by Amber Hilton

Created on: January 03, 2010

Many Helium writers strive to make 100 dollars a month for their efforts, which makes earning 100 dollars a day quite the tall order to fill, especially for those writers with full-time jobs and family obligations. Although not impossible, making 100 dollars in one day (or 3,000 dollars in one month) at Helium requires a great deal of time, effort and talent.

Fortunately, Helium is constantly coming up with new ways to help its writers earn money for their contributions. By combining as many of these opportunities as possible and working very hard, Helium writers could eventually build a portfolio that allows them to earn as much as 100 dollars per day. For some writers, this may even be enough to be able to quit that wretched day job.

If you’re new to Helium, or simply looking for ways to increase your daily earnings, outlined below are several steps that can eventually lead to you making 100 dollars a day on Helium.

* Submit tons of content. The more articles that you publish on Helium, the more money that you stand to make, both upfront and in the long-term earnings game. The more writing stars that you earn as a Helium member, the more that you are paid upfront for each eligible article submission. Aim for 500 articles to reach the maximum upfront payment per article of $2.50 (can be reached sooner with a bonus star for high ranking content). The more content that you publish on the site, the more that you stand to make from stock content purchases and daily ad revenue share, so write daily to build up your portfolio.

Search out empty titles to gain an extra one-dollar bonus for eligible titles. It may not seem like much, but when you are submitting a great deal of content, this bonus adds up quickly. To increase your daily ad revenue share, promote your work with well-placed links and write to popular titles.

* Compete in Helium’s Marketplace. The options outlined above can eventually have you earning 100 dollars a day at Helium, but it may take years and countless hours of writing and promoting to build up a portfolio this large. Quality content and good promotion techniques may speed up the process, but it will likely still be slow going. For those writers who don’t have the patience to lay this sort of groundwork, consider competing in Helium’s Marketplace. Marketplace publishers pay up to 200 dollars for one original piece of content, which means you could easily reach your 100-dollars daily goal by selling articles in the Marketplace.

Although more and more titles are being added all the time, there are still generally only a few dozen Marketplace titles to choose from on a good day, so finding topics that you want to write about remains one of the only barriers to achieving this goal. Some days, selling enough articles to make 100 dollars a day may be easy, while other times it may be next to impossible thanks to a lack of available titles. Also, be prepared to wait up to several weeks for publishers to make their decision and for payment to be made.

Making 100 dollars a day on Helium is extremely difficult, but a good goal for any writer who is willing to put in the time and effort. Keep taking advantage of new earning opportunities and combine several options to maximize your earning potential. Regardless of how much you earn each day, remember that Helium currently only pays its members once per month, so plan your budget accordingly.

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