Eight New Editors Start Monday

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  1. Paul Edmondson profile imageSTAFF
    Paul Edmondsonposted 5 years ago

    I'm super pleased to announce that we have eight talented editors starting Monday.  Just to give the folks a heads up on what they will be up to.

    - Training on curation starts Tuesday.  We built a new set of tools to train people to curate.  Our hope is this gives us the resources to get the really great new articles moved quickly to network sites and still curate through the existing backlog, but a little quicker.

    - Basic editing follows curation.  Then the group will be trained in basic editing.  It's super important for our credibility to proofread and the extra clean up goes a long way.  Basic editing on top of curation skills gives them the behind the scenes understanding of our tools and processes and helps keep the sites clean.

    - Then on to Premium Edits.  Our big goal for 2018 is to expand the coverage of Premium Edits for authors.  Assisting authors in making each high traffic article great is a big part of our strategy to offer a unique set of services that no other publishing platform offers.  We are at roughly 40% of visits have been premium edited.  We would like to see it at 80%.  We have also been testing many new treatments to help authors expand their audience.  I'd like to skip forward to this, but I'm reminded there is a process:)

    I'm thrilled that not only do we have talented editors joining, but they are kind motivated people that share a unique passion for writing and want to work closely with our writers to support them make the online world of content better.

    Please join me in a warm welcome to them!

    1. HoneyBB profile image92
      HoneyBBposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome New Editors! I'm excited to see you come on board and participate in improving Hubpages/Maven by using your expertise to help writers such as myself to add more quality to our articles for our readers. I'm also really excited that plans are in place to help us draw more traffic to our work. Congrats on your new position!

    2. TIMETRAVELER2 profile image89
      TIMETRAVELER2posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Glad to see that more editors will be boarding the HP ship!  One question:  It sounds like you all will be going back over the articles already on niche sites to ferret out those with problems and possibly remove them back to the HP site.  Am I correct in this assumption?

    3. ChitrangadaSharan profile image90
      ChitrangadaSharanposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome new editors!!

    4. NateB11 profile image89
      NateB11posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      cool

    5. Ashish Dadgaa profile image46
      Ashish Dadgaaposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome, new editors smile

    6. Shogun profile image41
      Shogunposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Most excellent! I've started posting more content in forums, but have about nine unpublished Hubs I need to finish up. Hope the new Editors get into the groove of things quickly, and look forward to working with everyone moving forward!

    7. agusfanani profile image73
      agusfananiposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome new editors !

    8. chef-de-jour profile image96
      chef-de-jourposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Eight fresh, clear-headed head hitters should move things along nicely.

    9. Ken Burgess profile image81
      Ken Burgessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome, and best of luck.

    10. That Grrl profile image76
      That Grrlposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Could we get some of those curation tools? I miss the thing which used to pop out topic suggestions. Some were silly and yet they were good for inspiration. I still have posts I wrote from that.

      Anyway, I have been with Scoop.it for years. The content suggestions from curated feeds for each topic, are the main reason I stay. I find great things there which I would not have thought to look for myself. I've yet to find another source for this. I've been trying various ways to set it up myself, on my own domain. Nothing is working as well or as easily.

      1. That Grrl profile image76
        That Grrlposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        Oh yes, welcome new editors. I got side tracked.

    11. John Dove profile image90
      John Doveposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      This is great news! I have a lot of work to do get my Hubs up to today's standards. Maybe I can get some good help.

  2. theraggededge profile image96
    theraggededgeposted 5 years ago

    Welcome, new editors! We look forward to you helping to make our work the best it can be smile

  3. Kierstin Gunsberg profile image95
    Kierstin Gunsbergposted 5 years ago

    Welcome to the new editors!

  4. Glenn Stok profile image97
    Glenn Stokposted 5 years ago

    That's great news! That will help speed up the move of remaining hubs to niche sites.

    A hearty warm welcome to all the new editors!

  5. Peggy W profile image97
    Peggy Wposted 5 years ago

    This sounds like wonderful news!  Welcome aboard new editors.  As Glen mentioned this should speed up the process of moving old material to the niche sites more quickly.  Hooray!

  6. alexadry profile image95
    alexadryposted 5 years ago

    Nice to hear things will be speeding up and that all these improvements will be made. Sending a warm welcome to all new editors, looking forward to working with you!

  7. AliciaC profile image97
    AliciaCposted 5 years ago

    Welcome, new editors! I'm glad you've joined the team.

    1. profile image0
      threekeysposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome! and wishing each of you a great start up.

  8. Diana Grant profile image92
    Diana Grantposted 5 years ago

    Welcome to the new editors and hope all goes well with the new jobs

    1. sallybea profile image96
      sallybeaposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome new editors!   So pleased to hear that you have joined the team.

  9. leahlefler profile image95
    leahleflerposted 5 years ago

    A big welcome to the new editors! I am grateful to see an expansion of the Premium Edits.

  10. incomeguru profile image96
    incomeguruposted 5 years ago

    Great to have the new editors on board. You're all welcome to HubPages!

  11. Chriswillman90 profile image90
    Chriswillman90posted 5 years ago

    Welcome new editors! I look forward to working with some of you.

  12. lobobrandon profile image89
    lobobrandonposted 5 years ago

    Awesome! Welcome, everyone.

  13. Purpose Embraced profile image86
    Purpose Embracedposted 5 years ago

    Warm welcome to the new editors and blessings!!

  14. Gregory DeVictor profile image97
    Gregory DeVictorposted 5 years ago

    Welcome new editors! We need you like California needs more rain!

  15. janshares profile image96
    jansharesposted 5 years ago

    Good news! Welcome aboard. smile

  16. Kenna McHugh profile image88
    Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

    Welcome editors. I look forward to working as a team, helping HP reach 80%!

  17. Will Apse profile image87
    Will Apseposted 5 years ago

    And life goes on... Isn't that wonderful?

    1. paradigmsearch profile image61
      paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I really should post a meme here.

      1. Will Apse profile image87
        Will Apseposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        This is a reconciliation and recovery thread. Memes might not be appropriate. Also Paul's post is so marvelously gracious, a meme could only be clumsy. I can't imagine any of those considerations will stop you, though, lol.

        Just go for it...

        1. paradigmsearch profile image61
          paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

          Why do you call this a "reconciliation and recovery thread"? You lost me there.

          Meanwhile, the two memes on the MVEN nuclear detonation thread were fine. HP liked the first one and even responded. As for the second, I do indeed wonder what MVEN thinks of all this. big_smile

          Let's not get off topic. If I did post a meme here, it would be benign and welcoming. smile

          1. Will Apse profile image87
            Will Apseposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            I reckon people are getting over the trauma and the editors are a sign of good things to come. If you can meme it, I am sure it would be welcome. I would go for: "ain't dead yet', a realization that always cheers me up.

            1. paradigmsearch profile image61
              paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

              Reminds me of all the jobs I have had over my lifetime and what it's like to be the newbie. Always got through it just fine. Fun times in retrospect.

  18. Venkatachari M profile image80
    Venkatachari Mposted 5 years ago

    This is a very nice news! Eight more editors to make our content super-rich.

    I welcome all of them with great pleasure.

  19. healthbooklet profile image88
    healthbookletposted 5 years ago

    Good news!
    Welcome new Editors smile

  20. janderson99 profile image56
    janderson99posted 5 years ago

    The new editors will rejig niche content for Maven which has a very different layout. Stand by for the new dance craze.

  21. Rafa Baxa profile image81
    Rafa Baxaposted 5 years ago

    Something big seems to be coming...

  22. sparkleyfinger profile image86
    sparkleyfingerposted 5 years ago

    Welcome, new editors!!! Hopefully you can help to restore this site to its former well written glory!

  23. CeCe Rees profile image83
    CeCe Reesposted 5 years ago

    Welcome!

  24. K S Lane profile image94
    K S Laneposted 5 years ago

    It's awesome to see the team expanding. Welcome!

  25. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 5 years ago

    This is exciting news for several reasons. Looking forward to seeing how their work results in new opportunities.

  26. MomsTreasureChest profile image88
    MomsTreasureChestposted 5 years ago

    Welcome to the new editors and best of luck to you in your new positions!

  27. Titia profile image93
    Titiaposted 5 years ago

    Welcome and I'm sure you won't get bored here at HP. Not an easy job I reckon.

  28. Thelma Alberts profile image91
    Thelma Albertsposted 5 years ago

    Wellcome! Good luck to us all;-)

  29. lobobrandon profile image89
    lobobrandonposted 5 years ago

    Just out of curiosity, can I find out if the hubpro basic and then the move to a niche site of one of my hub yesterday was by one of the new editors? If yes, a big thanks to them.

    1. Robin profile image89
      Robinposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Our new editors will go through a few weeks of training before they begin work on actual articles.  We have a very robust training schedule for curation and editing.  We are doing the curation training right now.  I'm very excited about this new group.  They are incredibly qualified and smart people!  smile

      1. lobobrandon profile image89
        lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        Thanks for the reply Robin. Exciting times ahead I'm sure smile

  30. TessSchlesinger profile image62
    TessSchlesingerposted 5 years ago

    Looking forward to good things and all the help we can get. smile

  31. Rock_nj profile image90
    Rock_njposted 5 years ago

    Why do they need to be trained in basic editing?  I would think any editor that is worth hiring already understands and can perform basic editing tasks. 

    I hope they don't hack up our articles.  I've already had a couple of instances over the years in which a HubPages editor had to reverse their changes when it was pointed out to them that they didn't understand what they were reading and the edits they made were factually incorrect.

    1. Robin profile image89
      Robinposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      We have a lot of process that they need to become familiar with.  Of course they understand how to edit, but we want to calibrate and make sure that we are consistent and that they understand all of our systems.

    2. incomeguru profile image96
      incomeguruposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Of course, they need to understand all HubPages editing tools before they start editing our articles. I stand to be corrected if the reverse is the case.

  32. paradigmsearch profile image61
    paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago

    A warning to all new and existing editors:
    https://hubpages.com/community/forum/14 … mark-twain
    Just thought I'd give you a heads up. big_smile big_smile big_smile

    1. Chriswillman90 profile image90
      Chriswillman90posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I hope the editors are ready for all the complaints.

      Writers are such a pretentious bunch after all

      1. paradigmsearch profile image61
        paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        Robin has had the perfect training to handle us. She was a grade school teacher at one time.

  33. Kenna McHugh profile image88
    Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

    Good heads up!

    1. paradigmsearch profile image61
      paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      big_smile

  34. EricFarmer8x profile image96
    EricFarmer8xposted 5 years ago

    I am excited for when they are trained and can start. Faster editing is better for everybody.

  35. cleoaddams profile image86
    cleoaddamsposted 5 years ago

    Hello and welcome to the new editors! smile

  36. Robin profile image89
    Robinposted 5 years ago

    I just updated our team page with everyone’s bio. Take a look:  https://hubpages.com/about/team

    Everyone is off to a great start in training. They are all talented and excited to be a part of our community!

    1. HoneyBB profile image92
      HoneyBBposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Wow, Impressive! With a team like this, the possibilities are limitless!

      1. profile image0
        Jean Harrisposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        A suggesting, add the particular subject of expertice in with those excellent bios. It's not just about editing and approving hubs, it's about fully understanding the specific topic as well in my opinion.

    2. paradigmsearch profile image61
      paradigmsearchposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Your honor/ethics is amazing. Period.

  37. profile image0
    Jean Harrisposted 5 years ago

    Exciting times for Hubpages! As I read this thread I have a soft voice echoing in my thoughts that sounds like "SEO Challenge, SEO Challenge, SEO Challenge" where these freshly minted curators can show their metal.

    Lets face if, Google has moved well beyond just writing prowess to determine what makes a good article. Form and format matter, but with Rankbrain in play at Google there is a new "next level" of SEO happening and everyone is trying to catch up.

    Example: If you state something as fact in an article, even just in passing, something like "People like to take walks on weekends" Google's system will consider that a statement of fact and will evaluate it. If it finds that people don't like to walk on Sunday's more than any other day it might find your statement as false or unsuported, no matter how innocent it was, and trust it a fraction less.

    Curators today need to be mindful of so much more than just the words and the format, but the meaning as well. That is, if Google's view of articles is given much weight. I still think people need to write for people but, it is what it is, search matters too.

    I'm rambling, this subject has intrigued me since I first helped the high tech company I worked for create a lotus based company wide intranet in... 1998! 20 years ago this month, wow. The net sure has changed since I launched my first site! I'm new to Hubpages after the merger news, you're onto something here, but I've been around the block and know your curation team has an exciting challenge in front of them.

    Good luck!

  38. NurseFlood profile image87
    NurseFloodposted 5 years ago

    This is an exciting time.  Welcome new editors!

 
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