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  1. Marisa Wright profile image87
    Marisa Wrightposted 8 years ago

    I don't normally advocate a full-width photo at the top of a Hub, but in this case I think it's appropriate.   The Hub is all about the product and why it's preferable to other alternatives so a "hero shot" makes sense.

    Frankly, I would not say this is your daughter's piece.  I would simply link to the place where people can buy it as the Source, and say something like "A belly ring made from bioplast".

    One more photo would be a good idea.

    1. Marisa Wright profile image87
      Marisa Wrightposted 8 years ago

      A few more thoughts - your title is far too long.   I found the content very interesting because I have metal allergies, so I'm thinking that a title which attracted people like me could work better, e.g. "Bioplast: Safe Body Piercings for Metal Allergies"?

      For your paragraph headings, think of what people would be searching for on Google. Your current headings don't really invite me to read on.   I looked at auto-complete on Google and I got "Is Bioplast safe for new piercings?"   That should be a heading for one of your paragraphs. 

      Have you noticed that on the niche sites, HubPages editors are now using a Callout capsule for each heading, instead of using the standard text capsule heading. I suggest you adopt that practice.

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        TessSchlesingerposted 8 years agoin reply to this

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        1. Marisa Wright profile image87
          Marisa Wrightposted 8 years agoin reply to this

          If you look at the list of available capsules on the right hand side, you'll see there are "core" capsules and "Supplementary" capsules.  The Callout capsule is the last one under Supplementary.

          You simply put the title in the callout capsule, and leave the heading of the text capsule blank.

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            TessSchlesingerposted 8 years agoin reply to this

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            1. Marisa Wright profile image87
              Marisa Wrightposted 8 years agoin reply to this

              Callout is all one word. 

              You can also try hovering your cursor down the left hand side of the Hub and clicking "Insert Capsule".   Callout is the last one on the list.

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                TessSchlesingerposted 8 years agoin reply to this

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                1. Marisa Wright profile image87
                  Marisa Wrightposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                  Good!   

                  If you take a look at some of my Hubs which went through HubPro, you'll see the editor changed all my main headings into Callout capsules (if you select Health and Beauty on my profile then look for the ones that are on Bellatory, those are the ones that were edited).

                  I found it irritating at first but I guess I've got used to it now.  And I figure, if I use them, then it's more likely my Hubs will be picked to move to the niche sites (which is definitely where the money is). 

                  Note that the Callout capsule does have a nice feature in that you can add some additional text, you can use that as a sub-title.

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        Marisa Wrightposted 8 years ago

        I've been looking for the same thing!

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          1. Marisa Wright profile image87
            Marisa Wrightposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            I did find a forum post which gave a list of the sites and what they were each about BUT not by name - and then I found a Hub in the Learning Center which listed the names of all the sites, but no indication what they included (and it's not always easy to tell from those weird names).

            I couldn't find a list anywhere which lists all the sites by name and then describes what each one covers.

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          Marisa Wrightposted 8 years ago

          Thanks! If I spent less time helping and more time writing, I'd be a lot richer. I just find it  hard to do solitary work for any length of time.

          Amazones.com sent me to a scam website

          1. Marisa Wright profile image87
            Marisa Wrightposted 8 years ago

            The blurry picture is the one with the tree ear cuff. 

            I think the sub-titles in the callout capsules are too long, keep them to two lines max

             
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