by UmiNoor

Created on: February 27, 2010

Article writing has become a viable means of making money online. There are many websites online which pay writers for their contributions. The rationale is that as more people are using the internet as a place to find information, it is only logical that by supplying them with the information, a website will get more visitors and will also be ranked well by search engines.

There are basically two ways article writers get paid for writing online. One is upfront payment and the other is ad revenue share. The difference between the two methods of payment is that with upfront payment, a writer gets paid once only for each of his contributions. With ad revenue share, a writer gets paid as long as his articles are on the site and generating ad revenue.

If a site pays both upfront payment and ad share revenue, you'll get the best of both worlds. Associated Content and Helium are two such websites that offer both upfront payment and ad revenue share.

Most websites either offer one or the other. Constant Content offers upfront payment while Triond, Bukisa, Hubpages and Squidoo offer ad revenue share.

If your objective is to get a fixed amount of money for writing articles then you should sell your articles for upfront payment. However, if you can wait and are not in a hurry to make money, join sites that offer ad revenue share.

But, why should you write to earn either when you can write articles to earn both upfront payment and also ad revenue share with Associated Content and Helium? However, before you decide to join either or both these sites, be fully informed of what is required in order to earn any money on these sites.

Helium pays upfront payment to its starred writers. To get upfront payment, you have to first obtain at least one writing star which will make you eligible to earn fifty cents per article if you're the first five to submit to a title. You can earn up to five writing stars which will make you eligible to get $2.50 per article. Read further to find out how to earn writing stars at Helium and how to get started writing for Helium.

On the other hand, Associated Content, pays upfront payment to writers from the United States only but all writers are eligible to receive performance payment or ad revenue share.

If you love to write and write well, why not use that talent to earn money from article writing. What are you waiting for?

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