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Online Content Strategy After eHow

April 16, 2010

I just had to share this letter with everyone because it raises some interesting questions and well, it warms my heart because my main goal for this blog is to develop a community of readers that can help each other and learn together with me.
Jade,
Things have sure been hopping on eHow lately, and I have [...]

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When Does Delete Not Mean Delete at eHow?

April 9, 2010

Several writers report getting this email from eHow.  I have not (yet) received it but I’ll pass it on as it was reported in the eHow forums.  I assume it is legit  for several reasons and will modify this post if it proves to be a hoax.
You recently deleted your articles from eHow.com, and we’d [...]

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Reuse eHow Articles

April 9, 2010

A question from an eHow refugee on the Constant Content forum lead to this quick blog post. The question was basically can you submit eHow articles to Constant Content?
As both an eHower and a Constant Content author I do not recommend moving articles from eHow over to Constant Content in eHow format.  The eHow [...]

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What Do I Do With Deleted eHow Articles?

April 7, 2010

Since the news of the eHow shutdown two days ago (in terms of new content via the site anyway) and than an aggressive sweep where many articles are being deleted, many eHow writers are feeling lost. Some are trying out Demand Studios. Some writers are looking for homes for their recently swept articles. Other [...]

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Need a Website?

April 6, 2010

If you need a website cheap, fast and designed just the way you want, go to oDesk.com and sign up for an account. Look at the going rates and similar job descriptions and then post up your website design and set up job. You’ll have lots of good bidders to pick from. [...]

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eHow Changes Format

April 5, 2010

This just posted by Lex in the eHow Forums:
Today, we’re announcing a series of changes for eHow.com. Anyone who’s ever written for eHow should receive a message today from eHow explaining those changes. But here’s an overview of what’s happening, why, and some of the impact.
Since 2006, eHow’s growth has been nothing short of [...]

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eHow Photo Scam Roundup

April 4, 2010

I don’t use many photos on my eHow articles and the ones I do use are mostly from Wikipedia or logos of sites I’m talking about. However, many writers use unique photos they take themselves. Demand Media is now appropriating these photos and linking them to other (usually Demand Media owned) articles on [...]

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WalMart Has a Useless Blog? Not Useless to Me.

March 28, 2010

Just came across this really well written article by Allyn Hane on the Walmart Blog (did you know Walmart had a blog? me either). Allyn makes some really good suggestions on how Walmart can use their blog to promote sales and build goodwill. If you have a business blog you can learn from Allyn’s [...]

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How to Use SheToldMe.com

March 10, 2010

When I first saw people talking about SheToldMe.com I was not interested. I figured they were just trying to get me to sign up so they could profit somehow (but I didn’t know how since it looked like I got all the revenue). Eventually I went and figured out SheToldMe.com and now I’m [...]

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What Makes an eHow Article Earn (or Not)

March 8, 2010

Online writer/blogger Chezfat has been doing some great analysis of the eHow Algorithm and the effect of the eHow UK disaster.   Among other things, Chezfat’s stats show a big drop in earnings for articles in the eHow Home and Garden category.  Articles are doing poorly both on a month over month basis (over many [...]

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Forget RRCR – Get a New eHow Plan

March 6, 2010

Many eHow writers get into social groups that RRCR each others articles. This activity is pretty much worthless and takes away from time that could be spent actually making money for both the reader and the writer. That statement might make me unpopular, but if you read on I will present a better [...]

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Make More Off eHow Articles

February 26, 2010

Re-Purpose and Earn More Passive Income
eHower Russ Keith asked in the eHow forums how to earn more from his drawing articles that are not pulling much traffic.   Russ has a nice library of step by step articles on drawing that need a way to reach a good audience.
Several things became clear from the [...]

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Web Writing For Profit: the Triple A Solution

February 22, 2010

The ever growing demand for quality web content results in many opportunities for aspiring freelance writers to do web writing for profit.  The advent of crowd sourcing and citizen journalism is creating more content writers than ever before.
The problem for the freelance web writer is separating the opportunities to create worthless noise from the profitable [...]

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eHow Resources (and tips for other web writing)

February 21, 2010

Here is a round up of some great resources for writing more profitably for eHow or any other site where you are paid based on ad clicks:
Great Advice from Diane Cass

in this Thread about my last blog post on How to Write eHow Articles that Stink plus
How to Choose Search Engine Keywords for your [...]

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How to Write eHow Articles that Stink

February 20, 2010

The quest to create valuable content can be maddening.  How many times have you gotten what you figured was a great idea for an article and then found out no one cares?  For me – too often.
Here are the 10 eHow articles I thought were great ideas when I wrote them but that have not [...]

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Is the eHow UK Compensation Enough?

February 11, 2010

The eHow writers waited for the promised compensation for having their work used on the eHow UK site – and today it arrived.  Is anyone happy about the generous eHow UK compensation?  Apparently not.  The eHow forums are buzzing with comments;  (almost) none of them positive.   We will see how long the comments last since [...]

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eHow UK Update

February 6, 2010

Several eHow members including Alrady noticed that new (ie Feb 2010) articles are still going up on the eHow UK site but without redirects. For example – here is my latest article How to Get to Sanibel Island – UK version. As of this blog post it does not redirect to the ehow.com [...]

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eHow Apologizes

January 30, 2010

I am gratified to see Demand Studio’s Senior Vice President of Content and Editorial, Jeremy Reed respond to writer concerns about eHow that I articulated here.  I am reposting the exchange below.

January 30, 2010 at 5:08 am  JadeDragon says:
I’d like to know what Demand Media is going to do about eHow Writers who are feeling [...]

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Suite101 Review – A Sweet Source of Passive Income?

January 30, 2010

How sweet is Suite101.com and does the site make sense as part of a residual income plan? The evidence suggests that, for a skilled writer, it can make some good sense.
Suite101 has been around since 1996 and is based in Vancouver, Canada. It has a generally very good reputation among writers. The site has [...]

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eHow to Compensate Writers for Lost Earnings

January 30, 2010

On January 29, 2010 eHow released a video blog admitting that the eHow UK site did indeed impact writer’s earnings. The eHow GM stated they would be “generously estimating” the lost earnings and compensating the writers in February. Curiously they were very careful to use “UK beta site” and variations of this [...]

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