For a while, I'd been hearing about a website for freelance writers called Triond. I didn't pay much attention to it, because I focused most of my freelance writing efforts on the website Associated Content, because that site offers freelance writers upfront payment for articles.
Then I read an article that mentioned Triond as a potential source of income from freelance writing. Triond doesn't offer any upfront payment for articles; instead, it gives freelance writers fifty percent of any revenue earned from your content. As I learned more about Triond, and the potential freelance writing income it might provide me, I decided to give this website a chance.
In my experience, Triond really has a lot of potential for freelance writers. I now use Triond in conjunction with Associated Content, to generate freelance writing income. Even though I've had a slow start on Triond, as far as earning significant income on the site, I feel I do have the possibility of earning some nice cash here.
Here are some highlights of my freelance writing strategy, and how I plan to earn money on Triond:
I publish all of my articles online as non exclusive, no exceptions. This way I can publish them on a lot of different sites and maximize revenue from one article. I also retain the rights to display my work on a personal website I might create one day, because I only give non exclusive rights.
I submit articles for upfront payment on Associated Content, if they are product reviews, local events, and things that Associated Content is willing to pay for with an upfront offer.
Associated Content doesn't like to pay upfront for opinion pieces, and things like film television and book reviews, so I publish those types of articles first on Triond. Triond takes first rights to these articles, meaning they are the first to publish it as a unique article and then I am free to place my article on other websites that want content from freelance writers.
After these types of articles are published on Triond, I take them over to Associated Content and publish them as display only (meaning, they have first been published somewhere else.) This way, I earn a share of revenues from the same article on Triond and Associated Content (not a bad way for freelance writers to maximize revenue).
Last month, I saw my performance bonus go up at Associated Content, and I was surprised to have earned a few dollars at Triond too. I was really surprised that one story I wrote for Triond about ABC's The Bachelor: London Calling earned me a lot of page views. In fact, I earned half as much revenue from that story as I did from the entire monthly performance bonus for all forty stories I had on Associated Content at the time.
That encouraged me to keep up my freelance writing efforts on Triond. My new stories on Triond haven't performed quite as well as that first one, but it's just a matter of finding popular subject matter and promoting your articles whenever possible.
If you're a freelance writer, give Triond a try. I think you'll be surprised how easy it is to be earning some additional freelance writing income in no time at all (every little bit helps!)
