Does your writing slack after the 25th on Helium?
By AnythngArt
@AnythngArt (3302)
United States
10 responses
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
27 Oct 09
I look at any articles posted after the cut off as extra money for the next month to insure I will get a good payout. This month though I am considering a few leapfrogs in the time left just because my writing score is so low.
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@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
28 Oct 09
Oh, here I am giving you this encouragement, and today I see that I have lost a writing star (from 3 to 2), so of course I spent the day leapfrogging and then some more this evening. Too frustrating. I am right there with you.
@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
27 Oct 09
Good luck with your rating. I know that I struggled for a long time with this, and then it finally settled into a good pattern of 3 stars. I had one dip this month to two, but it came back up again, once I started posting more articles. Hopefully the same will happen with you (ie, it will stabilize). I think the leapfrogging takes some time to work itself out, and I find that can have its own frustrations, too.
Anyway, good luck and keep writing!
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
27 Oct 09
Thanks. I have been posting more articles lately so hopefully it will stabilize and I can go after that fourth star!
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@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
27 Oct 09
Oh, I don't usually pay attention to that myself, but I missed payout last month, and so this month I am extra vigilant. However, once that "magic date" of the 25th passes, I turn into a slacker again.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
27 Oct 09
Go read your email woman! You will want to write to the title I sent you!
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@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
27 Oct 09
Of course, you still get paid for your articles next month, but as Scheng points out (above), it can also affect your writing stars if your score goes down, which is a very bad thing indeed at the end of the month. You can always keep on writing, and then just post them when the first of the month rolls around.
Good luck with your writing!
@mrtimharry (1180)
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26 Oct 09
I am kind of the other way around I start slacking off towards the middle of the month, and then struggle to meet my own target of 50 articles by the 25th. Thus when the 25th comes around I start afresh and try and get ahead on my writing, so that I can meet the monthly target.
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@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
27 Oct 09
Wow, 50 articles a month is a very impressive number. I should keep track and see how many I do myself, but I know it is nowhere near that number. I am lucky if I do one a day, at best. Are you posting them starting on the 25th or do you save them up and wait till the month begins, as Scheng suggests (so as to not jinx your star rating)? Or have you already reached the lofty heavens and don't have to worry about how many stars any longer? (I think this might be the case with you, but my bad memory isn't sure what I read here on MyLot).
@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
28 Oct 09
You sound like you are at the top of your game over on Helium. Just how many articles do you have over there? I love when my articles are selected; I've only had a couple chosen, but the extra bonus cash is nice.
@mrtimharry (1180)
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27 Oct 09
five rating and five writing stars, so don't have too much to worry about on that front, although I do like my writing percentage to be above 90%.
As soon as I write I post so that I can start getting daily revenue immediately. Also posted one last week and within four days it had been sold as a stock item, so figure the quicker I post the more I will earn.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
27 Oct 09
Hi Art, it's best not to post anything after 25th, after all, you need time to rate the articles to get the $3 rating bonus.
I used to follow the strategy of no posting after 25th, even if I had written a few articles. The only exception is empty title, since empty title wont affect the writing score.
Now that I have four writing stars, it does not matter.
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@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
27 Oct 09
Good point, and you have given me a perfect excuse to procrastinate. No, not really, I just switch over to AC until the end of the month. One of these days, I will reach the elusive goal of 4 stars. Till then, best not upset the apple cart, as they say.
@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
28 Oct 09
Oh, don't you know that as soon as I think things are good for me, I lost one of my writing stars today. So I have been leapfrogging like crazy. It's just so coincidental that I never have this problem at the beginning of the month, only at the end. Hmmm.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
28 Oct 09
If you rate a bit each time you post an article you won't have to try and get enough in at the end of the month to get the bonus.
@jashoaf (296)
• United States
27 Oct 09
I don't pay attention to the cutoff date. I set a personal goal of 4 articles per week - sometimes i make it, sometimes I don't. for each article i write, I rate 4 as well. This seems to work pretty well. I always check the marketplace first, and usually get at least one written per month there. I have always made payout and a little more since I started there.
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@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
28 Oct 09
I think that's probably the best way to retain your sanity. Just keep to your own goals and don't worry about what's going to happen or not. Do you have a lot of articles on Helium now?
@jashoaf (296)
• United States
28 Oct 09
I have about 80, I think. a few have been bought by marketplace, and I have 4 or 5 poems in for creative writing. I really enjoy it; I like researching, and choosing a title allows me to research stuff that interests me anyway.
I have articles elsewhere I need to move over to helium, I haven't done it yet. I'm a terrible procrastinator. That's why I set weekly goals for myself!
@jashoaf (296)
• United States
28 Oct 09
I said 4 per week, not per day - I couldn't do that either! [smile]. An article can take a few hours to a couple of days, depending on my knowledge of the subject, time available, and research materials. I'd guess I average 4-6 hours, since most of them take some research.
@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
27 Oct 09
I do not write there at all lately. I should look but I keep busy enough with everything else that I do not make it priority.
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@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
27 Oct 09
There are lots of places to write, that's for sure. Whatever works for you; Helium does take some time and energy, but it can be a good place to write if you can squeeze it in, particularly because you can repost old articles there. They don't require exclusive rights like so many other places do!
Sending you a private message. Sorry I dropped the ball on our earlier communication.
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
26 Oct 09
I started slacking from Helium over a year ago, I have like 40 articles there but still have not made pay out. I got tired of the slow earnings there so I moved on to other sites who don't require such a high pay out and who pay more too. Once in a while I go and try to leap frog existing articles, but I have not written a new article on there in over a years. I even have 3 referrals under me who each wrote a few articles, and one who was really active for a while, but I have still not made pay out. I am almost at $18.00. I have one writing star to I could go for a few more things there but I am balancing so much already. But if I were active on there right now I probably would slack off on the 25th and concentrate on other sites that keep going to the end of the month.
@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
27 Oct 09
With Helium, you can easily re-post articles you have written elsewhere (as long as you have not given someone exclusive rights). With so many titles, that's an easy way to go without having to write even more. This works well with book reviews, travel articles, etc. At $18, you are close to payout. Also if you get 5 stars for rating by the end of the month, you get a $3 bonus. It might be too late to get there for October, but you could easily do that for next month.
Do you write online for other sites? Where do you like to publish your writing?
@sblossom (2168)
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26 Oct 09
For better to understand this topic I have to check my dictionary about slack off.
I just joined Helium one month, but did not know the rules. Just today when I read your topic and knew the rule. I’m not slack of my writing for it anyway. Basically when I finished one article then I post on the website.
So far I have not paid yet, I suppose when I got paid from it I would be more active to write for the website. Also I think after a few months my English would get better so I can write more.
Best regards. by the way can you go to my profile and help me to explain one of my questions about Helium, thank you.1 person likes this
@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
27 Oct 09
Hi, Sblossom. "Slack off" just means be lazy. For example, knowing that Helium does not count any articles you write after the 25th for that month (they get counted for the next month), sometimes I get lazy and don't start writing again until the new month begins. I just wondered if anyone else did that, too.
Does this make sense? Good luck with your own writing!
@Torrs13 (217)
• United States
28 Nov 09
I don't slack off because I like to keep my writing up-to-par, and that means being consistent with my articles and ratings. I know that if I slack off, it will be that much harder to get back in the groove. My goal is always to do more empty titles at the beginning of the month so that I know I am getting that guaranteed $1 for each article.
