by Joe Wrighter

Created on: March 19, 2007   Last Updated: May 08, 2007

I'm going to offer a comparison here between Associated Content and Constant Content, but I'm also going to throw Helium into the mix just to make things fun. Also, that way the reader who might be a Helium writer can compare their experience here to my own with this site and the others.

Ok, I've been on Helium the longest, for about 8 weeks. So far: $56 dollars made. I've been with AC for about 2 and a half weeks: $73 thus far. CC, also 2 weeks: $49.

I have over 100 articles up on Helium, but many are fairly short - 200 words or less. So I probably spend an average of 30 minutes on every article I write for Helium. Over at AC, I have 14 articles published - 2 rejected because they were "opinion/editorial" - and each one there has to be at least 400 words long. So, I probably spend about 1 hour on every article I submit there.

CC is the one I'm the most excited about. Even though I've made the least amount of money, I've only sold 4 articles so far. However, I'm learning what buyers are looking for, and I think the good thing about CC is the potential to find regular clients on there who will readily pay decent money for your work. It's all a matter of finding the right matches, and I'm still working on that.

So, overall I see Helium as the best way for a beginner to start, because they publish basically everything; AC as the best way to make quick and steady money; and CC as the toughest to get started with, but the one with the best longterm potential, if you are a good writer.

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