Comments on: Freelance-ology: My Helium Experiment Begins

By: Freelance-ology: The Gig Economy Needs You! | Blog Salad | Ron S. Doyle - Professional Freelance Writer

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:41:37 +0000

[...] on a piece of paper, tack it on your wall, and follow it. Seven months later, when you’re contemplating writing for Helium.com as some cockamamie experiment, it will help snap you back into reality—and ironically, back on the path to your [...]

By: Freelance-ology: Proceeding with Trepidation | Blog Salad | Ron S. Doyle - Professional Freelance Writer

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:22:05 +0000

[...] I declared yesterday that I’m launching a quasi-scientific experiment on the content aggregator Helium.com, I expected reactions to look something like [...]

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:42:46 +0000

Two words – rip off..
Don’t repeat anything you’ve ever written anywhere else even if it’s a comment on a forum, board, email months earlier as that falls under copying (yes that you said it doesn’t matter). And if you question it then it means getting banned and any money earned is theirs; they do not and will not pay you no matter what was promised, even for their “contests” and the ongoing page views; and you cannot withdraw content. Oh and if it sells – they don’t pay you for that either.

By: margiewrites

margiewrites — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:58:31 +0000

Great idea. I’m pretty sure old school will win hands down, but am interested to see how this all turns out.

By: John McDevitt

John McDevitt — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:57:02 +0000

Hi Ron,

Your experiment should be enlightening. Here’s the link to a web page I created on Helium (they call them Zones) to help new writers get acquainted with the site:

http://www.helium.com/zone/824-a-writer-guide-to-helium

This gives you a way to poke around a bit before you join.

The best shot at earnings for a freelancer is probably in the Marketplace. Check in there and look at some of the titles. Let me know how you make out.

I was on the offensive in my own blog for a few days. I’m going to keep quiet about the content aggregators for awhile.

John

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