I have been writing for eHow for a while and I am still learning so much about it. I am starting to understand what really makes money on eHow and what does not. It is a very simple formula and it needs to be followed if you want to start making a solid income from eHow. There are a few ways to earn from eHow as well as ways you can use it to earn from other sites. I will share with you what I have learned so far.You probably have heard this before, but keywords in your article are very important if you want to make money online. Without good keywords and proper seo optimization, you will not see any page views. If you don't see any page views you will not see any money. That is why it's important to use sites like Wordtracker and Google Adwords Keywords Tool to find words related to the topic of your article. Your keywords should be in your article as well as in your title. Doing this will increase search engine optimization and you will be ranked higher on sites like Yahoo and Google. This is very important because the bulk of your traffic will come from search engines.
Another important thing you should do is make sure your articles are long enough. You can not have short articles because search engines will not pick them up. A good article will probably be anywhere from 400 to 800 words in length. That is enough for the search engines to pick your article up and start making you some extra money. There is no use to writing articles of 100 to 200 words because no one will want to read them. You want readers to spend a good amount of time reading your article so it gives them a chance to click on the advertising.Speaking about advertising, it is highly important to write articles that are ad friendly. Meaning, you need to write articles so readers will almost have to click on an add or to. The way to do this is by not writing articles that simply give the reader the answers, or all the answers. You still want the readers to keep searching for the answers which makes them want to click on the ads. An example of an article you should not write is "How to tie your shoes" (this is a bad example but it still is clear in helping me get my point across). Writing artilces like this may get your a great number if page views but no one will click on the ads because they have the answer right there on your article. A better article to write about might be "How to invest on the Stock Market," which is a bit more broad in scope. You may not be able to answer all of the readers questions about investing in the stock market but some of the ads along the side of your article will.
You can also add related articles at the end of your eHow article. This will increase your page views and it has the potential of increase your residual income. It will keep the readers on your articles as well so. Another thing you can place in the Related content is affiliate or even referral links. If you are a member of affiliate marketing sites like Commission Junction or Amazon Affiliates you can try and make some income using eHow. For example, after you write your article about how to invest in the stock market you can put affiliate links to books on the stock market from amazon or commission junction. Or, maybe you have reviewed a site which has a referral link, you can place your referral link at the end.
When you think you are not making any money or increase in funds from eHow, keep writing? You need to persevere and just keep writing more articles until you do start earning $400, $700 and over $1000 a month in passive income. Set smaller goals for yourself and keep raising the bar when you reach it.
