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   jansharesposted 6 years ago

   I finally hit a million views! I'm celebrating my traffic milestone by offering tips to increase traffic. Please join in with your own tips on what has helped you increase your traffic.
   1. Figure out what the masses need; what are the majority of people searching for based on needs.
   2. Create evergreen articles; you increase you chances of success by writing about subjects that people will search for until kingdom come.
   3. Develop a niche based on your expertise or passion; I use my articles to supplement my private practice. I got a new client today who stumbled upon one of my articles through a search on marital infidelity.
   4. Keep updating your articles; tweak, correct typos, or add new content.
   
   Those are my main tips. Thank you to all hubbers, past and current, who helped me or read my articles. It hasn't been easy but I love this community. Hugs!

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      ZxRedposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Great job! Congratulations. Thanks for the tips. Very helpful!

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         jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         You're welcome.

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         TIMETRAVELER2posted 5 years agoin reply to this

         I'm glad you finally made it.  Know you've been wanting this for some time, so congratulations.  One tip I haven't given in the past that might help someone is to write as though you are talking directly to your reader.  I think this really helps to get your message through.  Here's to more millions!

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            jansharesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Thank you so much, Sondra. The views are rolling in. Great tip, conversate rather than lecture.

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      viryaboposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      That’s wonderful Janshares. Congratulations. And thanks for the tips.
      I must admit that #4 has been doing wonders for me.

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         jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you much, you're very welcome!

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      chef-de-jourposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Jan, well done to you. You're a millionaire! Over the years you've given so much help and encouragement to this community - a big thank you. I know you also heal and help many in your own locale, so you certainly add to the positive vibe all round. Long may it continue. Onward, upward.... and please keep adding fresh material to your portfolio.

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         jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Andrew, that means a lot. I really appreciate your kind words. I promised TT2  I would write more. Thanks for the reminder. I will make time to add new artic!es, no excuses.

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      letstalkabouteducposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations. Thanks for adding to the community feel of this place and adding a positive vibe,

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         jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you, very sweet.

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      Kaili Bissonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Wonderful achievement Jan...good on you!

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         jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks, Kaili.

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            jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Soon come.

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               jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

               Oops! This was meant for Carole below.

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      Carole Mireriposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Happy for you. Am still trying to get my footing in this traffic business and hubbing.

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         jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Soon come.

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      Jean Bakulaposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Hello Janshares,
      What a wonderful milestone to reach! I think you will find that the next million will come much faster. You already have so many great articles and people are aware of you now, so this broadens the readership. Congratulations!

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         jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks, Jean.

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   Savio Dawsonposted 6 years ago

   Well, congratulations Janshares!! What an incredible achievement.

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      jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Savio!

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   AHrehaposted 6 years ago

   Oh my goodness! Congratulations! That’s amazing!

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      jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you much!

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   Will Apseposted 6 years ago

   Well done. I have a feeling you are one of those many women who pretty much hold our world together. You deserve your success.

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      jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Lol! Funny you see that, Will. There's a guy in my office suite who says occasionally, "So you still saving the world?"

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   Randy Godwinposted 6 years ago

   Congrats, Jan! A great feeling I can attest to.

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      jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Randy. Appreciate vintage hubbers celebrating with me. You were one of my first introductions to this place. Yup, good old times in those forums.

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   Randy Godwinposted 6 years ago

   Indeed, Jan! Love your success

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   eugbugposted 6 years ago

   Congratulations Jan! Good for you!

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      jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you!

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   theraggededgeposted 6 years ago

   That's great, Jan And so are your tips; I agree with them 100%. It's about finding and tapping into that little seam of gold. Then repeating it.
   
   I have to admit to being lazy about #4.

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      jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      

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   swaliaposted 6 years ago

   Congratulations!!!

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    lobobrandonposted 6 years ago

    Congrats Janis, it's a great milestone to reach

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    luvlywackyposted 6 years ago

    Wow Congratulations! It's amazing traffic.

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    jansharesposted 6 years ago

    Thanks, guys! Appreciate it.

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    Susana Sposted 6 years ago

    Woohoo! Congrats

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       

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    Erudite Scholarposted 6 years ago

    Congrats Jan.

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    PaulGoodman67posted 6 years ago

    Congratulations and great tips!

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you Erudite and Paul.

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    Glenn Stokposted 6 years ago

    Congratulations Jan. Your views will continue growing even faster, especially with those important tips you gave. Well done!

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks, Glenn.

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    jo millerposted 6 years ago

    Congratulations on your achievement and thanks for the tips.  I feel stuck here and need to up my game, so I'm always happy to learn how those who are more successful have done it.

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       You got it!

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    Carola Finchposted 6 years ago

    Congrats.  Your tips are right on.  I recently past the half a million mark myself.  Find Grammarly helpful though I don't always agree with the suggested changes.

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks, Carola!

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    paradigmsearchposted 6 years ago

    Jan, want to feel even better?  Check your life-tine Google Analytics; it will be even higher. This is because HP stats doesn't count deleted articles; Google Analytics does. In fact, you might even be in for a shocker. Recommend others do the same.

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Really? Wow, will do. Thanks, para.

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    AliciaCposted 6 years ago

    Congratulations on the achievement, Jan! Your tips are excellent.

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you, Alicia. You set the standard.

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    Solarasposted 6 years ago

    Huge Congrats Jan!! That's a big milestone.  I still lobby for the 5 million mark to get one too, on occasion.  The views will keep coming faster and faster; hold tight!

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Hey Solaras, good to see you. Thanks!

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    RonElFranposted 6 years ago

    Congratulations, Jan. A million is a great milestone - it means your writing is having an impact on a lot of people. Now, on to the next million!

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks, Ron.

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    Wesman Todd Shawposted 6 years ago

    One million in six year? I'm betting you hit ten million in about 3 more, provided you keep up the work. Hey, it pays better than trolling Facebook all day. I know. I trolled Facebook all day for years. Never got my check. Then they kicked me off the entire website.
    
    I could have been writing here. I'm smart. I'm just not wise. So my advice is listen to Janshares.
    
    I bet I've deleted well more than one hundred articles from Hubpages. I'd advise folks against doing that unless the entire subject was just awful. I deleted articles which had tens of thousands of views, and this is because I'm not especially even tempered at all times, and I felt like I could do much much better. It would probably be easier to just edit something until you're happy with it than to do what I would do, which was delete from here, and just move it to blogger to mess with later.
    
    Also, those pages would have almost certainly made me, and certainly Hubpages.com, more money had I left them right here where they were born.
    
    The best single thing I ever learned concerning writing and publishing on the web is one must break up their text into small portions. The greatest text in the world will just annoy a reader if the paragraph is so big they are losing their place from their smartphone display.
    
    Break up those paragraphs into three or four sentence chunks which the modern small device user can read them with ease. I'm forever on a desktop computer with a not super large monitor, and I notice myself getting annoyed and losing interest in something I'm trying to read for the size of the paragraph, and me losing my place and train of thought.

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Excellent advice Wesman. Thanks for celebrating with me. You took the road meant for you to wind up back here with more knowledge about how to hub successfully. So be kind to yourself and keep up the good work.

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    Will Apseposted 6 years ago

    Don't usually reveal details of my hubs private lives, but I just noticed one of them has made half a million views -- 530,268, as of today.
    
    That has a title acquired from the old HP keyword suggestions tool, retired long ago.

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Wow, congrats on that, Will.

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    Beth Eaglescliffeposted 6 years ago

    
    
    Congrats Jan! You'll be surprised how quickly the second million arrives.
    I agree with all four of your tips. For me #4 is crucial. I've deleted more than half of my original hubs (all of which were on niche sites) and then I update every single one that remains at least once every three months. I earn far more now than I did when I had more than twice as many hubs.
    
    (picture credit: Unsplash - Joseph Chan)

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Hi Beth, thanks for the celebration and encouragement. I update every 2 to 4 months as well, focusing mainly on the most popular articles. I see a lot of hubbers talk about deleting hubs. I've never deleted a single one. Sounds like a good strategy for most.

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    Bills Placeposted 6 years ago

    Awesome, congratulations on hitting the milestone!

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks!

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    EricFarmer8xposted 6 years ago

    Nice job. I am working on getting to 100000 views. I have slowed down since I started my own Website. I do have some more hubs I want to write though.

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you, Eric. Good for you with your own website. I've slowed down here, too. Reaching a million views inspires me to carve out the time to add new articles. It's amazing to see the views run up so fast.

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    Erudite Scholarposted 6 years ago

    Congratulations for reaching the big M. Thanks for the tips janshares.

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       You're welcome.

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    swaliaposted 6 years ago

    Congratulations!

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    luvlywackyposted 6 years ago

    wow congratulations!

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you, ladies.

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    Larry Slawsonposted 6 years ago

    Congratulations!  Quite the accomplishment

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       jansharesposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks, Larry. Can't believe I finally reached. But views are now pouring in faster it seems.

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    Isivwe Muoboposted 5 years ago

    Congrats and great tips! They will come in handy.
    
    I really can't add any of mine right now as I'm not getting that much page views. I hope to do so someday though.

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       jansharesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you! Hang in there, soon come.

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    Isivwe Muoboposted 5 years ago

    Congrats, Jan! Here's wishing you more traffic.

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       jansharesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks! It's coming along. I wish the same for you.

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    KC3Ladyposted 5 years ago

    Congratulations, janshares! I am a little surprised having returned to Hubpages after leaving finally years ago that there are so many discussions listed rather than articles in the various topics. For example, I am on the 10th page of results under this topic and almost all of them have been discussion questions rather than articles. I do not recall that being the case the first time I was on Hubpages. It seems like the two were separate then. That way you can get to the hubs, which results in more traffic!

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       theraggededgeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

       You are in the forum. To see articles, click on the HubPages logo at the top of the page, then choose a site from the list on the right - it's blue-green with silly names.

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       jansharesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

       Hi KC3Lady, welcome back to HP! Thanks for the congrats. I'm not sure I understand what you're referring to but a lot has changed on HubPages over the last few years. Forum discussions have changed regarding topics about articles versus general topics. We also don't have the Q&A section anymore so that has increased the number of questions and general topics added to the forums as well. Hope this addresses your issue. Happy writing.

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    Eric Cauncaposted 4 years ago

    Can you give me ideas on which topic would I going to write? I am a science teacher but science is all about facts not for tutorials.

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       jansharesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

       Hi Eric. Maybe you can write about steps to become a science teacher. Or how the pandemic has made teachers afraid to go into the classroom. Broaden your thinking about what people may need at this time, especially teachers. Use your experience to approach a topic from a different angle. Good luck.

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    bhattucposted 4 years ago

    It is remarkable to cross the 1 million mark with articles less than 100. Congrats and keep it up.

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       jansharesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks!

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    Elsa Josephposted 4 years ago

    Awesome! Congratulations. I will definitely try your tips

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       jansharesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you!

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    john000posted 4 years ago

    Congrats on your success!!

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       jansharesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you, John.

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