by Doreen Martel

Created on: May 04, 2010   Last Updated: June 29, 2010

All Helium writers have multiple opportunities to increase their earnings. There are opportunities that often are overlooked. These are easy to do, and while they do take some time, the earnings possibilities are limited only by your willingness to experiment and find out what works best for you. Here are some options:

Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking your Helium articles has multiple benefits. These benefits include increasing the page rank of your articles (by increasing back links) as well as increased page views. There are several free social bookmarking tools that you can use to submit your articles to several bookmarking sites at the same time including

Social Bookmarker. "Follow" bookmarking services will result in better page rank and more "link juice" to your articles.

Social Networking

Social networking is quickly becoming a must-do activity for writers whether using your own blog posts or your Helium articles. LinkedIn users can submit relevant articles by category to specific groups of users or post them generically in their "what I'm doing now" streams. FaceBook users have the opportunity to post article links to their news stream or they can set up a fan page for specific topics. Twitter users can easily set up their Helium articles for use on Twitter and gain followers interested in reading what they have written. These methods will all assist you when you are interested in increasing your earnings on Helium.

Your Personal Blog

Your personal blog can be a great source of additional page hits and therefore an increase in Helium earnings.  You can link to your relevant Helium articles in your posts, or you can create a separate article directory if you have a page feature that is accessible on your blog.

Other Sites

There are sites which can be categorized as "Web 2.0" sites that are a combination of social and bookmarking sites. Xomba is a social networking site where you can publish articles (that can include links to your Helium articles). RedGage is a combination of social networking and bookmarking site where you can post links to your Helium articles (as well as other types of media). Squidoo and HubPages are Web 2.0 sites that allow you to create pages to highlight single topics. You can build a page and highlight a specific category of your Helium articles.

Helium Zones

Helium Zones provide a great opportunity to promote your work. A zone can be tightly focused on one topic and you can group your articles by channel, topic, or category and create one location where they can all be easily found. Using a zone with promotion can increase your article page views plus you can earn additional revenue from your zone.

Summary

These tips can provide you with some direction if you are trying to learn how to increase your earnings at Helium. The focus is on promotion, back links and page views. There are many other opportunities to increase your earnings at Helium including empty titles, contests and Marketplace. Find a combination that works for you and soon you will see an increase in your Helium earnings.

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