10 Ways to Increase Examiner Income Earnings and Page Views

UPDATE: I NO LONGER RECOMMEND WRITING FOR EXAMINER. IN FACT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AGAINST IT. Please read my updated post about Examiner income earnings.

I have seen an increase of inquiries here about Examiner.com income / earnings and how to increase page views on Examiner. Although I have not kept up my writing on Examiner lately, I have both a local and a national column there, and I can give you some tips.

First of all, the reason I have not posted on Examiner recently has been purely personal. There’s been a lot going on in my life, including a recent move, and I have let it interfere with writing on a regular basis. I do enjoy writing for Examiner, and I recommend it for writers who want to increase their exposure and build their networks. And if you are good at convincing others to join Examiner, referrals currently pay $50 each–not too shabby.

Building residual income by writing for Examiner.com does not have the same potential as a site like InfoBarrel, because earnings drop if you don’t publish every day or two on Examiner. On a site like InfoBarrel, your earnings continue to accrue long after you stop publishing, as long as your article still garners viewers and ad clicks.

Examiner stops paying their writers after they have been inactive for one month. That’s something to consider if you are thinking about writing content for Examiner. Are you the type of writer who doesn’t mind being obligated to post an article four times a week?

Examiner pays approximately one cent per page view. This does not generally add up to much for local Examiners, but can pay well for a national Examiner who actively promotes his or her column.

If you are interested in writing for Examiner.com, here is what I suggest: Apply for a local position, write good articles consistently for six weeks, then apply for a national position with high-paying keywords in a subject that you write passionately about and with authority.

To increase page views for your Examiner column, (besides applying article SEO, adding images and backlinks) here are my top 10 tips:

1. Write about good bloggers, and they will promote you. If you are a local Examiner, find local bloggers with good content and email them. Interview them for an upcoming post, then send them the link to your post. They will blog about being featured in your column, bringing you lots of traffic.

2. Promote events, and email the organizers with the link to your article. Many of my Examiner event posts ranked even better in the search engines than the original source sites!

Just remember never to plagiarize, and ask permission before using someone else’s content, event if it’s just to copy dates, times, and event details.

3. Stumble, Stumble, Stumble. If you don’t belong to StumbleUpon.com, join today (it’s free). “Stumble” other great sites at least four times as often as you Stumble your own. Do the same with Digg.

If you only promote your own content, you’ll lose your accounts, so play it smart.

4. Add Statcounter.com code to your Examiner articles to track your individual article page view analytics. It’s worth the time and effort. That’s how I know Stumbling and Digging works.

5. Attend an Examiner orientation conference call and additional Q&A calls. They are excellent, and will answer your questions and give you tips to improve your earnings and page views.

6. Read Examiner tutorials. Examiner has good training, so take advantage of it. I have an excellent manager, and hopefully you will, too.

7. Network with other Examiners. Before you have enough articles of your own to link to, link to other Examiners’ articles. Believe it or not, it can increase your earnings.

8. Add links to your own Examiner articles as much as possible in the text of your articles. Add a section of article links below each article, and a link to follow you on Twitter and subscribe to your column.

9. Add links to your own website or blog when appropriate–Examiner links are top-notch do-follow links, so use them!

10. You can add relevant affiliate links to your articles, just be careful to use them sparingly and appropriately to avoid the appearance of spam.

The top Examiner earner makes $8,000 a month. I’m sure it’s not easy, but if you are ambitious and if this venue is a good match for your writing skills and interests, you can earn a good residual income writing content for Examiner.com, too.