Like many sites, eHow is a site that shares its ad revenues with the people who provide content for the site. Anyone in the U.S. can sign up for an eHow account, start writing and make some money online.

To get started, sign up for an account and choose a user name. The name itself can be a pen name, a nonsense word or anything else that will portray the personality of your articles and your style. Some people stick to just one category of article when they write for eHow and some choose many different categories. If you will be writing in just one, consider that category for ideas about your user ID name. 

Once you have signed up for an eHow account, it's important that the next thing you do is to sign up for the eHow Writers' Compensation Program. This is what will enable you to get paid. Right now, only citizens of the U.S. can sign up and make money from this program.

After you have done this, you may choose to fill out your user profile and add a picture of some kind. These are not required, but it can make people more interested in your profile and reading more of your articles. And with more reads often comes more money. 

eHow articles are structured with an introduction and a few numbered steps. There should be at least three steps though there is no upper limit on the number of steps. Write the eHow article so that it gives the reader straightforward advice that can be followed in the order of your steps. Keep the steps short and to the point.

To make your eHow articles more popular, make sure people can find them through search engines. Employ SEO techniques to give the articles more readers. Use your keywords throughout the article and then make sure to put them in the keyword section at the end of the article.

Many people who write for eHow have found that putting a picture at the top of the articles brings them a larger readership. It also makes it possible for the article to be featured on the homepage. There are various prizes awarded to writers who have their articles featured on the front. These may range anywhere from $50 to $200, depending on the current promotion. 

Like many ways to make money online, making money on eHow can take time. Many eHow writers find that it takes awhile to build up a readership and to start making money with each individual eHow article.

One way to speed things up is to sign up with a lot of eHow friends. Simply click on the friend request link for any eHow member and they will either accept or reject your request. Most eHow writers strive for a large number of friends, and most will accept your request. You are notified when your friends are active on the site and they are notified when you are active. They recieve messages about your new articles and you have a built-in audience for each new article.

There is also a forum where members can discuss the site and read and rate each other's articles. There are also eHow clubs that have their own areas of the forum. These can be structured around a category, a goal or anything else that members are interested in. Joining a club can win you more friends and give you more people who will be interested in reading your article.