2000 dollars/monthly on HubPages?

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   David 470posted 11 years ago

   Considering what has transpired with some of my hubs in the past few weeks (and months)... I see how making $1500-3000 dollars a month is possible. I have less than 10 hubs gathering 66% of my traffic - only at the moment - this will likely change because of search engine trends, seasonal etc.... While my "older hubs" are not making as much income/traffic as they once did, they still equal a respectable amount considering the money earned is passive anyway.
   
   I have predicted many of my traffic downfalls and rises, but have came to the realization, that I must focus on VERY specific niches at the right time, and use SEO intelligently.
   
   I understand that people who make 1500+ a month on HubPages are the minority, but how many people approximately make this much a month?
   
   Five? Ten? Hundreds of hubbers??? The exact number is not important to me, but an approximation, perhaps?

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      IzzyMposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      David, some of your hubs are on trending topics/games. They have a limited life. While its great you are doing so well, they are not evergreen topics, unfortunately.
      
      So they have a shelf-life.
      
      Actually I wish I knew about these things because I could take a temporary surge in traffic, I really could.
      
      Meanwhile, enjoy it

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         David 470posted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, this is why to some extent, I am not creating long-lasting passive income. However, I do have a gaming niche written a year ago that still gets good traffic - not sure how - it even survived Panda! Perplexing...
         
         My health related hubs just do not get a lot of traffic...They are not hot topics....unfortunately. I think those topics would do well with Amazon , though, because I am actually starting to make some money with Amazon.

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      relacheposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      According to the self-reported stats I've been collecting on my Hub about improving your earnings, from Aug 2010 to Aug 2011 4% of respondents reported making over $1000 and had been with the site for 3 years or more.
      
      This year's stats are still too new to be useful.  Suffice to say, it's most likely that only an extremely small number of users out of the entire site membership are able to make that much.
      
      In the end, the people who get successful money-wise stop talking about it as it's in their best interests not to.

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         David 470posted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, I suspect most people who make a couple thousand do not talk about.
         
         Interesting poll results. How often do you reset the poll?

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            relacheposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I reset it in August because that's when the Hub was first published.  This year that worked out somewhat advantageously, as the subdomains went live right before the reset.

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         Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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         David 470posted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Most people who sign-up to HubPages do not even write anything.
         
         I think some people just want to use the religious and poltical forums and post 1,000,000 replies to why god does or does not exist....

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            Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Or why "lefties" or "righties" are ...fags.

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            kschangposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I know at least one guy who registered a hubpages account just so he can comment spam my hub.   He posted ONE comment, then went back to post third-party (non-HP) comments using the same name.

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      Dave Mathewsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Is this really possible or is this a joke?

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         relacheposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Do a bit of reading, and you'll be able to decide for yourself.
         
         http://hubpages.com/faq/#program

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   Uninvited Writerposted 11 years ago

   I think most people who made that much did so before Panda.

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      rmcrayneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Is Panda still having a big impact on the masses?  I'm not in the >/=$1K per month crowd, but my earnings are now over double my pre-Panda earnings.

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         IzzyMposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Maybe not the masses, just some of us.

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   TheMagicianposted 11 years ago

   I could buy a lot of double cheeseburgers with that kind of income from HP... mmm.

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      IzzyMposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Some of us are more concerned about paying overheads, rent, bills etc, but if you want to stuff your face with cheeseburgers, be my guest Your funeral.

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         David 470posted 11 years agoin reply to this

         

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         QuestionMasterposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Man cannot live on cheeseburgers alone...
         
         I'd prefer some pizza and mexican thrown in too.

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         TheMagicianposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I guess rent and bills are pretty important...
         Screw the cheese burgers, Dennys twice a week and bills paid would be my dream!

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            Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I very much enjoy Ramen Noodles minus that damned msg flavor pack.....and canned tuna, clams, or chicken.
            
            Louisiana Hot Sauce makes the world go round, btw.

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               habeeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               I think there's a law in the South that every home has to have at least one bottle of hot sauce!

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                  Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  If there isn't - then there damned sure should be!
                  
                  Apologies for the oversight, Ma'am, I'd thought that I was following you already.

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   Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years ago

   I've never made more than $14 in a single day here.  I'm super aware that high end acoustic guitars aren't going to make me Hubpages "rich."
   
   I'm into "blue chip" articles though - steady is...STEADY!

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      QuestionMasterposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I haven't made that in a day since pre-panda.

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         Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I haven't either!!!!
         
         I made the....."jump" or "sacrifice" to run HP Ads....so there is less chance of making big Adsense, and an absolute certainty that I'm going to make over a buck a day....

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            TheMagicianposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Jump? Sacrifice? Hmm... what exactly relations do the HP Ads have to the AdSense ads? I've been pretty confused about this. If your HP Ads program is turned on, does that just mean less AdSense ads are shown?

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               Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Bingo!
               
               You're not confused at all, you know what there is to know there.

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   Richieb799posted 11 years ago

   I've had my best earnings month here since last December this month, Panda affected my best hubs but they came back stronger and I'm supplementing my hubs with niche Wordpress sites as well. You never know if a hub is trending or not, Google search results decide your fate anyhow and for how long

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   LeanManposted 11 years ago

   Yes Please..... please send me $2000 every month.... I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDD it... lol

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   habeeposted 11 years ago

   Looks like I'll make around $2,000 this month, but that monthly amount will decrease after Christmas.

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      Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You are now officially my hero !!

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      David 470posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That's great news. I know that I'll prob end up making less coming January.

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   sportgamesposted 11 years ago

   I see that you are not wasting time on hubpages, I am new here but I hope I can, some day, reach that income.

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   jcmayer777posted 11 years ago

   I'd have to suspect there are a lot (relatively speaking) of people making that type of money on HP.  Every major rev share site has multiple success stories of people making it big. 
   
   Big earners are definitely in the minority, but there are bound to be several.  Some will openly state it, but others probably never post on the forums or talk about it.  I'd have to suspect that for each person openly talking about it, there are at least two ghosts that you never hear from.

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      David 470posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Ghosts!!

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    Garrett Mickleyposted 11 years ago

    As well as I'm doing lately, I could definitely see how it's possible, and I figured out how much traffic I need to get there.
    
    Now, like you said, we just need to use SEO intelligently and keep on keepin' on!
    
    See you at the top, my brother.

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    TheMagicianposted 11 years ago

    So we'll all meet up and have cook outs and drink Champagne like rich folk when we get rich off HP? Sort of like our own little country club

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       Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       More like cheap beer, and Ramen noodles - but it just feels good to make money from writing online.

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          TheMagicianposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          
          I'll bring the Scrabble.

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    Stacie Lposted 11 years ago

    some hubbers have quite an impressive earnings report every month. most of us dream of making something near these figures.
    talent is a big factor along with choosing the right subject matter.
    continued success.

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    icountthetimesposted 11 years ago

    Some in spirational posts here. It seems that some people just have the knack of creating the type of hubs that people want to read.

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