Ruth Belena

@paid2write (5201)

Joined myLot 16 years ago

Do what you like. Like what you do. Life is good.

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What do you feel you gain from writing?

GemmaR @GemmaR (8517) 31 Aug 10

So, I publish up to 100 articles per month from my work on the various websites which I am a member of. If you write, why do you do it? What do you think you gain, other than the obvious financial benefits? I like to write...

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Ruth Belena I also write many articles each month and I have hundreds of articles published online. I do earn income from writing, but I also gain a lot of pleasure and new knowledge. In addition to writing about what I know, I like doing research for articles and...

31 Aug 10

Reminder: there is an old legitimate site offering paid to read article

sn_2818184 @sn_2818184 (328) • Hong Kong 13 Aug 10

Recently, there is an increasing number of people being scammed by Readbud. Maybe it is the IMCrew making people searching for paid to read article sites, or maybe due to other unknown reasons, you just find more and more people...

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Ruth Belena Helium is a writing site that encourages a high standard of writing, factually correct information and search engine friendly articles. Rating (reading articles) is only a small part of what Helium is about. As a 5 star rater I do get paid $3 a month for my...

14 Aug 10

1000 Writing Topic Ideas

SydneyHazelton @SydneyHazelton (4586) • Singapore 4 Jul 10

Some of us have heard about the 1000-article challenge at Triond. I'm gearing up for this challenge myself and I'm running short of topic ideas. I was just thinking of gathering as many topic ideas from our mylot writers. If I can...

triond challenge

writing articles

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Ruth Belena This is a great challenge. If I include my own website and all my blog posts I already have 1000 articles online. If I don't count blogging, I have around 800 articles published online. Most of these are at Helium, but I also write for a number of other...

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Will PayPal account close for inactivity?

getpaidsz @getpaidsz (180) • Italy 15 Jan 10

Hi friends. Do you know if PayPal will close an account due to inactivity? I mean if someone doesn't log into his/her account it will be closed? If yes, what will happen to the money? For how long inactivity? 3 months, one year,...

account

inactivity

paypal

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Ruth Belena I was without Internet access for a whole year in 2007 and I did not use my PayPal account between December 2006 and well into 2008. There was no money in my account during that time. I am using PayPal every month now and never had a problem with it.

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is mylot about "quality over quantity"?

llamatrevino @llamatrevino (30) • United States 25 Jul 09

I posted a discussion about how to earn money on sites a couple days ago... i got great feedback from everyone and it's great to get different opinions people made very good points. There was one that stood out so I just have to...

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Ruth Belena If you read the guidelines from the link at the end of the page, or you click on earnings and read what it says from the link on that page, you will see that myLot is not a pay-per-post site, it rewards users who post quality discussions that get a good...

25 Jul 09

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Helium's new upfront policy to go into effect next month

ddhawkins63 @ddhawkins63 (682) • United States 10 Jun 09

I am floored by the fact that Helium, who started upfront payments just a short time ago has already changed the policy. You will now only be able to earn an upfront payment if you are one of the first five writers to the title. I...

helium

new

policy

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Ruth Belena I won't know how the change will affect me until I see my earnings for July, but I am quite excited by the change. I shall look forward to seeing how the system actually works after the 25th. I think the new system does make Helium more competitive, but...

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Has anyone heard of adsdaq

Heartbreaker08 @Heartbreaker08 (684) 30 May 09

I am experimenting with new ad networks and one I have found is called adsdaq, which pays you for US traffic. I get 1 cent for every 2 US impressions I get. Unfortunately I do not get alot of traffic from the US. This site pays...

ad network

adsdaq

blog

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Ruth Belena I had not heard of it before. I did a search and found http://www.adsdaq.co.uk/ which is the UK version. I think it is like those mouse-over ads that appear from double-underlined words in Helium articles, and on other sites. In fact these are now...

31 May 09

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Mylot Experience : Another Month end. Where do you stand now?

tuyakiki @tuyakiki (3016) • India 31 May 09

So,today being the last day of the month,tell me where do you find yourself regarding your Mylot experience. Did you achieved anythere here ? Or,did you set a goal for yourself in Mylot at the beginnng of this month? If so,where...

mylot

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Ruth Belena I was a few cents short of payout at the end of last month, so I knew I would reach it early this month! Last year when I was more active at myLot I reached payout in the third or fourth week of every month. Now I have less time for posting responses,...

31 May 09

I am looking for more sites to write on??? -momtrying2makeit

momtrying2makeit @momtrying2makeit (3270) • United States 30 May 09

I know about a lot of sites but wanted to know if anyone knows but some others. These are the ones I already know about ehow.com triond.com buskisa.com helium.com assoicatedcontent.com hubpages.com So do you know any...

ways to earn for writing

writing sites

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Ruth Belena You could try offering your articles for sale at Constant Content and Daily Article. Both sites sell content to buyers who want exclusive original articles. At Constant Content you can also offer usage rights, so articles can be sold more than once and be...

31 May 09

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50 Is A Dangerous Age For A Woman?

zandi458 @zandi458 (28102) • Malaysia 30 May 09

Many women regard 50s as a breaking point. They have reached a period where domesticity may well be off the line. It is a dangerous age as marriage and children no longer seem to hold the appeal they once did, and a heady cocktail...

mid life crisis

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Ruth Belena I'm in my mid-50s and for me it is truly a golden age, I have never felt so good. However that is after all the hormonal changes that took place in recent years. I am not a wife and I never had children, so I had none of those hangups about my early...

30 May 09

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Can we really earn money from free lance writing?

Jenaisle @Jenaisle (14078) • Philippines 30 May 09

This is a question that is oftentimes asked by many. Can we really earn from free lance writing? Free lance writing may involve writing for sites, or writing paid reviews. Here is one unbiased post by Brady Frost of earning...

earning online

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Ruth Belena I agree with what Brady says about Helium there is a system to making decent money with Helium, it has to be with accumulating enough published content to increase your upfront earnings and including a decent percentage of empty title submissions. I...

30 May 09

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What's your blog's pagerank?

rampantheart @rampantheart (77) • India 29 May 09

Google has updated the pagerank algorithm again and my blog, The Voices Within ( http://thevoiceswith.in ) now has a page rank of 3. It was 2 before. This isn't high but I am happy because mine is a writing blog! Why don't you...

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Ruth Belena I just checked and found that 3 of my 4 blogs are PR2, but one of my writing blogs is N/A. Maybe I need to work on it a bit more to get it a page rank. Last time I checked my main writing blog it had gone down from PR2 to PR1, but now it is back to 2, so I...

30 May 09

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Do you agree that writing is for the weak and the timid?

cannibal @cannibal (650) • India 28 May 09

I just hope not... And even I don't. But... There's this pal of mine. Quite a nice lad really. We were just going through a discussion on how I've just recently started flirting with myLot; and that while doing my online writing...

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Ruth Belena I'm not exactly meek and timid, but I am a very private person and I don't communicate well face to face. For me writing has always been my way of expressing what I think and what I feel. I can back my opinions and argue a case much more effectively in...

28 May 09

Reading blogs...a survey...which of these things do you prefer to see on a blog?

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 27 May 09

Hi : ) I love to both read and write blogs and was wondering if you'd give me your input on this short survey. What are your preferences in the following: Do you prefer... 1. Short posts or longer posts 2. Light or dark...

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Ruth Belena 1. Short posts, but not too short or I would feel I it was not worth visiting the blog again. 2. Light backgrounds. Black is out, as it can be difficult to read text, and I don't like photo backgrounds that interfere with text. 3. I like a few "goodies"...

28 May 09

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How to submit our websites and bogs to search engines?

kumarpslv @kumarpslv (3216) • India 28 May 09

After making our blogs and websites we need to have the real traffic and this can be achieved only with the search engines ,I think so.How to submit our sites and blogs to the search engines and how to make our sites to appear...

blogs

search engines

websites

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Ruth Belena I have several blogs and now have hundreds of posts that can be potentially found in search results. I do take care to give my posts good titles and tags containing relevant keywords, and to use keywords when I am writing my posts. Your blogs will be found,...

28 May 09

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Do you prefer living a happy life ,or a rich life?

fishkingback @fishkingback (430) • China 28 May 09

Suppose i am a person without much money ,but live a very happy life.Then ,if somesone give me a million dollars to buy my happiness,i would definitely say no. I think,happiness and health are the most important things in our...

happy wealthy

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Ruth Belena A happy life is a rich life. I'm not wealthy, many would say I was financially poor, but my life is certainly rich in experience. I feel rich in the love I feel and in the love I have received. I am rich in what I have been able to achieve in my life so...

28 May 09

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writing

strawberrybaby39 @strawberrybaby39 (2086) • United States 27 May 09

I wish I could write like some people do. They can write poems and I have seen some beautiful poems written. Are you a poem writer? and why do you like writing poems? I like to write. That is how I have made friends all over the...

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Ruth Belena I enjoy reading good poems too. I have loved poetry, since I was a child. I only write prose now but I have written some poetry in the past, and I have had some of my poems published in small press magazines and anthologies. I find poetry writing very...

28 May 09

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What do you do when someone steals your work?

AnythngArt @AnythngArt (3302) • United States 27 May 09

Yesterday, I wrote an article for Helium about productivity rising in our bad economy. After posting it to Helium, I went over to Associated Content and posted it again (for page views, non-exclusive). It gets published...

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Ruth Belena If you have visited the blog you should report it to the host site if you can, and the whole blog will be deleted. You hold the copyright to anything published at Helium and this person is using your work wihout permission and has plaigiarized your...

28 May 09

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