Article Writer Investigates Helium

We’ve all seen ads for freelance writers by Helium Marketplace. I’ve been suspicious of the service as a good market for writers because they don’t pay. Instead, they offer a revenue share and attempt to get publishers to buy the articles; if successful, the writer then gets paid. While I’m not opposed to writing on spec for well known magazines, writing on spec in hopes some publisher will arrive and buy just strikes me as a long shot not worth taking, or taking very often.
Matt Keegan over at Article Writer has actually looked more closely at Helium than I have, …read more