Triond or Making my own Blog?

I am a freelance novice also. I have published two articles on Triond earning a few pennies. Still, I plan to continue writing for Triond. However, I have had more success with Associated Content which is owned by Yahoo. I have earned a few dollars on this site. I do not know if Associated Content is open to persons who live outside of The United States but you might try. Regarding your own blog. Why can you not do both: write on Triond and blog on your own blog? Is time the problem?

I use multiple blogs to link to my Triond account and it's boosted my traffic and helped me earn extra money, so it does work to use both of them.

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Do both. First you write for Triond and then share your articles on your blog.

Thanks for all your suggestions. I have just now started using Triond and submitted 1 article. I earned 3 cents till now. I hope my earnings would grew faster if I post more number of useful articles. Since I didn't get time to write articles, I am waiting for the right time.

I think you can do both and there is no wrong in things you published in triond and again publishing it in your blog.. but you will earn very less with your blog unless it is new articles.

I think you should do both if you really want to earn big. I just joined triond a while a go and I also have my own blog and other online earning sites like here on mylot. You can do whatever you like on the internet as long as you have the time every single day to attend to them. :)

Hi Hari, You say that you don't know what to right about in your blog, because "all the good topics are taken by bigger and better players" but I think the reality is that it doesn't matter if it is competition in the niches were you have something to say...make your blog and work at it every day and soon enough with some passion and persistence you will make a place for yourself in the current online marketplace and you will earn nice money. And if this is not a very good idea for you(you don't think you can make it or something with so much competition or "big players" :D) find niches with smaller amount of competition and create blogs, monetize them and then promote them... Have a nice day, Claudiu

Really if you can focus a little bit on both, to see what works better, that really would be best. There are times where some people are a lot better at maintaining their own independent blog and raking in the money in that sense. Then there are other people who are good at writing at a website such as Triond and making a little extra money that way. I think that really my advice would be to do whatever works for you. There are times where writing online can be tricky and a lot of trial and error can really be done before you find a way that works. I think that I would split my efforts between both and what ever makes the best money for you at the moment, I'd focus more on that. Of course, it might take a couple of months before you can make a decision either way.

Make a blog, you control it, you make more on it, all your posts are published, all the money is yours .

Why don't you do both of them. And than you can publish you triond articles in your blog... :)

I guess it really depends which one you like using more. Both are good for earning purposes.

I don't know what you mean with sideline writer. About the question, I myself have tried both options. I prefer triond by far, since it gives you instant results. Many times when you try to start a blog you face the problem of what filling it with. I know it's so difficult to succeed on creating interesting content so you can generate decent revenue. Only if you really know what your blog would be about should you try creating one, otherwise Triond is the only answer.

I wish I knew what to tell you. I have been writing on Gather for points, which have now added up to nearly a twenty five dollar cashout. I have been actively writing stories and posts for about five months now. Plus, they have me writing a mental health column every Friday. The more views, the more points, the more money. As far as blogging, you could blog about the difficulties of blogging when one is not doing anything earth shattering.....I do article writing on the side, too, for two to two fifty per - I get prepaid in batches of fifty. The only problem with those is boredom. Twenty articles on plus size women's clothing is challenging. fifty articles on home decorating on a budget and in small space places gets repetitious. But, it's money. I've joined Triond but haven't yet done anything there. I think, with two photos and one post at Redgage I've earned about eight cents. I just started here a week ago and have barely done anything, yet have .17 already, which surprised me. I think a variety is the way to go.

Nice that you are working and having good return through articles and believe me the rates you have said is good enough for anyone..if you can write 5 articles per days it will be good monthly income for spending.I joined triond with a hope to get good return but for some reasons not earned anything till date but I think it is my mistake I have not given good time to the site but even if I would suggest you to have your own blog so you can some more streams of income online.

You can always do both. Since it's your own article, you can publish in your own blog whatever article you submit to Triond. There are also some ideas or discussions that you can only post in your own blog like opinions/reviews among others.

If you think it can help you then go with it, leave your hesitation. When you start early, you can already see the negative and the positive side of it. Both aspects will get you to adjustments that will surely hit refinement of what you are trying to achieve. If we keep on holding back, you are losing the chance of stepping forward tracking success. Start early, time is gold as they say. Be positive, believe in yourself.