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What do you think of writing for revenue sharing sites as a source of online income? It doesn't pay you a load at first, but if you work at it, things stack up really easily.
I have been writing for two sites: Knoji, and HubPages. Knoji pays well, while for HP, I'm waiting for AdSense approval.
Do you write for any revenue sharing sites? Which ones are they?

I've never heard of Knoji, will check it out. I have a couple of squidoo lenses, but i use them more for backlinks to my site rather than earnings - i think they're a great idea for a passive income overtime as you can just write then forget about it, i think with hubpages you just have to be active every 90 days or so to stay registered? I've just written a review of Trivago too and I will give that a go, you write reviews on hotels and share your travel photo's as well as rate other members' reviews to earn. They share the revenue they make from hotel bookings, so you don't need an adsense account to earn

While I do believe in the theory of passive income, if you are in a situation where you need the money now, I'd stick with the venues that will pay now. That's one of the issues with writing, you are beholden to the reader's tastes and that determines your pay. I'd look for a site that has a near instant gratification for my income and the revenue sharing sites to sharpen my skills and my passive income.

I think the idea of writing for revenue sharing sites is a good one, but probably not a method I'm going to put at the top of my make-money list for now. In saying that, I've recently signed up for Helium to check out how these types of passive income sites from article writing work, and hopefully it will prove to be a bigger money earner than I first thought. Is anyone else a member of Helium? I would love to know what kind of earnings are possible.

I have never heard of Konji either. I will have to look at them, but for HP I am making about 50 a month there. Which really is not bad, but I would like to increase the income which means more writing for me. I know it takes a while to reach their payout, but it does pay into PayPal and is well worth the wait in my opinion!

ma89 wrote: Is anyone else a member of Helium? I would love to know what kind of earnings are possible.

Helium used to be my big money earner but after they change their payment system, I have stopped writing for them. It is one of a few article writing sites that was still paying writers per article. Now, it's more like competing with other writers to get paid. I used to be able to earn more than $50 every month from writing for Helium but now I'm only depending on the earnings from the articles that I've written for the site and from rating articles. I earn about less than $5 from doing this every month and the payout is $25. Some veteran writers do get paid quite well. But I only have 189 articles on the site so my earnings is pretty low.

I have heard that money can be made on helium, but only if you have a large number of articles written. Is that true of all revenue share sites? I think in my opinion these types of sites can make money, but you can't count on them, you should let those add up in your free time, and work on the sites that pay you immediately to make an income.

I just started writing for hubpages - and from what I've heard from other users, if you want to make money, you have to work hard. You have to write constantly and actively use SEO (search engine optimization) and backlinks. You have to have the motivation to constantly promote and market your hubs to bring traffic to them in the hopes of earning ad revenue.

For me, it's more of a fun way to earn a little extra money here and there passively in the future. If you want to make real money though, it's going to take a little work.

You might also try Yahoo! Contributor Network which can pay upfront for writing as well in addition to revenue sharing for every 1000 visits to your site.

I haven't heard of konji either, I would love to know more about them. What sorts of articles do they accept, what's the payment, any upfront payment?

MakingCents wrote:I haven't heard of konji either, I would love to know more about them. What sorts of articles do they accept, what's the payment, any upfront payment?

It's actually Knoji and it used to be called Factoidz, if you've heard of it. I'm a member Factoidz and now Knoji. I don't really like writing for this site because they expect a lot from you. You must write SEO articles and they must be very well-written. It's pretty stressful writing for this site because they're very strict. It's not a site I would recommend for a newbie.

boyuancy wrote:What do you think of writing for revenue sharing sites as a source of online income? It doesn't pay you a load at first, but if you work at it, things stack up really easily.
I have been writing for two sites: Knoji, and HubPages. Knoji pays well, while for HP, I'm waiting for AdSense approval.
Do you write for any revenue sharing sites? Which ones are they?

I have been writing for HubPages since January 2010. I quickly got discouraged in the beginning because I expected faster results; I have since seen the errors of my ways and went back to contributing there more regularly. I now have 56 articles published there (that is much less than many members) and am starting to see a consistent increase in my earnings. I have made more with the HubPages Ad Program and Amazon capsule than with AdSense, but I'll take what I can get.

I have also written for Triond, Knoji, Helium (RS and per article payment), and a few others. I have done okay on Helium, as I try to pick titles that have a dollar value to them in addition to the RS. The more you write, the higher your revenue will be. My advice is to pick one or two sites (even three) and consistently submit quality work. The quality work will attract more readers, which turns into more views, which converts into more money for you.

dziomek: Which revenue sharing site has worked best for you so far? I started out on HubPages because it was the first one I found, but then I found out about other sites such as Infobarrel, Squidoo, Triond, Textbroker, Knoji, Helium, and Yahoo Associated Content. Because there are so many options out there, I'm at a loss as to which one to choose. Do you have any advice is to which is your favorite and why?

THe one suggestion I can make is to sign up for experts column. If you write for another s it that allows you to retain the rights to your works, you can re-publish on experts column. Be careful because some sites don't let you keep the rights to your work.

MeiEden wrote:dziomek: Which revenue sharing site has worked best for you so far? I started out on HubPages because it was the first one I found, but then I found out about other sites such as Infobarrel, Squidoo, Triond, Textbroker, Knoji, Helium, and Yahoo Associated Content. Because there are so many options out there, I'm at a loss as to which one to choose. Do you have any advice is to which is your favorite and why?

I have been earning consistently with HubPages; it hasn't been much but it is slowly increasing. I have submitted content to a few of the sites you mentioned as well, but I keep going back to HP. I have learned it is better to submit articles to only two or three sites as opposed to several. I do earn a bit from Helium and Triond, but the best is still HP. Knoji and I agree to disagree; I have written for them, but have received strikes against me for simply not having a title long enough. The frustrating part is they wouldn't give me the option to fix it and re-submit it.

As for my favorite I do have to go with HubPages. It too was the first site I found to submit my articles to, but also because I can integrate my Amazon and eBay accounts and earn a bit of revenue through sales made via the capsules. I was frustrated with it in the beginning because I wasn't earning more than a few pennies a month, so I searched the web for other sites. Several months ago I came across an article someone else had written regarding how many Hubs a person needs to start seeing real results. The author of that particular article said 50 was the magic number, and I must say they were right on the money. I am kicking myself now because I wrote close to 150 articles for the other sites (Helium, Triond, Knoji, etc); had I concentrated all that effort on HP I would have been earning considerably more by this point.

Do keep in mind (and I know I probably sound like a broken record) it is very important to write quality articles in addition to the quantity. Some sites have authors who churn out the articles left, right and center, but the reader quickly realizes they are just words thrown together and have no real value to them. Pay attention to your grammar, spelling and punctuation as well as value to the reader and you will do well.

Is it not possible to pull your writing off the other sites and move them to your HubPage? If you still retain the rights, you should be able to close an account, no?

I have tried writing for Hub but didn't see myself going anywhere far as making anything. I pretty much put it on the back burner. I much rather get paid per article instead of waiting around.

greenmachine wrote:I have tried writing for Hub but didn't see myself going anywhere far as making anything. I pretty much put it on the back burner. I much rather get paid per article instead of waiting around.

Hubpages, in my opinion, is one of the best writing sites where you can earn a substantial income because of its high page rank. Hubpages do get TLC from Google. To succeed with HP, you need to learn SEO and keyword research. You need to write articles that people want to read.

Sugarhill wrote:Is it not possible to pull your writing off the other sites and move them to your HubPage? If you still retain the rights, you should be able to close an account, no?

I don't see why not. In all honesty, I hadn't thought of that. I may have to do a little homework soon and see what I can do. I know some will need some tweaking to fit in with HP guidelines, but that is alright with me . Thank you for the suggestion. I am doing better with HubPages, so it only makes sense to stick with it and submit more articles there.

Yes, definitely look into that. If there is a minimum number that automatically brings in money and you can dramatically increase your number with a couple of tweaks, you have to try. Even if you can't pull the articles, you should be able to put some sort of twist on them to post them on your HubPage.

Sugarhill wrote:Yes, definitely look into that. If there is a minimum number that automatically brings in money and you can dramatically increase your number with a couple of tweaks, you have to try. Even if you can't pull the articles, you should be able to put some sort of twist on them to post them on your HubPage.

I wouldn't say there is a magic number, but having more quality articles definitely increases the chances of earning more. Another nice thing about HP is you can also go back to former articles and edit them by editing text, adding photos, capsules or changing the Amazon or eBay product capsules. I have a few I wrote early in my online career that desperately need some revising. I have a lot of work to do on HP, in addition to my Apprenticeship articles.

HubPages sounds really interesting, I will have to look into them when I have a few other things settled. Thanks for all of the information. Were you able to pull your articles and post them up?