I begin by stating my appreciation for Triond. Triond is a novel well thought and executed online money making platform. Just like any tool ever invented by man, the key is its proper application. My tragedy is I have a knack for breaking the rules simply because I find normal mundane and loftily because no one ever did the extraordinary by sticking to the rules.

It is for these reasons that I await a 21st century miracle-by my own standards- if it happens that Lwandaz Tales were to be a rooster here at Triond…

In Triond, quantity is King

The latest Triond challenge is a step in the other direction as it seeks to reward quality. Though a noble attempt, the measure of what constitutes quality still remains subjective as it based on the length of time readers spend on your article. Besides, if I got it right, it is very much like the previous monthly Triond specials and is therefore time barred.

Aiming for a slice of this challenge is a tricky one as although the money to be made per article is attractive, it might be quite a gamble dying to spin a killer article as the audience may simply not be so impressed while the time lost would be hard to recoup. Thus like any of the previous challenges, quantity remains king as you probably have a chance with 10 B+ articles rather than two A+ articles.

If you happen to be an online writer who has other money making online commitments and does Triond part time as I do, you probably know what a task it is to get it right in terms of quantity.

Triond is a scratch my back I scratch your back place

Every since I googled my pen name and top on the search results were some of my articles and more of my comments in other articles, I realized that mindless comments were a serious drain on my brand equity. Unfortunately, the communal nature of Triond behoves that to get comments on your article you almost have to invariably hop around articles dropping the same comment all through.

The thinking here is that your efforts will strike a guilt chord in the writer’s hearts and they will feel obligated to return the favour. Their guilt driven actions translating to a comment and clocking up the views. For personal brand conscious writers like me, this means we have to pay dearly for complicating this online writing affair too much. It even becomes worse when juggling too many balls as it could mean periods pass before you get to sit down and scratch back as by then they comments train has already left the station.