by Leigh Goessl

Created on: November 12, 2009   Last Updated: May 17, 2011

Making $500 dollars a month or more on Helium is not always an easy feat, but it is possible. Chances are you won't earn this amount of money immediately, but once you build up your portfolio, with some strategic planning, you will see a noticeable increase in your monthly income.

To reach $500 it helps if you use a combination of strategies to boost your income and reach your goals. Here are a few tips:

• Carefully choose channels

Quality of content is key to good earnings, so a potential good strategy is to focus on areas where you have strong knowledge and then build on your portfolio and diversify your articles from there.

There are some channels which tend to earn more ad revenue than others. Once you get a feel for which topic niches you can write to successfully, you'll be better able to judge which channels are the best high earners for you. After you've determined the highest earning areas for your articles, then you can increase your writing portfolio in these areas.

Everyone has a niche, and there is no 'one size fits all' high earning channel, but there are some generally higher areas. Personal Finance, Business, Computer/Technology and Health are some of the highest earners, but the best earning channels can vary according to the topics you write on, and you may find this to be in another topic area.

A good gauge is to carefully watch your earnings page and see what subchannels earn best for you.

• Maintain rating stars

The ratings engine is an important part of Helium. In order for articles to be ranked, sufficient rates need to occur. How it ties into earnings is if you can keep just one rating star as a participating rater, this makes you eligible for ad revenue payments and writing to your lucrative channels can greatly boost monthly income to help you reach $500 a month.

In addition, if you hold five yellow rating stars on the calculation day you'll get a $3.00 bonus at the end of the month for being a good citizen. May not sound like a lot, but it does help add those dollars to your monthly total!

• Write in the Assignment System

Selecting paying assignments can help boost your monthly income on Helium. If you are the selected writer in a listed title, you can earn the designated payment, and once the title transitions to Helium.com, still earn ad revenue. Even if not selected, you can still earn ad revenue on your article.

• Contests

Helium contests are competitive, nail-biting and fun at the same time. If you like the

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