Which option would you choose - views or earnings?

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In an ideal world you get high views for content you post online and earn a good amount from it every month. Perhaps it is possible, but I have yet to make that happen for me. So, when I write on a website, getting views, and lots of them, is more important to me than earning money. I want what I post to be read, not sit there unnoticed and in silence. So, if I had a choice between publishing my writing on a site that brings high views but doesn't pay, and a site that pays but has low views, I'd choose the non-paying site. Of course, I love being able to earn with my writing, or at least be given the opportunity to earn. I mean, who doesn't? Who would pass that up? In some way views and earnings go hand in hand. The higher the views, the higher the chance to earn more, as low views usually translate into very low earnings. The question is, how do you get lots of views for what you publish online? And how do you make that happen for creative pieces as opposed to informative ones? Usually people will search for informative things like "How to make a veggie omelet," for example, as opposed to "Poems about love and heartbreak". So how do you increase views to those creative pieces? You should be able to earn from them as well.