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Should I Write For Demand Studios?

Tons of former eHow writers are asking this question. I’ll disclose that I am in and approved as a Demand Studios writer. I’ve looked around and posted to the DS Forums. I don’t currently have access to the Create a Title tool at Demand Studios but I hope to have that corrected soon. I [...]

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What Do I Do With Deleted eHow Articles?

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 writers [...]

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Introducing TheInfoMine.com

This is a guest post by Nolan webmaster of TheInfoMine.com so I’ll turn it over to Nolan. “Thanks JadeDragon for the opportunity to write a guest post. I have been a long time writer for some of the more popular How-To sites, as well as the major Google Adsense revenue sharing sites such as Xomba [...]

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Free Classifieds at iSell.com (Build Links or Earn Adsense)

I found a slick looking free classified site called iSell.com the other day. So I tried it out for my business and I’ve got to say I’m impressed. To me, the site is much more attractive and user friendly than Craigslist and Kijiji and a real pleasure to use. iSell has some really nice [...]

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Retire Young: A 12 Month Quest

We all love a good story. Why? It connects us to other people and to shared human experiences. Stories are also great for learning. 2000 years ago Christ used stories called parables to teach the people important lessons. Today, television is popular because from sitcoms to dramas and from “reality” TV to the news it [...]

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Make More Off eHow Articles

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 [...]

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eHow Resources (and tips for other web writing)

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 [...]

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How to Write eHow Articles that Stink

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 [...]

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eHow UK Update

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 I know [...]

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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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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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Bonus Information Products Resources

Tim Ferriss advocates creating information products in the Four Hour Work Week. It is easy to automate delivery of an info product, they do not require inventory, and info products can be carefully targeted to a profitable niche. Information products make a great passive income strategy for lots of reasons. I’m not going to [...]

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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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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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Outsource Your Life Update #1

After considering e-lance and several stand alone service provider companies (one in China and one in Canada), I decided to go with Odesk.com. I decided on Odesk because they have some interesting job tracking tools. You can actually see what your workers are doing via screenshots. This has proven very helpful. For example, on the [...]

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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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Are Blogs a Passive Income Source?

There is some significant debate in the passive income community over the passiveness of blog income. In general, my view is that blogging is not a real passive income source. Blogs take effort to manage and require new posts to attract traffic. This blog is not designed to generate passive income (or much income for [...]

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