10 Ways To Up Your Game Writing On Hub Pages.
Up your game today.
It recently occurred to me that to get where I wanted to be needed that something extra. I had been declined entry to the Apprentice Programme twice and the feedback I got on the second refusal somewhat surprised me. " Have I become complacent ?" I said to myself. It was the only conclusion I could think of. I am not a lazy person by nature but this is what must have crept in to my writing.
Time for a change then could be the only recipe if I was to get in to the AP. The result is this article. I decided to put my thoughts in writing for me to look back on if complacency creeps in again. Determined to reach my goal by Summer 2013 this article will be the catalyst to make it happen. With you in mind whilst writing this, the idea is to help as many fellow article writers avoid some of the pitfalls that I have over recent months.
If things are not going your way, the advice has to be to Up Your Game.
Do a complacency check.
If you think you may have a problem with complacency check out the table below and decide for yourself. It will be quite straightforward to rectify the situation but you have to recognise first that you are not doing enough to do yourself justice. In my view the only way to keep moving on is to learn what things work and to avoid the ones that don't. Complacency in it's worst form is continuing to do the same things everyday only to expect a different result. The result will always remain the same if you don't change the ways you do things.
The table contents below are by no means a comprehensive list, but are some of the more important tasks which really need to be carried out consistently for improvement to be detected.
Consistency is vital for you to be able to develop your Hub Pages quality because it allows you to measure your progress if you are regularly doing the most important tasks.
Avoid complacency.
Do you do this ?
| Complacency check.
| You have upped your game.
|
|---|---|---|
Write 1 article per month.
| Complacent
| X
|
Write 10 articles per month.
| X
| Yes
|
More than 10 articles.
| X
| Yes
|
Publish without spell checking.
| Complacent
| X
|
Spell check prior to publishing.
| X
| Yes
|
Never comment on hubs.
| Complacent
| X
|
Comment everyday.
| X
| Yes
|
Never set goals.
| Complacent
| X
|
Always set goals.
| X
| Yes
|
Never update hubs.
| Complacent
| X
|
Regularly update hubs.
| X
| Yes
|
Never share hubs.
| Complacent
| X
|
Share hubs everyday.
| X
| Yes
|
Check to see if you have become complacent.
10 things to do to up your game.
I did promise you that I would furnish you with 10 ways to up your game so here they are :
- #1 Write more articles ( lifeblood of your Hub Page adventure ). My target is 4 per week.
- #2 Check and check again for spelling mistakes before and again after publishing.
- #3 As a minimum aim to comment on 2 hubs per day.
- #4 Choose killer titles. You could even try a Hub Pages exclusive title for your next hub.
- #5 Go back and make changes to underperforming articles and add more content, keywords, pictures to try to bring them to life.
- #6 Set goals for followers, hubs, earnings, page views, hub score and comments.
- #7 Do something out of the box such as sharing everyday.
- #8 Copy the leaders and study what makes them successful and do what they do.
- #9 Link to articles similar to yours and get others to link to your articles.
- #10 Write articles in series' where you can making sure to add in your links in the main body of text.
Again the above recommendations are not the only ones you should perform, but are among the main tasks you should be doing daily. Consistently performing these tasks will bring good results on your Hub Page adventure.
Hub Page Tutorials.
As you might be aware this is not my first attempt at writing in this category. If you like the information I present in this category then please feel free to SHARE with your followers.
You may remember an earlier article about sharing hubs. If you missed it then simply click on the highlighted link to be taken to the article Best way to share your hubs for maximum effect.
For anybody who is reading this and has not been writing on Hub Pages very long a great place to start getting good information is from the Learning Centre http://hubpages.com/learningcenter/contents
Make sure you take a look and use this brilliant resource.
To view my other articles in the Hub Pages Tutorials and Community category click here.
Remember to comment at the end of this article and let me know what you think. I am always glad to receive comments good or not so good as it is a great thermometer for gauging how well received or not my writing is.
Thanks so much for reading this far.
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