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Check this out… NBC Dallas featured eHow as one of their stories of the day. Our very own eHow member, Candace Crockett, did an interview with Lindsay Wilcox explaining how eHow.com is a cool place to showcase your knowledge and make money at the same time. We really do tell you “How To” make money from home.
You can see the official web posting of this news piece here:
Expert Village is now part of eHow!
We’re proud to announce that ExpertVillage.com has joined forces with eHow. Expert Village videos are a great addition to the eHow video library and will give the community access to over 160,000 How To Videos! This will provide you with even more ways to research, share and discuss all things How To.
Speaking of videos…
Did you know you can embed your favorite eHow videos on your blog, website, or online social networking page, like MySpace and Facebook? Simply go to any one of the eHow videos available on the site and you will see an “embed” icon at the bottom right-hand corner of the video player. Once you click on the icon, you will see an embed code appear on the video screen. Just copy and paste that code to your blog or website. Once you’ve done that, your favorite eHow video should be available for all to see. It’s easy peasy and it doesn’t take long at all, so start showcasing your favorites!
Get widget-ized.
There are other ways to add some flavor to your blog or website. Why not promote your own How To articles through your own eHow widget? Grab your own today through your profile. Simply click on the “Get Started” button in the “Custom Widget” section of your profile (located on the bottom left-hand side of your profile). Next, follow the easy to follow instructions and you will be on your way to drive some serious traffic to your articles!
“I Did This” Powered Up!
There are two newsworthy updates that need to be mentioned in this email—the good one and the bad one. Don’t worry, the bad one is not as bad as you would think and is really good news in hiding. Since custom dictates that bad news goes first, we shall start with that.
The “I Did This” button on articles is no stranger to anyone in the eHow community. The button is on all of the eHow How To articles and it’s hard to believe that anyone could miss it. Now, you may be wondering if we are going to remove the button. That’s definitely not it. In fact, we’re turning “I Did This” into a robust feature on the site where people can share their version for completing the project. Due to this enhancement, “I Did This” member avatars will be removed from each page. Sounds pretty bad? Not quite. Keep reading and you’ll find out why.
So what’s the good news? Being a community driven site, the “I Did This” feature was designed for members to share their accomplishments with others. We’ll admit, when the feature was released it was still premature and we knew we had to do it some justice and give it a makeover. As we mentioned above, the “I Did This” feature is now an interactive feature, which allows you to share your story through text and photos enabling you to show others how you completed the How To article you’ve read. Since the feature has evolved into something more meaningful and technical, we needed to start off on a clean slate.
For those of you, who’ve had their “I Did This” member avatar removed from the article page. Not to worry, we’ve placed all of your “I Did This” bookmarks in your “Projects” tab. They are in draft mode and you can edit them at your own convenience. Once you’re done editing, you can publish them and they will re-appear on the articles.
We’re pretty excited about this because it will allow you to revisit and give your “I Did This” more color. You will now be able to provide a more engaging experience for readers who would like to know how you’ve accomplished a task.
We hope you’re as excited as we are and enjoy the new version of the “I Did This” feature. Have fun showing and telling us how you’ve tackled a project!
Check out some of these great “I Did This” examples our community members have done:
1) See how member kxygen donated hair
2) See how member Rich, eHow Community Manager designed a t-shirt logo
3) See how member Jeremy spent a day in Venice Beach, California
4) See how member tommyboy2k cleared sewer lines
5) See how member Gregory removed cell phone screen scratches
Also, eHow.com is hitting the airwaves in Atlanta and Chicago in June. We’re buddying up with popular radio DJs Frank Ski and Wanda from Atlanta (V-103) and Drew Walker from Chicago (US-99.5) to spread the eHow love in those markets. Also, there will be a $1,000 sweepstake for our Atlanta and Chicago members. Participants will be asked to build out their own “I Did This” and show and tell us how they completed an everyday project. Good luck and we are looking forward to seeing your “I Did This!”
We are proud to announce that eHow.com has been awarded with this year’s CNET Webware 100 Award in the category of “Search and Reference.” It’s a great feeling when one of the leading authorities in technological trends recognizes us as one of the best referential sites on the web. 2009 has been a great year for us; we’ve had so many accolades in a short span of time and this couldn’t have been possible without the supporters of the eHow website. CNET has a webpage dedicated to each of the web winners and there is a special mention of our eHow members, who have helped contribute their How To knowledge to bring eHow.com’s library to over 500,000 pieces of content. Again, thanks to everyone. Let’s keep the momentum going and have it known that eHow.com is the ultimate solution sharing site on the web!
Get the full scoop here on our win:
eHow.com Awarded with CNET Webware 100 Award
eHow.com is “going green” this April and we want everyone to know that we are in support of being environmentally friendly. Of course being a site that is in favor of being “green,” we could only hope for our users to be part of the “green” movement as well. Well, if you are all about being kind to our Mother Earth, this is a great opportunity for you to illustrate your advocacy for the protection of the environment. eHow.com is holding a promotion for our community members and we want you to showcase your environmentally friendly How To articles. Know an innovative way to conserve water usage? Or maybe you know a great way to re-use plastic items? We would like to know and we want you to share your solution with the community. We’re giving away some cool eHow eco-friendly goodies to our winners, and one grand prize winner will win the ultimate eHow “Go Green” prize pack! Deadline for the contest is April 30. 2009. Are you the “greenest” member on eHow? Submit your articles today!
For more information on the eHow.com “Go Green” contest, please check the link below:
Good luck, everyone!
It’s been a long time coming, but here we go again. The eHow team is hosting a contest this month and we’re giving away some cool prizes. As you all know, a certain season is just around the corner– yes, Spring time! We want some fun and original articles around the topic of Spring from the eHow community. Know the best way to tackle Spring cleaning? Know an enjoyable way to spend Spring break? Or maybe you’re a fashion guru and know the best approach to dressing in style for Spring? We want you to share your Spring knowledge. So “spring into action” and start sharing your personal solutions!
For more contest details, please go to the link below:
eHow.com’s “Spring Into Action” Contest
What's Happening Now on eHow
Today we have a sweet deal on eHow.com. We’ve got two stories in one post. Let’s start off with some news that really matters to the eHow community. So, just today we did a few new releases on the site. The eHow team has been regularly pushing out enhancements and many of them are related to the community. We’re hearing you out and we are making sure to deliver the goods. Without further ado, check out what our team dished out today:
New holiday header: If you’ve noticed, we have the new St. Patrick’s Day header on eHow. It’ll feel extra green on the site for the rest of the week and don’t forget to check in on the homepage to see some great St. Patrick’s Day related articles. Our editorial team is looking for some good ones, so feel free to reply to this post with your suggestions.
Scroll through your articles with ease: Pagination… pagination… pagination… what does that mean to you? It means that you’ll have a better way to get through your articles now. The dreaded “next” or “back” button is now of the past and you’re able to go through your articles through pages. We know this was a long time coming, but rest assured, we want things to be easy peasy 
Article quality is a must: Aligned with our goal to ensure quality articles on the site, we have implemented new check boxes that require contributors to agree to the terms of use as well as confirm that any article they are submitting is not plagiarized. “First the CAPTCHA, and now this?” This is what you may be thinking in your head, but this definitely the direction we need to take to avoid unruly users from gaming the system and submitting articles that do not follow eHow.com’s submission guidelines. Issues have been quite prevalent the past months and although it may seem like a hassle to go through this process, ultimately it’s beneficial for the community, since we want to surface articles that are legitimate and original.
eHow is a community: Finally, eHow is just not another repository of information; it’s also a community site. We’re making it our goal to express the communal side of eHow, especially for this year. If you check out the homepage, you’ll now see a new module that tells you exactly what is happening now on eHow. It displays everything in real time of what articles have been commented on or have been published. Believe it or not, but you can probably just sit there for a good 10 minutes staring at it to see what kind of articles are being published. It’s quite nifty indeed.
Bethenny Frankel
More on eHow.com…
You see the eHow experts being promoted on the site, but did you know we have a celebrity expert, such as Bethenny Frankel. You may know her from “The Real Housewives of NYC” and she’s our official eHow food expert. Bethenny is currently on a book tour, promoting her book called “Naturally Thin Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting.” She may be in your neck of the woods, so we welcome you to meet up with her at the following locations:
Wednesday, March 11th
Barnes & Noble - Tribeca - Speak & Sign Event
97 Warren Street, New York, NY
7pm
Saturday, March 14th
Fred Segal Fun Santa Monica - Speak & Sign Event
500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA
4pm
Wednesday, March 18th
Barnes & Noble- Century City - Speak & Sign Event
250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
7pm
For more info on Bethenny, please check out her eHow profile.
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