My Money Making Journey

For all those people out there who like to write.....Scratch that, I don't even like to write, but I enjoy using Helium. It is a community of people that are writing articles about all sort of topics and being paid to do it. Just today I wrote an article about whether or not grading should be abolished in colleges. There are tons of topics that you can choose from and so many articles that you can use if you are looking for great content for your website (with author permission of course). You can write about things that interest you, or you can visit the marketplace and see vendors that are paying anywhere from $20-$100 for people to write about certain topics. I am going to give you an actual example of this sort of listing:

	$44	8/26/2007	Relatively unknown dog products, priced between $20 and $80, that everyone should know about
			200 - 400 wordsThe writing style is fun and cheeky, not formal at all. The products we talk about are products we love because they are unique. The style is usually that we set up a problem/issue and then tell readers what this problem solves. No affiliates are paying us to review their products. You can go on the site and sign up for the newsletter to get a feel for what we are doing. www.spoilspot.com

This is just one example of a marketplace listing, and even if nothing in the marketplace appeals to you, you still get paid for writing about any of the topics that they have on the website.

The money that you earn depends on the rating that you receive for an article. People in the community compare two article and see which one is better and rates it higher. If your article stands tall, then you can have a #1 rating, making you more money. Out of the ~20 article I have written, about 15 of them are in the top 10, and 7 of them are in the top 5. I even have 4 in top 3! Another great thing about Helium is that your article will continue to bring you money. I am still earning money from articles that I have written back in June. Writing at Helium has not only helped me make some extra money, but is something that I love to do in my spare time. It is not hard for me to write about things I love, so being able to make money while I do it, is great. You can even make money from the articles that people you referred have written, so if anyone wants to join Helium just leave me a comment and I will send you and invite, or just head over to Helium and sign up!