I'm at 47 articles and $21 at Helium, how many articles do you have? Have you

I have put in a lot of efforts in my articles in the recent months. I would like to increase my earning into a substantial amount monthly. But it can be very difficult. Feel free to take a look, 209441. Cheers.

Thank your for your kind comments. Too bad I do not have writing stars. I have been trying to raise my overall percentile by writing more articles and leapfrogging those articles that are not beyond repair. I started to write more and so on early this month and had managed to raise my percentile from 35% to the current 58%. It is very tiring to do this. I have learn my lesson to put in more efforts to write articles from the onset. I do not understand your question on what business am I doing. I m sorry. Perhaps you can elaborate your question. Cheers.

Wow, three payouts, but you have good topics. Many people want to read about business and finance, I'm one of them. I have been there over a year and this will be my first payout. Thanks and take care.

Wow! That's a lot of articles! Do you have a link to your articles on your profile like I do mine? If you do, I can go and read a few of your articles to help you out. If not, then what number is your article page? Mine is 229357. I started at Helium in June of 2007, so I'm hoping to get my first payout by the end of July. But 4 dollars away is a lot on there. That could take me the rest of this year if I don't really, really promote, too. How do you promote? I have Yahoo mostly and talk to some of my friends to have them read it. Take care and thanks for responding.

http://www.helium.com/users/321271 The best way I could find to promote is look at the articles themselves and if I can, go to web sites in specific sections like stuff about gaming or sports since those ones are where I feel my strengths are. I try using StumbleUpon, Facebook, and of course any others that come along the way. It's just a matter of getting it and trying to reach the right people. It hasn't been easy but I do keep trying though.

Putting a link from here to helium on your profile page is a big help, too. During discussions about Helium, some people want to go from here to there and Mylot has different rules that get stricter and stricter about links, so that is probably your best bet unless you have something else on your profile page that you link to that makes you money. Sounds like you've done a lot of promotion, I haven't done very much, so maybe that's part of my problem. Take care and thanks.

Well, I just didn't write in general anymore. But since now it has the summer-a-thorn program, I am joining and start writing again. I guess I really have to consider it's a worthy experience before I spend time there *laughs*. I have high hopes on this summer-a-thorn program, and hope to write more articles this time.

Good for you! That's the Spirit. Go get'em, Wonder Ice Queen!

If other sites are more to your liking, that's fine. I only rate after I have written something. How they got my rating percentage is beyond me. I think maybe they counted my leapfrogs against me, but rating didn't come up automatically after I leapfrogged. There are supposed to be 1,000 of new titles to write under there. With only 16 articles, you reached payout once. You're doing better than most. Esp. better than me. So what writing sites do you like better? Since the summer write-a-thon, I've received more money per day, I went from 2 cents a day to 6 cents a day, so that's pretty good for me. Take care.

Have you been there in July? The summer write-a-thon seems to be generating more revenue. In June, I barely made 2 cents a day, but in July I'm at 5 to 6 cents a day. I haven't written any new areticles, so it has to be that. You did a wonderful job of answering all my questions. I've tried writing for Marketplace, my articles get buried. Out of 90something I'm 50something. So must be I can't compete in the Marketplace. I like your range of articles. I wish I had more articles there. Thanks and take care.

Yes, I've been tring to rate for 20 minutes a day on Helium to keep my rating star. You have to have at least 1 rating star to get the increased percentage of earnings at the end of the month for the Write A Thon (can't remember what they are calling it now). Anyhoo, I am not adding any new articles to Helium right now. But, if I can maintain the 3 writing stars and at least 1 rating star, I'll get a little bit of increased pay at the end of the month. Thanks for the compliments on my articles. The subject are so varied because I wrote to the publisher's requests at Marketplace for many of them. Take Care.

I'm at $24.94 now, I just need 6 more cents and I'll have my first payout at Helium. I hope to have it by the end of August. Then it will have taken me 14 months to get my first payout. If I don't find another job (the pet food one at PetSmart is only 12 hours a week, so it's only $500 a month and I have $2,000 in bills), I will definitely need a better paying site for me. Thanks for all your help at Mylot and Helium. Take care

It's 2400 characters. If they wanted 2400 words, good luck because I think a lot of people would leave just like that. That somehow goes to 400 although when I've done my recent articles and counted up, it actually for me is somewhere in 410-470 range depending on what I write exactly. Somehow through people reading articles and it comes to interest. Of course, there's also the contests and the Marketplace and if you get lucky, you could have an article purchased by somebody on a non-Marketplace article.

You still don't have a link from your profile here to your articles there. I was going to go read some of yours. Can you provide an address for your Helium articles so I can read some of yours and you can read some of mine? See my profile and you will see my link to my articles. That's part of how you earn money is by having a link from here to there. Actually there are many ways to earn at Helium and now Helium even has articles that you can read to help you find more ways to do it. Thanks and take care.

Is it 2400 words or 2400 characters? The second one is letters. I know, I had articles that were 200 and now they want 400 words. How do you stretch some articles like how to season a frying pan (I didn't write that one, but I saw it in there). Are you promoting your articles? It's much easier to make money at Mylot as long as you're on every day, but at Helium, even it you aren't there, the pennies can still roll in. Mylot is an instant thing, Helium is a long term one. Do you have a link from your profile page? What is the number of your article page? Finance and anything that's a real current "jumping" topic goes better. Beauty does really well, too. Recycling has some months that go well. Depends on what type of topics you have. Take care and thanks for responding.

Sold 3/5 articles outright? Wow! That sounds good. $1.50 for a thousand people looking at it? That doesn't sound so great. We only need about 400 people for that amount. (1/3 penny per view, last I nknew). Oh well, you take the good with the not as good. Take care and thanks for responding.

Actually that would be closer to 450. Sorry.

I wonder why. Does Canada allow use of paypal?

It does seem unfair. But it's so easy to get in trouble for giving money to terrorist outside the country without trying, maybe they're saying no to all countries outside the states because of that. Probably why a lot of Canadians have American bank accounts and American P. O. Boxes here.

Our feelings are very close to the same, I need to do more rating. I've been spending too much time here and not enough there. But in this heat, I write an article and it gets lost, I submitted one several times one day and it never got in. Yet on a cooler day with no storms, went in easily. My most popular thing when I rate is the format, many people have one long paragraph or worse yet, one long sentence, so I ask them to create paragraphs/sentences and resubmit. Do you have a link from your profile page to Helium? If not, what is the number of your article page? Thanks for responding and take care.

Thanks, if we all read three of each others' articles, that will help out a little. Thanks again and take care.

I have a real mixture of articles at Helium. I like to enter the debates and contests on any subject I think I can write on in more than 400 words. My pen name is Ruth B and my articles are listed here: http://www.helium.com/users/386205/show_articles

I hope you do take a look. If you check my profile, I have a link to Helium. Thanks for your interest and take care.

I hope you do get your real life sorted out. Do you use the same name there? Where are you there? Do you have a link.? Have a good time with the reward-a-thon.

I'm "Jane Rutherford" there http://www.helium.com/users/431779 if you're interested ;)

Thanks! All great ideas. I have a link to Helium from here at my profile and I find this helps. I really wish something I wrote was picked for a contest or for Marketplace. I have some stuff in the top 5, but not everything. I have done some leapfrogging, but mostly to correct errors or add content as I learn or think of more to write. Thank you very much and I look forward to reading some of your articles. Due to time constraints, that probably won't be until next Monday. But I usually look at three per writer. I will get back to you. I like reading better writers than me so I can get better and maybe compete better somewhere down the line. Take care.

I just read these three of yours: Good Reasons for Quitting Your Job, Consequences of Declaring Bankrupsy, and Comic Book Film Adaptations. All very interesting and well-written. I hope you're able to read some of mine. I'm only 6 cents away from my first payout. Thanks and take care.

Mylot and some writing areas are for immediate gain. Helium is for the long term. I haven't written in a month and I'm still making money. 6 cents a day-on average. If you get sick, immediate gain sites won't be paying anything because you aren't on them. But sites like Helium will continue to earn money. There are other sites and there may be better sites. There have been many discussions here about Associated Content and other places that you could also try. My health is an issue for me. So taking on a contract and not being able to fulfill it could get me in trouble. But I've heard contract jobs, if you bid and can get them like on Craig's list and some others are the way to go for some people. It's a good idea to ask people where they write for and why. Something like that would be a good discussion topic for you. Eventually, I hope to retire and have a site where people read my work and I continue to get paid. Since I may be sick/arthritic often, it makes sense for me to write for Helium. I look at it this way: Some people sell an article for $20. Thousands of people read it, but no residuals. Then it's resold and you still don't get any more for it. Also, you don't know how many people have read it. I know how many people have read each of my articles. I know what sells and what doesn't. So I'm learning a lot. It may take hundreds of articles before I get a check every month, but I have hundreds of articles in me, just need the time and health to put them out. Also competing and reading other people's stuff so I can see what beat me out and why. It's a learning site more than an earning site for some of us. Depends on why you write and why you're there. Check out other sites and also look at previous discussions on writing sites on Mylot. You will find your fit. We all do, eventually. Thank you very much for responding and good luck to you in all your writing.

Do you have a link from your profile to your writing on Helium so I can read some of your articles and help you get a few cents? I have a link from my profile to mine. If we read each others work, we can help each other out. 1 to 3 articles of each others (I don't expect you to read all 47 of mine). Thanks and take care.

I though so, too, until I read the discussion from a guy who has like 140 articles and $140 for them at the same place. So now, I'm wondering if I could do better.