What's your best advice?

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   cjaroszposted 9 years ago

   If you had to pick one good piece of advice for a new hubber, what would that be?

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      epsonok0posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Dont apply to adsense untill you have at least 10 or even 20 hubs.

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         jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         +1

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      Rochelle Frankposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Read and understand the Learning Center tips and requirements and the FAQs, then read a lot of Hubs from top -rated hubbers.

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         Beth37posted 9 years agoin reply to this

         I really need to do that.

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      paradigmsearchposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Persistance.

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      rebekahELLEposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Know why you're writing here, then make a plan of how you want to use your time and knowledge.
      If you have expertise in an area, write on those topics.
      Don't expect the same results as someone else who has given advice on how they achieved specific goals.
      Read through the Learning Center, there's so much great info and insight as how to write and publish on this kind of platform.
      Enjoy it.

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   relacheposted 9 years ago

   Pick the one you like best, or think will help you the most, because advice is not "one size fits all."
   
   - Read the Terms of Use for HubPages.  By signing up to the site, you agreed to be legally bound by it.
   
   - Read the Learning Center.  It's the best advice from both users and admin from the last six years. 
   
   - The web stopped being "if you build it, they will come" years ago.  It takes a LOT more work now. 
   
   - To make as much money on the web as a day job takes just as much effort as a day job.

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      Rochelle Frankposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Relache's advice is always directly to the point -- I especially like her last comment., but I would say that it probably takes AT LEAST AS MUCH -- but usually a lot more effort.
      (Almost anyone can flip a burger.)

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   epsonok0posted 9 years ago

   Dont ignore the advice of any of the woman who have posted so far. No matter how much I may fight them in the forums they are highly valuable resources.

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      cjaroszposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I like yours! I have been reading forums all day. These ladies have been on a lot with helpfulness.

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   WryLiltposted 9 years ago

   If you're busily trying to get internal traffic (traffic from other hubbers, from comments, forums, follows, questions) you will never get passive traffic or income here.

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      cjaroszposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Does that mean, hubbers don't count towards what you earn?

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         WryLiltposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         From memory I think they do, but it'd be quite a low CPM as hubbers aren't meant to click other hubbers' ads.
         
         Plus, you have to ENCOURAGE other hubbers. If you learn how to get social or search traffic, it'll come without you pushing it.

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            cjaroszposted 9 years agoin reply to this

            I have read to put my link on social page. I'm not sure how to do anything ese

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               WryLiltposted 9 years agoin reply to this

               Read my hub on SEO (on my slider). Plenty of hands on tips.
               
               And start using MFPs (made for pinterest images).

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                  cjaroszposted 9 years agoin reply to this

                  OK thank you!

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   melbelposted 9 years ago

   Follow HubPages' advice in publishing a hub (format, content to include, length, etc.)

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      cjaroszposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      This has been a lesson learned for me. I wasn't getting where I wanted. Then started following advise, now I'm slowly getting there.

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   jansharesposted 9 years ago

   1. Ask "how to" questions in the forum. No question is too dumb. Sometimes getting a straight answer from a helpful hubber is clearer than trying to sort out tons of info in the Learning Center. But by all means, visit the Learning Center for the basics to save yourself from wasting time making mistakes.
   2. Read hubs under "HubPages Tutorials and Community" in the All Topics section. Some of the best advice is hidden there.
   3. Be patient with change and slow progress.

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      cjaroszposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I like your first one. The learning center was help, but still left me a little clueless on something's

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         jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Believe me, I speak from "clueless" experience when I first started here, still clueless sometimes but have truly learned a lot from the vets.

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   cheaptrickposted 9 years ago

   I would never take advise from a hubber with an author score of 61(see my score)...that being said,let me give you some advise.
   Pin back your ears,butter your head,and dive right in...that's why you have a delete button...which I should use liberally...I know,I know,I know...

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      Beth37posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      lol

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   Barbara Kayposted 9 years ago

   Have patience. If you aren't earning money now, a few months down the line things will probably improve. Hubs need to age. Write, write, write. The more you write, the better you should do.

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      Barbara Kayposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Oh, I forgot.  Learn from your own experience. Watch what hubs do well for you. When you see a subject that does well, write some more about it.

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      jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      +1

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   Will Apseposted 9 years ago

   Learn how to research subjects thoroughly. Most people are blind online. Grow an eye and you will be a star.

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      Beth37posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Or a cyclopes.

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         Will Apseposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         This is a cyclopes:
         
         
         Would you ride one of those to work?

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            Beth37posted 9 years agoin reply to this

            If I had a saddle.. maybe.

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    Will Apseposted 9 years ago

    Anyway. We are being serious here.
    
    Research!
    
    Then you will not mistake cyclops for cyclopes, amongst other things.
    
    You could check out tricky words by highlighting, right clicking and selecting  'search google for whatever.'
    
    You might then decide not to mention silky anteaters at all.

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       Beth37posted 9 years agoin reply to this

       I wrote cyclops at first and spell check underlined it so I went with its suggestion. Now it's not underlined at all. I am obviously completely dimwitted.

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          Will Apseposted 9 years agoin reply to this

          The spell checker on this site is a moron.
          
          What, for instance, can it do with the word 'amongst'?

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             Beth37posted 9 years agoin reply to this

             It doesn't even recognize words like afterall.... which should be one word, but b/c of the instance of spell check... isn't.

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                Will Apseposted 9 years agoin reply to this

                Well, there we are. We are shocked, disappointed and disgusted. lol. Also, sleepy.
                
                'Tis now the very witching time of night
                When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
                Contagion to this world:
                
                Or to put it another way.
                
                Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight.

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                   Beth37posted 9 years agoin reply to this

                   Goodnight.

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                      rohanfelixposted 9 years agoin reply to this

                      Take it slow and easy, while publishing loads of hubs, is my advice.

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                         Barbara Kayposted 9 years agoin reply to this

                         +1

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    electronicianposted 9 years ago

    I would advise anyone joining Hubpages to follow me and like and comment on all of my hubs, because I am brilliant.

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    Millionaire Tipsposted 9 years ago

    My best advice is to learn as much as you can, then write, write, write.  So many people give up after a few hubs, that it seems that only 3% of Hubbers have 25 or more hubs.  You have to have more than 25 to do well here.
    
    Write when the views and revenue are going up, and continue to write when the views and revenue go down.  Keep writing and keep trying to improve the quality of your writing as much as possible.  Read other people's hubs to get a feel for how to write hubs, and learn more about HubPages, SEO and whatever else you need to learn, then get out of the forum section and write some more.
    
    To get more money, you can analyze which of your hubs are doing better, and write more like those.

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       jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       +1111111

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    Writer Foxposted 9 years ago

    My best advice is to learn about SEO.  I wrote a Beginner's Tutorial Hub about SEO to help you learn the process.  Whether you are writing on HubPages for income or just to develop readership for your articles, appearing high on search engine results pages is the key to consistent, high volume of views.
    
    I only have 36 Hubs, but they receive 2,900 views per day because of the SEO techniques I recommend in the Tutorial.

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    Will Apseposted 9 years ago

    Is that singed keratin?

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       ologsinquitoposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Keep writing and add only your very best content to Hub Pages. Then continue writing so there's always fresh material on your sub domain.

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          sallybeaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

          Type all your Hubs into Word first and run a spell and grammar checker before copying and pasting your work into a Hub.

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