I finally connected with the people who want an informational writer,

I need to get over there more often, because I know I can do the writing. Same for the other mentioned sites. It may mean less time on MyLot, though. Is there a particular place you learned about writing with keywords? This freelance work, they give me the key words, I do not have to figure it out at all. I do not currently have a writing star on Helium.

paid2write, can you help me out with those keywords. I know what they're there for, but I can't seem to start off with the article. Maybe its because of the main topic. I was assigned to write about POPCORN MACHINES, something I know nothing about except that they pop corn kernels and they're found in some restaurants and of course the movie houses.

I think I learned about keywords at Helium, in the forum and by reading Helium articles on the subject. One of the publishers in the Marketplace gives keywords to use in assignments, so I tried writing articles with the reguired words, and they sold!

Yes, I contacted rjholdings. I know of at least four times that the alert has been sent out. Different people every time. I contacted them three times, but I had only received the alert personally the last time. I believe they are very professional, and they said they will pay me today. They say that they pay on the first of every month. They are very particular about what they want, but it was something I could easily do. I am expecting to be paid in PayPal today. I do not think myLot would have sent out the alerts if there was any chance that this was a scam.

I leave a week from today, Oct. 8. The fall colors will be pretty. I am doing all the driving. I am hoping to drive straight thru. I still have a week before I go, I will be around.

This one paid, today. Not a fortune, but it is money, and I can spend it.

I have never really gotten set up to do Ebay, or etsy, yet. I know what you mean. Of course I would rather burn out than rust out. I am never bored, that is for sure. When are you leaving?

Okay, they are two different alerts. The scam is Mylot.myhostia.com This company does not pretend to be MyLot, it is rjholdings@yahoo.com. I am waiting to see if I did indeed get paid for that first article, before I finish my second one. These people did have an actual writing assignment, with a niche, sub pages, alternate words, key words, etc.

They have not sent me to a website. I have e mailed back and forth to them a number of times. They did pay me today. $7 for 1500 words. They did not set the lenghth, that is just what I wrote. I know that is not a lot, but it is generally more than what people are getting from AC. I enjoyed the research. It was about a common every day thing, as is the second one I am working on.The pay came through Wasingertech, just like MyLot does.

do they have a website? a yahoo email that cannot be traced makes me wonder

I spent quite a bit of time researching. It was not a breeze. I have my second article in process and will turn it in today. I got $7 for the first article, which is more than any of the other sites have paid me so far. I wrote 1500 words. I will use the research, break it into shorter articles, edit it and publish more articles that are not identical to the first on other sites.

Wow, I can't wait to finish this project... i'm starting on it right now, I got a clearer idea of what and how to write it, I even put the requirements in a folder, so I could compile the articles I write. Wish me luck.

I certainly will. I think that what finally worked was that I told them I had content out there already and where. Everything I join, I have Garden Gerty as the signup or user name, a choice I have made to make myself more searchable. At Helium, though, you have to look for Helen E. Hartz, I believe. Not my real name. I believe that Garden Gerty is my user name there, though.

I'm writers edge as many places as I can, but some places the name was taken already. I think they didn't let me use it at Hubpages. It was long enough ago,I don't remember. That's bad,I'll have trouble signing in. Take care

I try to write everything down like passwords etc. in a book I have named "My Brain" It is handy. I also frequently e mail that info to myself and put it in a folder called passwords. I can take my brain with me when I travel.

I still have not published there, any of them. I think about a year ago I signed up for Squidoo, but never even went back. I will get this writing discipline going sooner or later.

I did get paid, some thought it would be a scam. I will do several articles this month, and I know they will pay me. If I do a lot of research, well, then I learn something that I can use elsewhere as well. The discipline is good for me.

Several people have suggested Review Stream. I think I need to set aside "work time" daily for my writing sites.I will probably sign up with them. My husband is convinced I could actually replace my outside income with online earnings, but he thinks I need the outside stimulation to be happy. Probably right. The freelance job I got here came because of an alert from MyLot saying that some of their partners wanted writers to write informative topics. I attempted contact three times, and finally got an assignment. Completed my first one, and should get paid via PayPal today. I have another assignment to get done today. There is usually a two day deadline, it involves some research, partnered with my own creativity and their SEO words.

FYI, I did get paid.

This one paid. Will pay at the first of each month.