I have recently read comments on the Triond blog page where writers are complaining about how little they are paid and suggesting that we should all be paid more. One person wrote, (I quote) ‘I had over a thousand reads for one article and only got 78c when it should have been $1’.
Pardon me? Where did they get this idea from.
Another complainer said that Triond really should pay their starving writers more that ‘slave wages’ (or words to that effect) for their articles.
These people have missed the point. Triond does not buy you articles. You are allowed to publish your work on the various sites that Triond has and they share the revenue that your work attracts with you.
So, if you write obscure stuff like ‘How To Breed Tibetan Horses’ (for example), you won’t get many reads unless your article is picked up by a site that caters for Tibetan horse breeders.
However, if you write on how to make money, start a business, fix your car, or get freebies you will attract more readers and more advertising. Unusual articles often attract a lot of interest too.
My own top earning article has had 156,890 reads during this year alone. The earnings from this are $376.20 (which I only publish to illustrate my point.)
Compare this with this one which had 14,944 reads but only earned me $5.92. This is because it didn’t attract much advertising. This may have been the time of year, the subject matter, or even the website it was published on. Who knows?
Other subject matter that always seems to do well on Triond is stuff like the piece written by RJ Evans on the ‘Weee Man’. It’s quirky and different and obviously had a lot of readers although I cannot tell you how much it earned.
The point here is that all articles that do well on Triond do so because their writers work hard to promote them. They add them to social networking sites, search engines, sent email to friends and read and comment on other people’s work. (If you don’t comment no one knows you have been there.) Most members will reciprocate.
If you want to earn more money promote yourself. Read the article by BCDoan on driving traffic to your articles.
Put some work into getting long term traffic if you really want to do well. Getting in the top 10 Triond list is only a temporary thing. If you want long term traffic you need to work at it.
Triond has lots of ideas and suggestion from different writers. Look at all the ideas and try them out. If you expect to make money fast on Triond, forget it, you won’t unless you have your own personal miracle. To make money you have to spend time, lots of time, marketing and networking.
Build up your links, your readers and your network. As soon as you stop doing this your reader numbers will fall.
In short, if you want more money for your work, then do more marketing. There are no short cuts.
You have hit the nail on the head. I barely have enough time to support my friends here, let alone to read all over cyberspace...I just don't have time to swing the hammer. I prefer to write than to promote. This is MY downfall and well may be some others. Triond is still here to publish our work, which I am eternally grateful for.
Take care & God bless.