Let's Get More Traffic and Have Some Fun at the Same Time

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   Barbara Kayposted 12 years ago

   Yesterday someone shared one of my hubs on Facebook. It got 210 views. Let's try sharing some of the stuff of others that Facebook people tend to love and see what happens. You can use the referral link to earn some extra cash yourself. If nothing else, you are helping someone else out and helping Hubpages get some more traffic.
   
   The results should be fun to watch.

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      Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I shared one - How To Make Butternut Squash and Spinach Lasagna. I forgot to use the referral link though. Oh well, maybe tomorrow I can do another one and use it.

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         Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         What does the referral link do and how do you use it?

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            Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            You can find it at the very bottom of the hubpage. Click on it and copy and paste the link that it gives you. You can earn 10% of the earnings from that link.

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               Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Brilliant!

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                  Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  Which link the referral tracking link or the hub link it has highlighted?

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                     Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     Use the highlighted link. Copy and paste it.

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               Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

               I did not know that.

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                  Mark Ewbieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  Me neither.  No one in my Facebook crew reads anything I post anyway. Neither does anyone on Pinterest. I am a social leper.

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                     Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     lol. If that's so, we should all catch your disease.

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                     NiaGposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     You're not alone.

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                     Gordon Hamiltonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     I do not for one second believe anyone reads or looks at anything on Pinterest. It's the second biggest waste of space on the Web after Twitter. At least Twitter was well named, to let users know only Twits use it...

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               CrescentSkiesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Definitely a good motivation to share other people's hubs!

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               Deanna-Balestraposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Wow I had no idea, new here, thanks for the tip!

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      sgbrownposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not real active on FaceBook, so much drama these days, but I looked at what my "friends" are posting and they seem to like recipes, so I shared your Snickerdoodles recipe.  I think this is a great idea.  We could really help each other our by doing things such as this. We all need to do more social sharing and see if we can raise those views! 

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         Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks sgbrown. I wish more people would get involved. It might make a difference.

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            sholland10posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            I'm in!  Barbara, this is a lovely idea!  Rather than wallow in the view decline, we help each other.  I am going to look over who is participating, and share some hubs.  I hope it is helpful. 
            
            SGBrown, oh, the drama.  That is why I had to leave some groups.  I wish everyone could play nice.  :-)

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               Victoria Lynnposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               LIKE. (I think the forums should have "like" buttons under the comments. :-)

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               Victoria Lynnposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Barbara, I shared your "how to get rid of slugs the organic way" on my facebook page with personal comments, since I've been having problems with slugs out there. Hope it gets you some views. :-)

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      moonlakeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not on facebook much but I will try it.

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      brokenmeadowsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I just pinned a few people's hubs to pinterest... hopefully they get more traffic than I ever generate from my pins

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      angryelfposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Good Idea! I just shared one of yours Barbara, "Health Benefits of Almond Milk". I'm going to share a few more from some other great hubbers as well

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      Eddie Dagstanyanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Shared your "Uses for Rubbing Alcohol" hub, Barbara.  Lots of good info there.

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      David R Bradleyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Barbara - great idea!  I just shared your HUB "How To Clean The Smell of Smoke From Your Clothes and Hair" on my Twitter Feed, Google+, LinkedIN and the Facebook page for the book I wrote called How To Stop Smoking Without Killing Anyone.  Hopefully this will get you some additional traffic.  In the mean time over the next week, I'll make it a point to look at the HUBS from eveyone in this thread and try to share one a day.  I have 3 areas of focus - Stopping Smoking, Home Based Health and Fitness, Sales and Sales Training.  If anyone's got a Hub that's a Doosie, fits my demographics here and needs a little more attention I'd be happy to post it.  You can email me at puravidaetc@gmail.com

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      notyouraveragealposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Barbara, I just shared your hub about the benefits of almond milk.  Hopefully, you'll get some traffic from it.  Feel free to share my hubs with the world! :-)

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      Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      This is off topic - but I found another site hosted at Go Daddy that is ripping off hubs, and saw some of you guys hubs over there. Definitely Agilitymach, your color hub for agility dogs is there.  Please check it out.  I sent notices to Google on 7 stolen hubs today.
      
      Some of them are coming up right underneath my hub article in SERPs. Infuriating.

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         Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         the site lol: all-topics dot com

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         agilitymachposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you Solaras.  I've already sent them a DMCA complaint but will now send it to Google too.

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   The Dirt Farmerposted 12 years ago

   I don't use Facebook but often pin my own hubs and the hubs of others on Pinterest. Maybe we could all pin a little bit more, too, to increase HP traffic.

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      findwholenessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I just pinned your hub "How to Overwinter Herbs"

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         The Dirt Farmerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks! I pinned your "Fructose Intolerance - The New Food Allergy on the Block." Yeah!

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            findwholenessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Awesome, thanks!

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            LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Great idea, thanks for bringing it up!

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      LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Just pinned some hubs from a few of you. Hope it helps!

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         Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I pinned your Small Fantasy Gardens hub. They love gardening photos at Pinterest.

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      Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Dirt Farmer I pinned your Ikebana design hub - lovely! I am pleased to have it in my Designs I love board.

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   ologsinquitoposted 12 years ago

   I sometimes pin others hubs as well. That's a really good idea to help one another.

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   peachpurpleposted 12 years ago

   good idea . I wish someone would share my hub at facebook too

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      LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I pinned one of your articles, Hope it helps.

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   Nicole Henleyposted 12 years ago

   I pinned your Buckeyes Candy Recipe.

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      Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks.

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   younghopesposted 12 years ago

   Now this is something really interesting, though i have pinned sometimes other hubbers hub as well,

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   Solarasposted 12 years ago

   To join in the "help Your Favorite Hubbers" Campaing I have FB shared one of Agilitymachs nice hubs.  I have another one in mind, and will pace them.  Recipes are always welcome on FB page.  You can find me at Barbara Fitzgerald (with a picture of a black and white dog in Atlanta GA) and post on my page!

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      Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I can't spell correct after posting :-( lol

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      LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Can't find you on Facebook.

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      agilitymachposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I posted Solaras' article on "20 Homemade Dog Snacks: Turn Your Leftovers and Kitchen Scraps into Easy, Healthy Dog Treats."  My hundreds of competition agility dog friends on FB who are always looking for good snacks for their dogs will like it.

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         agilitymachposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I FB shared the link, but I'm not seeing it on my FB page.  I'll have to see if it shows up tomorrow.  Kinda odd.

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   NiaGposted 12 years ago

   Not to be selfish or anything but when you do your referral link on facebook do you still get a percentage of the views? I used to do it but the link that is shown doesn't show my referral tracker unless I leave it in the "say something..." box. So I stopped. I don't think my friends click that link. More than likely they're clicking the link next to the picture but that link doesn't show the referral tracker code. Am I making sense? Can someone clarify that for me.
   
   P.S. I don't mind sharing others articles, I still do but not as much as I used to.

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      NiaGposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Nevermind, I answered my own question. It does show my referral code.

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   Solarasposted 12 years ago

   Thanks Agilitymach! I have double red arrows on that post right now!

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      agilitymachposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Cool!!!!!

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      agilitymachposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I shared a Pinterest link for your Gluten Free Pork Tenderloin as well.

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         Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you!! I shared your Deaf dog training hub as well. Let me know how it does.  I know a few people who could use the info.

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            agilitymachposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            It's already got a red arrow, and the traffic numbers have been stuck for 6 hours.   Pretty good, I'd say!!  Thank you.

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    Solarasposted 12 years ago

    I think all this qualifies as paying it forward.  Good work everybody!

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    LongTimeMotherposted 12 years ago

    I don't do FB because I'm off the grid with satellite connection and FB uses too much of my monthly d

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    LongTimeMotherposted 12 years ago

    oops.  ... too much of my monthly download amount, but I'd be very interested to see if it might be worthwhile paying the extra $$ for more. Any chance anyone could FB one of mine? You're welcome to the 10% and I'd be really interested to see the results. Thanks.

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       Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I'll pin one to Pinterest. I don't want to send too many on Facebook at one time or they'll think I'm spamming them.

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          Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I pinned it to Health.

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          moonlakeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I won't put to much on facebook because of spam I unfriend on person on my facebook because she spammed so much I couldn't read messages from my family. I'm also careful with Pinterest. I'm visiting everyone on here and doing something for them either Pin, Tweet, Facebook, Tumblr or Stumbleupon or G+..

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       DrMark1961posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I have the same problem with FB. I would use it but it is just not worth it because of my connection. I pin some hubs to Pinterest, and share on HP.

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          LongTimeMotherposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          lol. Unlimited speedy downloading is the one real attraction of moving back to the city. Like you, I share on HP and occasionally pin.

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       Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I facebooked your dog show hub to my dog show friends 1600+ around the world.  I'll be interested to know if they take a look at it or get offended before even reading it. lol

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    Nicole Henleyposted 12 years ago

    I am trying to pin one of each of the hubs of people that have responded to this forum. I have to admit that I am enjoying reading other people's interests.  Thanks for starting this forum, Barbara.

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       Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Nicole, You are welcome.

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       findwholenessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Very cool!

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    toptendealsposted 12 years ago

    Hi all, I promote with pinterest and facebook too.  I'll go through and link some of your hubs to my social media.  Let me know if it helped.

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    LongTimeMotherposted 12 years ago

    21 hours since the last stats update. Early monday morning already in Australia but I'm thinking we'll be waiting until the end of your weekend before we can start seeing any change in stats. I'll be watching with interest for feedback. It feels like an educational workshop. lol.

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       Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I know. I am anxious to see if it made any difference.

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          Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          My traffic still went down today (Monday.)

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             Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             I shared your cilantro healthy herb hub on FB - I hope it helps!

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                Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                Thanks Solaras

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    Solarasposted 12 years ago

    My stats have been frozen since last night - so it's a little discouraging to not be able to know anything at all about whether there has been any effect.  Sigh...

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       toptendealsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Yeah my stats are frozen too.  Should clear up soon hopefully!

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    agilitymachposted 12 years ago

    You can check your daily stats anyway by using Google Analytics.  Go to audience and click the calendar for today only.  That will let you see your traffic.  For a weekend, I'm doing well today.

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       Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       My daily stats are showing the same as the frozen stats, which I think have been stuck since last night.  They can't all be the same today as they were 20 hours ago.  I hope....

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    agilitymachposted 12 years ago

    Now that the site is refreshing number again, I have great numbers for a weekend!!  Woot!!  Some of the hubs that have been shared are doing especially well.

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    Solarasposted 12 years ago

    Woo Hoo - the roller coaster ride is back open again - Stats are back reporting and looking nicer than a week ago in spite of the going back to school weekend!  I can hear the gears grinding as they pull my chain of hub cars up to the next rise on the coaster.  Thanks everyone for sharing over the weekend.  I see a nice increase in page views, and hopefully it will continue to add value!
    
    Let's keep at it.  If you see something your personal audience might enjoy. Let's remember to share!

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    vocalcoachposted 12 years ago

    I often pin and post links of other hubbers.  I like this idea - we sure need to do something to increase traffic.  Great suggestion and count me in.

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    ologsinquitoposted 12 years ago

    This is a great idea. Someone this weekend pinned one of my articles (thank you), and I pinned one of hers. This is similar to what they do at Seekyt, a newer and much smaller site, where they have a more formal SEO co-op.

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    ComfortBposted 12 years ago

    I've often shared others hub without using the referral link. Now I know. Thanks.
    
    For those who don't want to share on FB because of all the drama, try Zurker, it's the FB equivalent 'without all the drama'. A great number of HP members are on there.
    
    I'll run along to sharing some hubs now.

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       LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I have been pinning a lot of images/articles from hubbers that I like. However, I only pin things that I find worthwhile. I don't think we should just pin for the sake of pinnig alone.

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          Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I totally agree - I have a large FB audience that is doggie focused, so dog posts are natural for me to post.  I think you need to find those posts that resonate with you and your followers to feel good about sharing them and for your friends to appreciate in return.
          
          Having said that I just reposted an Aussie murder mystery that had me spellbound! lol

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    Barbara Kayposted 12 years ago

    Gordon, I get a lot of traffic from Pinterest. Are they reading the articles? I don't know. In certain categories they are coming up better than Hubpages on Google.

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    KevinC9998posted 12 years ago

    Sounds like a good idea, I would love to get some more traffic. What do I need to do?

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       Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Just share someone's hub and one of us will share yours. Do it either on Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter.

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          Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Right now I am experiencing the best numbers ever - thanks to any and everyone who has shared one of my hubs!!

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          KevinC9998posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Got it!  Thanks,

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       David R Bradleyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Kevin - Congratulations on Kicking the Habit and getting back into the non-smoking section - good for you man!  I just shared your Hub "One Cigarette Won't Kill You" on my Twitter feed, my G+ Page, Linked In and my Facebook page for my book - How To Stop Smoking Without Killing Anyone.  I'm happy to share any one's relevant Hubs on that Facebook page!  Love this idea!  Gotta support the writing community big time!

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          KevinC9998posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          David: Thank you so much, I am going to check out some of your hubs and return the favor!  Thanks, Kevin

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    habeeposted 12 years ago

    I'm in! I just shared a link to Barbara Kay's hub about daylilies on FB. I have a lot of gardening pals there.
    
    I also shared Audrey's hub about changes in smell and taste due to aging. I put it on FB, as I'm friends with a lot of senior citizens.
    
    I'll be pinning and Tweeting some hubs, too.

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       Barbara Kayposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks habee. I am sharing yours about how to make a chocolate pound cake.

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       David R Bradleyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Just shared your Low Carb hub!

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    sgbrownposted 12 years ago

    Someone shared my hub on Zoe, the Golden Zebra on FaceBook and it brought in more than 200 extra views in one day. That may not be a lot in some people's eyes, but every little bit helps. Sharing someone else's hubs, whether it be on FB, Pintrest, etc., is one of the best ways to help each other get more views here.  Lord knows, Google is not helping!  I have been sharing to many different sites, trying to help. I hope everyone jumps on this "band wagon" and see if we can get our view up! 

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       Solarasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I think that's a ton! lol  I am off to share about Zoe now myself!

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       Nicole Henleyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That's truly awesome.

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          David R Bradleyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Nicole - my dad's an MFT - I just put your Hub on Self Esteem on his FB wall - very good hub by the way.  LOVED The Help!

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             Nicole Henleyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Oh, thank you. I am so glad you enjoyed it.

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