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   Khanmaria12posted 8 months ago

   With 4k page views, when you have totally earned $0.36. It is total disappointment. Last year I joined Simily and I earned at least 30 to 35 dollars from there in few months. Hubpages is giving hard time,Lol

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      Joshua Crowderposted 8 months agoin reply to this

      I'm earning more than in previous years at this time. The one change that I did make (which I know is not for everyone) was to create YouTube videos related to my article content.
      
      I didn't just start, but I've created a lot of YouTube shorts to average about 7k views in 48 hours. I have a link to my HP profile in each video description. In my long-form videos, I put a HP plug at the end telling viewers to go to my profile link.
      
      I'm getting about 15 subscribers a week so I hope this will positively affect my HP views more into the future.
      

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         eugbugposted 8 months agoin reply to this

         I had started doing that and made slideshows of images from articles as a teaser, telling viewers that they could read the article at the link provided. I might explore that again.

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      WriterJanisposted 8 months agoin reply to this

      My earnings right now are the lowest they have been since I returned to HubPages last spring. Would you mind explaining more about Simily and your experience there?

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         Khanmaria12posted 8 months agoin reply to this

         Simily seemed good in the start but a lot of things started happening like being off n earnings stuck. Now they have updated but I left that. They changed payment methods too. You can try there though

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            WriterJanisposted 8 months agoin reply to this

            Thank you for your response.

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      Amara Hassanposted 8 months agoin reply to this

      I am also facing a huge dip in earnings from past few months. Eventhough, all of my articles are on niche site, still so much decline in views and earnings. Bad time going.

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         Khanmaria12posted 8 months agoin reply to this

         Yes, sad to know dear. We don't have choices though

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      Sadaka Ahmedposted 7 months agoin reply to this

      What is Simily?

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         Khanmaria12posted 7 months agoin reply to this

         Simily is self publishing platform. Now they have changed their payment methods

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            Sadaka Ahmedposted 6 months agoin reply to this

            really!! what is their payment method now? Does it allow Bangladesh?

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               Khanmaria12posted 6 months agoin reply to this

               You can go to their site n check. There are limited countries

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   PaulGoodman67posted 8 months ago

   Yes, this is generally not a good time for HubPages. I don't think I've ever seen views and earnings so low.
   
   That said, you need to get most of your articles into the niches and not just Letterpile if you're going to earn.
   
   There are also typos and grammatical errors in your About section and that creates a poor impression. It should be viewed as a kind of resume/CV.

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      PaulGoodman67posted 8 months agoin reply to this

      "Hello I am a housewife and Writer. I am Masters in English literature,former teacher of Pakistan Embassy college. I like to write about personal experiences and social issues."
      
      It's unclear to me how one gets a master's degree in English Lit. without a strong grasp of things like capitalization and sentence structure.

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         Khanmaria12posted 8 months agoin reply to this

         Noted. Thanks

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            Khanmaria12posted 8 months agoin reply to this

            But please be kind. English is not my first language but we try hard to publish articles without errors and mistakes.

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               Matt Wellsposted 8 months agoin reply to this

               If you improve the quality of your articles you can better compete with other articles in search engines. Here are some general tips for creating great articles.
               
               Elements of a Stellar Article
               How to Improve the Quality of an Article
               HubPages Writing Style Guide

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                  Khanmaria12posted 8 months agoin reply to this

                  Thanks Matt, I will try my best

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         Khanmaria12posted 8 months agoin reply to this

         I created profile carelessly n never looked into that. But definitely I will edit and make it better. But I don't think profile effect on one's earnings. I publish article after making sure that they are without errors and that's why they are published and featured. Getting traffic from Google too but in vein

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            PaulGoodman67posted 8 months agoin reply to this

            A lot of things have to come together if you want to earn dollars rather than cents. It's a mistake to think that you can ignore certain things or do them in a half-assed way.
            
            Any success requires a good working knowledge of written English and a lot of learning and work. There aren't any shortcuts.
            
            Even if you do everything right, you won't necessarily earn a lot in the current environment.

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      Rachelle Williamsposted 8 months agoin reply to this

      I usually don't comment...but I've been her 14 years and I have NEVER seen earnings this low. I'm pretty much fearing the worse - I went through this with Associated Content and eHow, but at least at eHow my 285 articles were purchased for $24K...those were the days.  I'm hoping whatever is happening here at HP isn't about to be catastrophic...but, it's looking worse every time I log in.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 8 months ago

   Join the F'n club.

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      Khanmaria12posted 8 months agoin reply to this

      What is that

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         jansharesposted 8 months agoin reply to this

         It's slang for "we are all in the same boat, with very little views and earnings," with a huge dose of sarcasm and underlying disappointment.

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            Khanmaria12posted 8 months agoin reply to this

            Oh okay

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   Kenna McHughposted 8 months ago

   HP's response is not to complain and write. I don't think that is working.

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      eugbugposted 8 months agoin reply to this

      I think I'll try not complaining and not writing. The other of the four permutations of the two choices haven't worked.

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         PaulGoodman67posted 8 months agoin reply to this

         Even Pethelpful has declined after looking like it might be on the way up a year ago. Its gains have now been wiped out.

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            Solarasposted 8 months agoin reply to this

            And CPM blows too.

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      Khanmaria12posted 8 months agoin reply to this

      I know this that complaining won't increase my earnings, Lol. I think new comers are not active here. I wanted to know their response.

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   eugbugposted 8 months ago

   Why can't we self-promote? There's so many ads, yet we can't even advertise ourselves.

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      Solarasposted 8 months agoin reply to this

      Such an excellent point. Why indeed?

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