Freelance Writing

Suite 101
I was a writer for Suite 101. It is legitimate, but it takes a while for you to build up your audience. Shortly after I quit writing for them, they switched the way the paid their writers. It is now a percentage of the revenue earned by Google AdSense. The nice thing about Suite 101, that other sites do not offer, is that you are not required to enter in your own Adsense account information to get paid.




Helium
Helium is another site that allows you to post your articles and earn revenue based on how popular they are. One thing that bothers me about this site is that they don't come right out and say that. Instead, they give a whole runaround that makes it much more confusing than it really is. I have never bothered with Helium. However, I have heard writers who rave about it and writers who complain about it. The general consensus is that you won't make much money from Helium.

How to Do Things
How to Do Things.com has changed the way they are doing things since I worked for them. You used to sign up for an article, and they would pay you "points" which were redeemable for gift certificates. They are switched to having a 50/50 split with your Google AdSense account. I have never been a big fan of these type of sites. To me, it makes more sense to create your own site where you would get 100% of the revenue and retain the rights to the articles.