How to Earn Money on eHow

Video Transcript

"Hello, my name is Luis Estrada and I'm a software developer. In this clip, I'll show you how to earn money on eHow. eHow is a website that allows you to publish your own articles for free on the web. All registered users can upload articles. Those articles can be included into the writer's compensation program. That way you'll earn money from your writing. Earnings are based on article performance. So, if you write a great article that spreads across the internet like a virus, you could find yourself making some extra dollars from eHow once a month. Payments are made through Paypal. First you need to sign up for eHow's writers compensation program. It's fast and easy. All you need is an active Paypal account and an eHow profile. Once you have created an account you can start writing your articles. I'll give you a few tips that will help you maximize your profits. Carefully choose the topic of your article. Try to target a mass audience. Create articles that do not expire quickly. For example, if you create an article talking about the past Olympics games, chances are that most people have lost interest about it in just a few months. The ideal article has from four-hundred to six-hundreds words. If you're creating a how to article, make sure you are separating the instructions in easy to follow steps. You should include a small introduction and a separate section for tips and warnings. Have you heard of the expression "a picture's worth a thousand words"? Including images will make your articles more interesting and your how to tutorials easier to understand. Promote your articles. Send links to the articles to your family and friends and ask them to forward them to their contacts. Add links to your articles in their blogs. Personal websites, social networks, forums, etcetera. You are paid per each page viewed, but the website keeps track of the IP addresses that have accessed the page. Meaning that if you or your friends constantly access the article to increase the page views, all of the visits from the same IP would still count as one. I am Luis Estrada, and I've just showed you how to make money with mere websites."