Helium is a site that pays you to write
articles.You get straight away published if u write on the available topics.But if
you want to start a new topic then it has to be first approved by the editors and it should be at least 400 words.like other writing sites Helium also doesn''t support plagiarism.What can you write about:There are 24 categories which they call channels. Each channel is divided in subcategories.For example, Channel "Hobbies and Games" is divided in different subcategories like,Board Games, Card Games, Crafts, Kids Games& toys, Scrap booking & Paper crafts etc.How to write
Articles on Helium: Writing articles here is easy.On the left side of "My Helium" page, there are different options like : Home, edit about me, rate articles, My articles etc.Here on 4th place you will find "Write". Clicking on it will lead to another page where you will be asked to choose a channel.Then a sub channel. Then you will be asked to pick a title from the already available ones.If you feel that the topic of your
Article is not included here then you can start a new topic area.Articles with new topic appear after being approved.There are no hassles and the approval is generally done within a day. Sometimes they suggest to make changes, regarding length or title of the article, which can be easily rectified.Payout: Helium doesn''t pay a hefty amount to its contributors. Writers are paid according to the page views they get. They pay you when the account reaches $25, which can take ages if you rely on routine articles only. There are three other ways to make good bucks :Market place: Here different publishers put topics.The procedure of writing these articles is same as normal articles.A particular submission date is set and payout is also mentioned ( after deduction helium''s commission).The publisher decides which article they want and choose at the end of submission date.Contests: Helium conducts weekly contests for its writers.Top winner gets $75, second one gets $25, $10 go to 3rd winner and three other runners up get $5 each.Referrals: Here they call them invites.You get 5% of the article earnings of each writer you invite who accepts.You can invite a total of 50 people to join helium.Advice: *It''s better to start a new topic ( they call it initiating a new title.)*Write on topics which have less number of articles, that way you will be in top 5 and chances of your article being read are good.*Before starting a topic in a channel,see the most popular list, if it has 10 or so number of articles,contribute in it.*Don''t forget to promote your articles on social bookmarking sites.Some are listed on the article page itself.( down on the page just below the " Learn more about this author". Del.icious.com,digg.com and facebook are visible and other sites are hidden.It is worth taking pains to register and upload your articles on these social bookmarking sites as you really get readers from these sites.*Take part in contests.Even if you don''t win,you have a good repertoire of articles ready at the end of the week.