Some article writing tips that I think might benefit those looking to make money online are the different ways to use eHow articles.

Most people just write an eHow article with eHow earnings in mind, and, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with doing that.

There are other ways to use eHow though, each requiring a slightly different style of writing, keywording and linking.

Lets list the 4 different types of eHow articles and what they do.

1. The Earner – A basic eHow article, with two well researched keywords, one for traffic and one for earnings.
2. The Driver – An eHow article with one or two traffic generating keywords with no regard to the keyword CPC
3. The Promoter – An eHow article one or two deeply targeted keywords designed to draw targeted traffic towards an affiliate link thereby increasing the chance of a sale.
4. The Hybrid – Jack of all trades type of article.  Basically an earner type article with affiliate or other links in the resource section.  To me this just confuses the reader especially if you say ‘Click this’ and ‘Click that’
   

Now each of these types of articles need a different strategy for it to be successful.

The Earner article is your basic type.  Two keywords; one for traffic and one for earning.  We’ve talked about this type before.  The key thing to note about this type of article is the resource section should have no links so as to make the reader click on an ad.  The best way to get a click is to publish the article, see what ads come up, and then edit the article to name the most well know advertiser.  Keep in mind though that as per google you can never say ‘Click this’.  You can however say ‘Visit so and so’

The next type is the driver, very simple here, get some high traffic keywords onto the article, don’t concern yourself with how much they pay, that’s not your goal.  Make sure you say ‘I’ve linked blah blah in the resource section for more information on blah blah’.  The key here is to get as much traffic to your article and then, in no uncertain way, tell them to visit what you have linked.  With the page rank of eHow this is an incredibly effective way to get some traffic.

The Promoter is a bit more difficult.  Simply put you want to draw as much TARGETED traffic as possible to the article that directly relates to whatever you’re trying to sell in the resource section.  The key here is targeted so for the most part those keywords with traffic over 100k aren’t targeted.  Choose three, and yes, even four word keywords deeply targeted and make sure you tell them to click on the link in the resource section.  It isn’t a Google ad so you can do that.

And the final type of eHow article is the hybrid.  This type tries to do a little of everything.  Personally I don’t think this is very good at doing anything at all.  You’re not limited to the number or articles you write and you can even write two (or more) articles using the same keyword.  This type basically has two keywords like the earner type and then a few links in the resource section, either to an affiliate or maybe another site.  Do yourself a favor and try to avoid this type and instead write multiple articles each designed to excel at whatever it’s trying to do.

Armed with this information you can make adjustments to existing articles to maximize your income.

Let’s assume you have an article with 200 views and $15 in earnings.  Obviously you need to drive traffic here, there’s no rule that says you can’t create a few Driver articles on eHow and direct them to the other article, trust will be high since it’s the same site so you should see some results rather quickly.  I know I have.

So the next time you sit down to write a new eHow article think about what your goals are with it and choose the appropriate type for the best results.  If you want to drive traffic don’t beat around the bush, grab as much as you can and get it moving towards your target.  If you want to sell something don’t waste your time trying to get 500 untargeted readers a day, they won’t buy a thing.  Try to get 5 deeply targeted visitors a day for a better chance at a sale.

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