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Hubpages Income Report: June 2010

chris — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:47:24 +0000

Okay folks, it’s been a while since I’ve posted my last Hubpages Income Report, but here it is. For a while, I wasn’t writing any new content for Hubpages. I have noticed that the more content you write there and the more involved you are on the site (leaving comments, rating other hubs, going to the forums), the more traffic you will tend to get to your Hubs.

Another thing I have noticed is that over time Hubpages articles tend to generate more traffic. There’s always the argument between fresh and evergreen content, but I have to say that a good content strategy involves both. I guess what I’m getting at is with Hubpages, think LONG TERM.

Not that you can’t make money right away on hubpages with relevant and timely articles, but over time you have the potential to generate some very good revenue from what you publish on the site.

My Hubpages income was the best it has ever been last month (you should notice a steady growth over the months). I earned $174 from display advertising and another $43 in eBay affiliate commissions (which is paid out as pay per click). Amazon income was pretty negligible–I’m still trying to figure out how to effectively use Amazon links. I don’t use Kontera for the majority of my hubs–only on a few low-paying ones.

The total earnings were $217. This is pretty much based on Hubs I have published over the past couple of years, as I didn’t do too much work on the site last month.

With Hubpages, you can create a pretty decent residual income stream. Be consistent by writing about similar topics (although it will never hurt you to branch off into a totally random and non-competitive ancillary interest of yours), build links between your Hubs, and think about where you want to place your display advertising and ebay links.

If you haven’t read it yet, read my article on how to make money with Hubpages. Also read 5 Ways to Make More Money on Hubpages.

Hubpages Income Report November 2009

chris — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:13:03 +0000

Okay, I know this is a little bit late, but I want to continue to put up my Hubpages income reports every month since I’ve written quite a few posts about how great I think the site is and how helpful it can be in your overall online business and income strategy.

In November, I earned $104.21 in Adsense income and another $17 in eBay income. Although not a huge amount of money, the eBay income was a nice surprise. I am benefiting from the changes eBay has made to its associates program.

The longer I continue to write “hubs” at Hubpages, the better I get at writing them for search traffic and for maximum exposure. For example, one key thing I’ve started doing is linking between similarly-themed hubs. At the end of one hub, I’ll link to five or six other articles that I think may interest the reader.

This is a great way to keep traffic moving between your hubs and to gain more page views. And more page views means more clicks.

The other thing I’ve learned is that quality counts. If you write higher quality hubs, you’ll get more traffic, more comments, and higher scores, all things that help create sustainable pageviews to your work. But that doesn’t mean you can ignore strong, keyword rich titles. A little keyword research will take you a long way.

I now see that Hubpages can be a very good place to make money online–it’s not only useful for back links, which is what a lot of people expect from the site. Hubpages is a great website to integrate into your overall Internet content strategy, whatever it may be. I think every blogger, business owner, or anyone who wants an internet presence at all will benefit from joining and writing at Hubpages. Besides, once you get the hang of it, the site has a really easy publishing system and there’s an engaged community that likes to help each other out.

Read how to get started making money with Hubpages.