Still a Newbie

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   LeeSkittrallposted 9 years ago

   Hey everyone,
   I'm still pretty new to HubPages and wanted to firstly introduce myself, so hi, I'm Lee.
   Finally I wanted to ask if any of you have any advice for someone starting out on HubPages and if you have any suggestions on how I could improve my hubs and other content here.
   
   I hope to hear from you soon,
   Lee

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      Susana Sposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Lee I don't have much time at the mo to look at your hubs, just wanted to say hello to a fellow Essex person

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         LeeSkittrallposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Hi Susana, that's alright, if you do at any point, I would really appreciate it.
         
         Hello to you too

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      Paul Maplesdenposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Lee, a warm welcome to the community. In terms of creating good content:
      
      - Write what you know
      - Try to go in-depth on your hubs; present a slightly different approach for your readers, something they may not have read elsewhere
      - Put yourselves in the position of your readers; if you were in their place would you find the content interesting
      - Remember that good content tends to be one or more of: Informative, Educational, Entertaining or Inspirational
      - Edit and proofread your content
      - When you are creating a hub, look at the word count, image and other guides in the top right hand corner. Try to make all of those boxes green; that's a pretty good indication on the basics of your hub
      - Read through the learning center on HubPages - It's a very good resource on most of the things you need to know and is very in-depth: http://hubpages.com/learningcenter/contents
      - If you have questions, check the HubPages FAQ: http://hubpages.com/faq/
      - If you still have questions, ask them here and we'll answer
      - Have fun - View HP first as a place to share your ideas and the things you care about, rather than a way to make money
      - Have patience; it takes time to build an audience and get search traffic
      
      I think that's it, although I am sure that my fellow hubbers will have more to add.
      
      Good luck!

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         LeeSkittrallposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you for getting back to me Paul, All you've said in your post will be noted for future reference, I really appreciate it.
         
         I've come to HP to write, because I love writing, I wanted to gain some online experience for writing articles in the hope to help me to progress into a career at a later date.

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         Butch Toolposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         That's a great overview of the basics for us newbies. Thanks for posting in so much detail. I am amazed at the amount of help that can be gleaned from reading this forum. People seem to be very generous with their advice here.

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            Paul Maplesdenposted 9 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks - The more of us that enjoy the site and contribute good content, the better it is for all of us.

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   aesta1posted 9 years ago

   Welcome Lee. I will definitely visit and look at your hubs. It's a bit late at my own part of the world now so will be visiting tomorrow.

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      LeeSkittrallposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you aesta1, thank you so much, I look forward to your feedback.

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   Shades-of-truthposted 9 years ago

   Welcome to Hub Pages, Lee. Paul gave you some excellent advice, and the Hub Pages community is always willing to help if you run into any problems.

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      LeeSkittrallposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you Shades-of-truth. He certainly did, thank you.

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         Shades-of-truthposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         My pleasure!

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