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97- KCC Big Country
- 2448 posts
- Joined: 15 months ago
- Hubs: 273
- Followers: 867
Nelle Hoxie wrote:
KCC Big Country wrote:
I'm dragging a bit. Day 12 and 9 done.
We're not so far behind. But I know how you feel... I just haven't been able to bounce between projects. And I felt I had to diversify a bit more. So I've had to work elsewhere for a few days.
I think I have too many passwords to remember some days. But my security conscious husband says all my user ids and passwords shouldn't be the same.Day 15 and still only 9 done....LOL Hmmmmmm
99- emievil
- 2255 posts
- Joined: 6 months ago
- Hubs: 93
- Followers: 480
Hey, glad I didn't join. Day 16 (here) and I only published 2
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- KCC Big Country
- 2448 posts
- Joined: 15 months ago
- Hubs: 273
- Followers: 867
emievil wrote:
Hey, glad I didn't join. Day 16 (here) and I only published 2
.I guess one COULD argue that if you had joined you MIGHT have had more than 2......but......I'm finding too many distractions myself this month.
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- emievil
- 2255 posts
- Joined: 6 months ago
- Hubs: 93
- Followers: 480
KCC Big Country wrote:
emievil wrote:
Hey, glad I didn't join. Day 16 (here) and I only published 2
.I guess one COULD argue that if you had joined you MIGHT have had more than 2......but......I'm finding too many distractions myself this month.
Wish I could argue that but I've been swamped with other writing jobs. Happy for the dollars but sad because I'm not churning out hubs.
Well everyone, you're 2 weeks in....best of luck to you all. I would like to join in one of these, maybe you will do it again for next month. I'm still new and haven't made a dime online.....having a real hard time figuring it all out. I'm going to join in with you all for these last couple of weeks.....best of luck to you all. Oh yeah and Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!!!
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- KCC Big Country
- 2448 posts
- Joined: 15 months ago
- Hubs: 273
- Followers: 867
Kre8iv4u: The regular hubchallenge is ongoing. You can start it any day and it runs for 30 days. This particular thread is for those of us like Nelle and I that think it's easier to keep up with a challenge if you run it on a calendar month basis. So, we'll probably start a new one in December. But, don't let that keep you from starting a challenge if you're ready to go now!
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- KCC Big Country
- 2448 posts
- Joined: 15 months ago
- Hubs: 273
- Followers: 867
emievil wrote:
KCC Big Country wrote:
emievil wrote:
Hey, glad I didn't join. Day 16 (here) and I only published 2
.I guess one COULD argue that if you had joined you MIGHT have had more than 2......but......I'm finding too many distractions myself this month.
Wish I could argue that but I've been swamped with other writing jobs. Happy for the dollars but sad because I'm not churning out hubs.
I can't even say that much....I have nothing to show for the time away from hubbing...LOL Nothing monetarily, I guess.
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- emievil
- 2255 posts
- Joined: 6 months ago
- Hubs: 93
- Followers: 480
KCC Big Country wrote:
emievil wrote:
KCC Big Country wrote:
I guess one COULD argue that if you had joined you MIGHT have had more than 2......but......I'm finding too many distractions myself this month.Wish I could argue that but I've been swamped with other writing jobs. Happy for the dollars but sad because I'm not churning out hubs.
I can't even say that much....I have nothing to show for the time away from hubbing...LOL Nothing monetarily, I guess.
Busy preparing for the Thanksgiving? It's next week isn't it? Wish I could be there.
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- KCC Big Country
- 2448 posts
- Joined: 15 months ago
- Hubs: 273
- Followers: 867
Because my daughter ususally spends Thanksgiving with her father because he has a big family, and I've now married an Englishman who doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving, we seem to have grown away from Thanksgiving festivities. But, yes, it is next week.
98- Nelle Hoxie
- 1877 posts
- Joined: 10 months ago
- Hubs: 259
- Followers: 496
Okay getting back on the hubber track, just posted #12. Working on my own site was VERY LONELY. Might have to start a topic for that too. I've found I have a social side. Anywas KCC I'm glad to see that cute little monkey smile is back!
90- lynnechandler
- 1086 posts
- Joined: 7 months ago
- Hubs: 93
- Followers: 124
Nelle, I feel ya on that one. I have diversified too a bit this month as I am taking to heart the don't have all your eggs in one basket motto. It can be a bit lonely.
Number 27 for the month just went up for me and with the diversification I'm at 28 articles and 1 blog post for the month. Who knew I had so much to say, lol.
Glad you are back with us KCC. It has been a great month so far and wow um 14 more days to go. Woot! Woot!
99- Whitney05
- 2301 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 682
- Followers: 1982
I really need to add more sites to my list. What are ya'll using to create your websites?
How are you guys managing it all? Are you creating sites that are going to be fairly self-sustainable with little updating, or will you need to update regularly?
I'm trying to find the best way to make more money, but with a full time job, full time boyfriend, full time pets, part time blogger, and at a part time student, I'm stretched a little thin.- 90
- lynnechandler
- 1086 posts
- Joined: 7 months ago
- Hubs: 93
- Followers: 124
Whitney I don't work and am not managing it really well, lol. I have a blog that seriously needs updating last post there was Nov 5, I signed up on life123 to give it a try and have so far made one article entry over there. My main focus has been here as I am trying to get to 100 hubs by the end of the month.
I don't see how you are doing it with all that going on.
Oh and we have our big annual craft/garage sale coming up on Black Friday which I still have to make diaper wipe cases for and make up a couple of batches of bath salts in varying scents.
Whoa now I'm a bit overwhelmed. Aaah! 
91- Jeffrey Neal
- 685 posts
- Joined: 3 months ago
- Hubs: 28
- Followers: 137
Whitney05 wrote:
I really need to add more sites to my list. What are ya'll using to create your websites?
How are you guys managing it all? Are you creating sites that are going to be fairly self-sustainable with little updating, or will you need to update regularly?
I'm trying to find the best way to make more money, but with a full time job, full time boyfriend, full time pets, part time blogger, and at a part time student, I'm stretched a little thin.There are several ways to go about it, but what I am working on outside of HubPages are mini niche sites that are either informational only with adsense or have an affiliate program or product I am promoting. They are generally geared around 5 - 8 keywords with a page or post for each keyword, and I don't really intend to go back and fiddle with them after the fact.
I also have a project building an authority site for a landscaping niche I am trying to get into, but that will take lots of time and writing and fiddling and updating.
My friends who are holding my hand and guiding me through getting this started suggested self hosting (I use Hostgator for $10/mo for unlimited domains) and use Wordpress as the site software. You can make Wordpress work like a blog or a static site with separate pages. Search for Caroline Middlebrook as she has a good series of videos to help with step by step of setting up wordpress on your host and getting ready to use it. 6stepnichesites.com is also a good and more in depth explanation at making this method work for separate little income streams.
There are many other ways, but for me right now, this is what I'm doing outside of HubPages, and it is beginning to pick up.- 98
- Nelle Hoxie
- 1877 posts
- Joined: 10 months ago
- Hubs: 259
- Followers: 496
Hi Whitney,
I use Bluehost for hosting and a wordpress theme for the two new sites listed in my profile. You can use simple scripts to easily set up the wordpress. And then select and theme and it automatically downloads. All very convenient for this non-techy mind.
I'm using wordpress to create static pages as well as the blog part, so they will be a full-fledged webssite with oodles of product pages (would you expect anything less from me.)Eventually the blog will advertize favorite products, sales and coupons and point to the static webpages. They aren't anywhere near that level now, but you can check them out if you want. They'll grow and grow, and more sites will be added to "Nelle's Empire". Lots of affiliate programs from Sharesale and Linkshare, my favorite networks. - 99
- Whitney05
- 2301 posts
- Joined: 2 years ago
- Hubs: 682
- Followers: 1982
I've heard great things about hostgator and bluehost. I'm just always nervous of outsourcing my hosting because if the info is lost, you have to start all over.
Right now, I'm hosting at home, but I can't get wordpress on my servers because they're set up for microsoft. Linux and Microsoft just aren't compatible together. It's one or the other.
I am really considering starting with about 5 more sites.
Thank you for all the information.
Where are you getting your wordpress layouts? Are they Adsense capable? - 91
- Jeffrey Neal
- 685 posts
- Joined: 3 months ago
- Hubs: 28
- Followers: 137
Whitney05 wrote:
I've heard great things about hostgator and bluehost. I'm just always nervous of outsourcing my hosting because if the info is lost, you have to start all over.
Right now, I'm hosting at home, but I can't get wordpress on my servers because they're set up for microsoft. Linux and Microsoft just aren't compatible together. It's one or the other.
I am really considering starting with about 5 more sites.
Thank you for all the information.
Where are you getting your wordpress layouts? Are they Adsense capable?Search for free adsense themes...there are several, and you can pick what you like. If you search just for free wordpress themes you can spend hours looking at them all. Nelle's theme has a link at the bottom. Looked at that site last night, and they have some nice-looking free themes. There is also a nice Amazon store one they are selling for $50 that allows visitors to add to cart and keep browsing on your site, and when they want to check out it takes them to Amazon. Really cool, and I'm considering buying it to use.
Hosting-wise I would just recommend getting a wordpress plugin that does backups on your database. I'm not using one yet because my sites are so simple, so I can't give a recomendation but I've been reading about them lately. You can have your site backed up daily and the backup emailed to you, so if anything catastrophic happened you could get back up easily. - 91
- Jeffrey Neal
- 685 posts
- Joined: 3 months ago
- Hubs: 28
- Followers: 137
Some of my recent bookmarks. Lots of themes.
http://www.affiliatewatcher.com/the-ult … ss-themes/
http://crenk.com/top-10-adsense-optimiz … ss-themes/
This one has tons of themes, but it lets you narrow down your search to certain criteria such as "adsense ready"http://www.wpskins.org/
This is the Amazon store theme that looked good to me. http://www.antisocialmediallc.com/2009/ … nstastore/ 
92- prettydarkhorse
- 3359 posts
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86- WayneAnsell
- 80 posts
- Joined: 2 months ago
- Hubs: 50
- Followers: 41
I've got 13 hubs in my first 14 days on hubpages. i will make 30 in 30 days.
I also write for life123.com. In the last two weeks I have written 6 articles over there. I really have 19 articles in 14 days. just not all on hubpages.
i will finish 30 in 30 on hubpages, no doubt. i got ideas, man ... lots of 'em.
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