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Where's The Money? I Can't Find It!

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By Rebecca E.


I've read so many questions asking how to make money on hubs, or why can't I make money on hubs, but really there is one thing that these people have in common. No patience.

I read it and see them asking, in the basic sense, I've written a hub and now, it's not making money. I know, simple question, hard answer. There are many excellent hubs out there with a lot of information and of great value, but the reality is that if you aren't getting many people reading it you aren't going to be making money on ANY hub. I'm new at this myself, but I'd like to share with you some of the things I've noticed are true to making money with hub pages.

Have more than one really good hub:

This is a basic and important thing about hub pages. Like a blog, it works like a domino effect. You write one hub and an emails gets sent to your fans. That is why it's encouraged to write your finest and to review and edit your work as much as you can. I am not one to suggest that my writing is better than anyone else's but I did find one little thing. Infact I make a point of telling people in many of my hubs you need a good editor.

Look at your account, one of the sections is traffic sources. This is beyond important, as it tells you where people are coming from. What the ideal is, for any hub, is to have people come from other sources than hub pages, this of course will take while. This is where you can maximize you google AdSense. I'm not suggesting that you don't get clicks from other sources, but that is harder to get.

Write With Passion and Content People Need to Comment On:

If people don't comment, it won't really be read often, like everyone else, I want my hubs to have success, but for me the comments are vital. If there is something everyone wants it's to be heard. Comments mean it's going around hub pages. Look at people's profiles and you can find who commented on what. Other will soon follow. This will lead to more clicks as well. But for me the comments are of value.

The more you comment, on other's hubs the more your name is out in hub pages, and the more people will look at your profile and then look at the hub. They might even link your hub to one of their new ones. There are hundreds if not thousands of great hubs on hub pages, you need to do some work. Comment, Write more hubs, get more fans.

Learn A Bit More About Hub Pages And Google:

I don't know of many hubbers on hub pages that have one or two hubs and can say they have plenty of money to show for it. The one similar comment most have made is this: learn about what work for google and for hubs. The title is vital, google needs to be able to find it. It needs to be high up on a search list.

Learn the basics. Linking between your hubs helps, but more importantly links between you and others hubs. It's a way of showing respect. Mark Knowles is a great teacher about google and he gave me so many ideas to help.

Editing is also important. Hit spell check. Don't doubt yourself, but keep writing. Keep learning. There is so much to learn on hub pages. I am a writer, but I am learning to improve all my hubs, and I do check all of them to see if there are mistakes I've made. This improves my work.

Google isn't hard to understand but again, read the contract. The whole contract. Don't click on your own links. Don't get anyone else to do so either. Network with others on hub pages. Do the foundations for your hub. Believe in your hub and it will begin to produce some money.

Again read that contract if you haven't read it again. Go to the keywords tool on AdWords to helpyou with deciding any key words. Do your research. the more your write the more money it will produce. The most important thing, never write for only money. All the people on hub pages are intelligent and passionate and they will see right through anything. ( Including my bad editing!)

Conclusion:

Not a lot, you'll need more than one or two hubs to do this. My experience was getting about 30 hubs before the "magic happened" it really wasn't magic just hardwork. My gratitude is to my fans and readers of my many hubs, they make teh money and this maximizes My google AdSense. No one else.

To my readers thanks. To people who comment thanks, and to people who help me produce and maximize my google AdSense, thanks. I couldn't maximize my AdSense otherwise.


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Scott.Life profile image

Scott.Life  says:
5 weeks ago

Where's the beef LOL!!! I really do think Americans as a whole have been conditioned to expect instant results. The idea that it may take time and serious effort to make something work is just an alien concept to many. They see the success stories and want a piece of the pie, but what they don't see is the true key to success; Hours of work and months of waiting and more work. You made a great point here, now let's see if anyone is listening.

juneaukid profile image

juneaukid  says:
5 weeks ago

You make very sound observations and helpful hints for us all.

Hard work is the name of the game.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E.  says:
5 weeks ago

I hope people will listen it does take time and a following and hard work. I intend to have 100 hubs up by the end of this year.

Lissa Lynn profile image

Lissa Lynn  says:
5 weeks ago

Thanks for another very helpful hub, Rebecca :)

PegCole17 profile image

PegCole17  says:
5 weeks ago

Best of luck on your goal of 100 hubs by the end of the year. This hub was a good reminder that patience is a virtue not many of us have.

Thanks for the tips on ways to improve performance. I need to learn more about maximizing my adsense account. Still fumbling around on that part.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E.  says:
5 weeks ago

In all honesty it took me about a year to learn what books were of value to read, and then go beyond teh basics, but I'm still learning.

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Gemsong  says:
5 weeks ago

Excellent hub. I've noticed the same thing people wanting instant success. It was the first thing I had to break myself of. Instant gratification was something I used to get when posting fanfiction. I wrote my first hub with no clue to what I was doing and got nothing. Being the stubborn type I started reading and reading and reading and researching and researching and writing and writing and writing. I've made a few cents, but it's a start. Patience is the key.

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Rebecca E.  says:
5 weeks ago

instant success isn't what people think, I'm reading a book about problogger.net and teh writer mentions he's been writing blogs since 2002, and became realyl popular in 2007, he even says the exact same things as you gemsong.

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anjalichugh  says:
5 weeks ago

Hi Rebecca! My hubs started generating revenue (despite having no problems with traffic) only after 5-6 months of signing up with HP. Although the revenue is nothing that I can boast of, yet, its good to see money trickling in daily. There is no instant success here. One thing I noticed...the kind of hubs one publishes plays a role in increasing adsense revenue. It works more for commercial / product information hubs. Thats what I learnt.

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Rebecca E.  says:
5 weeks ago

you are totally correct it takes time, a bit of luck and some great hubs.

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Cheeky Girl  says:
4 weeks ago

I'm on Hub Pages only 2 months and have not really been following the whole adwords thing, although I put in tags on my pages. But my rating is gone up to 88, so I am doing something right. Still haven't got any payment from it yet. I think the secret is to have a website and create links to it and backlinks. Thanks for your great advice here! I have learned more through HubPages than anywhere else!

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Shadow-Kissed  says:
4 weeks ago

i totally sound nerdy here, but i've been writting hubs for fun and not for the money mind you i'm 15 and i can earn it different ways so i guess i'm just nerdy like that :P

great article though! i enjoyed reading it :)

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Rebecca E.  says:
4 weeks ago

no not nerdy you know exactly what you want!

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Duchess OBlunt  says:
4 weeks ago

Rebecca, you have certainly been a great addition to HubPages.

Another good article and full of common sense.

Rebecca E. profile image

Rebecca E.  says:
4 weeks ago

Duchess Oblunt, thank you that means a lot to me coming from you!

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