Comments on: Anne To Try Triond, Helium and Associated Content

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:36:23 +0000

I have yet to earn any money from AC and only pennies from Helium. As a professional writer for over 30 years, it has been a bit insulting to have several articles in Helium’s “Marketplace” get rejected, even after doing requested revisions to “jazz” up an article according to a “publisher.” There has been some discussion as to the validity of the Marketplace and if it actually even exists. I am curious to know just whom has been paid through the Marketplace directly, for the paltry $24 being offered for a 500 word piece.

By: Heidi Fogle

Heidi Fogle — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:22:04 +0000

How do you manage to have your comments come over in color? I'm new to this game. If you don't have time to answer, that's ok. .-= Heidi Fogle´s last blog ..Smart Reader =-.

By: Star

Star — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:38:18 +0000

I even see ads for these places–which I charmingly call the cockroaches of the internet–that say “Some writers earn $100 a month or more”–like this is good pay. We live in Bizarro World. That may even be the name of one of them, I don’t know anymore. You may want “exposure” from a cheesy exploiter–I don’t.
.-= Star´s last blog ..Jumpstart your boring job search =-.

By: ridwan

ridwan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:00:48 +0000

good i come across an opportunity to explore my potential in writing,although i’m an agric student in my second year,but the zeal for writing has been in me.
basically my writing make delibration on knowing your real self,and also motivational quotations,which i had more than 150 quotes at 20 years.
I look forward for ways achieving my aims in writing through this organisation,bye.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:40:43 +0000

Lauren, the residuals are worth considering. Thanks.

By: Lauren Carter

Lauren Carter — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:42:16 +0000

I’ve tried Associated Content and had pretty decent success. It’s by no means a way to support myself, but it does bring in some extra cash every month. I’ve published about 65 articles on the site and have made steadily rising monthly income that started at around $10 or $20 per month and is now at about $75-$80. It’s not big bucks but it’s nice to continually earn some extra cash for one-time writing efforts (that usually didn’t take me all that long).

I typically don’t bother offering my content for upfront payment anymore as it takes too long to be reviewed and the upfront payment is pretty small. (My upfront payments have ranged from $4 to $12.) The biggest draw for me is the monthly performance payments.

Many of my articles have been duds but some have been wildly popular, including articles about Soulja Boy’s song “Crank Dat,” an article about 50 Cent, an article about “American Idol” audition tips and secrets and a pair of articles about starting dreadlocks. These articles consistently get thousands of page views every month. This month the AI article has earned me $20 so far. One of the dreadlocks articles and the 50 Cent article have each earned me about $10 and the Soulja Boy article is up there too. All this and I don’t promote my content or write for keyword density. I just try to write interesting, discoverable headlines, write naturally and keep it interesting and informative.

Overall, Associated Content probably won’t make you rich, but if you can think of popular topics, write good headlines and interesting content that provides valuable information, you will probably do well in the long run. Look at it this way…If one of my articles earns me just $10 per month, which some do, that’s $120 per year, for who knows how many years. That article could end up earning me thousands of dollars in the long run, which beats a few hundred dollars I might have earned up front somewhere else. So I’d say AC is worth a go. Just don’t give up if your first few articles do measly numbers; sometimes you have to keep at it to find the key combination of popular topic, good headline and well-written content that is going to get you ranked highly on Google and linked to all over the net.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

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By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:14:39 +0000

Hey all great comments, I use both AC (only signed up late last year or early this year) and Heilum (since 2006). I'm still getting used to AC but beacuse I live in New Zealand I don't qulify for upfront payments on AC. In regards to Heilum if you have a writing star and a rating star and you write for a embty titel at the beging of the next month you will get a $2.00 bonus, and if you write for titles that have 5 or more artilces (i think this is the right amound to be classed as an active title) you can earn from $1.50. The payment has recently been changed. Also they have the marketplace, where you submit an articel and if it reaches number one and the publication accepts your article you can earn anywhere from about $25 (it vaires). Opps, got carried away sorry.... Cindy’s last blog post..The power of doing

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