Helium or Associated Content?

This is my understanding of Helium--you write articles or short stories and share in the advertising revenue Helium receives. That's not a lot. I have one book review written over there and it has made me 5 cents which is a combined earnings with my other article, "The Beach." I am going to try to write a few more articles and see if the pay gets better with quantity.

However, Associated Content has already paid me $80.13 for all the articles I've written there and each article continues making money with page views. Associated Content, remember, pays you up front for a well-written article and $3.00 for each referral. Now, I see there are other ways to make money with Helium but so far none of those have panned out for me. Maybe I am doing something wrong. In any case decide for yourselves, you might have better luck with Helium, but I prefer AC. That's my opinion.

AC articles:
CSI Miami
Sleeper Cell
Self Publishing
Tips For Child Actors
Other Articles and Stuff