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Hubpages Income Report for December 2009

January 20th, 2010

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I have previously reported my Hubpages income reports, so even though it’s late, I figured I would share my December Hubpages earnings with anyone who is interested in making money online with Hubpages.

Many people start out thinking the site is a good place to go for a few backlinks, but in truth you can make some additional income at Hubpages.

In December, I earned $129 from Adsense revenue and another $17 from eBay revenues for a total of $146.  Sure, it’s not a huge amount of money, but it has proven to me that there is some serious income potential at Hubpages, which is what I was looking to see.

Over the past four months, my income has continued to get larger each month over the last.  The new changes to the eBay program are a good thing for most publishers, since you earn money for each click you receive.

First of all, you should sign up for Hubpages at Hubpages.com

If you’re trying to make money by writing online, read the following articles.

Make Money with Hubpages, part 1

Make Money with Hubpages, part 2

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30 Ways to Invoice Clients for Freelancers and Small Businesses

January 19th, 2010

Freelancing is a tough gig.  The actual work itself may not be the really hard part and in fact it’s often enjoyable since it’s what you may love to do.  But getting out there and finding clients to do the work for may be the really tough part. 

It’s also sometimes hard to get your clients to pay you for the work you’ve done.  Being organized and running your freelance operation like a real small business will help you make more money, get paid on time, find more work, and generally feel better about yourself and your professional life.

One of the best things you can do for yourself in terms of professionality (and income) is to invoice your clients properly and efficiently.  

Small Business Trends has a list of 30 Online Invoice Apps for Small Business that may be helpful to you.

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Facebook Marketing May Be More Effective than Twitter

January 19th, 2010

991916_old_man_and_dovesThere’s an interesting blog post on Social Media Examiner that anyone who is interested in promoting their site via Facebook and Twitter or any other social website should read.

There is a ton of good information in the post gleaned from a report from MarketingProfs called “The State of Social Media Marketing.”  I went to MarketingProfs to see if I could find the report, but it costs $599, so I stuck with the blog post.  

The statement in the title above is probably very obvious to you.  Facebook seems to be a stronger way to market yourself or your site since people will spend more time there due to the fact that there’s more aggregated content on Facebook.  The writer of the post points out that Twitter directs people to external links so encourages people to spend more time away from the site.  

It’s a matter of the structure of the sites and how people use them.

The article has some interesting facts and research that may help you in your Internet marketing efforts.  

One of the most interesting points is about Google Wave and how a social shift is occurring as people begin to bring their own networks with them as they access different sites and services.  

It’s interesting to think about what will happen to your brand and website in the future as more ways of accessing content become available.

Let me finish this post with a question…

What is your main way of promoting your website or blog?  Do you use social media?  Do you bookmark your post all over the place?  Do you write guest posts?  What do you do?

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Great Content is the Best SEO

January 19th, 2010

seo and contentSEO is a very important factor in developing a successful blog or online property.  You want the structure of your home to be solid, strong, and well-designed.

The same goes for your website.

When people say that SEO is unimportant or a waste of time, they’re wrong.  Making your site search engine friendly and easily navigable and findable is incredibly important.

But…

It’s not the most important thing.

Your content is the most important thing.

It’s easy to find yourself rushing through a blog post or an article so you can get to the promotion and link building part much faster.  Successful bloggers know that their job isn’t done after they finish a post.  It’s only the beginning–especially with a new blog.

An informative, well-written post can be pretty lonely without anyone to read it.  And the truth is, people have a lot of options.  There’s plenty to read out there, so you have to find readers and traffic for your site.  You have to promote your work.

The single best thing you can do for the SEO of your site, other than making sure the structure is sound and it’s highly searchable, is to find high quality, relevant links.

And the best way to find these kinds of links is by writing amazing content that people–yes, here it comes–want to link to!

It’s a much better use of your time to focus on creating amazing content than fishing around the web trying to find people to trade links with.  If what you publish on your site is great, then links will be no problem.  And they’ll all be “one-way” links, not reciprocal!

So, when it comes to the actual content of your site, it will pay off to make it as useful, as informative, as amazing, as scandalous, as eye-catching, and as entertaining as you can.

If I were to give you one piece of advice for your blog or website, I would tell you to not waste your time doing what internet marketers call “link-building.”  Spend your time writing articles for your site instead of worrying about building links from crappy sites in order to “move up the rankings” in Google.  Make your site amazing and the best kind of links will magically occur naturally!

Great Content is the Best SEO.

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