eHow Closing Writer’s Compensation Program (WCP)

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Demand Media Takeover...

I think it is so sad about the Demand Media takeover and now the closing of the eHow Writer’s Compensation Program (WCP). If you are anything like me, eHow was one of the ways that you began making money online. It seems sad to me that a site that had its roots in revenue sharing has now closed that program and essentially shut off the faucet to the writers that helped to make them who they are in the first place. At the same time I am grateful to the company that showed me a great deal about how internet marketing works. I suppose no line of online revenue really lasts forever, but I had gotten used to the income stream...

Demand Media has taken over. You can still make money with them, but the requirements are much more demanding. Most of the original articles are being removed, and new ones are subject to editing and rejection that mean a huge decrease in writer profits because the articles take so much longer to complete. Please comment if you have had positive experiences with Demand Media, or if you like the change.

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My Newest Work From Home Journey Experience, Home Business Connection Magazine

In the mail, there was this magazine, Home Business Connection. I don’t think I subscribed, but maybe I can find one legit home business opportunity to try for free. I do not like initial investments. Usually there can be found a way to access the same opportunity for free elsewhere, so I steer clear of upfront business investment type payments. Here are some links that I looked into, some of which cost money.

1) http://www.brokeropp.com/program-details.html – This link advertises cashing in on the bad economy by brokering mortgaged homes. It’s only $195 for the “building wealth together kit”. I am helping to build someone’s wealth if I buy this…

2) http://www.easypath2wealth.com/index.php?ID=15356 – Easy Path to Wealth? I have to pay to sell vacations. NO ONE is going on vacations this year. Are they supposed to use their unemployment or the money cut from their salaries? Not that promising of an opportunity for me. My friends don’t have any money.

3) http://nopennypockets.homestead.com/ – well the website didn’t cost them much. This is a portal to another website, someone’s affiliate marketing idea. Let’s see.. “The Perfect Home Based Business”…What could it be? Robert Kiyosaki from Rich Dad Poor Dad endorses it, and he is one of my heroes. I think it’s selling vitamins? Amazing Sublingual B-12… Hmmm…I can get B12 for like $3. I don’t know if this one is for me.

4) This is a very informative video on turnkey websites so that you will be aware of exactly what I mean:




http://www.freewebsitecenter.com/ – this is a turnkey website! I was really interested in those a few months ago. Your only responsibility is to pay for and advertise the website. These are pretty expensive, although cheaper than I expected. Psychic, Adult, Sports and Dateline 900 numbers are the areas that this company specializes in. These seem like pretty popular topics. I am skeptical. To order by PayPal, you have to call on the phone. I think I should try to reach this business by phone first.

I just don’t see anything that is going to turn my dreams into reality today. Why do I have to be such a pessimistic realist? There are probably great opportunities out there for people that aren’t just sales scams. I am still below my goal of $100/week, but I do work a lot. I do realistically make about half of that and could make more if I had more time, but I am not ready to completely work from home or be my own boss, yet. I am still trying to find a work-at-home rainbow.

This is my idol:
http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/

His name is Pat, and I subscribe to his blog. He has just written an e-Book about LEEDS and housing or something and made like 50,000 from it. He is the one who initially inspired me to write eHow articles, and he got laid off around the same time that I did. I don’t remember how I found this blog, but this guy has sooooooooooo much more work from home / make money online talent than I do. Maybe one day I can be as successful as he is…

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7 Work At Home and Make Money Online Things Worth a Second Look

1.www.bloggernoob.com – This is another work at home blog. She made $25,000 in the first year with this blog. Lots of decent advice. I don’t think this blog will make that much. Does anyone know how to increase my Google Page Rank by a landslide?

2.www.ioffer.com - A place to buy sell and trade. Kind of like eBay and accepts Paypal. This site might be worth checking out. It looks populated and barren at the same time.

3.www.bukisa .com – This is one way to increase your Google Page Rank. Publish articles that relate to your blog or website with links to your blog or website in the pages. This helps your increase links to your site. You can also earn lots of money from page views. You are paid an amount per page view. The more content you publish, the more you are paid.

4. eHow – This is one of the easiest ways to make money online. You don’t have to write long articles with correct grammar and punctuation, just tell people the steps you do to get things done. Then, sit back and relax as the money piles in every time some one clicks on ad from one of your articles! This is the easiest residual income ever!

How to Videos & Articles: eHow.com

5. http://freemillionautosurf.com is a wonderful automated surfing tool. Just sign up to be a member, input your website, keep the computer on the freemillionautosurf.com site for around 4 hours, and pouf, a thousand free visitors to your website or blog. Recommend it to others for even more hits! All for free while checking email, etc.

5. Entrecard- This is a great site for bloggers. One might overlook it at first glance because it seems nondescript, but the cute site will generate lots of traffic for your blog. Boost your visitors, grow your audience, network with other bloggers, and market your products and services all in one place. You will need a 125x125 image for the icon though, and a place to put the widget. Approve and reject other blog ads to place on your page for exposure. In order to place your ad on other blogs, you must drop it by pushing their drop button on their widget. Read on.

6. www.affiliateseeking.com – find tons of affiliate companies here to sign up for. With hundreds listed, you are sure to find one that suits you. Affiliate programs include affiliate networks, ad networks, 2 tier programs, pay per sale, contextual ads, pay per lead, residual income, datafeeds, multi tier programs, popups and banner ads, pay per click, ppc search engines, business opportunities, etc.

7. Extora – This is a personal day organizer or todo list. It sits on your desktop, and is super easy to use. Just point and type the thing you have to do and viola! The todo list is there for you reference. Extora has a very modern look that complements Vista tremendously instead of the worn out normal todo list freeware. You can download Extora Pro or the freeware edition. Have fun!

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January Payouts

1. internetGirlfriday.com is the winner this month. This company is a group of virtual assistants that has hired me on. I do not do much work for them because I am so busy with college, a part time job, and my forays into the work from home experience. This is an apply to work position. The company is a team of virtual assistants that offers these services:

• creating blogs



• wordpress installations



• managing client's facebook profiles



• sending press releases



• bookkeeping



• arranging travel



• tracking business



• updating websites



• sending newsletters



• giving remote computer support



• managing email



• placing calls



• setting up appts/meetings, ordering gifts/groceries online



• generating new leads



• researching



• all the things that hold you up from having any time leftover for yourself

This is a really fun company to work for. I absolutely love the work, and the payment was easy and quick. She is a legit company that pays, and the experience is what makes the position so awesome for me. I have learned so much since I started there. This was exactly the kind of online work I was looking for!

2. Associated Content is probably second, but only because I received a $10 bonus for publishing more than 5 pieces in December. I also received $3 for a piece I published on population control. Associated Content is a reliable, trustworthy source. I am not the best, most practiced writer in the world, so my payouts are low. You do actually have to do work. Besides the upfront payments, you also receive residual CPM payments. Mine are slow in coming ($1.09 so far), but this is real money. I like Associated Content. It's fun to see your name in print.

3. eHow comes in third with a payment of $12.63 from Demand Media, eHow's alias. These are my eHow stats:

Articles Written: 65
Article Views: 11,510

As you can see, I have put a lot of work into the $12.63, but next month I should make around $5 or $6 dollars for the same articles, and so on and so on ad infinitum....

4. I received $1.47 for selling my time and effort cutting (disclaimer) coupons on eBay. This helped pay for my newspaper subscription, and at least someone who could use the coupons in this troubled, murky economy received them. I also made $38.37 for a harddrive that I wasn't using, but you can hardly call this profit since I paid $80.00 for it 3 months ago.

5. I also received an $8.00 check from a secret shopping job that I did for Sara Lee.

This month, the blog did not make any money. My Google Adsense was cancelled for some reason before reaching minimum payout amount. Here's what they said:

Hello,While reviewing your account, we noticed that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our policies. For instance, we found violations of AdSense policies on pages such as http://myworkfromhometruth.blogspot.com/2008/12/just-what-i-wanted-for-christmas.html.As stated in our program policies, AdSense publishers are not permitted to place Google ads on sites with content related to programs offering incentives to click links or ads, read emails, or surf other websites. This would include, for instance, auto-surf sites, pay-to-read email networks, and sites comparing various pay-to-click programs. Please visit our Help Center (https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=105951) for more information.As a result, we have disabled ad serving to the site.Your AdSense account remains active. However, we strongly suggest that you take the time to review our program policies (https://www.google.com/adsense/policies ) to ensure that all of your remaining pages are in compliance.Please note that we may disable your account if further violations are found in the future.

Sincerely,The Google AdSense Team

So I switched for this blog. I have other monies, but they may never reach payout.

Ok, that's it. I will update you again in another month or if something spectacular happens!

Got Money - Proof of Payment eHow

Click the image to enlarge. I thought that the minimum payout for eHow was $10, but they paid me through PayPal  within the first month. My payment was only $6.18. Not bad for the first month. I have written around 50 articles, so this money hasn't come very easily. I have really enjoyed the experience, and it's like writing articles with compound interest attached to them. You write one, that one makes money. Then you write another, and the one you wrote before that is making money. Then you write a really good article that makes really good money, and the one you wrote before that is making money, and the one you wrote before that is making money and on and on and on. You get the picture. I have posted the proof of payment in the image above.

I wasn't so sure about eHow at first because you only make money from advertising. If the user does not click on the advertisements, then you make nothing. It has actually turned out to be pretty profitable, though. Upfront payments are nice for Associated Content, but CPM ( or pay per 1000 views ) tends to be higher with my eHow. 

Money Invested: $0 Time Invested: 50 hours Money Earned: $6.18 so far...

History Exam and .28 on eHow

Today is my last exam for the fall semester. It's world history, and the teacher is pretty tough. The toughest part is remembering who did what.
Anyway, not much time to post today. I just wanted to update you on some REAL money made. I made .28 on eHow! I was so excited. I have never been so pleased to make .28. The payout is $10, so I guess I will just have to keep on keeping on.
Have a good day, you guys! See you tomorrow! Leave me some comments!

Money Invested: $0 Time Invested: around 4 hours Money Earned: $0.28

eHow - Make Money Writing Articles

I did not know you could make money writing articles on eHow. I wrote three articles this morning. I guess it probably takes a while to make any money, but it seems legit as people are still doing it. I am guessing this will not make me rich. Just guessing. There are also other sites like eHow that also pay. I chose eHow because that is the one I see the most when I do online searches. These how to articles are easy to write, and almost everyone has some unique information that noone else has.

I will do some more update entries later if I make any cold, hard cash. This is still a good project if I make no money at all. At least people will gain some helpful knowledge. It seems honest and straightforward, and eHow pay with PayPal! Not instant gratification, but at least they do not want me to sell anything or give them my bank account information.

Update: This is my updated information. I still have not reached payout, but in 1 more month, I should be there!

Articles Written: 47

Article Views: 2,803

Earnings in December $7.18

eHow has turned out to be very fun and addictive. I really like writing the articles, and the more I write, the more creative and fun the articles turn out to be. I find that I make the most off of the ideas that are my own true originals and center around some online topic or a product that can be purchased online.

Money Invested: $0 Time Invested: 60+ hours Money Earned: $7.06-so far, but making more while I sleep