I found out about Triond through a budgeting discussion board. The thread was entitled “How to make extra money as a work at home mom?”. I am never opposed to making extra money, so I read the thread. There were lots of suggestions, but two stood out as interesting to me. They were both content providers. I have recently just taken two online writing courses and am really trying to write on a regular basis. This would get me writing and maybe bring in some extra money. I went to both websites and decided to give Triond a try. Here is what I have discovered:
- Triond is a great outlet for those interested in writing. The writer's guidelines are really more like suggestions for formatting. It is great to be able to write on any topic that you are personally interested in without worrying about word count.
- The submission and publication process is really easy. I have not had any problems uploading any of the articles that I have written. They were all published within a day. The most confusing aspect was finding my first article. I logged onto my Triond account, navigated to the Content Tab, and did not see it. It took me a while to realize that there was a Pending Content Tab.
- At first, you just are not going to make a lot of money. I am hopeful that I can build a big enough article base to generate a small stream of income (like five to ten dollars) each month. At this point, I have not even made the minimum to receive payment. I expect to at least hit the minimum this month.
- The websites that Triond uses to publish are easy to navigate and similarly formatted. Here are a few websites where you can expect to see your work published: Trifter, Gomestic, Computersight, PurpleSlinky, and Writinghood. There are many more. These are just the ones I tend to look at most often. You can find the full list on Triond's blog page. The links are located on the right side of the page near the bottom.
- I have found the Triond community tab helpful. I have started adding friends based on the articles that I have found interesting. This makes it so I see everything they have published as a news feed. Some of the friends that I have added have also made me their friend. I can tell this be looking at the Fans tab. I also noticed that my page hits have increased by doing this.
- There are many ways that Triond makes it easy to share your articles. I have not fully explored this feature yet. I have only tried sharing them through StumbleUpon. The goal in sharing articles is to generate more page hits. More page hits leads to a bigger payment.
Overall, I have been happy with this new experience. I am consistently writing more. It has inspired me to write my first query letter to a magazine. I have not yet found a financial benefit, but believe that it will come if I continue to build an article base. I also realize that I need to focus on learning more about how to share my articles in other ways. If you have not joined Triond, give it a try. You may find it rewarding in more ways than just financially.
