25 Featured Hubs!

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   lifelovemysteryposted 7 years ago

   I have spent the last month editing, updating, and writing new hubs. This week I received an email from HubPages that I have published 25 Featured Hubs, which puts me in the Top 3% of Hubbers that have "achieved this milestone."
   
   I am so thankful for the feedback that so many of you have given about my hubs. You have made me a better writer, and I am encouraged to keep writing and to keep improving.
   
   Thanks Hubbers!

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      theraggededgeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations!
      
      On to the next 25. Shouldn't take long now you've got the hang of it

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         lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Resolve, focus, and few interruptions. On to the next 25 indeed! Thank you!

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      Christy Kirwanposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Well done! Glad to have you with us on HubPages.

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         lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks Christy! It's nice to meet a fellow marketing professional.  Cheers!

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      Ashish Dadgaaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      @Michelle Orelup,
      
      Congratulations Michelle
      Wish you good luck for more 100 hubs
      
      Bless you.

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         lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you, and may we all have the same motivation to achieve the next 100 Hubs! Cheers!

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            Ashish Dadgaaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            @Michelle Orelup,
            
            Yes certainly
            
            Cheers.

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      Fiddlemanposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations on reaching this milestone.

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   Jesse Drzalposted 7 years ago

   That's really awesome congratulations. Accolades are fun and rewarding. I'm shooting for some myself!

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      lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Jesse. Love your hub on Homebrew! Cheers!

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         Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you so much! It's not my favorite but I'll take it lol.

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   Jesse Drzalposted 7 years ago

   Just followed you too.

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   MKishorposted 7 years ago

   Congratulations Michelle on achieving this milestone.
   Nice hubs, hope you will reach your next milestone of another 25 articles soon!!

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      lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks so much, and best to you for reaching your next milestone. Cheers!

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   Bobski606posted 7 years ago

   Congratulations!  You've given me the motivation to update my hubs now.

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      lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I was absent from HubPages for so long that I didn't know about all the changes they had made. I started paying attention to their emails and suggestions to update my Hubs. The first one I worked on had the most traffic, and I continued with that strategy for all the others. I unpublished one Hub, and have since written five more. It was a lot of work, but my traffic is up and I'm motivated to keep going. Cheers!

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   Author Cherylposted 7 years ago

   Congrats you just have to keep writing.  I have over 100 featured.  If you update old ones they will be featured.

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      lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Cheryl and Congratulations! I never considered the possibility of having 100 Featured Hubs. That will take discipline on my part, and I look forward to the journey. Cheers!

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   FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

   Keep up the good work!
   
   I got 169 Hubs, and (Barry White voice) they allllllll featured, baby.

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      Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Freddy Cat holding it down STRONG.

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         FatFreddysCatposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Mind you, hardly anybody's READING those 169 Hubs, but hey...featured!!

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            Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            They should be you have some good jams. Maybe try some SEO tweaks with titles? You never know that may work.

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               FatFreddysCatposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               (shrugs) Meh. I've tried playing the SEO game and I suck at it. Nowadays I write stuff, throw it out there and leave it up to the Internet Gods. If they like it, fine. If not, I write some more stuff and try again.
               
               It may not be the most profitable way to do things 'round here but it's way less stressful.
               
               When I am able to pimp/promote my stuff via social media channels I do pretty well, but lately I haven't had the time for that so things have been kinda "all quiet on the Western front," so to speak.

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                  Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  Gotcha. Well if is any consolation I read your stuff lol.

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                     FatFreddysCatposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     I appreciate it, sir! (tips hat)

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                  lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  When I started editing my hubs last month, I also began to use Google Adwords tool to find related words and phrases that I had not included. Granted, I don't review all 700 options, but I do review the first and second pages after sorting by 'Suggested Bid' amount. I do believe this is how I was able to get them all featured. It is extra work, but there is a payoff in traffic.

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                  OldRosesposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  Freddy, I do the same except I pin my hubs on Pinterest.  Most of my traffic comes from Pinterest now so it is worth the 2 minutes it takes to pin it.

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                     FatFreddysCatposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     I use Pinterest, but I've never had much luck getting any traffic out of it. I guess I'm not posting the kind of stuff that "pinners" are looking for.

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                        lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                        I have a couple of hubs on Pinterest, but I don't get a lot of traffic. Right now Pinterest is blocking ToughNickel so I'm getting zero traffic from those pins.

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                        OldRosesposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                        I make sure to pin my hubs before they get moved to a niche site to avoid problems like blocking ToughNickel.

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                        Solarasposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                        Mostly they are looking for pretty photos to make their wall look pretty.  Trim your first photo and add some appealing text to it, you may get more views.

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      lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I am in awe. HubPages has provided an amazing platform to meet other writers and the opportunity to improve as I go. Congrats on having 169 Featured Articles, and Cheers!

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   jimmyglaughlinposted 7 years ago

   Congrats!!

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      lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Jimmy!

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   threekeysposted 7 years ago

   That is a wonderful feat. Well done!

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      lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you. I think that writing evergreen Hubs is quite a task, but I updated all my Hubs to make them evergreen and I think that helped get them featured. Cheers!

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    sunilkunnoth2012posted 7 years ago

    Congrats on the milestone. Keep on writing and fix your next goal 50 and 100 and so on. For your information,  I have done a couple of hubs, all  to motivate the freshers here. Please find and read the same. Wish you all the best.

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       lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you Sunil. You have impressive Accolades, and I aspire to stretch myself to reach some of those accomplishments. Cheers!

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    LiveMusicLoverLynposted 7 years ago

    Congratulations

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       lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you!

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    kenneth averyposted 7 years ago

    A hearty congratulations to you on a job well done.

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       lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you Kenneth. I just read your Hub, 'I'm Here, I Love, I Save', and it is beautiful.

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    Jason mackenzieposted 7 years ago

    Congratulations!!! Hope it is just one among many milestones...

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       lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Jason. Your hub on Spring Cleaning is wonderful. Cheers!

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    Stunposted 7 years ago

    Congrats! Are you making any money yet? I just recently got my fifth featured hub. It's quite odd though because one of my strategies for making articles rank high on Google is including a few links inside the article to similar content stuff and links to the websites you are talking about in the article. This helped my ranking on Google a lot. However, here on hubpages it seems to be penalized as far as score and ranking on Hubpages goes. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to rank the articles on Google while adhering to the strict hubpages rules lol

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       lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       "Making money" on HubPages doesn't happen overnight, and quite frankly it can take years to make money consistently. I've been on HP for five years but was active during the first two. I only recently logged in to see what was happening. If I had posted content regularly then I would probably have a decent source of passive income. It takes time, dedication and a real committment to your craft, to continually improve....and make consistent revenue. HubPages has incredible forums and tutorials that are very helpful. Cheers!

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          Stunposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Oh, I know I've ran dozens of sites that I sold that were making 200-500$ monthly on adsense. Was just wondering if you had any pennies in the account yet from your articles lol

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             lifelovemysteryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             Yes, I have received money from writing on HubPages.

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