Driftless Ramblings

eHow blogs

astoner — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:33:10 +0000

I’m currently averaging about $0.15/day from my articles on eHow. A friend on eHow, Rob Farmer, just started a blog eHow Internet Income and he’s making $1.00 – $1.50 on average per day and he has only a couple more articles than me.

We’re actually doing much the same things. Writing ehow article as well as doing Xomba. My goal is to build up to $100/month on all my different internet income streams. By this I mean my microstock photography, eHow, Google AdWords (via Xomba and other means), affiliate links, etc.

The microstock sites have pretty much been just sitting there. I’m really getting the urge to get shooting again and get them building. Would like to get them to payout on a more regular basis, but from everything I’m reading they do much better as long as you keep active.

I’m focusing on eHow right now. Short term goal of getting to the $10/month consistently for a couple months to get that payout. By then it should be spring and getting warmer out and I can do some outside shooting.

Allen

A review of 2009 for Driftless Ramblings

astoner — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:18:18 +0000

I didn’t do too much to advance the exposure of Driftless Ramblings. I did a little bit with adding to my microstock photography portfolios but not really consistently like I had hoped. My portfolios have been earning slowly but making payouts are still pretty elusive. I got two in 2009, one from Fotolia and one from Shutterstock. Like to get my portfolio built up to the point where I can be getting a payout about every month or so. All the different sites combined earn me about $10 per month, it’s just a matter of getting them to the payout threshhold.

My venture into writing for ehow.com has been going pretty good. I’ve been earning as much there as from my microstock sites. The ehow.com writing also gives me some backlinks to some various sites as I’m trying to get some affiliate marketing going. As a matter of fact I have just received my first payout from ehow.com, $12.27, not much but hopefully I can keep it growing.

Allen

Started writing for eHow

astoner — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:55:05 +0000

Besides my microstock portfolios I’m always experimenting with other options to make money on the Internet. A very likely candidate to assist in this writing for eHow. And they only have a $10 payout as opposed to the $50 – $100 for the microstock sites. My current goal is to get 30 articles up by the end of November. Hopefully that goes better than my previous Microstock goal.

How to Videos & Articles: eHow.com

Allen

Got first & second payouts for microstock!

astoner — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:18:45 +0000

It took a lot longer than I care to admit but I finally got my first payouts from Fotolia & Shutterstock. Both were at their minimums, but it is still an accomplishment. Earnings are still way down as I’m not contributing very aggressively. I have submitted a couple batches to Shutterstock just to have most if not all rejected. Need to put more focus into it than I have lately.

Not adding much to microstock right now

astoner — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:26:52 +0000

As you can see from my lack of posts on my earnings lately, I’ve not been focused on microstock right now. Still getting a couple downloads, actually approaching the first payout on a site or two. Still want to get back to doing some shooting and uploading, just haven’t had the time lately.

June 2009 Microstock Earnings

astoner — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:43:28 +0000

I made a little money in June, but it wasn’t much so I haven’t even bothered pulling them together. I am finally uploading some again so hopefully I’ll have some approved and get things rolling again.

Allen

Microstock Earnings May 2009

astoner — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:11:48 +0000

I suppose I’m taking a slight risk posting this before the actual end of the month, but I’m willing to take that chance. I’ll update the post if I actually get a Sunday download.

It’s now been two months since I’ve done any uploading of images. I’m actually really getting the itch to get back to uploading, just don’t have much time right now. The reason I want to get more pictures uploaded is because I’m really starting to see the financial effect a large, high quality microstock portfolio can have for me. Although I can’t really say my portfolio is large or high quality.

Site	Portfolio Size	Downloads	Earnings	Comments
Fotolia	172	2	$2.10
IStockPhoto	122	3	$3.42
Crestock	21	0	$0.00
ShutterStock	141	7	$1.75
Stockxpert	236	4	$5.90
Dreamstime	39	2	$0.95
123RF	239	0	$0.00
BigStockPhoto	46	0	$0.00
Totals	Avg. 125	18	$14.12

Microstock Diaries
Nil to Mil
Pixels Away

Allen

Microstock Earnings April 2009

astoner — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:04:30 +0000

Did not get many pictures uploaded this month. My earnings were actually better this month with some activity finally picking up at IStockPhoto. I’m actually starting to get close to a pay out on a couple of the sites. It’s only taken me about two years.

Site	Portfolio Size	Downloads	Earnings	Comments
Fotolia	172	3	$0.90
IStockPhoto	122	6	$7.15
Crestock	21	0	$0.00
ShutterStock	141	9	$2.25
Stockxpert	236	1	$0.30
Dreamstime	39	0	$0.00
123RF	239	0	$0.00
BigStockPhoto	46	0	$0.00
Totals	Avg. 125	19	$10.60

Microstock Diaries
Nil to Mil
Pixels Away

Allen

Microstock Earnings March 2009

astoner — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:10:44 +0000

Up last month, down drastically this month, although my numbers aren’t big enough to draw any sort of conclustion from. Sorry it’s a couple days late.

Site	Portfolio Size	Downloads	Earnings	Comments
Fotolia	172	2	$1.50
IStockPhoto	108	0	$0.00
Crestock	21	0	$0.00
ShutterStock	141	10	$2.50
Stockxpert	234	4	$1.20
Dreamstime	39	1	$0.35
123RF	239	1	$0.36
BigStockPhoto	46	0	$0.00
Totals	Avg. 125	18	$5.91

Microstock Diaries
Nil to Mil
Pixels Away

Allen

8" x 8" 30 Page Photo Book only $11.99

astoner — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:59:03 +0000

ArtsCow.com is offering a great deal on 8″ x 8″ photo books with 30 pages. They’re only $11.99 with free shipping. Here’s the codes you’ll need to use to get this price:

Z232VLM

Apr/29/2009

They do expire April 29, 2009 so pick your code and go give it shot. I’m ordering mine as soon as I get my pictures uploaded!

Allen