My Helium.com
Here is an RSS of my Helium.com Articles… I hope you enjoy the ones you read. My article about swearing court was the number one post for a week or two, and my discussion on taxing Big Oil has ranked #2 since soon after it’s original post. If you want to discuss any of them, leave me a comment, and we can e-mail.
My Helium
- Undocumented and illegal immigrants pose an incalculable threat to our society. The balance of benefit to risk may be measured with complicated eco…
- A person who is spiritual searches to find the meaning and purpose of this life. Think for a second… A defiant two-year-old has spirit… A wild …
- In a country with such diverse opinions about eternity and spirituality, swearing on the Bible has now become an insult to both Christians and non-…
- No simple response exists to address the complexity of Big Oil’s profit margins – especially when the political nature of the oil crisis is factore…
- Society is the lie and the hope that we all believe. In our deepest parts, we yearn for meaning. We confuse love for utility, and we long to hear s…
I had a really hard time with helium.com. I made about $0.20 from their site and decided that I wanted to use my articles somewhere else (magazine wants to pay me $50-$100 for one of them) but I couldn’t have them posted anywhere else. I emailed helium (at help@helium.com and at content@helium.com) 3-4 times and never received a response. In an (immature) attempt to get my profile deleted I purposefuly published inappropriate content then reported my inappropriate article thinking they might pay attention to that.
Well instead of deleting my articles and my profile, they made me one of their premier writers giving the articles that I want to use elsewhere even more exposure. Not only that, but they have locked me out of my own account so I can’t post new work or edit my existing work and profiles. I’m absolutely livid. They don’t have rights to my work (by their own admission) and it’s to the point where if they don’t comply to my request in 48 hours I already have a lawyer lined up to help me take them to court.
I recommend that you stay away from helium.com. They have absolutely no respect for writers and their artistic rights.
Not only that but writers should be getting anywhere from $10-$25 per page for their work. Why would you work that hard and not get paid fairly for it? Rankings on Helium don’t pay the bills! I’ve used websites like http://www.oDesk.com, http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com, associatedcontent.com and even found jobs on craigslist.org.
Good luck with your writing. You’re very good I would hate to see it go to waste!