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Many Triond members including me joined the team without knowing the answers to these How questions. Thanks to these Hot Users for sharing the much needed information.

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1. Imagine you're in front of your computer and saw your name in the Hot User list and your contents are hot.Wow, isn't that a wonderful dream to behold? This won't happen in a snap but it can come true if you check Anne Lyken Garner's

How to Get on Triond " Hot Content" List.

2. Puzzled on how related articles of some Triond authors open in another window when you click on it and want to learn how they did it? Then follow the comprehensive step by step procedure by Athlyn Green on

How to Embed Links in Your Articles.

3. It will be very disappointing if an article that was given a lot of thought and perspiration can't get any views.Anyone experiencing this might lose hope but never fear cause here are some solutions from BC Doan's

How to Drive More Traffic to Your Article.

4.  Books are not just for display, they should be read. Articles written for Triond should also be read that's why it's a must to learn Darlene McFarlene's six tips on

How to Get Your Articles Read

5. Recycling can help the environment. Can this also awaken some hibernating articles?Try Liane Schmidt's

How to Keep Your Articles in Constant Circulation.

Earn

Earning more money can be the first goal of a Triond writer and if this seems out of reach then we need to check these three articles to make this goal possible.

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6. To earn more online writers search for sites which are worth trying and these recommendations by Chan Lee Peng reduces the task of searching the web all day or even weeks.

10+ Sites Worth Trying to Make Money Online

7. There are proven methods to keep on succeeding in Triond but it be won't be easy.Just keep on working and expect an increase on traffic and earnings with the help of this article of Lauren Axelrod.

Increasing Your Traffic and Earnings on Triond with Some Elbow Grease

8. Another set of ten important things to do to earn more money can be found in Nelson Doyle's

10 Important Things That Every Triond Writers Should Do to Improve your Earnings

Guaranteed and thankful

It's a real guarantee that we will be thankful after reading these articles.

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9.  Can an article's appeal fade? Yes, if we let it but it won't if we follow these tactics from Louie Jerome's

Guaranteed Long -Term Traffic for Articles, Blogs and Websites

10. Is the journey as an online writer worth it? Yes and nobert soloria bermosa 's inspiring article proves it.

Thank you Triond for making my Life Better.

Let us be reminded that without hard work we won't succeed. Secrets were already revealed and it is up to us if these articles shared by Ten of  Triond's  Hot Users will help us or not.

If anyone has a favorite article that will help us grow as writers written by someone who may or may not be a Hot User,  feel free to voice your opinion by leaving a comment and by doing this the unselfish efforts of writers  will be recognized.GOd bless us all!

Here are my other articles in Writinghood:

Falling in Love with Triond

Four Reasons to Enjoy Triond

• Read the articles that are already in Hot Content.  Most of those Triond writers have experience and know what captures a reader's attention. You can find something similar that truly interests you and start writing about it.  If it interests many others, your article will climb to the top of the charts.
• Write often so that you can gain viewership.  If many Triond readers have already read your previous articles, they will want to read you articles often.  You need to make sure to keep them happy and coming back for more.
• Find your niche.  If you are really passionate about a certain topic, write about it.  Others may share your passion and that will get you absolute viewership! Remember that something that you love writing about may be something others love reading about.  You'll never know until you try.
• Write about exotic things.  Find something out of the ordinary to write about.  Many readers like to read refreshing information.  They like to read about things that are not common.  Find something rare and have fun writing about it.
• Incorporate pictures into your writing.  A picture really is worth a thousand words and that may bring you a thousand viewers (a day, hopefully).  Write a good solid article and add some interesting pictures to it to capture your readers' attention.

What ever you do on Triond will bring you success. Whether your article is in the Hot Content list or not don't lose hope, readers will start appreciating your style of writing soon.  One of these days you will find your article in Hot Content and then you will have found the key to reader popularity.

Good luck and keep aiming for the Hot Content list!

Here's a list of topics that I think tend to get people more interested in your content.  I hope it helps!

1.  Holidays:  People really like to read articles pertaining to whichever holiday is near.  Halloween is a great example of this.  I wrote several articles on costumes, including kids costumes, grown-up costumes, and cat and dog costumes.  Each of these articles received over 1,000 views.  Another great thing about writing about holiday topics is that each year when the holiday comes around, you are sure to receive revived interest in your article.  This is a great way to keep your articles earning you money and drawing more traffic over time.

2.  Art:  I've found that there is a huge interest in different and unusual art.  I've written a whole series of articles on Artistic Recycling which has received tons of views and interest from readers.  One of the articles has even received over 14,000 views!  I really think that the key here is to make sure that the art is unique in some way.  People are interested most in things they've never seen before.

3.  Green:  As mentioned under the previous topic, my Artistic Recycling series has been one of my most popular topics.  It combines two very interesting topics -- that of Art and being Green.  People are increasingly looking for ways to reduce their impact on the world around them.  Green is the new black, so they say.  I would definitely recommend writing about all things environmentally friendly.

4.  Crime:  People are intrigued by what makes criminals different than them.  I've found interest to be especially high in articles about serial killers.  These articles really require a lot of research though so if you've got no real interest in the topic itself, I wouldn't recommend it.  I've written many successful articles on notorious serial killers such as Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer.  These articles have all received views into the hundreds and sometimes thousands.

5.  Current Events:  In the short term, you can receive a lot of interest and views about current events.  However, in the long term they may be poor performing.  We might all be interested in what Cindy McCain was wearing a couple of months ago but now, who cares?  Still, if you're an avid follower of news like I am, writing about current events can be a way to share your interests and views.  There are a huge amount of writers writing about current events so you'll need to be sure to publish your best possible work in this area.

6.  Humor:  Many people who are reading articles online are not looking for anything really besides a giggle.  Humorous articles can be a way to draw traffic but the key is making sure that they are actually funny.  I've read some articles where you can't even tell if the author is joking or not.  It makes you wonder a little if they're crazy or kidding.  To write funny articles you have to be funny yourself.  If you're not, don't bother with this one.

7.  Random:  I've found that it is best to keep your readers guessing as to what exactly you're going to write about next.  It keeps them interested.  Is your next article going to be about Barrack Obama or fashion or a recipe or Christmas decorations?  Once you've gained a "following" of readers who enjoy your work, it's best not to let them become bored and able to predict everything you're going to write.  Keep 'em guessing!

8.  What you love:  Finally, the best topic to write about is that which you love, topics that interest you.  These articles are sure to receive more of your own attention.  This will hopefully, lead the article to be better written and will lead to more views.

Good luck writing everyone.  There are so many topics and so little time.  I love seeing what everyone will come up with!

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I understand your concerns. While this is not always the case for those magical articles that end up with consistent and growing views, sometimes when you have a really great article, it can become popular very quickly and then fade into the background again just as suddenly. This can be explained by a wide number of reasons, such as its initial high visibility (i.e., in the "Hot Content" list, on the top article page on Quazen, or AuthSpot, etc.) and or subject matter trend, thus, branding it inherently short lived. So, understandably, as this particular type of article's "new-ness" wears off, so too do its views.

But there is a remedy to this seemingly unsolvable problem.

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As I have stated in past articles, linking past articles to new articles is a sure cure to this predicament. It is an extraordinarily effective way to keep all your work in "fresh circulation" and readily accessible to your readers. In addition, the more links an article has, the higher Google ranks your work in its search engine results (I read this somewhere and it makes logical sense).

Expecting higher earnings per page views?

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With regard to earnings, I have read somewhere that this varies based on the ads on your article, the website it is published to, etc. Again, this makes logical sense. And from observation, I have noticed that my articles published on Healthmad.com tend to earn more money per view than those that are published on AuthSpot.com.

Stated in the following article:

Rome Was Not Built Overnight

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It is, thus, important to keep in mind that Triond is by no means an overnight oasis, (although it could be if you end up with some incredible titles and or produce many articles at once). Instead, if you see it for what it most realistically is, a means to achieve residual income for life and that by producing enough quality material, the numbers alone (i.e. number of articles published, with links, etc) will produce the results you aspire to reach, you will be able to remain focused with a clear understanding of your progress that supports your dreams and keeps your spirits high.

The following article reminds you to always remember to:

Dream Big, Dream Wide, It's Never Too Late

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I once spoke to a billionaire who began his journey to success with only a $1,000 investment. Twenty years later, through steadfast resolve, his vision was materialized in wealth beyond his dreams. If he can do it, so can you! Despite what anyone says, especially yourself (in those moments of self-questioning), you can achieve any level of success you dream of, just believe with everything in your heart that you have no limitations in life and then, take the time to truly understand the reality of the field you have targeted. With these elements in mind, your growing success is unstoppable!

Read on to keep the inspiration in your heart alive!

Answers to My Triond Success and Income 2

The Inspiring Independent Artist

Plan to Keep Your Dreams in Focus

Which Articles Get Read and Why

Triond is a website for writers, artists, and musicians to get their work out there. If you’re expecting quick cash, this isn’t the site for you. You have to have a passion for writing, drawing, or music. You also have to have patience; it takes awhile for people to notice your work, but if you love doing what you do, other people will too. Otherwise, you’re just wasting your time.

How the Triond Works: A step by step breakdown of the website

Dashboard:

This is the first page to come up. Dashboard, is basically an overview of everything that is going on. In the upper left hand corner, you will find your content overview. This is any literature, art, pictures, or music you have created and submitted to the website. Next to the content are your content views for that day, your earnings for that day, your comments for that day, and how many people clicked the I Like It! button for that day. In the upper right hand corner, there is your earnings overview. This will tell you what you have earned for this month so far, how much your next payment will be, and when the next payment is coming out. Just below that is Triond’s News. These are your newsletters from Triond. Also on the page, you have friend’s news (your Triond friends’ latest publications), latest messages (messages from people on Triond), hot content (the top few articles people are viewing all over the Triond website and internet), hot tags (popular tags that people use to describe their work), and hot users (popular people on the Triond website.

Submit:

For submit, you have two tabs, online editor and submit. Online Editor is a place to work on and store your work until you decide to submit it. If your work is already finished and saved onto your computer hard drive, you can upload it and submit it for publication.

Content:

Content lets you view all of your content. In Publishing Content, you can see how many times your work has been viewed on that day, how much money your work has earned, the total views of your work, the total earnings of your work, and comments and likes from people. You can also share, fix, and delete any of your content. In Pending Content, you can view your content that you hve submitted but not published yet. This tab also tells you when you submitted the content. If you have an error on your work, you can fix or delete it with the fix and delete icons. Drafts shows you all of your unpublished content that you have saved. You can work on it or delete it while you're there. The Declined Content Tab shows you your declined content, the day the content was submitted on, the day the content was declined on, and the reason your content was declined. The Comments tab shows you all of the comments people have posted about your content. You can view the day the person commented, the name of the commenter, and the person's comment. While you're there you can delete any unwanted comments.

Earnings:

Shows you your payment history and your payment overview.

Community:

Community is basically about your friends on Triond. You can view their latest articles in News Feed, see what they've sent you in Inbox, see what you've sent them in Outbox, view how many friends you have in Friends, and view how many fans you have in Fans.

Explore:

You can explore the world of Triond in Explore. You can view hot, new content, recently published content, hot users, and hot content under hot tags. Also, you can look up other users and content that may not be so hot.

Account:

Account is just the information you submitted when you were making the account, optional information, and your public profile details. You can edit any of your account details on this page.

For additional inforamtion on Triond, go to the bottom of the page where it says help, pick a topic, and look for your question.

If you have any questions or comments you would like to express to Triond, you can go to the bottom of the Triond page, click on support, editor, or feedback and send them a comment at their email. If you don't want to contact them that way. You can click on blog at the bottom of the Triond page under company. From there, you can set up a free account on Wordpress and begin blogging your feelings about things you would like done.

1. Pictures and Superlatives or Extreme Adjectives

   No, pictures alone won’t make your work “hot”. It should be pictures with a title that include adjectives such as “Amazing,” “Stunning,” and “Bizarre”. Superlatives like “the most” or “the top” also makes it hot. A combination of both makes it “hotter.”

2. Title

   Titles are so deceiving. Even if the content is not as interesting or as "hot" as the title suggests it makes everyone want to read your work.

3. Numbers

   List-style as Nelson Doyle calls it give titles (and contents) more focus. It should be more than five. “Five Ways” or “Ten Uses” suggest more content and more worth the reading than four below. Ten is probably the most used.

4. Nature

   Anything about nature will interest the majority as long as hints one through three above are applied.

5. Computers and the Internet

   Computer gadgets and interesting or helpful websites are also "hot". Again, superlatives or extreme adjectives apply as well as the number.

6. Focus on the Majority

   The content and title should interest the majority.  A native recipe in a particular country that uses native ingredients will only interest the countrymen. The “Ten Most Beautiful Women around the World” will be more interesting to the majority than “The Most Beautiful or the Sexiest Women in a Particular Country.”

Lastly but more importantly, contents should always be original, unique and fresh just as Triond wants it to be.

I have decided to take a humorous look at some “hot content.” This is of course very DRY humor.

1. Cayenne pepper sauce. (That's a hot one going in or out!)
2. Fresh brewed coffee from Mc Donald's. (Remember the old lady who sued them over this?)
3. A can of soup in a microwave. (This really happened)
4. Opening the radiator cap after driving ten miles. (Steam hurts the illiterate )
5. A car hood in Nevada in July. (Fried eggs anyone?)
6. A prostitute at a prison rodeo.
7. A blind queer in a cucumber patch.
8. Jumper cables at a redneck reunion. (That's an old one, but I like it)

These are a little corny, but I felt like making an attempt at some humor. 

When I log on to Triond.com, I'm always jealous of the “hot content” section. This section is where everybody sees who is doing the best with an article at that point. I click on them to see what their magic is. Nothing special.

Truly, you or me could be up on this “hot content” wall. All it takes is a little luck and your content hits will rise exponentially.

The first thing people do in order to view things like your article is typing in a keyword. If they type in a keyword you've chosen into their search engine, your article could maybe get seen! To exponentially increase your chances of getting your article seen is to use a common keyword or tag. These can usually be found to the right side of Triond's sites if you're having trouble finding them. So, use “love” instead of “infatuation” (just an example).

Once searched for, a keyword will bring up several matching pages. This could sometimes be into the thousands, so it is important that you have a catchy title for your article. For me, I always click on the ones that pique my interest. Instead of “How to Climb,” use, “How to Not Fall” (again, another example). Also, an article that gives away too much in its title will yield less. If a reader is immediately disinterested they will not click on it. But if they are somewhat unclear on what it's exactly about, they will most likely go for it.

The next thing seen is your sentences immediately under your title. These should add to the title and again, pique the reader's interest. I generally go for the basic structure of: If you want to know more about _________, then this __________ is for you. Make the reader want to read it, but don't give away too much.

Once they click on it, the reader will read your content! If they like it, they will read the article through and maybe give it a “Liked It,” or maybe even leave a comment. These would be in your favor since people generally click on an article more if there is lots of activity in it.

If your article brings in enough hits, you too could maybe be up on the “Hot Content” wall.

Happy writing and hopefully money making!