How Many of You Participate in Helium Marketplace?

I never published in the market place either, until just recently. I saw a few topics that I thought I would be able to write well in. So I tried it. I'm not number 1 in them, but my articles have defeniatly gone up in rating!

Nopers, I only write articles on subjects that interest me.

I was. not anymore. It seems to be a great place for writers, I am more into blogs and journals, not much into articles. It may not make sense to some people, but for me Helium doesn't feel like the right place to be. Maybe one day I can sign up again. The tech staff is very supportive and understanding. I don't write for money, I write because I know and like writing about it. If you do like and know about beauty products, I suggest keep doing it in or outside Helium, someone will surely notice you are for real.

well the first article i wrote for helium was for the marketplace. i looked through it and i didn't want to do the ones that required a lot of research. there were game reviews though. so i downloaded the trial game and played it for an hour and wrote a review. that's the kind of research i like to do. lol. i'm number 3 out of 18 and it has only made a cent so far. they only pick a couple i think. if you want to read it: http://www.helium.com/tm/815823/games-addicting-takes-tired

I did an article on gardening. A disappointing experience from memory, it got so-o-o buried. Everyone and their Uncle wrote for it. The request was for a very long article, so I really had to put a lot of paragraphs into it. Then it was a month after the deadline before they chose someone. By then, my article was so buried,I didn't even have to worry about it. That was my one and only experience trying for it. Most of the topics aren't of all that much interest to me. Same problem with the contests. Once in a while toward the end of a contest, if I see a topic that almost no one has written about (like less than 5), then I'll write about it. You would be so proud of me! I wrote a beauty article. How to look like a 50's Bombshell. There weren't very many writers for that toward the end. So I just played with it and fooled around and had a good time with it. Take care

I was a member of helium but i had to leave, the pay out is $25 and it takes for ever to make that I been a member since 2006 and up to now I still have not made the pay out, plus you have to write a article that is 1200 words, to much work for me and they only pay you if someone read or rated your article, that site is a waste of time, this site is much better than that site.