My initial reason for joining HP was it looked like a good way to earn money through writing, though of course, I joined at a bad time lol .. typical.
I've been here a month now and it's been interesting seeing how my topics have developed.
I'm a bit of a jack of all trades person and many of my interests are minority which mean low earning usually.
My first few posts were a bit random but I now seem to have developed a few strands which keeps my interest in writing fresh and I do wonder about those who write purely for money, unless it's something they are genuinely interested in.
Mine seem to fall into 4 main categories.
My interests - current hub themes are rembetika music, buddhism,art and Greece
Commentary - I've done hubs on Libya and Consumerism .. I intend to do more of these although probably poor earners
Recipes - these are quick and easy when I don't have much time to write but keeps the hubs increasing
Money making hubs - these are ones I write about that I hope/think will be popular and may bring some money in though I may not find them interesting to write. I probably need to do more of these
that's my two 'pennorth .. any thoughts .. or how do you decide what to write about?
I tend to find that I write about anything that has been in my head for longer than a couple of hours!
Nature and science mainly - my main love.
Was planning to do a couple of recipes - but the one I wrote up with a bit of history managed just about zero views. A couple of jokey hubs too.
Not sure I've been here long enough to pick up much of a following, or whether that'll really help to generate traffic anyway.
I don't write stuff with the foremost intention of making money here, because I don't think that that'll happen without putting a lot more time and effort in. I also know zero about backlinking or page ranking etc!
I mostly write about home improvement projects and tools as they are subjects I'm familiar with and enjoy.
Like you, I toss a few sales hubs in as (hopefully) money makers.
I have no interests or knowledge worth writing about. I like writing misleading, spoof and hopefully amusing stuff - like long forum wind up posts, but even longer obviously.
Somehow I am trying to combine my enjoyment of this with the desire to get search traffic and ideally make some money.
So I need to create search friendly titles with pages that the visitor will be pleasantly surprised on finding rather than immediately back arrow or be disappointed.
It's an interesting dilemma which I am yet to resolve.
I may be completely mad.
by Sullen91 13 years ago
This was a nice experiment, but I've ultimately concluded that this site blows. The two competing interests are making money and writing quality articles. Mind you, I've written a handful of stellar hubs, yet I haven't a penny to show for it. Sure, I have about 100 or so impressions on AdSense, but...
by Eric Farmer 5 years ago
I want to write a lot of hubs (compared to what I wrote last year) this year. But the main hurdle is that I feel like I ran out of ideas or cannot create good ideas for new hubs.I come with some ideas, but they end up being too general or not good for online search. I try to think of more specific...
by Carolee Samuda 10 years ago
I have been thinking about leaving for a while, but I know that in those times I have had something else going on that depresses me a bit. It started when I lost my brother and I began to, somewhat, lose that oomph I had for writing and publishing here.What about you?
by StitchTheDamned 10 years ago
Is it better to write hubs all in one niche or write about different things?So far, I have 13 Hubs published. I have been jumping around on topics, writing about what I am inspired to do some research on that day. I do have several focused on drug addiction, though. I wonder, is it better to write...
by Karen Wilton 13 years ago
Writing has always been my way of talking when no-one is listening so finding HubPages is as good as picking up the phone and knowing there is someone on the other end of the line.My problem is that I have so much to write about I don't know what my niche is or if I even want one. What do you think...
by jfay2011 12 years ago
do a lot of you write all the time? What first inspired you to write? What do you like to write about? I love to write fiction and am getting back into writing poetry. It's fun to read everyone's hubs. Everyone is so diverse. It's great.
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