February Payments Sent

Today is payday, so check your chosen payment method!

Remember, your earnings accumulated through the end of February will have been paid if you have reached the minimum threshold for payment by February 28th. For PayPal, that minimum threshold is $0.50. For Western Union or Check, the minimum is $50.00.

For more information on earnings, visit our Help Center.

Happy Publishing!

Relaunching Notecook and Sportales

Today we bring you not one, but two network site redesigns!

Notecook has a yummy new look. The remodeled food and recipe site mirrors a well designed kitchen; it’s comfortable, easy to navigate, and well equipped.

Sportales also has a sleek new look with improved usability. Now you can see more snippets from a wider range of sporting categories.

As with our other network site upgrades, Notecook and Sportales now run more smoothly inside and out.

As you can probably tell, we have been rolling out these upgrades on a regular basis. To keep tabs on all the great updates, subscribe to the Triond blog via RSS, or follow us on Twitter.

Happy publishing!

Suggestive Images (No, Not that Kind)

Today we added a new feature that suggests images for you to use in your articles. There’s a new ‘Get Image Suggestions’ button right next to the Article Body section of the Online Editor.

In order to get the best functionality from the feature, it helps to have your title, description, body, and tags already written. After you have some text entered in these fields, just click on the ‘Get Image Suggestions’ button to see a column of images related to your article. Simply click on an image and -poof!- it appears in the body of your article.

Watch how it works (for best viewing, expand the video to full screen):

Enjoy the new feature!

Triond’s New Homepage

Our new homepage and dashboard are live! We’ve completely redesigned the pages to make them more friendly to visitors, and more usable for users.

Among the new elements on Triond’s homepage, the most notable are a snazzy new video all about the Triond service and community, and a list of links to sites in our diverse publishing network.  And, we moved the Hot Content list  so that it now appears in the Explore tab.

We’ve addressed the issue of users being able to stay logged in to Triond;  simply check the box “Remember me” once, and from then on you will stay logged in whenever you visit a Triond page from the same computer.  If you want to log out (if you’re on a computer used by more than one person, for example) make sure you click “Log out” at the top of the screen.

We’ve also revamped the Dashboard layout and added a Quick Actions section. From the Quick Actions section you can go directly to submit and edit your articles, update your account, and check out new feature additions.

There’s more where this came from, so check back here early and often.

Happy publishing!

January Payments Sent

This month we’re sending your payments in a virtual heart shaped box in honor of Valentine’s Day. We hope your weekend was filled with love (and for that matter, we hope that everyday is filled with love as well)!

Please check your selected payment method as payments were sent today. If you receive payment by PayPal, you should receive notification by email. If you get your earnings by check, please allow 14 business days for your check to arrive by mail. Lastly, if you are a Western Union payee, check your email soon for the MTCN transfer number. Remember, you can change your payment method by visiting your account page.

If you have any questions, visit our Help Center to find the answers you need.

Happy publishing!

Uncovering Bizcovering’s Redesign

It’s time to rediscover Bizcovering, the site in our publishing network for business-related articles.

A new layout and color scheme are just two of several upgrades that you’ll see when you visit Bizcovering. Changes in the site’s infrastructure mean faster load times, easier commenting, and better navigation.

Bizcovering articles cover a wide range of topics including finance, accounting, management, marketing, advertising and investing. If you haven’t seen the site yet, here’s a screenshot of the homepage:

Happy publishing!

Tag – You’re It!

Last December we included advice on tagging in the newsletter, but since it’s so important (and because we have a new feature!), we’d like to revisit the topic.  Relevant tags help your article get found in searches, they help our Editorial team know where to publish your work, and they help readers understand your article’s subject at a glance.

Now, it’s easier than ever to add relevant tags to your articles. We’ve added a new feature in the Online Editor that suggests tags for your article based off of your text.  Getting tag suggestions is easy; when you’ve finished writing your article, scroll down to the Tags field.  Like always, you can enter your own tags or, you can click the new ‘Get Suggestions’  button to witness tagging magic.  The new button automatically scans your content for relevant keywords and suggests tags for you. You can keep them or erase them, it’s up to you.

Here’s a short video that demonstrates how to use the new feature (for best viewing, expand it to full screen):

So go on now – get tagging!

Happy publishing!

Extreme Makeover: Writinghood Edition

Did you see? Writinghood has received a complete makeover!  Stripped down to its bare content, rebuilt and redesigned, this site is looking better than ever! (And how about those articles?)

Updating Writinghood wasn’t just for vanity, it also helped improve the site’s overall functionality for Triond and the community. Now it’s simpler to navigate, clearer to read, and easier to leave comments.

The redesign of this site from our content network is just a taste of what’s in store for 2009. Stay tuned for more feature updates and announcements.

Happy publishing!

December Payments Sent

Though the crisp winter air has settled in, your December payments have moved out. Please check your selected payment method because earnings through December 31st have been sent today.

If you are a PayPal payee with a Triond balance of $0.50 or more, check the email address associated with your PayPal account. If you are a Western Union payee and your Triond balance was at least $50.00 as of December 31st, look out for an email with your MTCN transaction number. Lastly, for our check payees with balances over $50.00 up through the end of last month, you should receive your Triond envelope in the mail within the next 2 weeks.

If you have any questions about payment, please direct all inquiries to support@triond.com for the quickest reply.

Happy New Year and of course, happy publishing!

The Triond Forum is Live

Behold – the Triond Forum! A place for you to share ideas, get feedback and ask questions to each other openly and easily within the Triond community.

We wrote to you in the newsletter that one of our New Year’s resolutions is to listen and respond to your feedback better, and the fruit of that effort is already apparent as we’ve just released this first new feature of the year. A forum for users is one feature that several of you have suggested, and we were happy to provide it for you.

Today, the new Triond Forum is live. As we work towards building a strong Triond community, we feel that the forum will be an important part of helping you share information with one another more efficiently.

There are a few topics on the forum to help you get the conversation going:

• Getting Started on Triond: Tips for Beginners
• Idea Exchange, Hot Topics and Trends
• Tips to Increase Readership
• Writing Technique and Skill Development
• Solutions for Writer’s Block
• General Discussion and Off-Topic Musings

You can suggest more topics by leaving a comment on this blog post.

Enjoy the conversation and happy publishing!