It’s been a little over a month since I updated the experiment. Even so, I’m really excited to say that I nearly met my income expectations!
In the last eHow Experiment update, I did some calculations and estimated that I would earn $279 or more in the month of October.
Well, guess what?
My predictions were nearly right – only $4.63 off the mark – and I managed to earn $274.37!
As you can see, last month was definitely the most profitable month for me, and my earnings only continue to rise. However, looking at my current earnings for this month (earnings don’t include today), I’m pretty sure I’m now at my peak in eHow income unless I do something about it.
Last month (October) I earned an average of $8.85 per day. The month before that I only earned an average of $4.58 per day. This month, however, I’m earning an average of $8.66 per day, so it’s definitely starting to slow down. I’ll probably continue to earn an average of $8.50 per day next month (December) as well.
Though I’m not complaining about making $270 a month, I still believe that it can be better if I start to do some heavy backlinking for my articles. I recently purchased Market Samurai (affiliate link), a really awesome keyword research tool, that allows you to research profitable keywords, how much competition each keyword has, the difficulty level of ranking for your chosen keywords, affiliate products to use for your niche site, and so much more.
The most interesting feature (at least for me) is the one that allows you to track your keyword rankings in Google search results. In other words, you can put in the keyword phrases you’re trying to rank for on a particular website, and Market Samurai will automatically update what page you’re ranking on in Google for those keyword phrases so that you can follow your progress as you try to rank for your keywords.
I’m going to see if I can track the rankings of the eHow articles that have the highest earning potential (not all of them, of course), so that I can more easily track what pages they are ranking on. I can’t wait to get started, and I’ll let you know about what I find as I progress.
As I track the search engine rankings of my articles, I’ll backlink them by writing for other content sites and then including a link in the bio section or body of the article. Then I’ll backlink the articles I write for various content sites by writing for article directories. Backlinking the articles linking to my eHow articles will help increase their link strength, and I’ll be making even more money by writing for other content websites.
Of course, each article I write has to be relevant to the eHow articles I’m linking to. Otherwise, the link quality won’t be as great, and I’d be doing a disservice to readers who want to find out more about a certain topic.
I’m not yet sure which other content sites I want to write for (besides Info Barrel and Suite101 that is). I’ll give a more detailed update about this in a future eHow Experiment post, so stay tuned!
Want to join in the eHow Experiment? I’d be happy to hear how well you do and the tactics you’re using to increase your eHow rankings. Feel free to share in the comment section!
Tags: Backlinking, eHow, Writing content
I've been making money with my writing since 2008. With this income, I'm able to travel the world, indulge in my hobbies, and govern my own life. And the best thing is, I love every second of it!
Hillary Bost (1)
I am glad to hear that your hard work has paid off.
Hey Alicia,
Thanks! I plan to do much more with eHow later on down the road.
Christina
Woow! indeed a read! And so nice of you to share your experiments and results, so that your audience too, can take benefit from them. Please keep the good work going.
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