Comments on: Triond, Helium & Associated Content Update

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:59:48 +0000

Maria, the first thing if you want to write in English is to improve your writing skills. Hard truth, but your first sentence in this comment reveals that English is your second language. Or you’ll need an editor before you submit. Or you may be able to write for pay in your first language.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:51:56 +0000

I am working as a freelance writer for 2 years but unfortunately I can’t collect good amount since I am working. Could anyone help me, what to do?
Maria recently posted..Conceptual Brains

By: Dominique

Dominique — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:53:20 +0000

GREAT INFO!! Thanks so much!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:36:01 +0000

Extremely informative article. I learned a lot from the comments as well! Thank you.

By: Emily Lambert

Emily Lambert — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:40:31 +0000

Have you considered Demand Studios? It's all informational articles and DS owns the rights to them. There is a lot to read before joining to make sure that they are right for you. They pay up to $20 an article, that's why so many people want to jump on. Tip sheets are worth $3.50, fact sheets are worth $7.50, "about", how-to, "lists" are worth $15, and titles that YOU suggest are worth $5. Occasionally you'll find a $20 article. You can check out a blog that I wrote on MySpace about it for a friend who was considering signing up. MySpace Blog: Demand Studios

By: Jana

Jana — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:56:27 +0000

Anne – I would never turn rich down.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:53:14 +0000

well said, although I suspect we can learn to get rich too.

By: Jana

Jana — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:51:39 +0000

I am a published fiction author (big NY publisher) and a full-time technical writer, so I DO make my living writing and “I” signed up for Associated Content. Guess that makes me a reject?

The reality is, we all do things for different reasons and it is really no one else’s place to label someone or their situation. I want to try writing non-fiction in a shorter format without the pressure of a deadline or a contract. I have enough of those already. And there are plenty of things I’d like to write about that don’t fit into my technical writing job or my novels.

I don’t expect to get rich – I expect to learn more about writing and myself.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:25:22 +0000

It is definitely tactless to label individuals as “rejects” when the world is so vast and full of people from all walks of life. So, you cannot simply assume that a bunch of “rejects” is the makeup of people who write for such sites as AC and the like. Sure, the word “reject” might well be your own personal experience or that of someone you know. But you are just one person in one locale and of one individual experience of life. I personally have taken on writing for profit as a way to use my own natural skills as a means to earn some extra cash while I pursue other endeavors. You have to realize that some people are skilled writers and may not choose to make a profession of it. And then there are others who are less skilled, but might have a desire to write as a “professional”. At AC, Helium, and Triond, they don’t care much about your credentials or even your skills as a writer. What they care about is whether or not you can attract the Search Engines to their website and keep money coming into their site.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:03:54 +0000

Yeah, I’ve won some contests in my day… I think I may still have “Award Winning Writer/Editor” on my credit list.

Thanks for guessing re the residuals.