Giving your knowledge and ideas a voice
The community aspect of Helium is what makes it stand out from other writing sites. Each member receives stars for rating others' articles, and having one rating star is an earning requirement, one of the trade-offs for being given the freedom to write any topic. Member participation is what makes Helium great!
Here are some resources to help Helium writers, both new and old.
You can write for Helium too! Be sure to read their terms of use to decide if the site is for you. But just relax and give it a shot - there's no obligation upon signing up!
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Contents at a Glance
Getting started
- What is Helium?
- A basic overview of the site
- Comparing writing for Helium and blogging
- How is writing articles at Helium different from blogging?
- Navigating Helium
- A guide to the site
- Helium's writing standards
- Up-to-date standards for publishing on the site.
- How to publish an article on Helium
- How to take the plunge.
What makes Helium work
Helium works because of its writers. And there are a number of Partner programs and User Tools that accomplish this in addition to a dedicated team of volunteers who fact-check, screen, and monitor the site to ensure the best titles, placement, and presentation for the hundreds of thousands of articles on the site.
Information on Helium's current partners, including charities&causes and Journalism awards can be found here.
Any user can flag an article to be checked for proper placement, inaccurate information, and spam. But users can also promote, link, and interact with the site via user tools. See the Helium user tools help page for more information.
Poll
How to get paid for writing on Helium!
- How to rate articles
- Members have to be active (i.e. rate others' articles each month) in order to keep their ad revenue. Here's how simple it is.
- The various ways to earn
- There are a number of ways to earn money by writing at Helium - from ad revenue to incentives and freelance opportunities
- Helium Help - Writer's Guide to the Helium Assignment System
- Compete for incentive payments or write for outside publishers!
- Helium's payment policy
- Don't miss out on your revenue!
Books for writers
Start writing!
- Writing Assignments for Professionals
- Helium's publishing partners are looking for writers with specific credentials. Are you one of them?
- Help Zone: Promoting your book on Helium
- Did you write a book and are looking to sell it? Create a Zone to broaden your readership, Internet presence, and sell your book.
- How To Guide Home Page
- Join Helium's how-to guide community to create how-to guides that combine writing and expertise.
Once you've started...
More and information and FAQs can be found on the Helium Help site.
Once you've written on the site you can edit your article via Leapfrog, which allows other users to rate the before and after articles against each other to ensure the best article is on the site. Here are some tips from other Helium writers on leapfrogging. 5-star writers can also request a manual leap via Content (see email addresses below).
And don't forget to promote your articles! Other Helium writers offer these tips.
Who do I contact for help?
- Questions about payments, site bugs, or your account? use "help"
- Questions about a particular article, title, or writing standards? use "content"
- Did an article get deleted, or you received an editorial note, and want to know what's wrong with your article? respond to the letter from "content" or use "mentor"
- Have a title suggestion? Stop by the Forum community and find the title suggestion thread in the Content area, contact the channel manager of the area of interest (listed on the channel's landing page), or use the Title Suggest tool on the user dashboard.
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