In response to reader questions during the past few weeks about the viability of InfoBarrel as a long-term online money-making opportunity, I posed your questions–and mine–to one of InfoBarrel’s owners, Ryan McKenzie. Here are the questions I asked Ryan, and his responses: Crunchy Data: The primary reason that my friends and readers ask about InfoBarrel [...]
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Chart to Compare Various Content Sites
I’ve nearly finished a comprehensive chart comparing the top content sites, and am posting a link to it here. Former eHow members need to know where to write, either for residual income, up-front payments, or both. I will update it soon. I included Zazzle.com, although it’s not an online writing site, because it’s a great [...]
Six Great Tips for Localizing Your Examiner Column (and More!)
Need some great tips for localizing your local Examiner column?
If you’re a local Examiner, no doubt you have gotten THOSE emails by now.
You know.
The first one that made you think you were going to get a spiffy bonus. And the second one that made you realize you could only make up to five dollars a week extra, as an incentive for localizing your content.
But there are advantages writing for Examiner.com, and if you enjoy it, hang in there and learn to make your local column locally relevant to qualify
Write Like a Child to Succeed in 2010
Why would you want to write like a child? Well, if you write like this 10-year-old boy who recently started a great blog about how to care for Guinea Pigs, you will engage your readers with useful content and build lasting relationships with them. James got two new pet Guinea Pigs in early December, and as a responsible young man, he is determined to learn to care for them the best he can, then share what he learns to help others care for their pets.
4 Predictions for the Future of User-Generated Content Sites
3. This is a biggie. Search engines will begin ranking individual writers, rather than entire sites. I am pretty sure that Google already knows whether user ID “Herbs4U” on “XYZ Content Site” writes lame articles with spammy affiliate links, or whether they write timely, relevant alternative medicine articles…
What is Linkbait?
Yesterday, as I quickly scanned my RSS Reader to make sure I wasn’t missing any interesting news during my busy day, one title intrigued me enough to click through: “Target Stores – An SEO Challenge.” Ian Lurie’s blog, “Conversation Marketing” is one of my favorites already, so that added to my interest. And I was not disappointed.
10 Ways to Increase Examiner Income Earnings and Page Views
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.
What happened to eHow?
A lot of web content writers are wondering: What happened to eHow? And the answer is that no one but eHow knows for sure.
Based on more than three months of data analysis of five eHow accounts by three eHow writers, I can offer some possible–and probable–explanations…
