by Eric Bailey

Created on: February 20, 2010

Helium.com strives to be among the premiere online sources for high-quality, knowledge-based web content. In order to do so, they must present professional, top-notch articles on a wide variety of relevant, interesting, dynamic channels of topics. To meet these needs, they must attract diligent, effective contributors that come from varied backgrounds of education, occupation, and recreation.

To appeal to such a broad range of solid writers, Helium offers some incentives, and none of them as significant as the promise of payment: Quality writers receive real monthly payouts, and such profitable enterprise forms a solid draw for thousands of freelancers across the website.

Which leads these dollar-earning contributors to wonder: How can I increase my Helium earnings? The subject of how to increase your earnings at Helium has been well-documented throughout dozens of articles and is one of the most popular subjects on the Community area message boards. As it turns out, there are a few primary tactics that have proven to be most effective.

Write, Write, Write

Despite all the other advances and advantages available, the honest-to-goodness best way to increase your earnings at Helium is still to write, write some more, then keep writing. Not only does having a larger portfolio obviously increase page views, and thus ad revenue, but Helium incorporates a tiered system for Upfront payments immediately upon submission. For example, a member with over 500 articles of sufficient quality has earned five writing stars; at 50 cents a star, that writer now earns $2.50 for qualifying articles in titles in paying channels, as long as they are among the first five submissions. And if it is the first article for a title, the $1 Empty Title Bonus means that they just received $3.50 for a 400+-word piece. If you can write professional-grade articles quickly, such as those to topics you know well, this can be a lucrative opportunity. Additionally, if those articles are popular views online, the payoff turns out to be much more than $3.50 when the page views roll in. Also, having a bigger, high-quality portfolio increases the chances for Stock Content and other opportunities. Despite what any other method claims, the most reliable and effective way to increase your earnings on Helium is to write more.

Marketplace

If the Upfront payments, Empty Title bonuses, and page views are not enough for you, then the Marketplace is your destination. At the Marketplace section of Helium.com,

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