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Hubpages for Making Money Online

chris — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:45:42 +0000

Hubpages seems to keep climbing higher and higher. This really speaks to the management of the website and in no small part to the amazing content writers on Hubpages.com.

If you are looking for another way to make money online, you should have a look at Hubpages. But you should know that if you want to be successful with your pages there and actually make some money (who doesn’t) you are going to have to write a lot of good to high quality content.

And if you want to do really good, then you are going to want to do extensive keyword research. This will help you find subjects (and the appropriate corresponding keywords and terms) that you can write about with less competition or at least with a more informed understanding of how many other sites have similar content.

One absolute key thing to do (and perhaps this is most important) is to see if other people are already writing about a given subject on hubpages. If they are, it may be smarter for you to write about something else. Or, maybe you want to tag along and think about the residual traffic that may come to your content as a result of being somewhat linked (by tags) to the similar content on the site.

One thing is for sure and that is that there are quite a few people (maybe about 100 or so) who are making very good money from Hubpages. There are probably 10 who are making exceptional money. You can be in one of these groups if you want to.

What Should I Write About on Hubpages?

chris — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:22:15 +0000

If you don’t already know, Hubpages is a website where you can write articles or “hubs” and earn from any advertising revenue that comes from people visiting your pages. If you haven’t already, you can sign up here.

You make money on Hubpages from display advertising, ebay affiliate links, and Amazon affiliate links. You get revenue 60% of the time and Hubpages gets to keep the revenue earned on the other 40% of impressions to your pages. A lot of people are doing very well and make a lot of money on Hubpages. It’s definitely not easy, however. It takes work.

You can get started by reading my article about making money on Hubpages. Or continue reading…

What Subjects Should You Write About on Hubpages?

If you’re wondering what kind of stuff you should write about on Hubpages, you should know that you can write about pretty much anything you want to. One of the keys to making money at Hubpages is to get a lot of traffic. This is the key to Internet marketing success, which in a way, is what you’re doing with Hubpages. It’s content marketing, which means your articles on the site have the potential to make you money when people visit them. This is what we want.

So keeping that in mind, one of the best things you can do is try to keep your Hubs as original as possible–and especially the title. Before you publish your article or even earlier on in the planning stages you should make sure there are no other hubs with a very similar title or even very close subject matter, because it will be harder for you to compete with that page.

Let’s put it this way: Google isn’t going to put two articles about “Best Dog Parks in Los Angeles” on the front page search results. So, even if you have an article very close in nature to someone elses, you should tweak your title and the keywords you use throughout the hub to target a slightly different thing. This is called finding a niche. I like to call it “niching down” because you are attempting to get deeper into a niche to create original content that doesn’t have much competition.

You should also write about things you know about since this is what you will be able the write the best about. Right?

Two of the most important things to writing content online (and marketing it) are authority and keywords. “Authority” means you have something of value to say and “keywords” means you know how to target the right people who will find your article useful by using the proper search terms.

To be continued. I will be writing about this topic a lot more over the next two weeks. Subscribe right now so you don’t miss out on any of this. I’m going to be giving away some Hubpages secrets.

Get More Hubpages Traffic using Article Directories

chris — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:48:55 +0000

If you’re looking for a sure-fire traffic generation tip for your Hubpages articles, one way to go is with article directories like ezinearticles.com or articlesbase.com.

If you haven’t already, sign up at Hubpages.com

These sites are well-respected by Google and other search engines because they are moderated by human beings (which means that all articles must adhere to the quality standards of the site), they have been around for a long time, and they churn out hundreds of pages of new content every single day consistently.

You can utilize the power of these large article directory websites to get more traffic to your Hubs on Hubpages. And if you’re trying to make money on Hubpages or any other site for that matter, then you know that traffic is the name of the game. The more traffic you get to your Hubpages, the more money you will make.

Traffic is the name of the game, but targeted traffic is golden. Targeted traffic means that you have a hub about a topic like “free ebooks for the Amazon kindle” and you get a visitor who owns a kindle and is currently looking for ebooks to read without paying for them. That’s targeted traffic and you can see why it’s a beautiful situation when things work out like that.

The visitor has a problem (or question) and you have a solution (or answer). It’s a perfect match.

Article directories will help you gain targeted traffic to your hubs because you get to include two links in the footer at the end of the published article. When people finish reading the article, they may click one of the links,which makes it pretty clear that they are interested in what you have to offer in you Hub. In addition Article Directories give you extra backlinks, which will help your rankings in the search engine results pages over time.

Try article directories. They work for any kind of content promotion. They work long term too, which is a great thing to know. Over time, these articles will gain more authority, traffic, and higher rankings (or at least they should–and this is why you should always focus on quality articles) and will over time create more opportunities for your business.

Read about how to make money with Hubpages.

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.

If you haven’t yet, sign up at Hubpages.com

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.

Get started writing and earning at Hubpages

Freelance Writing Online: 3 Places to Start

chris — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:16:51 +0000

If you’re looking for a couple of places to get started freelance writing online for pay, there are a few good places to start.

Suite 101 is a website where you write articles about whatever topic you want to and get paid for your efforts. Sign up for Suite101.com and get started. I know a few people who make pretty decent monthly checks from Suite101, but of course they write quite a bit AND they write smart, keeping keywords and research in mind.

The first place I started writing freelance online was Associated Content. It’s not a bad place to write and earn if you know how to write SEO copy that targets specific keywords.

The reason is that you get paid per pageview (on top of the initial fee you are paid for your work, which can be anywhere from a dollar to twelve dollars). As you move up the ranks at AC, which are dictated by how much traffic your articles receive over time, you earn more money per thousand pageviews.

But this isn’t exactly going to pay your bills since the highest you can get paid is $2 per thousand views. Still, it’s a good place to write and make money. You just need to know that it’s not going to be a career for you.

Hubpages is another very good place to write online, even if it takes time to start earning. You don’t get paid anything up front but you do get a 60 percent share of the revenue your written pages earn from Adsense, eBay affiliate links, and Amazon affiliate links. This is a cool site because you can edit your work for eternity and write pretty much anything you want as long as it meets Hubpages decency and quality standards (which really shouldn’t be a problem for any serious writers).

A lot of people start at Hubpages thinking it’s a good place to promote their personal websites and blogs, and often these same people realize that they can do better the other way around. Read an article I wrote a while back about how to make money online with Hubpages. When you’re done reading that article, you may also be interested in 5 ways to make more money with Hubpages.

Try out all three of these online writing sites and get a jump on your freelance writing career. The reason I think it makes sense to try out as many writing sites online is because you should keep trying to find one that clicks really well with you.

It may be the style of the publishing system that gets you or it may just be the look of your published articles, but you should keep trying until you find a writing site that works well for you. The more comfortable you are writing somewhere, the more writing you will do, and that’s really the point.

Where do you do your freelance writing online? Leave responses in the comments below.

Adding eBay Blocks to Hubpages to Increase Revenue

chris — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:04:26 +0000

If you’re like a lot of people and you have started writing at Hubpages and were hoping the money was going to start rolling in from Adsense, you may be disappointed.

When most people start something new online, there is usually some level of disappointment. Things often take longer to get going than we initially think. Writing and marketing content online can be a bit of a struggle.

One way to add to your revenue stream and make more money on Hubpages is by adding eBay affiliate boxes to your hubs. I have found that a lot of the visitors to my hubs are interested in these relevant eBay product listings and often click them.

This is a good thing for me since eBay now pays on a per click basis rather than a percentage of purchase. So, if you’re not doing as well with Adsense on Hubpages as you think you should be, add some eBay boxes to your hubs.

But first you have to join the eBay partner network. Otherwise, you won’t get credit for any of the clicks.

Amazon.com affiliate links are also an interesting option and can really pay off if you have a very “commercial” hub that attracts people looking to buy a given product.

Also, if the related products are expensive, your 4% or 6% cut could be decent.

I’d love to hear other people’s experiences with eBay and Amazon on their Hubs.

Hubpages Income Report for December 2009

chris — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:08:36 +0000

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

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.

Make Money on Hubpages by Writing Multiple Hubs on the Same Topic

chris — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:07:24 +0000

One of the ways that people make good money with Hubpages is by writing several hubs on the same topic. If two hubs are about a related subject, you can link them to each other. Not only does this give your readers access to more information, it also creates a new permanent link to your other work.

Links between hubs will help you gain more impressions and could help you make more money. Say you write a hub about brewing beer at home. You could write a definitive hub about this hobby and include some information answering the basic questions on how this kind of thing is done, how to get started, and possibly even where to purchase home beer brewing kits.

Your next hub could be about a specific home made beer or your own experience brewing. Maybe you write a product review. You could then link from this hub to your previous hub, thus strengthening your Hubpages search footprint. What I mean by this is you are creating a wider net for people searching for this kind of topic on Google and Yahoo.

You can do this a few times, or you could do this one hundred times. As long as you are creating useful, search engine friendly content (which I will be going into deeper later this week), you will be on your way to getting some good traffic and even earning some money on Hubpages.

Three Reasons Writing Multiple Hubs on the Same Topic Is a Good Idea:

1) It strengthens your previous Hubs by creating back links. Back links help your content become more findable in search queries.

2) It increases your pageviews. More pageviews means more ad impressions and more opportunity to make money on Hubpages.

3) It provides access to more information to your reader. This is a big one because if your content is authoritative, meaning you provide very useful information, your readers may pass on the link, save it on their desktop for future reference, bookmark it, or even link to it from their blog. All these are cool things and will help you gain more exposure.

Learn how to make money with Hubpages. Also, read my recent Hubpages income report.

Hubpages Adsense Earnings for August

chris — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:08:51 +0000

Since I’ve written several posts about how to make money with Hubpages, I figured I would give you a look at my Hubpages earnings just to let you know that it really is possible to make money writing good content at the site.

Read my post on how to make money with Hubpages.

First of all, Hubpages is a site where you can sign up for an account, write content, and earn money from Adsense ads that are displayed when you publish your work. You get to keep 60 percent of the revenue while Hubpages, quite fairly, gets to keep 40 percent. The exposure and traffic you will get just by publishing on the site is well-worth the site’s cut of profits.

My Hubpages Earnings for August were $76.30.

I have about 30 Hubs that get most of my traffic and, admittedly, some of them are based on low paying keywords. I know these earnings could have been higher if I had a stronger focus on higher cost per click terms. But some of the lower paying niche I write about are fun and I like them, so I’m not going to stop. There are some simple ways to earn more money with your Hubs, which I write about in a few of my articles here.

These earnings required no outside promotion or any link-building other than linking from similar Hubs, which is something you want to do when you can. See the above link for more details about back-links.

What I want you to take out of this earnings statement is that you can earn money on Hubpages too. The great part is I have already written these hubs and, in terms of search, they will only do better. Older content earns more traffic over time. These hubs are like pieces of online real estate that will earn money every single month.

So, as I add more hubs, my income will only increase. And if I pay attention to higher earning keywords and niches, I will earn more money as well. One lesson I’ve learned is that it can be a little disheartening when you see how low some hubs pay because it’s all related to products and advertisers in your given niche. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop writing about these subjects because, frankly, it’s not all about money–at least, not all the time.

The second thing I want you to get out of this Hubpages income report is that your hubs will be indexed more quickly by Google and other search engines, you will gain higher pagerank faster, and will earn more traffic in a shorter amount of time than you would starting a brand new blog.

I’m not trying to discourage you from starting your own money-making blog, I just want to relate that you can harness the power and authority of a well-respected site to make money online while also promoting yourself and your own website. I will post one of these income reports every month, so stay tuned.

If you haven’t yet, subscribe to my RSS feed so you can get these posts delivered to you and don’t have to worry about bookmarking them. If you’re interested in making money on Hubpages (even though making money isn’t what it’s all about), definitely keep an eye on this site, because I’m interested in it as well and will provide tips from my own experience.

If you write internet content, Hubpages is a great place to write some articles. Sign up here.

Quick Hubpages Tips:

Do some keyword research and write a good, descriptive title. This will help you gain more traffic.

When you can, link from one related Hub to another related Hub. This not only helps your reader find the information they’re looking for, it also helps you create more traffic, and thus, more opportunity to make money from Hubpages.