September Earnings Update

Despite a slow start to eHow earnings for this past month (September 2009), I came close to reaching my goal of $100 for the month. Unfortunately, I ultimately fell a little short and came in at $93.24. Overall though, I'm pretty pleased with that as it's still a solid increase over my August earnings of $70.26.

In the last half of September I brought in $56, thus I would expect that next month I should at least be able to earn about $112. I will actually set my goal at $125, which is what I was aiming for last month before changing my earnings goal.

Let's hope October is a solid earnings month!

-Captain eHowstar

Daily eHow Earnings Graph

Just a quick post for today showing my actual daily eHow earnings over the last ~2.5 months. In my eHow earnings tracking spreadsheet, I compute the actual daily earnings each day (unless of course I am unable to check for a given day or eHow doesn't update).

In case it is a little difficult to see, the dates on the bottom range from 7/09/09 to 8/17/09 and the dollar values on the y-axis range from $0 to $6. It's clear that there is a nice upward trend and you see less and less low earning days and more and more higher ones as time goes on.

There are definitely larger swings these days, as within the last week I have had a $6 day and a ~$1 day. But I will take that over consistent $.20 days anyday.

-Captain eHowius

Increased eHow Earnings - September

In the last few days I have noticed an increased amount of eHow earnings that I'm very happy with. I'm not sure if it is just my account or or an overall eHow community boost, but I hope it lasts.

As you can see in the earnings spreadsheet above (I'll do a post soon about how I created this for anyone interested), my earnings over the last three days have been $4.30, $6.02, and $4.42. The $6.02 was my highest single earning day ever which is awesome.

This has boosted my confidence that I'll be able to make $100 in eHow money this month, which is my new (although decreased) eHow goal.



-Captain eHowdy

Near Mid September eHow Earnings Update

Well 13 days into September and I'm at $27.00 even for my eHow earnings. While this is more money from eHow than I had 13 days into August (about $23), it's no where near on track for my $125 September earnings goal.

I'm really hoping the last half of this month picks up. The last several days have been more what they should be, with one of them falling into my top 5 earning days of all time ($4.30 came in today).

Nonetheless, I ended up with nearly $70 last month and I'm still ahead of that so realistically something like $80-$90 is within reason. A more realistic stretch goal for the money I plan to make from eHow this month is $100.

I also think that I need to spend a little more time researching my articles. Recently, I've found myself doing more of the "quick idea" type ones rather than ones I truly research. While sometimes those work, they are often hit and miss (good thing I write ~2/weekday). Anyways, I also plan to look more closely at existing successful articles (ones that have earned well and rank well in Google) and try to do related spinoffs.

Good luck to everyone out there.

-Captain "eHow" Crunch

Early September eHow Earnings - Work To Be Done

I wanted to give a first week of September eHow earnings update. My first week of September earnings is lower than I had expected at about $14. While $2/day is certainly not bad and I'm still a couple bucks ahead of where I was last month at this time, it's clear I have some work to do.

I read about a few other people in the eHow forums who were also having a slow start. Even if that is the case, I am going to increase my work on eHow and try to put out more than my 2 articles per weekday norm.

My $125 eHow earnings goal for this month may be unrealistic, especially if these slower than expected earnings continue but we'll see where it goes. At a minimum, I'd at least like to bring in $100 in September eHow compensation. For the time being though, I'll keep my goal at $125 and double down my efforts to get there.

How is everyone elses September going?

-Captain eHowitzer

eHow Adjusted August Earnings (Increased!)

So I just noticed today that eHow actually increased my final August earnings. Some of you may have been aware that there have been some reporting issues in the last week. For many eHow members the total dollars earned in August didn't match the payment pending amount.

Well it seems that this was finally corrected and when it was, my earnings for August actually jumped to $70.26 (they were $65.32 previously). I'll certainly take that.

I'm increasing my eHow earnings goal for September in light of this and doing a little more thinking. My July to August earnings increase was ~$40 ($30 to $70). So if I merely increase earnings by the same amount August to September, that'll put me at $110. I'd like to be a little bit more agressive than that and so I'm going to set my goal for $125 for September. Not unreasonable but it'll require a lot of effort and keep me motivated. Good luck to everyone this month!

-Captain Jean Luc eHow

Earnings Update- August eHow Earnings Goal Met!

I'm very happy to say that I've met my August 2009 eHow earnings goal of $60. In fact, I ended up at $67 and change after all was said and done. A few interesting stats:

• My average eHow earnings for the first 7 days of the month was $1.71. My average earnings for the last 7 days of the month was $2.90
• My highest single day of eHow earnings was $5.64 which I am very happy with. If/when I am able to average that amount daily, thats $2058.60 a year.
• I reached the $100 mark ($102.02) on the last day of August which is a nice milestone as well. But while it took 2.5 months to get to this $100 point, I expect to make more than that each month from here on out.

Since my average earnings per day increased by ~$1.20/day between the first and last weeks of the month, I expect that next month I can increase my average earnings by more than that over the course of September. I'd like to see a $2.00 average daily increase...so basically be at ~$4.90/day by the end of September. That would put me at $117 for the month of September, so I'll set my goal at $115 for September.

Hopefully this is motivating to anyone earlier on in their eHow work. The fact that after around 3 months of work I'll be bringing in $100/month without having to do any more work is awesome.

-Captain James eHow Kirk

Mid-August eHow Earnings Update

We are half way through August 2009 right now and I'm just about on track with my eHow earnings goal. For anyone just catching up, my eHow earnings goal for this month is $60. I've currently made $28 with my eHow articles this month, putting me on track for $56 total if they did not increase.

In reality of course, I expect my daily earnings to continue creeping up and so I think that the $60 goal is more than reasonable to hit. I'm already thinking about what I want to do next month, but I'll have a better idea for that goal as the month comes to a close. Maybe $100...maybe more.

In the meantime, check out Enrique's thoughts on Prepping Your Home For An Emergency over at Corporate Barbarian. I thoroughly enjoy reading over there and he's got a great collection of passive income links.

Partial August eHow Earnings Update

So we're 10 days into August and I'm at about $17 for the month so far. Extrapolating that out I would be looking at $54 for the month, not far from my $60 goal. In reality, I think I will easily be able to meet that $60 goal as my average daily eHow earnings keep going up. Over the last week they have been at about $2/day. In the beginning of the month they were closer to $1.50/day, but I expect the last couple weeks of this month to be more around $2.50 or $3.00 per day which will help make up for the slower start (had a $.60 in there during the first week).

Another interesting statistic is that last month (July), it took me ~24 days to make $17 on eHow. This month I have earned the same amount in 10 days, less than half the time.

Captain eHowHow (anyone ever do Indian Guides?)

Biggest eHow Earnings So Far

Just checked my eHow earnings today and saw that I made $3.63 today which is my best single day yet. Definitely not trying to brag here as I know that many, many people consistently earn far more than that each day.

And while I don't expect this level of earnings to be sustained just yet, it's still pretty exciting. I remember getting my first $1 day and now I'm averaging about $1.50/day or so. Can't wait until I can look back and say remember when I was excited about making only $3.63 in one day.

To anyone who is just starting off hopefully this is great motivation for you. And to everyone else who is making more than me....wait up! Just kiddin.

-Sir Captain eHow