings – $208.36
- Articles Published – 13
- Articles in Process – 2
GRAND TOTAL (17 Months)
Earnings – $1,782.81- Updated Total Earnings – $1,803.10
- Articles Published – 262
- Articles Deleted from eHow – 13
Overall, I received $20.29 added back onto my January earnings pushing me back over $200 per month. There is no question that my earnings are still trending downwards, even with the updates. Let’s see what happens next month!
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Long Term Fix?
Has eHow corrected the earnings problem and we won’t have to worry about the UK site anymore? Somehow I think there will still be some issues, but who knows. I am not going to get so wrapped up in what I am earning from eHow. My number one goal is to build passive income streams that I own and fully control.
I will still be writing content and publishing articles for eHow. I have not given up believing my earnings can get back to where they once were and push on towards $500 per month! eHow is a perfect way to fund my other income streams that I am currently building.
Do you think this is just a temporary earnings fix from the UK site? Are you going to keep writing articles for eHow?
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John,
This is a bit tough. I don’t have many articles up, about 20, but I broke $10.00 in 4-5 weeks. It’s almost two weeks in February, and I haven’t even broken a $1.00…I should be close to $4.00-$5.00. I have NO idea what’s going on, except maybe that I haven’t promoted my articles on the eHow forum. This is a worrying trend though.
I wonder what other sites are equally or close to as good as eHow in regards with earning money right away and ranking your articles.
@Moon – I am almost scared to look at my earnings now for February after reading this. I am still on my earnings diet and am only checking eHow and AdSense once per week. I will be checking tomorrow, so it might be interesting.
In terms of promoting articles, I have never spent any extra time on promotion other than tweeting them and the occasional stumble.
PFI,
I don’t do EHOW because I don’t like the fact that I would publish 200 articles, build the content of someone else and then my income and I would be at their mercy. There’s so much uncertainty in the online marketing space, that adding an additional layer by posting yoru content somewhere else just doesn’t seem right to me.
I make about $100/month on average from my site, and I haven’t really written as many articles as you have on ehow. Of course if google changes its algoritms, or my readers decide my site is not worth of their time then I would most probably not make anything. But anyways, my only cost is $10/year for my domain name. Tell me of another investment where you can get 100 times your money in one year?
Now if I could create 40 sites like that and I would be in a pretty good shape
And most importantly I would be in charge 
@Blogging Banks – You make some very good points. The only problem that I have between posting to a niche site and a place like eHow is the time factor. It seems to take so much longer to earn anything from a site you maintain compared to a content site.
40 sites sounds great – just not sure how long it would take to set them all up!
You make some good points about eHow, but I must pipe up about another fabulous residual opprotunity- Suite 101. Only difference from eHow is that you must apply to write for them, but once you’re accepted, you can write articles on just about anything- not restricted to one format either. I currently make much more at Suite101 than eHow with less articles published.
I am going to continue writing for eHow, but I must admit, I am skeptical about the future of the site.
@Rachel – How much are you earning from Suite101 compared to eHow? What is your daily earnings generated from the site and how many articles do you have?
John, my thoughts are very similar to yours — the eHow UK business is not something I’ve focused on due to two things: time away from the writing world (took an extended maternity leave Nov.-Jan.) as well as focusing on my 2010 goal of building income through my own sites and blogs this year. I still love eHow for the excellent residual income opportunity it has been for me over the past 2.5 years, but ultimately, a well-rounded “portfolio” is essential for web-based residual income.
@Maria – Yes, I agree that eHow produces some great residuals that I hope keep filling my wallet for many years. Have you ever written for other sites than eHow? I am experimenting with Suite101 right now to add a little diversification.
Hello, just so you know, some of us are putting our necks way out there to expose eHOW for what it really is, so yeah, I go by THE PREACHER and others use other names. And we are not telling people not to write for eHOW, it is our hopes that through education, we will force eHOW to become a better place for all writers. Let’s talk a bit about those famous eHOW sweeps, shall we. Ever wonder what is really behind the madness? Yes, some are articles that are out of eHOW’s guidelines. Yes, some are poorly written. But many of these that get deleted are top earning articles. That’s correct, they are top earning articles, that have been in place for several years in many cases, only to overnight no longer fall within eHOW’s guidelines. How to hell can that be? What is really going on here?
Glad you asked. There is gold in your deleted articles, pure gold – for eHOW. I know, how can there be gold for eHOW in deleted articles. First let’s look at just what your high earning articles have accomplished. They have matured and rank high on the search engines. They have developed a following, in as far as online articles can develop a following. They have built up comments and views. And then eHOW comes riding in on its white horse and deletes em. All that hard work and effort is gone, right?
Don’t bet the family farm on it. EHOW wins on several fronts, and here is the secret to their dirty little game of deleting high earning articles. First, even though your articles get deleted, they are not totally gone, something very important remains behind and in eHOWs control – your URL’s. And therein is the gold, because eHOW takes your articles URL’s and redirects them to pages full of links to DS (DEMAND STUDIOS) so all your hard work and effort are now going to serve eHOW’s cause, promoting their DS articles.
These redirects are eHOW’s free bread and butter. The DS articles are already paid for, so all traffic they redirected to those articles is extra money in eHOWs pocket. An added bonus, they are now making money off the DS article ads and not paying for your articles any longer. It’s win win all the way around. Another bonus, all your deleted articles comments. EHOW uses the strength of those comments to help drive the DS articles even higher in the search engines rankings.
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@The Preacher – I certainly respect your opinion and do agree with you on a couple of points. I feel that with any site that you don’t own, you are always subject to rule and guideline changes that are out of your control. As an eHow writer, I have had many frustrations but also accept the risk in return for earning income quickly.