how to get paid by giving an answer or writing an article
You have to be on a site that pays or build your own, the best thing I can say is try web answers or build a blog or website for yourself. This way everything you do goes towards making your own site better. I have articles on numerous sits and have not made enough to get a payout, I feel they do this so their site gets bigger and you get discouraged and stop so they do not have to pay you what you earned-this make them profit 100% off of your work. The only site I have made money from is web answers when it comes to answering questions.