Yea, I Passed one half million views today! Celebration!

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   CatherineGiordanoposted 6 years ago

   I took 3 years and 4 months--my first hub was published on 6/17/14-- but I passed 500,000 views this morning. (As of the last update 500,064) views. I was hoping to hit 500 followers for a double whammy, but I am still 6 short. At my current rate of views, I think I will hit one million in 1 to 1 1/2 more years.
   

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      Christy Kirwanposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Nice work, Catherine!

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         CatherineGiordanoposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks Chrissy for your good wishes. And thanks to everyone who took the time to offer congratulations on my reaching a landmark.

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      bravewarriorposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Good for you, Catherine! I've been here six years and only have half that. But I do make payout every other month, so I'm okay with it.
      
      Congratulations!

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         CatherineGiordanoposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Hang in there, brave warrior. Once it starts to happen for you, it is exponential. You will soon go from every other month, to every month. I think the key to success is to have a lot of high-quality hubs. Even hubs that only get 10-20 views a day--they add up.

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         Jeremy Gillposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Haha I read brave's message wrong at first and thought she said six months. I was like shoot, I'd love to have had that in six months!

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      Randy Godwinposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Congrats Catherine, the next 500k will not take as long to achieve. I've been here over 8 years and have over 3,000,000 views so far.

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         CatherineGiordanoposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         I hope to follow in your footsteps.

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      sallybeaposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Well done Catherine!  So pleased for you, you deserve it.

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      chef-de-jourposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Great work, keep it up. An inspiration to others. It'd be good to know if your specialist niche hubs are attracting most views?

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      kenneth averyposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations, Catherine!
      Hi, Christy.

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      lovetherainposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      That's really great, congratulations!

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      Paul Kuehnposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations, Catherine.  I have been on Hubpages since April of 2011 and am approaching 750,000 views.

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      Ashish Dadgaaposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations, Catherine

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       TIMETRAVELER2posted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Congrats, Catherine.  Actually, it will go much faster now.  I hit a million fairly quickly once I hit 500,000 and now am only 200,000 away from 2 million...all in less than a year.  I have found this to be true all the way through my journey here.  When I hit 10,000 someone told me views would add up more quickly but I didn't believe them.  That one did take awhile, but it's what happened.  I'll be here 6 years at the end of December, so actually you're doing much better than I did!

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       peachpurpleposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       congrats, how did you do that?

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          CatherineGiordanoposted 6 years agoin reply to this

          Just kept plugging away day by day view by view. I know others have much more views and others reached this landmark much faster. I got lucky in that I had a few mini-viral events. It will take others longer. I think it helps that a lot of my hubs have been moved to niche sites. I think with another year  f steady submissions, I can get all of them moved.

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       jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Congratulations!

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       k@riposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Excellent! 

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       CatherineGiordanoposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks everyone for your support and good wishes. I just reached my 500th follower today. Plus since I first posted this , I've received another 8000 views towards the 1 million goal.

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       k@riposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Excellent!  You well deserve it.  I was just reading some of your work and thoroughly enjoyed myself.  You should make a million in no time! 

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          Stacie Lposted 6 years agoin reply to this

          That's good news..keep up the good work!

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   Jeremy Gillposted 6 years ago

   Congrats! Interesting how things work differently for different Hubbers. For instance, I've been here almost as long as you, and I have a bit more views but much less followers. Regardless, well done. It's fun to imagine just how many people have had their lives impacted, however briefly, by our work.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Jeremy, that makes some sense to me.   Having a lot of followers suggests that Catherine might be spending a lot of time interacting within the HubPages community.   That is good for motivation, but doesn't contribute to success.  If Catherine had spent less time in the community and more time writing or networking outside HubPages, her figures might be more like yours. 
      
      So actually when you look at it, Catherine's figures are even more impressive because she's managed to do both at once - be popular in the community here AND get traffic.

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   Rhyme Vine Poetryposted 6 years ago

   YAY! Congratulations!

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   Jana Louise Smitposted 6 years ago

   Celebration indeed! Your hard work and patience paid off. Well done!

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   sarahspradlinposted 6 years ago

   This is awesome Catherine! I've only been on about two months or so, I think I'm at around 1,220 views. I'm really hoping to supplement my income but in the mean time, even getting 10 cents has been so exciting for me!

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      threekeysposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Big congratulations! Catherine.

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      CatherineGiordanoposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      It took me 9 months to get my first payout, but after that I made payout almost every month.  It is slow going at first.

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         enl1230posted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks for the info Catherine!

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   Kenna McHughposted 6 years ago

   Not easy to do, congratulations.

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   CMHypnoposted 6 years ago

   Congratulations!  Keep at it and the views will stay rolling in.

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   jansharesposted 6 years ago

   Wonderful, Catherine. Congratulations!

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   MomsTreasureChestposted 6 years ago

   Congratulations, good job!

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    pen promulgatesposted 6 years ago

    Wow.... Many congratulations!

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    dougwest1posted 6 years ago

    Great work. I am not there yet, but I'll keep writing.

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    iwrite100posted 6 years ago

    Congratulations!
    
    Your hubs are interesting
    
    I've been here for 3 years too but I only have 12k views lol. I have to work on my hubs.

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    MsDoraposted 6 years ago

    Congratulations!  You've done well.

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    poppyrposted 6 years ago

    I started following you. Hopefully you'll reach 500 soon!

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    Douglas Chigboposted 6 years ago

    Great! Congratulations.

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    cjnileskiposted 6 years ago

    Congrats!  You got that far, you'll get your double whammy!

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    Lisa Jane39posted 6 years ago

    Congrats, Catherine for your views.

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    Marie Flintposted 6 years ago

    Congratulations!

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