One year ago....

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   TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years ago

   
   On August 26 it will be one year since my hubs took a 90% hit.  It happened without warning or explanation, but when the ashes settled, I only had 10% of my former views. 
   
   I went crazy trying to figure out what went wrong.
   I removed 47 articles so that I could create a niche site.
   I revamped every single article.
   I asked everybody for suggestions and took most of them.
   
   As time passed, I realized what happened.  School started.  Summer vacations ended.  Nobody really needed to read very much of what I was writing about.
   
   So, I waited.
   
   Spring eventually came, and views slowly started climbing.
   
   Tomorrow, the number of views I had left after cleaning out my site will have doubled!
   
   I better enjoy my little victory, because school is starting again this week.

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      Au faitposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      There has to be groups on FB and elsewhere who are very into camping and RV-ing.  I recommend that you advertise your exceptional informative articles on that subject to those people.
      
      The above isn't my idea -- wish I could claim it.  I read about it in a hub by Lyoness913 and I think she has some ideas for getting traffic that might actually work.
      
      http://lyoness913.hubpages.com/hub/Grea … of-Traffic
      
      Hope this will help you Sandy.  Your articles are so useful and I know there are lots of people out there who would love to get their hands on them (or eyes if you prefer). 

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         TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Au Fait:  Thanks.  I will read it more thoroughly tomorrow, but after taking a peek, I think there are some great ideas there.  Within the next hour or so I should hit 300,000.  My goal was to make to that point before school started, and I'm happy to say it will now happen.
         
         I truly appreciate all of the support you have given me in recent months. 
         
         PS  I just looked again and 300,00 is already there...and counting!  Yaayyy

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   Niecey Docposted 8 years ago

   Ah, yes that makes sense. You have very seasonal type articles. Some great looking ones though!

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Niecey Doc:  Thanks so much.  Shows you how naive I was...I never realized I was writing seasonals!

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   adevwritingposted 8 years ago

   You have a lot of hubs on RVs. Why don't you change "TIMETRAVELER2" into RVTRAVELLER?

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      That's a great suggestion, but we are not permitted to change our original IDs on this site.  When I started here I never planned on only writing in this niche, thus the current name.  Had I known I would have done as you suggested!

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