An eHower recently contacted me to tell me that when she first started writing for eHow, she was hit with dozens of requests from other writers, asking her to “digg” their articles.  She says, “At the time, I didn’t know what “digg” was, and thought Read the rest of this entry »

eHow has always required that each step of a writer’s article be “actionable.”  This means that every step that you write should contain “action” verbs, which a reader could act on (or act out).   But what qualifies as an actionable step?   There’s been Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, eHow did a second sweep of articles, removing many, many eHow articles that aren’t quiet up to eHow par. I had one article removed. I agree with the ruling. It was one of my early articles, and wasn’t up to my own standards, let alone eHow’s. One prolific and high-earning writer said Read the rest of this entry »

Since I started writing for eHow, I’ve explored other sites where I can make money writing online. I signed up with Associated Content, and have been writing for them for about six weeks.   I’ve written fifty articles for Associated Content, and decided this was Read the rest of this entry »

There’s been a recent surge of eHow writers using the private messaging interface to spam the people on their eHow friends list. A quick glance in the forums will tell you that most people don’t appreciate these messages. (Along with the surge of Read the rest of this entry »

Today I wrote my one hundredth article at eHow.com.   On my fourth or fifth day at eHow, I contacted a more seasoned eHow writer.  I asked her to please look at my articles to tell me if I was doing something incorrectly.  I joined the day after another writer did, and he’d already Read the rest of this entry »

I just found out that there’s forums at eHow. I asked a fellow writer a question, via eHow’s private message interface (which is like private emails, not instant messaging), and she didn’t know how to answer my question. Instead, she suggested that I Read the rest of this entry »