All News | Business Wire World's Largest Writing Community Announces Record Members Earnings ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helium (www.Helium.com), the world's largest writing community, today announced record member earnings. Among those sharing in the pool of thousands of dollars is a former teacher from South Georgia. In just six months, recently retired high school teacher Holle Abee has earned over $5,000 by writing for Helium an average of one hour each day. "Helium has been a real blessing for wooden watch me" "Helium has been a real blessing for me," says Holle. "I've earned some extra money and made some great new friends. It has also allowed me to experiment with subjects outside my comfort zone." A grandmother of six, Holle found Helium a little over a year ago by accident one night while surfing the internet. Since then, she has become a full-fledged Helium addict, publishing articles on everything from bass fishing to anniversary gifts, hidden gems in Florida and vegetarian recipes on a budget. "Holle represents one of thousands of writers earning thousands of dollars on Helium," said Mark Ranalli, CEO of Helium. "In addition to providing a substantial way to supplement their income, Helium writers have the ability to be fully recognized wood watch for the value they bring to the broader publishing industry." Although Helium has compensated writers for their participation since its inception, last fall it became the first writing website to offer
upfront payments for all new articles being written by starred writers. This change to Helium's Terms of Service increased member earnings significantly, as well as further elevating the quality of content on the site. In addition to receiving upfront payments and shares from ad revenue, writers can win cash prizes from Helium's weekly writing contests and have their work published by one of the many publishing partners in Helium's Freelance Writing Marketplace. Helium writers also have the ability to win journalism awards for the Pulitzer Center, the Knight Center for International Media, OneWorld, Sunshine Week, and several other organizations. Additionally, The National Press Club extends application offers to all of Helium's 5 star writers. About Helium Helium is the world's largest community of writers. Since its inception in 2006, Helium's writers have published over 1.25 million articles on 125,000 unique topics. Each month more than 3 million people visit Helium.com to read articles on a range of subjects from careers to home & garden, parenting, politics and more. Helium writers earn money and establish digital credibility by publishing articles on Helium, securing writing assignments with publishers through Helium's freelance Marketplace, competing in writing contests, and engaging in civilized debate around the issues and causes that are most important to them. Helium is a privately held, privately funded company headquartered in Andover, MA.
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