by Dawn Hawkins

Created on: March 02, 2009   Last Updated: February 22, 2010

Publishing you work online is a great way to supplement your full-time income and in some cases provide your full-time income. Helium has made it easier to make more money online than many of its counterparts. You will probably never make that millions that everyone dreams of but it does offer great opportunities. As with everything in life, you have to work hard in order to make it work for you.

There are some simple steps you can take to earn more money on Helium. This guide will lead you to more earnings in your Upfront payments as well as your "click" money:

Follow the Leaders

Pay attention to the seasoned writers that have graced the pages of Helium for quite some time now. They are very willing to help anyone who asks. You do have to ask though. No one knows your needs if you don't speak up. Simply click on the community button located on the left hand side of your "My Helium" page. This option is also available at the bottom of every page.

This button will take you to the forums. Choose the correct forum for your question. You should look through the threads first to see if you question may have been answered before. If not, start a new thread to ask your question. It is very likely that you will have an answer within minutes. Someone is always there to lend a helping hand. This is the first step in improving your writing.

Improve Your Writing

You may find that your writing score is much lower than you would like it to be. By improving your writing, you can raise your writing score tremendously. When you have good writing scores you will make higher Upfront payment amounts. You can get a maximum of one bonus star for having a percentage of 85% for writing. One star means fifty cent more per article. That adds up to a lot of money. Improving simple things such as using spaces for paragraphs can make all the difference in your writing score.

Promote

Promoting your articles is very important. You will make money whether or not you promote. You will make much more money by simply posting your article links to different forums. You can add to Myspace, Facebook and a variety of other social networking sites.

Don't stop there. If you get an Associated Content account, you can add your articles there as well. The articles that you post on Helium aren't exclusive. Therefore you can use them any place else that you would like. You can also add your "About Me" page link to your Associated Content page.

Having a dialog in the forums of Helium itself can drum up

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