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By Les Scammell, June 30, 2009 9:21 pm

Have you heard of Helium? It is an article site, but not your traditional article site. With most article sites you create your article, include a few links in a resource box and submit. With luck, others will pick up your article and publish it, links and all. You can check it out here.

Helium is more like a huge knowledge base. The articles are there for reference, not for reprinting on web sites. As a writer, you submit articles to predefined titles (you can create your own titles and have them approved). Your articles are then available for the world to view. Based on the number of views you receive, you can earn an income from each article.

Some Helium writers have around 1000 articles submitted. I said in the post title you can earn residual income after submitting your articles and you can – just don’t expect to earn a fortune. In fact, top paying articles may pay around $1.50 tops. I have articles that are now earning around the $0.50 per month.

I can hear you laughing. Who wants to write an article that only pays a buck fifty? And you’re right – except I said residual income. The $1.50 becomes $18 in a year – $90 in five years. If I asked you write an article for $90 – what would you say?

Write 1000 article – and I know that’s a lot, but let’s say you wrote an article every day for three years – that 900 articles with time off for Sundays and public holidays. Average just $0.30 per article and you are still receiving $300 per month – virtually forever.

Keep adding to your article numbers and who knows how much you can earn. Don’t image this is a set and forget type process. To earn income you need to maintain your account, ensure your articles rank well, and to undertake a minimum number of quality ratings.

Ratings is the process used to determine which articles are the best quality. Articles from the same titles are compared by members and they effectively vote for one over another. Keep your articles in the top ten percent, maintain at least two or three ratings (that’s about five minutes work each day) and your income will keep rolling in – not enough to retire on – but it sure makes for some useful pocket money – actually, really useful residual income.

Disclaimer: Although I am a member of Helium and the graphic links to my user page, Helium does not have an affiliate program as such. You can invite writers and if they join you can earn 5% of their income. However, the links on this page do not provide any financial reward for me nor is this a paid post – this a review and hopefully a helpful guide to earning a few extra dollars legally and morally.

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By Les Scammell, November 10, 2008 3:32 pm

Paid posts are becoming a big business for both bloggers and agencies that coordinate paid posts. They are also becoming more sophisticated as time goes by. You can, as a business owner, now surf many blogs selecting those that may suit your requirements and approach them for paid posts.

I have been approached a few times to do product reviews, that is, they send me the product and I write the review. I have ignored or denied the request in the past, however I now wonder if I have done myself a dis-service. Whilst not getting paid, I still received the products which is a form of payment. Continue reading 'Would You Do A Paid Review?'»