From Cents to Dollars
Many writers complain that they merely receive cents in articles they published online. It is possible, however, to change this situation with diligence and stroke of luck.
Reason for Writing
When I entered Triond, all I had in mind was just to be able to have a continuous, passive source of income to pay my monthly broadband bills. But all I could get was just a little more than a dollar per month. This went on for several months. Income comes in trickles of cents, never a dollar a day in sight.
Indeed, if each article could earn just a cent or two a day, I would really never be able to meet my objective with so few articles on the line.
The Numbers Game
It occurred to me that I have so very few articles compared to my colleagues at Triond. Their articles, I discovered, were in thousands! For example, I tried to see the number of articles written by one of Triond’s hot users Kristie Leong, they count a whooping 2,809! Compare that with mine which is only 68 articles (I’m humbled).
If we just simply multiply the values given at 1 cent income per day, Dr. Leong’s article will earn something like $28.01 a day while I would earn a mere 0.68 a day. But I am not earning just 0.68 a day. At this point, the average I earned the past two weeks is more than a dollar a day (with Adsense integration)!
Just multiply this value to the number of articles of Dr. Leong and you will get an idea how much a Triond writer could earn with so many articles posted. But of course, articles do not earn just a few cents a day. One of my articles earns roughly 60 cents a day. Imagine if I could have just a hundred of this.
Numbers Do Matter
So one of the major points that we should bear in mind in writing will be to post as many articles as we can, without sacrificing content. Even a little post like this can make a difference. There’s no instant glory.
“A little article per day, can keep the cent away”.
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November 20th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Hi friend. Great idea. Tell me about the adsense integration. I am new to triond.
November 20th, 2009 at 4:04 am
thanks but still few thinks I have to ask you,I’ll send you a message!
November 20th, 2009 at 6:12 am
I’m still at the few cents stage, I want to write more but I don’t want to sacrific content I’m managing 1 article a day not enough by a long chalk must try harder, thanks for the advice.
November 20th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Thank you Drelayaraja, Themax and Lord Banks. Writing is just my hobby and I enjoy doing it. I’m just sharing my observation and experience after 20 months since I joined Triond. But these months were not devoted to writing articles at Triond but in developing my website which provided great dividends to me upon integration with Triond.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I think alot of are excited with the adsense intergration. You start seeing a little more profits.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Excellent article. I realized this too, when a friend of mine told me not to give up. I had lost all home, looking at the cents trickling in. But now things look much better
November 20th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
typo ** all hope.. NOT all home..lol
November 21st, 2009 at 12:53 am
very good little article thanks.
November 21st, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Great advice Patrick you must be doing something right! I am thinking about re adding my adsense,however am kind of weary about it as it messed up so many things in my account.I hope they have fixed the bugs. I wish I could say I am making a dollar a day, I was until I added adsense and then everything got messed up now I am at 50 cents a day and some of my articles are get up 300 hits per day.. I liked your ending and the message of this article. Fab work!!
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Very good article I am glad I had the chance to read it.
November 23rd, 2009 at 4:35 am
Great article, makes a lot of sense!