2 Hubs in 1 hour. What do you think of that?

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   JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years ago

   I had given my fellow hubpages hubbers a challenge "3 hubs in 60 minutes. Are you daring enough to do it?" But many hubber couldn't do it. Only one could do it and it was Betty Reid. I'll tell you 1 thing, Betty was very daring! Ok so now i have reduced the difficulty and made this challenge.
   The rules are the same and you can start it at any time. Now let's see if you can complete my challenge. After all it's a challenge.

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      warchild75posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Jeez enough already!!!,still dont think you can produce 2 decent hubs in one hour even if you already have the ideas already to go!!,how about 1 hub in 2-3hours well written with good content!!

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         JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         You can produce 2 hubs in an hour warchild! Just easy, simple and attractive one's. Think about it?

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      twobmadposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I can write more than two hubs in an hour .... setting aside the quality LOL

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      brimancandyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      If I thought my computer, hubpages, and the internet would get the timing down, I might be able to do one in an hour, but probably not two. Of course, if you have read any of my hubs, they are very detailed.
      
      When I write a hub, I usually have to get it ready in my works program first, and then transfer the written part to hubpages, and decide how I want to arrange it as I go. Sometimes my internet times out, and I have to start all over again. Thank god I no longer have a dial-up connection, because those time-outs rarely occur anymore.
      
      It's cool, because I was able to download a video to Youtube in less than 2 hours. With dialup, I couldn't do that at all, or it would take an entire day.
      So, It really depends on what your content is. I have seen some hubs that don't have much to them at all. It's like they are there just for the count.

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         LeeWallsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Have you ever thought that when you read a good book you're going for content not have a YouTube video pop up at you.

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   IzzyMposted 14 years ago

   Jason, its "challenge", not "challange".
   Sorry not trying to be pedantic.

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      JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ok IzzyM, Did you like my challenge and are you going to take part in it?

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         IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Absolutely not! I can hardly write a hub in an hour never mind half an hour!

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   Betty Reidposted 14 years ago

   Chickens! 

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      JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I am going to do this challange right now and I start it in..3...2...1...NOW!

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         JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Heres my two....
         
         1) Somewhere Far, Far away.
         2) One fine misty morning.
         
         I completed my challange in 26 minutes and 33 seconds. I also Added some picts and some beauty and hard work. So go and check it out!

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            Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            It's not often words fail me Jason. 
            
            I need to be somewhere far, far away.

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   Mark Ewbieposted 14 years ago

   OK here's my two.  I haven't made hubs yet but here's the text.
   
   1.
   The Dinosaurs
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   These were very big things that lived before we came along.  They ate leaves and some ate meat.  Not all were big, but the best ones were.  One was called T Rex.  I don't know what the other one was called.
   
   2.
   Recipe for Exotic Toast
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   Take one bit of bread and stick it in the toaster.  Press down with a fork until sparks appear.  Wait three minutes.  Using fork, dig around in toaster until bits of bread pop out.  Sprinkle with salt, anchovies and parmesan cheese.  Sling in bin.

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I'm laughing!

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         Denise Handlonposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Me too!   

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      shazwellynposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I bet you took all of 59 minutes! hehehe

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         Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         It didn't take as long as I expected once I'd buckled down, got organised and cleared my thoughts.  Obviously there was research, then keyword analysis and an assessment of potential markets.
         
         Then a literal 59 minute burst of spontaneous writing, on a total adrenalin rush and, yep, The Dinosaurs 'hub' was was ready.
         
         I only spent a minute on the toast thing.  Cooking's not my area of expertise.

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            RedElfposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            NOW, I am laughing

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      JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You make me laugh a lot mark! LOL

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         Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks Jason, you are very kind. 
         
         I'm still working on the Dinosaur one.  Cheating really, but I can never leave my 'work' alone.

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            JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I am speachless! Thanks for calling me a kind person.
            Mark, DONT cheat but coping points from here and there is allowed. Good luck, You will need it.

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               Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               I think I should have called my toast recipe - Recipe for Exotic Toast.  Is it too late to change it?

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                  JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  It's never to late to do anything. BUT DO IT FAST! Time's running out!

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   Pandoras Boxposted 14 years ago

   Since when is cream of tomato an exotic soup?

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      LOL Ketchup was exotic to me until I was 18!

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         Pandoras Boxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Start with one can of cream of tomato soup. Add croutons.
         
         

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            Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Oh lol.  Man you're a better cook than me.

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               JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Thank you for that comliment Mark.

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      JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Oh pandoras box, Don't you know that i had experimented with these recipies and added a twist of my own?

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      IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      

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   Pandoras Boxposted 14 years ago

   Think I'll pass on the challange... Even though it does sound rather extoic.

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      JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      It's exotic and not extoic pandoras box. Make that correction.

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   Home Girlposted 14 years ago

   
   I will be a cheerleader, no, -  a chairleader for this challange...

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      JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yes Home Girl, You can become a chairleader for this challange. LOL:)

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   Smart Rookieposted 14 years ago

   2 hubs txt.
   
   Toxic Toast Soup Recipe
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   Ingredients:
   1. Bread
   2. Water
   3. Raw sewage
   
   Toast the bread, boil some water, then break the toast up, add salt, then using an industrial vacuum cleaner, siphon some sludge out of a nearby sewer. Mix, bring to a boil (again) ring the soup bell and bon apetit!
   
   How Not to Die
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   1. Continue Breathing
   2. Eat food and drink water
   3. Sleep routinely
   4. Avoid excessive bleeding
   5. Don't jump from heights of over 100 ft.
   6. Don't harass any serial murderers.

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      Home Girlposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You need to add some links to it.

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      Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Nice work Smart guy.  That toast sounds yummy.  Piquant even.

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         IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Really EXOTIC!!

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            Smart Rookieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I think the hub on Dinosaurs is the best so far.  All along I thought T. Rex was just a '70s rock band referenced in a Who song.

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               Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               You're my kind of guy.  However, if I'd gone down that route I would have gone over my alloted time.
               
               I'll tell you what though.  We have 4 possibilities for hubs out of this (2 each , no cheeting) - which is not bad going.
               
               And the keywords for Toxic Toast, Sewage Toast, even dare I say, Exotic Toast - they must be worth something.

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                  wordscribe43posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  It's CHEATING, Mark.  Fix it, please.
                  
                  

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                     Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     Whops!  Silly me.

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   IzzyMposted 14 years ago

   Why don't we write about how to open up a tin of condensed tomato soup and serve it up with toast - just normal toast but maybe broken up into little pieces to make croutons? That a good idea?

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      Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ah.  That is why you write successful marketing hubs.  That is the killer idea. 
      
      You have 30 minutes.
      
      Only joking.

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    CASE1WORKERposted 14 years ago

    OR, for those who do have difficulty- just a hub on opening a can of tomato soup- with two options- one with the pull ring thing that you bravely pull and hope for the best and the second with that kitchen gadget we can a tin opener (not sure what other countries call them)

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       Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I'm liking this - and then you can sell them the tin opener - manual or electric.
       
       In the UK we call them.. a... tin opener.

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    IzzyMposted 14 years ago

    So we have a tin opener, a tin of tomato soup, a loaf of bread - all of which Amazon sell....and a COOKER to heat it up on. Oh and if we go away and leave it unattended, we could also sell fire extinguishers, smoke alarms etc.
    Oh yes this is going to be a highly profitable topic!

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    LondonGirlposted 14 years ago

    As a general observation - an awful lot more people think they can write poetry than can do so......

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       wordscribe43posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       A VERY keen observation, LondonGirl... one I've been painfully aware of myself. 

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    Betty Reidposted 14 years ago

    Jason Nicols, perhaps you should write a poem about exotic soups.
    
    Two hubs per hour,
    exotic meals to devour.
    You can write fast,
    and your lunch is unsurpassed.

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    Betty Reidposted 14 years ago

    Despite the negative feedback, I am going to try it again.  Starting now.

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    Betty Reidposted 14 years ago

    Here's my two.
    
    Quick Ways to Show You Care
    
    New Things to Learn

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       JASON NICHOLSposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I am gonna go and check it out right now! Ok Betty, Please post here in how much time did you write these 2 hubs. We hubbers would love to know:)

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          Betty Reidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Oh, I posted "starting now" when I start and "here's my two when I am done".  In the future I can put the exact time to be clear.  Thanks for starting the challenge.

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    Mark Ewbieposted 14 years ago

    Ok it took an hour to do just one but I think it ticks all the boxes.
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Classic-Recipes … Every-Time
    
    Thanks to all on this thread for the inspiration.

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       warchild75posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Good hub,totally fool proof.lol.Couldnt do two quality hubs like that in an hour though eh!!

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          Mark Ewbieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          For me, the research is everything.  So I will spend literally hours on a subject before even the first words are forming.  I think this attention to detail will pay off one day.
          
          But seriously...
          
          No, I couldn't possibly do two in an hour.  Even if its essentially a bit of nonsense, I want people to get something out of it in return for them visiting. Heck, I want to be proud of it.

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    prettydarkhorseposted 14 years ago

    I can't do this because when I write I do research also. My other hubs are simpler but I still need time.

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    Mark Ewbieposted 14 years ago

    If I write another hub, say in a couple of days time, can I add it to the one challenge hub I've already done? 
    
    Or should I save that hub until a challenge comes along?

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