5 Ways to Earn More Money Writing on Helium.com

Since we’re just at the start of the Helium Experiment, I thought I’d offer you all some Helium-specific advice this morning. Many of you have asked for referrals, and I expect all 50 of my allotted referrals to be gone by the end of this week, maybe sooner. There’s still time to get in on Helium’s reward-athon, and to try to get a couple of free books from me.

For those who don’t write on Helium.com this advice may be less useful. I do like to think that there are some principles below that apply pretty much to all article submission sites as well as to Internet writing in general. So, here’s what I’ve discovered so far in my experiment with Helium:

Volume = earnings.

Volume is the key to success on Helium (and most article submission sites). Many writers who join Helium get discouraged after writing a few articles and earning a few cents (or less). My advice? Get a few hundred articles up, and then we can talk about making some money. That’s a start. Get a few thousand up, and we can talk about having a reliable source of residual income that doesn’t require much maintenance.

Content area matters.

Some topics are just more profitable than others. Test out the various topic areas that you’re interested in, and see which ones pay off. I can write all day long about Dungeons and Dragons and make nothing or next to nothing. However, I might write one good article about artificial insemination and suddenly you’ve made $2 in a week on that one article. Multiply that by a thousand quality articles and you’re talking about a nice lifestyle improvement.

Immediate income vs. long-term residual income.

Immediate income is important; you can’t buy gasoline with the $500 that you’ll earn three months from now. That is why contests, the Marketplace, and promotions like the reward-athon are so important to today. However, if you want to use Helium.com to improve your lifestyle tomorrow, you’re going to have to write for more than just those areas.

Rating and content quality.

Finally, the fact is that your higher-rated articles are going to be seen by more readers, and therefore make more money. Be meticulous about spelling, grammar, formatting and the like, so that you can consistently hit the higher ratings. Ratings have less to do with good ideas than with good method.