How to Do Everything - My Demand Media Commercial

How to Do Everything

My Demand Media Commercial

See my post about the Snow White Tutu Here

I first discovered eHow (the source for how to do everything) in late 2007 and have seen it go through many transformations.  I started out using it as a writing platform and was able to generate extra income (you can read more about that here) and as I got more involved in the community and with the company, I enjoyed watching it evolve and loved all the useful and interesting information I would come across on the site, as well as the great community, which was all managed by the infamous Rich.  As a long time user of the site, I was asked earlier this year to do this video.  I almost forgot about it and this summer has been so crazy, I just saw today when I was catching up on my email that they had finished it and put it up in June.

When I went to San Francisco for the Last eHow User Meeting (where I got to hang out with Brook Burke and Lisa Roosenblatt after Web 2.0) they gave us an assignment to create something that represented what eHow was to us.  You could make posters, collages, there was playdough...etc.  I took some white clay and formed it into a cube block.  When it was my turn to present my impression of eHow, my fellow eHower's were wondering what my explanation of this little chunk of clay could possibly be.  In my opinion, the white clay cube represented eHow because when you arrive at eHow, there is unlimited potential for projects, learning and inspiration.  That white clay cube could be formed and sculpted into anything, just like when you go to eHow, you can learn how to do everything and anything, all in one place, and it forms and sculpts your know-how and experiences.

I do miss the old eHow days, I have met some truly wonderful people including my friend Maria AKA WriterGig who authors the My Work at Home Mom Blog.   She is a genius at generating income from home with online content.  Another awesome gal is Amy Kuncaitis, author of Joy in the Morning, a gem of a book that will bless anyone and everyone who reads it.  She shares the experience of an out of the blue, rare, life-threatening illness that rendered her healthy four-year old completely paralyzed...

"Amy Kuncaitis recalls the physical, emotional and Spiritual struggles and triumphs as their family went through days of not knowing what was making their daughter ill and many months of rehabilitation for their daughter to be restored to health. Come experience how this family learned what it really means to have faith, even through this very deep valley in their lives. Joy in the Morning is a book of hope for the hopeless, healing for the broken hearted, and encouragement for anyone who is struggling to understand why we go through the things we do in this life. Amy Kuncaitis is a stay at home mom to her three children except the one day a week she teaches computers to Senior Citizens. Amy has been married to her best friend Ben for almost twelve years." 

They donate all proceeds from her book to local charities that work with children.  Amy and her husband used their circumstance as a way to share their joy in the Lord and exercise complete trust in Him.  

Other great people I've met in the eHow old days include
 Sharon L. West aka MightyDreamer, Recording Artist (listen to her mp3 samples here) and program creator and director of Mighty Dreamer Angels
Janey Bromley Ford personal website Janet-Ford.com, author of

"Love You to Pieces (awaiting publication), Guide to Ethical Dog Breeding and How to Write for eHow. Three more book projects in the wings. I am also a freelance writer who enjoys writing articles online for Demand Studios, Triond, Examiner and others..."

David Sarokin author of 200pd

Jerrie Dean author of Missing Persons of America
Mike Limatola co-founder of CellySource
HSSchulte super writer with 9 weekly updated blogs, guest blogger, freelancer and ghost writer, her personal page is here.
Darla Hanger whom you can find on Examiner
And others but these are some that I've had the pleasure to get to know in person and who have websites and links.

March eHow Earnings

Wow, I just noticed my eHow earnings for March....you know...the residual earnings I make off of articles I've already written and posted and forgotten about until I see a payment in my paypal account? Anyways...I don't know what happened in march, I wasn't very active on the site and am not aware of any of my articles being featured (could have been the case) but to my surprise, my earnings were up over $100 than usual for the month! WOW! Exciting! That's a pretty huge jump for me! I hope April turns out to be as profitable!

If you haven't read about how I create this easy income from home, you must look into it now! Check out my Work from Home (Page at the top of this blog) to read about it...along with other great ways to make money from home. Anyone can do it and it's free!


UPDATE (4/8/2010): Just after posting this, I found out that eHow is having some major changes, and is switching over to having all content written by writers through Demand Studios (the parent company). I was transferred over and will be writing from the platform from now on...so if you do what to write for eHow also, rather than just signing up for a free account and writing whatever, you can still do it, but you would need to apply to by a writer through Demand Studios and get approved. I don' t know the exact process, I haven't had time to look into any of it yet though. But just thought I'd let ya'll know!

Creating Income from Home

I've made over $100 for my tips on
How to Shave your Legs Perfectly!

Most of my posts are about making stuff...and one of the things I like to "make" are eHow articles! It's a great way to earn extra income from home. I've been on eHow since October 2007.
You have probably already heard of eHow or visited the eHow website at some point or another during a google search, as eHow articles tend to climb up rankings of google search results really well.
In the beginning there is a definite investment of your time and you won't see significant earnings immediately. However it really pays off with the residual earnings you keep getting from your published content once you've generated an article base and spending a little time doing some online networking never hurts. I've found this to be a much easier, more reliable way to make money from home while being a full-time stay at home mom than anything else. To give you an idea of how your earnings can grow and how the time you put in to creating your articles really pays off, here are my earnings for 2007, 2008, and 2009:

2007: I published my first article in October and by years end, earned $161.73 USD (however, that did include $50 from a bonus/contest that was going on in December).

2008: My articles brought in $1,815.31 USD

2009: I earned a total of $3,021.36 USD

And I have to admit, 2009, I really slowed down on my article writing...I moved and was busy with other projects, I feel like I hardly wrote anything, however, my earnings continued to grow.

That's what I love about eHow, you can take a "break" or "vacation" whenever you want, for however long you want...and the residual earnings still show up in your paypal account each month!

Ehow is a company run by great people whom I've had the pleasure of meeting when I was invited to attend the past 2 eHow User Events hosted in Santa Monica 2008 and San Fransisco 2009.

Santa Monica 2008
San Fransisco 2009

I have been featured on the eHow website several times, U.S. News & World Report Weekly,
And NBC Dallas sharing how I make money from home creating online content.

If you can write, already have a blog and/or write tutorials, this would be right up your ally and a great way to make extra income for your family...even if it's just enough to cover your arts and craft supplies!!! On the other hand, my friend Maria, aka writergig, whom I met at the first eHow event is one of several people I know who makes a pretty substantial income from her eHow earnings. She earns over $1000 a month from her bank of eHow articles. She blogs about working from home and has a fantastic eBook that can help you greatly improve your earning potential HERE.

Below is a screenshot of her actual monthly earnings:

After reading her eBook, I was able to tweak my older articles and change the way I approached writing articles and saw a significant jump in my earnings and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to write online content. What you learn from this book can be applied to any source of online content you create to increase earnings and search rankings, such as blogging or creating niche websites.

I know so many other moms always seem to be looking for ways to work from home, or make extra money so that is why I wanted to share this great resource with you. Rather than buying into a business and having to host parties and hunt for clients and sales, you can write online, anytime about anything (in how-to format) and get paid for it over and over again once you hit that publish button! It's GREAT! and it's FREE!!! (although I would recommend getting that $25 eBook so you can learn how to create better earning articles right from the start- it'll pay for itself pretty quickly!)