How do I get my first article out?

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   Melissa Mellieposted 3 years ago

   I did an article and the score rose to 62, but then fell to 58 within a day. If you know anything as to how to reach 80.
   I am following the instructions closely for the article. If anyone can provide any tips, it might help.

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      Stephen Tomkinsonposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Where is your article, Melissa?

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      OldRosesposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Your bio reads like a promotion for a business.  Promoting a business is not allowed on HubPages.  If you are writing about topics other than your business, your bio should state what your expertise is on that topic.  You are allowed multiple bios if you are writing about multiple topics.

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      Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      I don't see any article. And, wondering how you got a mark and it fell.                                       So, I'm agreeing with all the other writters, including the suggestions of Matt, an editor at hubpages.

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   AliciaCposted 3 years ago

   It’s hard to make suggestions when we can’t see the article, but in general an article should be well written and mustn’t contain links promoting a business or website. Authoritative references to support facts in the article are good, as long as they aren’t promotional.
   
   Images must have a suitable license for use on this site (a public domain one or a suitable Creative Commons one.) A photo that you took yourself would also be good, as long as it's of reasonable quality. Once again, the photo and its caption mustn't promote a business.
   
   If you include Amazon capsules in the article, you must describe your experience with the items and explain how they are related to the topic of the article.
   
   The Learning Center on this site has articles that may be useful if you haven't already read them. You can find them by clicking on "Help" at the top right of this page.

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   Melissa Mellieposted 3 years ago

   Hey thanks Matt, hopefully I can be out of the Bootcamp soon to join you guys.

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   Melissa Mellieposted 3 years ago

   I wrote and published but I am in Bootcamp still and have not qualified the 5 article with 80% mark.
   The articles are getting published and are coming back to the draft format. I really need to push out of this stage.
   I will leave a link once I have published the articles, hopefully you can see them then.

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      theraggededgeposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Remember, if you are trying to promote your business, it isn't acceptable here. Your commercial profile will count against you.
      
      Sounds harsh but this is a site for writers, not for marketers.

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      Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Have you visit the learning center yet?                                                   There you can leverage on basic and fundamental requirements, to pass out of the Boot Camp.

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      Misbah786posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Who said you have to get 80% to qualify? Just curious!
      Best Wishes!

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         Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Even at 45% if the read is good with no spelling error, has good grammar, paragraphing, good punctuation, and correct capsul formating-series of texts, photos, videos, poll/callout, one recipe, and so on...                                                With all these done, a newbie is sure to pass out of the BootCamp, with a write of 1,000 words. Its that cool.

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   Melissa Mellieposted 3 years ago

   Yeah I did follow almost all rules, but even though I am using keywords in my stats report shows nil search phrases.

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   Melissa Mellieposted 3 years ago

   I don't know how to get past this hurdle and there are no relevant articles for me about this topic, why it is not pulling the search phrases and why it is showing nil for me.

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   AliciaCposted 3 years ago

   As I said in my previous answer, it's hard to be specific with suggestions to help you when we can't see any of your articles. It does look bad that part of your user name on your profile is the name of your business, however. The only place where we are allowed to promote our website or business is via the home sign at the top right of our profile page, which you've already done.
   
   You mustn't mention your business in your articles (if you've done this). If your articles are about jewelry, saying something like "I have sold jewelry for nineteen years" would show your qualifications and experience to write about the topic and might be acceptable.
   
   You aren't getting specific information about how your articles are doing because they aren't published or indexed yet.

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