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Suite101 Review – A Sweet Source of Passive Income?

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

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 term – a [...]

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HowToDoThings.com Review – is it a Scam?

Looking around for alternatives to eHow brought me to howtodothings.com This site is not what it seems at all. The best evidence I can gather is that howtodothings.com has gone through several models.  At one time they paid writers in gift cards (presumably because you can buy gift cards at a discount off face and [...]

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eHow – A Study in Public Relations – Done All Wrong

Any webmaster knows to get upset when someone takes your content and posts it up in competition. It draws traffic you should get.  You lose ad revenue. You might also lose search engine ranking.  Content thieves are just not cool. Enter ehow.com who took the entire database of articles contributed by writers expecting to earn [...]

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eHow UK – Fight Back

ehow members are deleting their articles in droves. Others are refusing to write any more articles. A few don’t care or don’t understand what the fuss is about. Personally I am leaving my articles up but I am taking some concrete actions to improve the situation. I’ve developed this system and am gradually rolling it [...]

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Interview With Pat Flynn-$mart Passive Income

Today I am pleased to present an interview with Pat Flynn of $mart Passive Income fame. Pat Flynn has become somewhat of an internet celebrity over the last year. A casualty of the recession when laid off from his architecture job, Pat turned to creating a passive income online. Pat decided to chronicle his adventures [...]

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A Constant Content Writer Asks – How Can I Boost My Online Income?

A (presumably) newer writer posted in the Constant Content forum this question today:  Constent Content “I was just wondering if any of you work full time writing articles for Constant Content.   If you’re willing to share, are there any other ways I can boost my monthly income online?“ I had the exact same question [...]

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4 Action Steps to Replace Lost Ehow Income

Today Crunchy Data posted what I was thinking – the eHow forums have turned into a fight between eHow members over the eHow UK issue.   This is really sad since none of the writers caused this mess – eHow/Demand Media did.   I suppose given the high emotions against ehow over the UK site are [...]

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Alternatives to Ehow

I’ve  had several private messages asking about alternatives to eHow so I’m posting on this question.  I’ve been exploring other platforms to earn residual income from content writing, so stay tuned to  this blog as I intend to share what I’ve learned.  Here are two places to start. Constant Content I’ve written several posts about [...]

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So eHow says they are in the right – just trying to be friendly.

Spotted an interesting exchange in the eHow forums In Response to Re: 01/11/2010– eHow UK website and WCP participants : According to the Agreement and the Terms, you only reserve the right to republish content on one website: eHow.com. The Agreement is explicitly between eHow – the “Site,” – and the contributors who publish content. [...]

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eHow Admits UK Site is Not Paying US Writers

I prefer to be positive about life and look forward – but the ehow UK issue contains so many lessons on what not to do to your business partners I just have to blog about it.  I welcome your thoughts in the comments. eHow community manager Rich posted the following message thread to the eHow [...]

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What I’ve Learned about eHow as a Passive Income Source So Far

I’ve been developing an article inventory with eHow to generate passive income.  If you are not familiar with eHow, the concept is that anyone can share their expertise by posting “how to” articles. eHow has a very rigid format.  They see their market as people who have already thought about doing something and are looking for step by [...]

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New Years is Coming – No More Writer Procrastination

I found a great little article designed to get you off your butt.    If you are a Constent Content writer who is frustrated at not earning enough cash, this article is a good resource.  If you are a good writer that does not know about Constant Content then get with the program and join now.  Procrastination [...]

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How to Profit From a Relationship with Tiger Woods – In 10 Easy Steps

Did you tame Tiger?  Profit from it!   Since this blog is partly about making money in unconventional ways, this article might be of interest to readers.  Hope you like satire. How to Profit From a Relationship with Tiger Woods – In 10 Easy Steps

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