Viewing statistics of your blog:-
Most of the new bloggers will see their blog statistics every day. I am not saying that you should not see your blog statistics, it is important to see the statistics. But as a new blogger you should not see your blog statistics everyday, because if you see your blog statistics, then your mind will always think about increasing your blog traffic not to write content. Writing content is very very important than increasing traffic. You can achieve any amount of traffic to your blog, if you have good contents. So as a new blogger, visit your blog statistics once a week and write contents daily.

Viewing How much you have earned:-
This is another mistake what bloggers do while starting a blog. All bloggers (even i) will see their earnings everyday. It is a mistake, to see earnings everyday. Because, this will deviate your concentration from writing contents and make you to type "how to increase my earnings" in google. So, as a new blogger you should not see your earnings until you get some good traffic to your blog, your main concentration should be in writing contents.

Using others works:-
Most of the new bloggers don't know about Plagiarism. They just visit some blogs and Ctrl+C some articles which they like and Ctrl+V that article in their blogs. If you do this, then you are considered as a cheater and also you can't make your blog famous by copying others work.

If the real owner of the contents find that their article has copied, then you will be start getting problems.The problems depends on the owner of article. They can just warn you or they can complaint about you to your hosting provider. So, to be a good blogger, don't use others works for your blog, create your own. If you can't then stop blogging.

Submitting your contents to social bookmarking sites:-
As a new blogger, your main traffic source will be social bookmarking websites. So most of the new bloggers will submit all their articles to social bookarking websites to get traffic. By this way they will get traffic with some problems.

If you submit all your contents (from your site) to social bookmarking sites, then they will think that you are spamming them and so there are chances for banning your url. If your url was banned from some best social bookmarking sites like Digg, Stumbleupon, etc., then you are lossing 1000s of traffic. So to have a constant flow of traffic to your blog, use anyone best social bookmarking site to promote your blog and submit your best contents to them (not all). It is more than enough to make your blog successful.

These are the some of common mistakes which most of the bloggers do, while they are starting a blog. To make a blog successful, these mistakes should be avoided. And also don't forget that, only your contents will make your blog successful, so keep writing, keep on writing, to attain success. Happy Blogging....

Triond Forum

While commenting on articles and private messages on the Triond website are great, I believe it would be absolutely wonderful if Triond had a website hosted on the Triond website. It would be particularly useful if the login to the forum was connected to the Triond website, so we wouldn't need to login separately each day. This would allow members of Triond to talk to each other on more general issues, as opposed to talking about individual articles. Successful Triond writers could also post some advice in the forums for all the other members looking to improve their writing or increase their Triond income.

Triond Chat

While this wouldn't be too important if there was a forum on the Triond site, I still think that a Triond chat would be a very beneficial application on the site. It would allow quick communication between all members that are online at any one time, and would be a very simple element to implement on the site. It would also allow more experienced writers to teach newer members to use the site effectively.

User Statistics

I think it would be very beneficial for a lot of writers to be able to see more information on their account. A graph, showing views of articles per daya over the last 15-30 days. This would allow people to monitor their progress on the site. Daily graphs on account earnings and earnings per article would also be useful, as they would allow us to see which articles are the most successful, which day of the week we earn the most money, and which type of article pays the writer the most in royalties.

210 billion e-mails are sent every day around the globe. Research by Radicati Group estimate this figure. They also estimate that there are approximately 560 million business e-mail boxes in the world. We can't avoid e-mails anymore.

How many e-mails does a person send or receive daily?

In 2008, the average business user sends/receives 156 emails/day, according to e-mail research done by Radicati Group.

How many of these e-mail messages are actually read?

This is an impossible question to answer. Spam is a great nuisance. Everyone wants to get rid of spam as they waste so much time. Spam also spreads computer viruses. People use methods such as spam filters on their e-mail programmes to try to get rid of them. According to PR Newswire, 74% of all e-mails in USA get deleted because they are seen as spam. In India the figure is even higher, at 91%.

How readers decide which e-mail to read?

If the e-mail is not from a person they know, the typical reader will then look at the subject line or heading. S/he will open the e-mail only if it's interesting. Even in e-mails, communication is a relationship.

In the recent survey conducted by Opt-in News, 35% of respondents say that the subject line is the main factor in determining if they would open the email. Also, the subject line is often the only thing people see in their inbox beside the "from" line with the sender's name or e-mail address.

So you need to get the heading, or subject line correct.

What is a good heading in e-mail?

A good heading is

• Relevant - there is information that reveals immediately that the e-mail is relevant to the reader, and not machine generated. "Memo of 23.10.08 meeting at Barcelona" is better than "Meeting" or "Memo"
• Precise - rather than writing "sales meeting in London", write 'confirmation for XYZ Ltd. sales meeting in London on 20.11.08'
• Clear purpose - why you have written the e-mail. "Request for delivery confirmation of order No. 1234" is more precise than "Re:-order"
• Short - there isn't much space in the subject line. If you write "Customer Service", it can refer to anything, even the endless Viagra spam ads. Write rather specific details such as "AttachedPlan for In-house Customer Service Training."

A bad heading is

• Vague and irrelevant - "look through", "check this" or "satisfy her" are examples of bad headings, which get deleted
• "Spam words" - Avoid "spam" words - don't use words like "Viagra" or "penis" in your heading as many servers automatically classify them as spam and might delete them
• Spelt carelessly with mistakes. Use capitals for names and proper nouns. Using all capitals is shouting and rude, so avoid it.

Use Sub-headings

Now that you've got a precise heading, you have to make the reading easier for the reader. Most readers are busy, and some have nano attention spans. If you chunk your information by dividing it into sections with headings, it makes reading easier and faster.

If you have many topics in your e-mail,

• Use bullet points
• Use short headings

What you want the reader to do should be in the end.

'Would you kindly send me your yearly figures for the CRM' or "Please confirm that you will attend the meeting." should stand as a separate section. Otherwise, it may get lost and you don't get what you want.

As I started to work on Xomba, I felt frustrated because I was writing for the site, but earning next to nothing for my efforts. As I explained in my previous article about Xomba, writers don't get paid by Xomba for page views at the site. Instead, they share in ad revenues generated from clicks on Google AdSense advertisements displayed on Xomba pages. Those who participate in Xomba must insert their Google AdSense account number into their Xomba account, as earnings from Xomba are paid directly through Google AdSense.

As I wrote in my earlier article about Xomba, writers can post Xombytes, which are magazine quality articles of 150 words or more (the word count was recently increased from 100 to 150 words minimum), or Xomblurbs, which are social bookmarks of interesting photos, videos, websites and articles.

My Xomba Experience

I have to admit, it was certainly frustrating at first to see some really nice page views for my work on Xomba, but no income. I started out in my first weeks on Xomba posting just a few Xombytes, and a few more Xomblurbs. I was also frustrated when I found out there was an error that meant all my Xombytes didn't link back to my Xomba profile (I thought this error might decrease my earnings if readers couldn't find my Xombytes from my profile.)

When I wrote my review of Xomba, I had earned about 4 cents on the site in about two weeks, and I had received very few clicks. I was thinking about throwing in the towel at Xomba in favor of just spending all my time on sites like Triond and Associated Content, where I receive earnings from page views.

Despite the discouragement, this voice inside said to give Xomba more time. In one of my earliest months working on Triond I didn't even earn enough to qualify for the minimum 50 cent payment amount at PayPal! I've learned as an online writer that things often take time to build, so instead of giving up, I thought I'd still work on Xomba a little bit to see what might happen.

One day shortly after writing my last Xomba review, I logged into my Google AdSense to discover I had 35 cents in my account. Then another day, I had 95 cents in earnings. These figures seem small, but in my early days on Triond and Associated Content, I remember earning literally pennies in a month. Earning almost a dollar a day wasn't common for me, so I felt excited about these Xomba earnings.

A few days ago, I logged into my Google AdSense account on a Sunday afternoon to discover I had earned $3.88 the day before. I was really thrilled to discover that much money from my Xomba earnings. I do have a blog that displays AdSense, but I don't get much traffic because my blog is more of a personal journal, and I don't really monetize or promote my blog right now. I feel that most of the money in my Google AdSense account has been earned from working on Xomba.

Tips for Working on Xomba

If you'd like to give Xomba a try, here are some tips that I believe are working for me. So far I've been on Xomba just over a month and I've earned almost ten dollars. It takes a hundred dollars in AdSense earnings to qualify for a payout; however, I have a feeling I'm well on my way to reaching my first hundred dollars on Google AdSense.

As I write this review, I currently have 6 Xombytes and 28 Xomblurbs posted on Xomba. I find that I receive small revenues in my AdSense account each day, even though I haven't invested any time in social bookmarking my Xomba articles. Even though the error in my Xomba account means that my Xombytes aren't linked to my Xomba profile, I don't believe that has really hurt my revenues (because my most recent posts are featured on my profile page and my Xombytes are discoverable to readers by the way they are tagged).

Xomba lists the most popular tags on the site, so I try to create Xomblurbs around these popular tags as much as possible (for example, travel is a popular tag, so I've done some Xomblurbs about travel articles, making sure I also tag my Xomblurb with the word “travel”). I also try to create a wide variety of Xomblurbs on lots of different topics, hoping something will catch a reader's eye (and perhaps increase my revenues).

I decided to create some Xomblurbs about what I found interesting, things like fashion, or holidays. I think when you bookmark things on Xomba that you like, and write a little description to go with your Xomblurb, you can't go wrong. Readers will pick up on your enthusiasm and in my opinion, that will lead to more readers and increased earnings.

What's nice about Xomba is that you can bookmark your own articles from other sites. I often create Xomblurbs that link to my Triond articles, and I've seen Xomba members link to their blogs and websites. (Please note that creating Xomblurbs that link to your own Xombytes is strictly forbidden, and this is an important point to remember as you are working on Xomba).

Increasing the number of articles called “Xombytes” has also helped me increase my Xomba revenues. I find that the more of these articles I add on Xomba, the more money I seem to earn on the site. Xomba is a very social site, and it helps to post comments and feedback on other Xombytes and Xomblurbs. I've noticed that the more I comment, the more revenue appears (I think this is because it gets my profile out there so that other members can discover my work on Xomba).

I haven't had time yet to social bookmark my Xomba articles, but Xomba makes it easy for members to do so. Driving traffic to your Xomba pages by getting the word out about them is definitely a way to increase your earnings. I am beginning to think that Xomba might yield a nice passive income stream for me, if I am patient and give it time to develop. With this in mind, I'm trying to add about three to five Xombytes or Xomblurbs a day, just like Xomba recommends in its help pages.

I only give Xomba a little bit of my time and attention and I'm totally surprised that I've received AdSense earnings without a lot of effort on my part. If I added hundreds of pieces of content to Xomba, and increased my Xombytes and Xomblurbs, who knows what could happen? I'm starting to get excited by Xomba's potential (but checking my AdSense earnings throughout the day could become addictive!)

I wanted to update my earlier review about my experiences on Xomba with this new information. While Triond and Associated Content remain my favorite places to write for, and I intend to keep working on both these sites, I'm also going to keep up my work on Xomba. I'm surprised by the total turnaround in my income and the earnings so far. I think combining my earnings from page views with Google AdSense revenues is definitely the way to build a nice income stream as an online writer.

cc: mom

Subject: Email Communication Made Simple (and Effective)

Reader -

In the era of the telephone, the glib talker reigned supreme.

That was then. Today, clear, succinct, readable email is the preferred way to correspond with clients too distant for face-to-face meetings, or too busy to take your telephone call.

Email can request information, make a recommendation, or serve as an inexpensive marketing tool. Written well, it can set you apart from your colleagues. And your competition.

Here are a few simple guidelines for communicating effectively via email.

Use the “Subject” Like a Headline

The “Subject” of your email should serve as a headline. Draw in your reader. Identify the benefit of reading your communiqué.

Research shows that five times as many people read the Subject line as read the entire email. Sixty percent delete the message without ever reading it! And those figures don't include spam.

Get to the Point

At Leo Burnett, we began all our memos with “This” as in “This recommends …” or “This requests information regarding…” or “This responds to your request…”. While this may be appropriate for more formal correspondence, the same principle applies to email.

Tell your recipient the purpose of your email up front. Don't put your examples first. Don't digress.

The best advice I ever received: when finished writing a memo or email, try putting the last sentence first and see if that doesn't vastly improve the flow.

It often does.

Make it Interesting

Convey your message in such a way as to make the reader want to read it. Your opening statement should compel the reader to read line two; line two should compel the reader to read line three, and so on.

Sometimes, when you need to have a long sentence to explain some complicated thing or another, follow it with a short sentence. Like this.

Write as if you are talking to the person next to you. And forget about complete sentences. Remember the way your high school English teacher taught you? With a subject and a predicate? People don't talk that way. You don't need to write that way either.

No More than One Page

John Smale, former president of Procter & Gamble and the brand manager who first put the American Dental Association endorsement on Crest toothpaste, once dictated: “Keep all memos to one page. If you can't say it in one page, you haven't clearly thought out your message.”

We live in a world of sound bites. We have become so busy (or perhaps so lazy), we prefer not to engage the down arrow on our keyboards.

So get to the point quickly. State your issue. Close. If you need more than one page to state your case, make it an attachment.

It's Not Who You Send it To, It's Who You Copy

Imagine your colleague just sent you an email complimenting you upon your creativity and hard work on a particular project. And he copied your boss and your boss's boss.

Or you just outlined a new service training program designed to streamline your shipping and save two days on delivery. And you copied your key customers.

Use the cc: judiciously. No one wants to receive uninteresting or irrelevant email.

But copying others can be an effective marketing tool. As your email opinions and recommendations are circulated throughout your company and your industry, with your name attached to them, your visibility grows.

Use a Standard Format

Email need not follow formal letter writing format. The date and return address are automatic anyway. You can even skip the salutation, though opening with the recipient's name is always a good idea.

Then, state your case, the reason for the correspondence and close. Most email software includes an option for a signature. This may be anything from a simple name to a complete corporate address, phone, fax, and web site address.

Even so, it's not a bad idea to personalize your close with your name. I use my initials.

Thus, I started looking for a good agent. I didn't want to try to sell my novel to a publisher when I had no idea what I was doing. And I have yet to find one that wants to work with me. Through my research, I've seen testimonies of writers who go this route and end up calling it quits, out of despair. They're left feeling like their stuff isn't any good, or that it's not interesting enough, among other things.

Disappointment is a friend of mine, and it isn't a fun friendship. But I need it; I've learned a few things through my disappointment.

One thing I've learned is that, if you retain the bitterness that comes with rejection, your work - indeed, your life - will suffer. Also - and this is very important - I've learned to see publishing for what it is: a business.

Agents, for one, are busy people. They have little time to do anything other than send a standard rejection slip. They already have authors that need their attention; and though they want fresh talent, they need to see something they can sell. Then again, the agent you submit to simply might not be interested in your writing. So keep looking; find one who is.

Run a search; type “literary agents” and then your genre. Check out the agency's web site and pay close attention to their guidelines, once you find one that seems suitable. Many writers get rejected simply because they don't follow the submission guidelines. You should follow them to the letter.

Publishers, as well, are busy. Not only that, it takes time and money - on their part - to produce your book. And like any good investor, they want to know they'll get a good return on it. Most first novels don't do well, but they (and the agents) want to see something with growth potential. So a first-time run is expected to be on the low side, though, of course, with hopes for future runs. For novelists, the breakout nowadays doesn't usually happen with the first or second book, but the third or fourth.

In this instance, the book is no longer a piece of literature - it's product. As I said, publishing is a business, and it needs to be treated as such.

When I feel the despair creeping in, I look to my heroes. One is Stephen King. It's hard to imagine, but he was rejected time and time again before he finally made his first sale.

And there's the late, great Frank Herbert, who always tried to find a way to laugh in any situation. “Dune” almost never made it to publication; when it did, the publisher was one best known for publishing auto manuals. Now, it's one of the bestselling science fiction stories of all time.

Don't listen to doubters. Defiance can be your friend here, if you use it right. A writer must be thick-skinned, even though we're some of the most sensitive people in the world. We also tend to be insecure (whether we realize it or not), and yet we must have strong egos. It takes persistence, both in developing one's craft and in succeeding in the business. Self-doubt is a writer's greatest enemy. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Rejection is part of the business. Even if you sell your first piece, that's no guarantee that you'll sell the next one. Just keep writing, and keep submitting.

That's what I tell myself every time the doubts try to crowd around me, which is around nearly every corner of this rollercoaster we call writing. Never give up on your dreams. I once heard of a woman who published her first novel at the age of ninety-three. And remember: “The Lord of the Rings” tumbled through the underground for a decade before it became known for the masterpiece it is.

I hear three little words ringing through all that: Never give up.

Once learned the process is quite simple and one needs to follow a few very simple rules to produce a professional looking letter.

On an ordinary sheet of letter paper or Word Processor. type the date at the top left hand corner of the page.  This may take any accepted form, e.g. all digits, 10/14/2008 or a mixture October 14^th 2008. Advance the cursor down 10-12 spaces using the Enter key or the carriage return and type in the recipient’s name and address.  Advance the cursor down 2 spaces and write the topic of the letter in this format, RE: (topic). Then advance the cursor down 2 more spaces and write the Greeting, Dear Sir, Dear Madam, Dear Mr. Jones, Dear Dr. Smith.

Introduce the letter in the first paragraph, by outlining your reason for writing the letter and introduce the topic or topics. Deal with each topic in a paragraph of its own and make the paragraphs brief as business people rarely have ample time to wade through wordy letters. Advance the cursor 2 spaces when you have finished and write either Yours faithfully, if you are making a request, or Yours sincerely if it is a letter of a personal nature.  Advance the cursor 3/5 times and write your own name and address or contact details and print the letter and sign it in the space above your name. In a Full Block style letter remember: Don’t punctuate the Greeting or Salutation, Keep it short and simple, Maintain professionalism  Below is a sample Letter of application done in Full Block Style

I've been with Triond now for about 1 year, and I've made over $120.00. Some may look at this figure and be amazed that so many can be earned online on one site. Others will look at it and think it is a waste of time. But I have a word of warning for everyone. It is neither amazing nor a waste of time. I have only written 35 articles to date on Triond, and I've earned that much from them. 35 articles take very little time to write, and yet I've earned $120.00 from them. Not only that, but I will continue to earn from those articles, and any new articles I may choose to write, forever. For the time it takes to write one article, I will continue to earn cash for the rest of Triond's existence. That's no waste of time in my opinion. There are users on Triond who earn far more than me, and you or I could match them if we so choose. All you have to do is dedicate some time to Triond, believe that it can help you earn extra cash, and in no time at all you will be earning that extra cash. Triond has done wonders for me. It has improved my writing skills, it has given me extra cash to spend on things that I want to buy, and it has given me more confidence in my journalism skills. It can do this, and much, much more for you too. If you're interested, why not check it out now. It's just a click away. This may be your present, but Triond could be your future.

I was skeptical about some of these fantastic claims about Xomba. However, I'm really trying to make a full time living from my online writing, so I decided to look into Xomba.com and find out what it was all about. Could Xomba really provide me with that elusive full time writing income I've been hoping for?

Getting Started With Xomba

Full of optimism, I decided to give Xomba.com a chance and signed up for an account with the site. Xomba is a revenue sharing site that is a bit different in its approach than Triond or Associated Content. In order to participate in Xomba, you must have a Google Adsense account (which is relatively easy to obtain.) Sign up for Google Adsense at the website www.google.com/adsense , or register for a new account through Xomba (I already had a Google Adsense account through my blog on Blogger.com.)

Once you are approved by Google Adsense and you have your Adsense account number, you then insert it in your Xomba account. Google ads are then placed on all your writings on Xomba, and you share in the ad revenues whenever someone clicks on an ad that is shown on your Xomba articles.

Excited by the prospect of earning big bucks with Google Adsense, I went to work on Xomba. In fact, I was initially so excited by the thought of earning money with Xomba.com, that I planned to focus a lot of my attention there, and cut back on my article writing for Triond and Associated Content.

I think that was a big mistake, because my experience with Xomba has been hugely disappointing so far. I definitely prefer Associated Content, and especially Triond, to writing for Xomba.

My Experience with Xomba

There are two types of content that can be posted on Xomba.com. According to Xomba, “Xombytes” are magazine type articles of 100 words or more. In my experience, lots of Xombytes aren't 100 words in length and are just excuses to post links to other websites, or the author's own products. “Xomblurbs” are used for social bookmarking purposes; a Xomblurb is a link to an interesting website, blog, photo, or news story, with a brief description of the link and no minimum word count for that description.

I'm heading into my second week on Xomba, and I've posted a few Xombytes (articles) and some Xomblurbs. Each day I eagerly log into my Google Adsense account, and I've had lots of page views, but only one click. That one click has earned me a grand total of four cents so far! It's very frustrating to see my work on Xomba getting page views, and not earning any income on the page views like I would on Associated Content or Triond.

Xomba made a serious mistake in my user profile that will probably drag down my page views and my potential to earn money from those valuable clicks on ads. I noticed on my Xomba profile that my Xombytes are not visible from that page. When someone visits my profile and wants to click on my Xombytes to read more, they are taken to the Xomba homepage. There is no link to my Xombytes from my user profile.

I contacted technical support and they responded that it definitely was an error, and it was being sent to “a programmer to take a look at it.” Meanwhile, I'm losing potential revenue, as Xomba readers can't find any of my Xombytes from my profile page. To me, this is a serious error, one I've never had on any other website I write for. As I write this, Xomba has still not corrected the error on my profile.

Some Xomba members have literally thousands of Xomblurbs that they've posted to the site. If you are going to give Xomba a try and hope to earn big dollars there, then posting tons of Xomblurbs or Xombytes is the way to do it. Also, consider writing Xombytes and Xomblurbs that contain popular tags; those are the hot topics that people are searching for on Xomba.

Getting your Xomba work out there through social bookmarking, and building traffic to Xomba articles should also increase your revenues. In order to earn money on Xomba, you must drive a lot of traffic to your Xombytes and Xomblurbs, and hope that your visitors will also click on some Google ads. Xomba itself will not pay for any page views to your articles, and revenue is only earned directly through Google Adsense. So it's conceivable that you could work really hard on Xomba and write a lot, and not see a dime unless you get clicks on some ads. That has definitely been my experience with Xomba.

In my opinion, I much prefer the slow and steady money making that occurs with Triond and Associated Content, than I do the gamble on earning big bucks with Xomba that doesn't seem to be working for me. While I'm willing to give Xomba a chance to correct the error in my profile, and I'm probably going to continue with them, I'll definitely be focusing most of my future money making efforts on writing for Associated Content and Triond.

I recently had a comment on that article from a writer who was very frustrated and sad about their lack of page views on Triond. This writer was going to just throw in the towel on Triond and seemed very frustrated about the whole situation, talking in a very negative way about not being an article writer.

Reading that comment, I wanted to do a follow up article with a few more tips about how to succeed on the Triond website. In my opinion, just because your success isn't immediate here, that doesn't mean you're not a good article writer. Sometimes success comes more quickly for some, but takes more time to develop for others. I feel that everyone should have their dream of becoming a successful writer. So, if your page views are disappointing and you are thinking about leaving Triond, I hope you'll reconsider that decision.

Read on for a few more helpful tips about how to become a successful Triond writer.

Create an Inviting Profile

I currently write for two websites: Associated Content and Triond. Associated Content lets you fill out a small profile, with a photo, a description, and some links. Triond's profile section for its members is a lot more colorful and creative. Creating an attractive Triond profile is a way to set yourself apart and generate interest in your articles.

When you are on Triond adding friends to your list and trying to make connections in the Triond writer community, I think it helps to share something of yourself in your Triond profile. When you show up on another writer's fan list, and they click your profile and there is no photo there, and a blank space where there should be a description, it's hard to get a sense of that person who has an empty profile.

I like to have a smiling photo of myself in my profile, because it just feels friendly and warm. I share something of myself in my profile description, but it's not too lengthy. A nice photo of yourself or even an intriguing or funny pic like a pet photo, a cartoon, or a nice nature scene, makes your profile seem more inviting to others.

I don't like to add a lot of links to my blog or other websites I write for in my Triond profile. This is because I hope my visitors will click on my articles in my Triond portfolio during their visit to my profile. I don't want to send them away from my profile page to click on some other site before they've had the chance to read my work.

So what works for me is a personal photo, and a brief description about me and what I'm currently working on. The most important thing about your profile is to make it attractive and inviting; Triond is an intimate community where other writers like to get a sense of the person behind the profile.

Write New Triond Articles on a Regular Basis

I just had my best month on Triond yet, and I have to say that I began to rest on my laurels a bit. I slacked off adding new articles on Triond, and I saw my earnings start to dip. The months that I do better on Triond are the times when I'm adding the most new content here on a regular basis.

On Associated Content, there are a few writers who have thousands of articles published at that site. Imagine the passive income streams they must earn, from thousands of published articles. Even if each article didn't earn a lot, it would still add up to a nice residual income for the writer.

Writing thousands of articles isn't realistic for a lot of writers, but the fact remains you will earn more Triond revenue as you build up a body of work here. Only publishing a few articles now and then won't help you achieve your dream of earning an income stream as a writer.

As your library of Triond articles starts to increase, you'll see small but steady increases in your earnings. I have almost 100 articles published on Associated Content, and recently started to see an increase in monthly revenues from those articles, some published over a year ago. The more quality content you publish on Triond on a regular basis, the better your chances of meeting your income goals.

Actively Comment on Triond Articles

In my earlier article about success on Triond, I discussed the idea of building your friend list in an intelligent manner. I talked about adding friends only when you find a writer you enjoy and want to keep up with their Triond articles.

It is also important to read and comment on the work of the Triond writers you admire. It's a way to become part of the Triond community, and can also increase recognition of your own work. This can be a challenge, as far as time, because I write steadily for two websites and I'm considering taking on some new assignments.

I currently have over 1,000 articles sitting in my friend's news feed. I'm not sure I could find the time now to read every one. Since I write on such a diverse group of topics, everything from soap opera, to beauty product and food reviews, to travel in the Hudson Valley, I'm not offended if my friends don't comment on every one of my stories. I'm aware that some articles may be of more interest than others to the people on my friend list.

What I try to do is read some stories from everyone on my friend and growing fan list. Sometimes I don't have time to comment on every one, because I have dial up and my internet is extremely slow; however, I am really starting to see the importance of reaching out and connecting with those on my friend list by commenting on as many stories as I can.

If you are trying to increase recognition of your work on Triond, try reaching out to others here by reading Triond writers you enjoy and leaving some thoughtful comments about their work.

Social Bookmarking for the Triond Writer

I recently discovered social bookmarking sites, like Digg, Delicious, and StumbleUpon. Getting involved in social bookmarking has definitely increased my earnings on Triond, as I realized I couldn't just let my articles sit there without promoting them.

Promoting your work can be very important to success as a Triond writer. After you publish an article here, Triond offers links that allow you to share your work on sites like Digg. I'm still figuring out the social bookmarking sites, and Triond has some tips about this in its help section. StumbleUpon has been the most successful for me so far, and I'm looking into other sites also.

Other ways to promote your Triond articles include blogging about them, or creating a HubPage or Squidoo lens that provides information on a topic and also links back to some of your Triond articles.

Having a blog or a lens is another way to earn money online, while you promote your Triond work. I like to diversify my writing efforts across a number of websites, that way I never get too frustrated if my earnings are down at one site. So I recommend writing for a variety of websites to keep that income flowing in; I am on Associated Content and Triond, and looking into joining sites like Xomba.

Remember, success as an online writer can be full of ups and downs. Just when you are feeling discouraged and think about giving up, success could be right around the corner. These are a few more tips to put you on the road to online writing success. I wish you the best writing for Triond and may all your dreams come true!