How to Double Your Productivity Writing for eHow

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Double Your Productivity Writing for eHow

Maximizing your time when writing for eHow means maximizing your profits. Some "shortcuts" will prove counter-productive in the end, while others will enable you to write more high-quality articles in less time. This article will help you to make sure you are maximizing your time without compromising your good status as an eHow community member.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Use eHow's "Expanded View" when publishing your eHow articles. The expanded view will allow you to insert all of your text at once as well as complete all of the other steps involved with publishing an article.
Step 2

Insert text first, publish your article, and then go back to the article in "edit" mode to add photos. The eHow publishing wizard can be temperamental at times, but the odds of your hard work being erased (due to a glitch or bug upon submitting) significantly decrease if you publish text first, and then add photos (I have not experienced a single problem with lost content since I have started following this method).
Step 3

Use smaller sized images. Uploading a large high-resolution photo will take a hundred times longer to upload (exact number may vary) than a medium to low resolution photo. The large file is not necessary because it will never be displayed in high-resolution on eHow's website. Another advantage to using small photo files is that you can insert and upload all of the images for your article at once and submit them together (separate from the text though - see step 2). If you upload large files, you will need to upload them one at a time to avoid glitches and loss of content.
Step 4

Spend no more than two minutes choosing keywords for your article. The Google Keywords tool can be very useful if utilized correctly, but it can be a trap and a cause for writer's block if used excessively. Type in a suggested keyword, scan the results, select the most profitable keyword combination from the generated list, and start writing your article. There is no secret, "fail-proof" formula for using keywords. Too many factors are involved, and the formula is constantly changing anyway. Just make a smart keyword choice, and then get to work creating your content.
Step 5

Write on topics you are familiar with - even if you think a particular topic may be more profitable. Stick with your areas of expertise and you will be able to post more content and better quality content in half the time.
Step 6

Don't spend too much time selecting related articles or choosing categories. One or two appropriate category assignments is enough. A lot of valuable time can be wasted on these two steps.
Step 7

If an article idea is not flowing, abandon it and move on to your next idea. This will keep your momentum going and unlock the creative genius inside of you that you will need to utilize in order to write quickly, effectively, and freely.
Step 8

Commit to using these strategies consistently, and any others that you may learn from other eHow community members or that you discover yourself. Using a strategy that saves you a minute or two may not seem worthwhile, but if eight new strategies save you an average of three minutes each, you have just cut your article-writing time down by 24 minutes. For some, that would double their current productivity. Can you imagine having twice as many articles as you have at this point?

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acea said

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on 12/21/2009 Great tips for doubling productivity writing for eHow. Thanks!

badtea said

on 12/6/2009 Very good tips! I have also found an outline saves me time. When I am in "keyword research mode" I write an outline of several article ideas. Then I can go into "writing mode" and it helps me write all the articles faster.

Rated 5* and recommend!