Making Money on Associated Content and Helium

Thousands of writers have tried it, making money on Associated Content and Helium that is. With both websites there is the potential for making a good amount of money if you put forth the effort. On the flip side of things, this strategy of making money isn't for everyone, only one type of person can be successful at this, good writers.

Sadly, many have not discovered the secrets of one, or both of these amazing websites. Contrary to popular believe, Associated Content and Helium are completely different in various aspects. For example, Helium only pays it's members once they've reached $25 bucks, and even then you can only retrieve money from your account at the start of the month.

Upfront Payments-

One of the biggest upsides to Associated Content is the fact that you can submit articles for upfront payment review. If approved these articles will usually fetch you around $3.00 to $20.00 dollars depending on quality of the work and what the topic is. In the event that your article is indeed rejected for an upfront payment, then you're able to edit it if you wish. If your article is accepted, you can have the cash sent to you within days.

Recently, Helium also added a upfront payment feature to their website. Which works almost like their Summer Reward-A-Thon promotion worked, payments are calculated by the number of articles the person wrote times the number of Writing Stars the person has. For example a person with 5 Writing Stars on their profile means they maintain a high quality in present articles, but earn about $2.50 per article at the end of the month.

Furthermore, a person with 1 star would make about 50 cents per article. It's very easy to earn Writing Stars, however it takes a set number of articles to gain Writing Stars while maintaining the quality. In retrospect, a person with 10 articles couldn't have 5 Writing Stars, only writers with 500 or more articles can have 5 Writing Stars.

Revenue Share/Performance Payments-

Both Helium and Associated Content offer the potential to earn money from page views to articles. On Associated Content, 1000 page views equals about a $1.50 in earnings. Writers with a higher clout level can earn up to 2.00 for each 1000 page views. Word has it that many writers on Associated Content make over a few hundred a month.

On the flip side of things Helium also has a similar program. Writers are able to earn money from page views, but the system doesn't work the same as Associated Content. The very design of Helium is all about competition, and writing better articles then others. With each article, someone can come along and write something better, and the earnings for that particular "title" are split between you and that person.

Also, on Helium you are unable to see how many page views you've received. You can only see how much money you've received due to those page views. Only certain subjects seem to earn great amounts of money from page views, which is subject of how popular the subject is, and the advertisers.

MarketPlace/Calls for Content-

On Associated Content, they have a program called "Calls for Content" which names subjects for a person to write on, guidelines for that subject, and what the site will pay for that article. Helium also has a similar program, publishers request for Helium writers to create articles on certain subjects, and typically pay much more then Associated Content Calls for Content if your article is picked.

Tips-

If you want to make some decent money, write for both Helium and Associated Content. Helium has some pretty nice contests where you compete with other writers, who wins the contests is based on what the entire community says. Everyone at Helium can rate articles, and a person can't rate their own articles so things are pretty fair.

Writers will want to know both websites very well to figure out what subjects work well for them, and how that understanding of the subject can make them money. At the end of the day, both websites have their ups and down's, and may have a person pulling their hair out, but hang in there.