Back in January I posted my 01/08 eHow.com Earnings and explained how I was experimenting with making money by writing and posting a few articles.

I have found that this ad-revenue sharing content-based site is a great way to earn passive and reoccurring monthly income.

What’s great is that you write an article once, submit it and then earn money from it month after month and over and over again.

One thing I want to point out is that you’ve got to look at it as an investment. Meaning, you’ve got to give your articles some time to earn money for you.

Here’s a screenshot of some of my publish dates and earnings-to-date:

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Remember, all I had to do was take the initial time to write each article and post it. Most articles only take between 30 minutes and an hour to write – once you figure out what to write about. I noticed that once I became familiar with eHow and got a little practice, the whole process got easier. I’ve written and posted about 30-35 articles so far.

Now, here’s a screenshot of my monthly earnings:

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A few things to point out:

First – all my articles but 2 were written and posted during Aug, Sept, Oct and Nov of 2007. This illustrates that writing and posting these articles takes an intial investment of time and then some patience to allow them to generate passive and reoccurring income.

Second – back in January eHow changed their article format (which I didn’t know about) which made my articles all jumbled together and hard to read. I figured this out when I noticed a decrease in my earnings in Jan & Feb 2007. So, I had to re-format my articles. Once I did this my earnings started to increase again.

Third – once you post articles on eHow you can always go back and edit and/or tweak them. This is a wonderful feature folks! For example, I’ve gone back and edited a few of my articles’ categories and keywords and got better performance.

I’ve done a few articles on Helium.com and AssociatedContent.com but haven’t done nearly as well. After several months on Helium, I’ve just now reached the minimum payment amount of $25. And, I think I’ve earned about 4 cents on AssociatedContent so far.

So, if you want to try eHow, the best way to get started is sign up for eHow’s Writer Compensation Program. I only wish eHow had a referral program so I could earn money for referring and telling people about their site! :)

I’m looking for more writer compensation programs. Know of any?

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