How To Become A Helium Non-Profit Partner

 

Follow the simple steps: Get your organization connected and start benefiting from a partnership with Helium.com.

 

Non-profit partners join Helium.com to...

Connect with the largest writing community in the world.

Add content to spread awareness for causes and expand member engagement.

Count increases in membership and donations, as well as Internet traffic to your site.

Command more name recognition and web presence.

Count on personal support from Helium staff -- all the way.

Calculate organizational costs for free advertising and promotion: $0

 

New? Learn more about Helium's Non-Profit Program

Read testimonials from Helium Non-Profit Partners. 

Meet other Helium Partners.

Step 1: Bring titles from Helium to your website

Find a title at Helium that is germane to your mission and or of interest to your members.

Use the title-finder tool to search for a match.

Once you've found a title you like, look for this icon:

 

Clicking the icon will generate the HTML code for a Widget to the title that you will embed in your site.

Check out Helium widgets in action at our partner Concepts4Charity.  These widgets are integrated into the partner's website color scheme. Also note the Helium related titles that appear on the left of the page. 


Widgets offer a dynamic interactive element to what is often an otherwise static website. This brings an element of belonging to the visitor of your site as well as exposure of your organization’s cause to the readers and writers at Helium.

Step 2: We set up your Helium member account

Send an email to Helium's Non-Profit Coordinator requesting our Non-Profit-Partner agreement. If you would like you can include the following information so we can prepare your account for activation.

Include:

Partner Display Name:

This is the name that will be publicly displayed

 

Primary Contact - First Name:

Primary Contact - Last Name:

Username:

Password:

Security Question:

Security Answer:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City:

State:

Country:

Zip Code:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

Email Address Confirmation:

Website URL:

 

Description of your organization’s purpose:

 

Mission statement:

 

Charity EIN #:

 

Your organization's Logo (no bigger than 50 kB: jpg, gif or png)

Once we receive your signed version of the agreement, we will be ready to activate your account and begin our partnership.

Step 3: Enhance Your Helium Page

Once your account is active we will send you your login information.

Now it is your chance to add to your Helium Non Profit Partner Page

Endorse existing titles on Helium to spread name recognition:  First find the titles that fit your causes. Then click on  "Update Endorsed Titles" from your partner page and enter the title ID (last number in the "view all articles" tab) into the window provided. Endorsed titles display your organization's name. When someone clicks on your partner name on the site they land on your Helium Partner Page.

To find a title ID: Put keyword phrases for topics which interest your organization into the title-finder tool.

Add links to other websites or to specific pages on your site you want to highlight on the Partner Resouces block.  

Here's an example of a Partner page that utilizes all of the available options.

Suggest titles that champion your cause and spread awareness about your issues. Helium writers and your own members can write to these titles. Go to the Write button in the top nav bar on Helium and look for "Suggest a title" to get started. Get help crafting high-quality titles for maximum Internet exposure.

Step 4: Maintaining Your Account

  • Add to your endorsed titles regularly: By continuing to add to your endorsed titles you make your organization known to more of Helium's readers and writers. Endorsed titles display on the site with the following message:

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  • Update your widgets with new titles. When titles change on your widgets your website remains fresh with new content. We suggest that you use titles that have been written to with at least one article. To change the title on your widget you don't need to go through the process of embedding the code again. You simply need to change the title ID in the HTML code you already have embedded and the new title will display on this widget.
  • Suggest titles that champion your cause and spread awareness about your issues. We can't say this enough because these titles can become the titles in your widgets as they become populated with articles that are in line with the mission of your organization.

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Shaheen Darr
May 27, 09 at 06:01 AM
Great zone Ann full of good information. Thanks for this :)

Benefits of connecting with Helium.com

Free advertising: Ads featuring your organization and logo rotate throughout the site, including the home page.

Meaningful exposure: At Helium, we do more than show your name -- we help champion your causes. We provide an open portal for you to create titles for all the issues you care about. Helium writers add to your titles and spread your issues further across the Internet. Helium's high page-rank drives more traffic to your site and more coverage for your cause.

Energized membership: Your own members can participate directly in writing the articles that spread more awareness for your organization and causes, with the help of Helium technology. They can access the titles you create on Helium right from your own website through Helium widgets. They can donate their article earnings right back to your cause.

Expanded network: You connect with the world and the world's largest writing community through Helium. You may see more members join your cause, and Helium writers can donate their article earnings to your organization, if you are a recognized non-profit with the US government.

Generate Revenue: Writers at Helium often look through a list of all of our Non-Profit Partners before publishing an article. This allows them to donate all of the earnings from that article to a chosen partner. Last year Helium writers donated a total of $2,494. This was in the first year of this program and we expect this to continue to grow.

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Explore more opportunities

Congratulations! You've estalished your presence on Helium and expanded your Internet presence.

Time to dig into more ways to leverage your Helium partnership:

  • Create your own Helium Zone page to promote your organization and drive more traffic to your website and cause.
  • Inform Helium of upcoming events to discuss ways you can use Helium to help spread the word.
  • Use articles from your sponsored titles to beef up your own newsletters.
  • Keep a fresh flow of titles coming into Helium each month to keep your causes out in front.
  • Share your ideas for more possibilities. Helium is open to your suggestions!
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