How to Make $100.00 a Month on Triond

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How to Make $100.00 a Month on Triond

Posted on December 7th, 2008 in Online Writing by Lauren Axelrod

Dedicated to those of you racking your brain, trying to figure out the next quick fix for your dead articles.

This piece is dedicated to James Devere who asked the very simple question, is there anyone making more than $100.00 a month on Triond?

The answer is, I’m sure there are but, no one will admit to it. I really try to never discuss how much I make since this is a hobby for me and for others a part time income.

I will share some secrets that I have learned along the way to boost your earnings and bring some dead articles back to life.

Social Bookmarking

I have touched on this subject before and from past experience I never thought it was very useful until I found the right way to use it.

Stumbleupon

Out-Sourcing to Third Party Blogs

There are hundreds of sites that will post a portion of your blog with link backs to your entire article. I do know that this direction might concern some writers but, there are perfectly wonderful sites out there that will happily put a link to your piece if it pertains to their site platform.

Check out sites such as:

WebUrbanist
Dark Roasted Blend

There are many more but, you have to do your research just like I did. I wouldn’t want to give away all my secrets.

SEO

I know that this is a foreign practice to many blogger’s and writers but, I am going to give you the basics. Since we are only talking about making your articles more SEO friendly, use some of these basic tips to provide more strings to your articles.

1) Keywords

The title that you use for your article should somehow be implemented into the first sentence of your article. The topic for the title should be repeated at least 5 times without sounding repetitous.

Example: Top 10 Things I Ate for breakfast

The top ten things I ate for breakfast were……

Keywords: Breakfast, ate for breakfast

Get the picture?

2) Links

Always implement links to pertinent articles of your own and your friends within your works. I have seen many Triond writers doing this lately since it’s a great way to revive dead articles.

In addition, try to link keywords to pages in Wiki, high-traffic sites, and education and organization sites as these will place higher in the search engines.

Triond already provides a great internal linking system at the bottom of every article however, if you want to add more within the footing of your articles Triond will be happy to publish these as well.

3) Submitting to Search Engines

Check out my article Increasing Your Traffic and Earnings on Triond with Some Elbow Grease

It’s all overwhelming I’m sure but, I have found that the more time I put into it marketing the more I get out of it. I know that submitting as many articles as you can as fast as you can seems like the only way to make any money. I’m here to tell you that it’s not.

Quality articles can blow up over night if you know how to market them. Submitting 20 pictures of your dining rooms chairs, a leaf in your yard, or a picture of a flower out of focus is not going to get you more fans. It may get you .$10 more at the end of the month if that is your main goal. However, if you have hundreds of friends and feel like submitting a picture that’s been laying around in your closet since the 80’s considering you’re just to busy to write, go for it!

Pot Settled and now for the latest edition of Triond Discoveries on Writinghood: and scroll down to submitting to search engines.

Note: For those of you that love to read a piece on a more cerebral basis, these are for you. If you like looking at pretty pictures move on.-Regards Chef Lauren the Pot Stirrer

Ralph Brandt-A Reuters Article with Some Interesting Problems

Ikee-History of African Literature

Mr Seen Recapitulating Thermopylae

Angela Mulligan Machiavelli’s Influence on the Rise and Fall of Claudius’ Power

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43 Responses to “How to Make $100.00 a Month on Triond”

goodselfme
December 7th, 2008 at 3:30 am

I personally think it is rude to ask someone what their salary is anywhere.You handled that so well.
This piece will need more than a single read for me. I am challenged when it comes to doing the things you suggest here for the most part. when anyone has stumbled upon my material I sure do get some views out of them. Lately the views are not huge as they have been in the past. I love stumbling othes things and do that often. I don’t think the person knows it unless I tell them.
I thank you for keeping the pot stirred. Love you for all your goodness!
rileyd
December 7th, 2008 at 3:45 am

Your so smart, i never thougt about these things,thank you.
MJPatrick
December 7th, 2008 at 3:58 am

I learn a lot from your cookin’. I am sure you are doing well in triond, and I think your suggestions really work. Thank you, Lauren.
Michele Cameron Drew
December 7th, 2008 at 4:51 am

Lauren, I saw that post the other day about how to make money on triond.

I’ve had you on my blogroll for about a month now. I think you were reading my mind when you wrote this though.

I’ve been away a bit the past couple of days finally putting a new face on my blogger page and getting my new poetry blog started. I’ve had a passion for the basic black background since the censorship protest of the mid 90’s when we all blacked our pages out. But after being here on triond with a black back, myspace with a black back and blogger with a black back, my eyes have had enough!

If you’re interested my blogger page is here http://michelecamerondrew.blogspot.com. I’ll be checking out and adding some of those above to my blogroll. I’m also a member of another blog site, that actually pays a little too, if your interested it’s here http://www.today.com/ctr.cgi?idx_mem=9733&mode=vip. I have a friend that just turned me on to it and he made over $100 there last month. Their from page is kind of cheesy but they have some pretty decent wordpress stuff to build a blog on.

I was thinking about writing a similar article tomorrow as I heard from riley last night, asking advice on promotion. I guess you beat me to it and I’m glad you did. I suggested she check out BC and Louie’s pages on promotion.

Sorry, I’m rambling again!

There’s some excellent advice here, Lauren! You did a wonderful job on this.

-M
Diablo
December 7th, 2008 at 5:01 am

The only way to make money on Triond is

- Only write for Triond from your computer at work. At least you are being paid for your time.
- Get someone to repeatedly open and close your Web sites. You are getting someone to do all the work as well as getting the views up.

Have evil fun and beat the system. The devil.
Enzo Silvestri
December 7th, 2008 at 7:55 am

Hi Lauren, I have tried social networking websites and ppl on Facebook and Myspace just want to do inane quizzes. I have tried to use Stumbleupon but I don’t understand it. Is is another social site. I try to read my friends’ posts as often as I can but I only have satellite here at the end of the world in Mayberry, NC, and it takes ages. ho hum still trying tho.
Cheers
Bozsi Rose
December 7th, 2008 at 8:04 am

Really good tips. I’m looking more and more into the SEO thing. Great article!
Karen N
December 7th, 2008 at 8:17 am

Excellent tips, I really need to do more networking
Jeoffrey Meister
December 7th, 2008 at 9:30 am

Thanx Lauren! I’m pretty new to Triond (started Nov. 17) and I’m learning a lot from people like you. I put you on my friends list and I will try your suggestions.
Will Gray
December 7th, 2008 at 10:09 am

Great article! I learned a lot and will try some of these tips. Thanks!
Liane Schmidt
December 7th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

Very good work – thanks for the tips!

Blessings.

Sincerely,

-Liane Schmidt.
Jasin
December 7th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

Wow, lots of helpful stuff in this article, some ofthose sites I have not tried yet.
Thanks.
R J Evans
December 7th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

Ah Lauren! You are a star! Now when I get abrupt and somewhat rude (no introduction etc) from Triond newbies I can give them a link to this post! Triondiquette is something that many simply do not get and this will help them understand why they are being rude when they ask how much I earn each month. I had thought it was a British thing for a while but I am glad to see you and others share my reserve on that one. Oh, and my last month’s earnings on Triond were…. good night Mary Ellen! Good night John Boy!

Thanks for the name check for the blog – everyone feel free to come on in and join the club! The great thing about blogs is that you can link up to other like minded people in a way that is not possible on Triond. If I see an article by Lauren that I like (and there are many!) then I can just blog it! It creates a new link, external to Triond, for Lauren’s work, makes the article stumble-able and digg-able (etc) again and also helps to drive traffic to the blog itself…. No losers!

Oh, Diablo! The multiple clicks don’t work. A URL is registered as a hit on Triond only once a day. Having someone click an article a thousand times in a day would be a waste of their time! Besides, that would get you only about a dollar. What you gonna do, share a soda in McD? )

Networking is vital and although I would love to spend *all* my time writing, without marketing one’s online articles then they will fall short of the desired hits. Stumble remains a favourite (sorry about the UK spelling! I do it in Amercian in my articles in deference to the bulk of the readership but here you will have to do with Ye Olde Worlde Spelling!) as I get to see some really great websites from all over – plus of course you can chose to STumble Triond’s articles too which can be interesting!).

As a note, I am surprised that those on Triond who write articles about religion on Triond do not utilise Stumble more as they seem to be really popular on there….

What started out initially for me as a way of developing links to other writers have in some cases become friendships (albeit online!) that I value and I have come across some marvellous writers who are even better people on Triond. There are a few people who attempt to mix it up a little too much and sometimes we have had issues with people pretending to be us (that’s now fixed!) but overall by experience with Trionders/Triondites/Triondophiles has been extremely positive. Without the presence and encouragement of others it can get real lonely looking at the monitor!

So, thanks again for this wonderful piece, Lauren. Now, this may be being cheeky but I would also love to learn more from you about the whole SEO thing! Go on, go on, go on!

Best regards

RJ
Amit Goyal
December 7th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

..you know you’re doing something right when you get featured on Lauren’s article!

Thanks L!

One thing I learned, networking is very important if you want to gain recognition/readers. If you create a masterpiece and sit with it in the basement, dungeon goblins aren’t gonna get you people to look at it..
Abdul Sabour Ayoubi
December 7th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

There is no-doubt that you have written a great piece with lots of invaluable information. Well done and thanks for sharing such an important issue. I am sure you have answered the question on minds of many Triond writers. Great job. Keep it on.
Lucia B
December 7th, 2008 at 9:50 pm

Very interesting article… Thanks for putting this up, at least now i know the possibilities i can do for my Triond articles. =)
Dendro Azures
December 8th, 2008 at 7:17 am

Thanks for more tips Lauren! I’ve known about SEO for years and have shown people how to use it to get their blogs or personal sites going…but did I think of using it myself? Nooooooo. Thanks for the reminder!

–Dendro
Mark Gordon Brown
December 8th, 2008 at 9:53 am

I use digg and dispite having some good submissions have never gotten a “front page” and yet I see some iffy submissions on the front page. I know some of mine are not worthy of the front page but equally know some are super worthy!

Wife uses StumbleUpon and as it seems people are more friendly there she is more successful.

we are both hindered by the fact our one computer is on dial up – slow and doesnt open some sites. plus it uses our one phone line. This is certainly a problem for us all around.

the biggest mistake people make on digg or Stumble is submitting and liking ONLY their own stuff.. this is the #1 way of losing friends on either. you HAVE TO Stumble or digg other peoples things too or they will never do the same to yours.
Gerlaine
December 8th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Very nice article. You always lift us up!
valli
December 8th, 2008 at 6:56 pm

Great and helpful tips.
Eunice Tan
December 8th, 2008 at 10:58 pm

I agree that network has important role to increase our Triond income. Good work Chef Lauren!
jhenz
December 9th, 2008 at 2:19 am

simply amazing… including the comments.
Chris Stonecipher
December 9th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

Always good tips! Lauren, lately I have found that in addition to stumbling our friends articles here, if you view the section of your favorite writing genre in stumble upon there are friends that you can find that have similar interest and will stumble yours as well. Look on the right of someone’s profile in SU and you will find a percentage of how similar you are to them. I hope that helps.
Milton H Peebles III
December 9th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

I plan to check all this out.
HatedNation
December 10th, 2008 at 12:28 am

Ah, the last to join the group..
Great info Lauren! Thank you
Pixie of Pain
December 10th, 2008 at 6:28 am

Thanks so much for the information! It’s a massive help to us noobs….LOL. This is all relatively new to me and I am looking to supplement my income a little. The sites you’ve listed are all worth taking a look at. Thanks again!
infernoman
December 12th, 2008 at 12:46 am

good stuff here!! still at it with the good stuff great to see keep it up
lorili
December 14th, 2008 at 1:11 am

Great article – very helpful and very informative
sue mcverry
December 16th, 2008 at 4:59 am

I just found this article today and have found it really useful. I really think I must get a blog. Thanks again.
Debra.
December 19th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

I am so glad I came cross this article. I love this article because It’s so helpful. thanks for sharing this valuable info.

God bless and happy holidays!
Glynis Smy
December 20th, 2008 at 7:43 am

Bless you my Triond Friend! My name on your article means a lot, thank you. You have, as usual given us valuable advise, I use stumbleupon and my friends send me articles to stumble for them, I do this willingly. Having Triond and Blogger have changed my daily life, it has brought me new friends and as RJ Evans say’s all be it online, they are still special friends. RJ’s word ~Triondiquette~ don’t you just love it! Brilliant article!
shafi1990
December 21st, 2008 at 3:06 pm

thanks for the info!
Little Miss Lizzy
December 26th, 2008 at 9:35 pm

Thanks for this straightforward, well written, informative article! I am new to all this and have only just figured how to add a friend (after 2 weeks!) I added you as my first – hope you don’t mind
Thanks Again, Liz
Dee Gold
December 30th, 2008 at 6:44 am

An article like this gives us the information that we need.I’m still trying to figure out Social Bookmarking.Blogger is the only one I have right now.I might try Stumbleupon when I have time. Thanks!
Maria Blazz
January 1st, 2009 at 4:38 pm

Very useful tips, specially for beginners like me. But I have a question: Can you re-publish an article in your blog (at Blogger, for example) after you have published it in Triond?
lorili
January 6th, 2009 at 12:49 pm

interesting and helpful.
Angie
January 25th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

This was great and very informative. Thank you! I will have to try some of these. I did try digg though… it didnt work out for me :[… but thanx
REZILE
February 16th, 2009 at 11:47 am

Thank you for this information.I’m new to Triond and what you have provided here has really helped me and I now feel a little more at ease
jo oliver
February 20th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

Lauren,

There was a ton of great info here. It is very kind of you to share what you have learned with other writers. You are so great at the social and promotion aspect of writing, and your blog has been awesome from the get go. I am so bad at it. Maybe that is why I like the writing sites where the writer simply completes an order
iakul
February 26th, 2009 at 7:31 pm

I disappear from Triond for a few months and come back to find that you have added around 50-60 articles. Been back at Triond for slightly less than a month and I still haven’t caught up on everything yet. *sighes* Only 20+ more articles to go.

Lots of useful info in there. I have to admit that I’m not quite active on Stumbleupoon and Digg. As far as I can recall, the last time that I logged in to Digg was to rate down a link to someone who had plagarised my article. As for Stumbleupon, erm, I can’t even remember, lol. Guess I have to chalk up more activity in those areas

By the way, the James DeVere link that appears at the top of your article appears to be a dead link now.
Siti Zaida Mikaila
March 1st, 2009 at 3:57 am

I also have blog in blogspot.
vertjaars
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:05 am

Ditto your experiences with Digg, one or two people have dugg my article but you need a couple hundred to get anywhere near the front page.

Another great way is simply by networking on Triond itself! Read others’ work and leave comments!
—Vertjaars
Betty Carew
May 15th, 2009 at 7:05 am

Hi Lauren, I was looking for your articles on 8 places to vacation in a recession when I came across this article.( Sorry I didn’t know you had an article on about vacations should have checked it out before I wrote it)) but happy I found this article.This is an excellent article that helped me very much and will certainly try to follow your advice. I am not that great at the computer yet but have a granson that is a whiz at it so maybe will get him to help me. Thanks again for the tips. Great write and read.