Fancy some of my elk salami?

Hello, Judith. Helium is actually an excellent site to write for, with plenty of choice of familiar things to burble about. I can always find something interesting there, and you get paid on page views and ratings,so while you won't earn enough to displace JK Rowling as the top selling author, it's a handy residual income. The other day, a Helium member researched an article about goat shearing for the Marketplace, which pays well for some subjects, and she posted a discussion about it, so it got me looking for other weird titles. I stick to the old adage of 'burble about what you know' usually, although I did once write 10 articles on corporate giveaways - pens, mugs, etc - for which I got paid $50. The research was really boring though, so I wouldn't do it again unless the pay was really good. I don't know why anyone would want to make their own roadkill salami either, when they can nip out to LIDL and buy it for next to nothing.

I have found some titles about different subjects that I find aren't "real". For example, there was one title about what a farmer would need in his first aid kit for cows. Farmers don't carry first aid kits around for their cows. But, hey I could be wrong. I just know none of the farmers I know ever did.

First aid kits for cows, eh? You'd need a big plaster for that! Opalina, thanks for the extra information.

Can you pm me Sandra the sort of money I'd get for an article on getting rid of fire ants as upfront payment. I'll prob sign up when I get back later but I get so confused with all the technical bits. You make it sound like there is a box I can just type it into though which is a plus.

Hello, Thea. Helium is actually an article writing site, with lots of channels for different subjects, so the possibilities are endless. When I write an article for them, I tend to write it in Word and then paste into the writing box, as early in my dealings with Helium, I lost a few articles during the upload and had to rewrite them. If you have a writing star, you get paid a small upfront payment for each article, but revenue is mainly from page views. Once posted, the article keeps earning, and Helium also allows you to post your articles on other websites, giving you the chance to earn twice from the same article. Today, they're featuring articles on getting rid of bedbugs and fire ants, so you can literally write about anything and everything on Helium.

Hello, Art. I didn't realise the Church of England differed either. Love that about a Sarah Palin special. I don't know who thinks these titles up sometimes, but I suppose with a site with so many channels as Helium, it becomes difficult not to repeat titles. I don't mind doing a little research for articles, in fact I think it's essential unless you're an expert on the subject, but I don't usually research a subject from scratch just to get the empty title bonus. I'd rather be spending the time writing.

I don't mind the research if it's on a topic I am interested in (like art history), but otherwise, I hate to spend too much time researching something about which I could care less. Sometimes my curiosity gets peaked by strange topics, but not too often.

Hello, Dawn. I think you'd find plenty to interest you on there, and a lot of MyLot members are also Helium members. I like to write at least one or two articles a week, and I get a lot of ideas from the discussions here, so MyLot and Helium complement each other quite well, I find.