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I serve as New Writer Outreach Manager for Helium, which gives me the opportunity to share Helium with prospective writers and welcome them into our unique writing community. Helium offers wide opportunities for writers - from professional writers looking

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Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium Why word count and length are important for Helium articles: 1 of 28
Aiming your Helium articles - and Internet articles in general - toward the 400 to 1,500 word count range fits the pattern for web readers. This article tells you how and why you should aim your web text for this Helium word count range goal. Helium's Writing Standards asks writers to meet a 400-word minimum and not to excee... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Toddlers Combating bad behavior in toddlers: 2 of 37
Toddler behavior sometimes wears combat boots. But it's best to avoid combat as much as possible. Unfortunately a toddler's emerging assertiveness is met all too often with parents all too eager to assert their authority. This article will outline strategies to avoid such tussles, as well as arm parents for necessary battles.... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium Opportunities expand for our writers with Marketplace, Helium's publishing partners: 1 of 10
Helium continues to attract more and more publishing partners through the Marketplace program, while providing higher payouts to Helium writers. Keep checking Marketplace for new titles and partners. Publishers set the pay rates, and compete against each other to attract our quality writers. This helps our writers earn more! ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium Tips for surviving and succeeding in Helium's spring 2007 Write to Win Contest: 1 of 9
Helium's spring 2007 Write to Win Contest has sent waves of excitement across the internet writing word. Excitement has met early exhaustion in some quarters as well, creating a kind of under-tow against which writers must steady themselves. Pacing oneself for the long-distance swim, rather than giving one's all through some ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium Taking care of the little things in articles: Understanding paragraphs: 1 of 9
A paragraph is a unit of measure for an article; a sequence of paragraphs forms an article. Taking care of these little parts of your article helps the overall quality of articles. Refresh your knowledge on paragraphs to improve your rank placement and earnings on Helium.Three considerations should be kept in mind:1. A paragr... More..
Arts & Humanities > Helium Dos & Don'ts Guidelines for presenting yourself professionally on Helium: 1 of 8
Stand by your words with a professional bio page. This article shows you how to present yourself in ways that impress others that you are an authoritative writer. Learn what to do and what to avoid to get noticed as an Internet writer. How can you stand by your words? This article will show you how to present yourself profe... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium How Helium's writers define an article: 1 of 8
The Helium writing community discussed the important issue of what constitutes an article during Community Board discussions in December of 2006. Cries for clearer and improved standards rang loudly. Practical advice abounded. The guidelines rotated around two axes: content and form.In terms of content, having "valuable" know... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium Transitioning from blogs and Internet chat to writing for Helium: 2 of 15
You've blogged for years and joined countless Internet chats: How hard is it to start earning for your hours of writing on line? It all depends on how much you shed some bad blog and chatroom habits, and step up to the world of magazine-style web writing. This article will help you along.At Helium, we want writers to avoid im... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium Tips for improving your Internet research skills and writing: 1 of 7
Good writers do more than exhibit a flair for words; they practice good research techniques. Content is the key to quality writing. Sharing knowledge requires more than the limits of one's own experiences. It involves using one's talents to meet the expressed needs of publishers in a competitive writing market. This article f... More..
Arts & Humanities > Helium Dos & Don'ts Helium community guidelines for plagiarism: 1 of 7
At the simplest level, plagiarism involves stealing another's words. But there are gray areas in this definition that often trip up writers. Only commonly known facts and ideas are free; all other information must be cited. And, even when cited, one cannot reuse the same words an author uses unless these are off set in quotes... More..