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They are loved, hated and leave many of our fellow writers just frustrated! As puzzled as we might get by the secret inner workings of the Helium contests they are still going to be around, constantly, so why not make them work for you when you can? Many writers raise their hands from these competitions because they don't understand the random and dramatic rises and falls of the same article during its lifetime in the contest, as well shortly after the contest ends. If you adapt to the next few ideas you should be able to benefit from the Helium Contests whether you win or lose.
Stop thinking of it as a contest. Instead of embracing all of the stresses of a competition simply imagine that you just got an idea for a bunch of great articles all under on theme, and that the titles have already been suggested for you. Convenient, isn't it?
Get familiar with when the contests start and end. A batch will usually close on a Tuesday and a new group will pop up on a Wednesday. It helps to know when you can check for new writing opportunities, as well as to know your deadlines. Each contest runs for two weeks, and is then on a one week hold for rating, so check each contest for its specific deadlines.
Participate in the areas which you know. Choose the contests with the most article titles which you have knowledge on, or ones you are confident you will be able to adequately research and write on. You should write, if not in every single title then, in as many titles in the contest as possible. Twenty articles at two points each are better than two articles at five points each, and points are what you are collecting after all.
Do not wait around. Start writing articles as soon as possible after spotting a contest of your choice. There are a couple of reasons for this, the deadline being one of them of course. And once that worry is eliminated you will want to get the most money possible out of your work. Helium Contest titles fill up fast and since Helium pays for only the first five articles in a title you will need to hurry. You will also want to be the first to write in as many articles as possible for the extra $1.00 bonus. If you make sure you write in each title before it reaches the cut off for payment, and have as many of those be Empty Title Bonus qualified you will ensure that you are paid for every article you write so that even if you don't win, or come up in the top three, the whole thing wont be a big loss after all. If you do win you could double your money. Either way you come out of it with a gain, hey you even up your competitive percentage score!
Stop thinking of it as a contest. Instead of embracing all of the stresses of a competition simply imagine that you just got an idea for a bunch of great articles all under on theme, and that the titles have already been suggested for you. Convenient, isn't it?
Get familiar with when the contests start and end. A batch will usually close on a Tuesday and a new group will pop up on a Wednesday. It helps to know when you can check for new writing opportunities, as well as to know your deadlines. Each contest runs for two weeks, and is then on a one week hold for rating, so check each contest for its specific deadlines.
Participate in the areas which you know. Choose the contests with the most article titles which you have knowledge on, or ones you are confident you will be able to adequately research and write on. You should write, if not in every single title then, in as many titles in the contest as possible. Twenty articles at two points each are better than two articles at five points each, and points are what you are collecting after all.
Do not wait around. Start writing articles as soon as possible after spotting a contest of your choice. There are a couple of reasons for this, the deadline being one of them of course. And once that worry is eliminated you will want to get the most money possible out of your work. Helium Contest titles fill up fast and since Helium pays for only the first five articles in a title you will need to hurry. You will also want to be the first to write in as many articles as possible for the extra $1.00 bonus. If you make sure you write in each title before it reaches the cut off for payment, and have as many of those be Empty Title Bonus qualified you will ensure that you are paid for every article you write so that even if you don't win, or come up in the top three, the whole thing wont be a big loss after all. If you do win you could double your money. Either way you come out of it with a gain, hey you even up your competitive percentage score!
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