HubPages Writing Update for September

September Update for HubPages Writing

I've actually done pretty well with my HubPages writing since the last update. There are several I'm not going to link to because they're part of a group of keywords with huge potential and I just want to minimize my competition for them. That said, this doesn't mean that I'm unhappy with these other pages. In fact, now I virtually never write a Hub without doing keyword research first. Say what you want, but as far as earnings go, doing the keyword research is huge and on average the new hubs earn a lot more than the old ones - and my old ones get more traffic and have the strength of age in the search engine rankings that the new ones don't.

That's one thing about being a freelance writing. Whether you like it or not, you have to learn SEO. Especially if you're writing online. This is the new market, and it's not going anywhere.

So onto the update for HubPages: my goal for this month is 30 hubs, which is really reasonable on its own and possibly ridiculously ambitious when I look at my monthly goals. Still, at some point I really need to break out of this rut and go above and beyond, so it's time to hit it.

As for my newest hubs:

Kombucha Tea

Ergonomic Mesh Office Chairs

Basic Outdoors Guide

That's a pretty good trio, and while one was created for linking more than anything, and another is in what turns out to be a really competitive field, all in all I think these hubs will do well enough once they've gotten some backlinks and some time to age.

So the writing continues. One a day is a good pace, especially if you do keyword research and article marketing to promote your hubs. Keep up the good work, and keep moving towards your dreams!

3 More HubPages Hubs

Freelance Writing Update

Just a brief writing update this time around. There's been a lot going on, so while the pace I've put up isn't near what I'm hoping for, the sheer influx of freelance work that has started coming in, along with some very exciting long term projects, has me still relatively happy about the work I've done and the schedule that lies ahead. Despite the somewhat overwhelming nature of life throughout June, I'm going to remain optimistic.

Three new Hubs for this update. All 3 are valuable as standing on their own, but two also work to give a valuable anchored keyword link to an eHow article, and one gives a link to a writing blog that I can also use to get backlinks to some of my support blogs. By making those support blogs stronger, my flagship blogs and potential moneymakers are going to become that much stronger. Meanwhile by using HubPages I can support blogs, websites, and articles that make me money and are important to me, but they also make money naturally while giving solid links - something that's hard to do otherwise. For now, here are the three new hubs I wrote on HubPages:

Writing for eHow

How to Get Rid of Garden Slugs

Flair Bartending

As always, I never make a hub that I would be embarassed to claim as my writing, so right now I'm feeling pretty dang good about those three, and as long as I keep making quality Hubs, it will be that much easier to gather good backlinks for them and rank higher in the search engines. More traffic means more money, so there's still a lot of upside here.

That's my freelance writing update for now. Thanks for reading!

Freelance Writing: One New Hub

Another Hub for HubPages

I've definitely fallen behind on making new Hubs at HubPages, and will probably almost certainly miss my goal of 30 by the 15th. Between more pressing writing demands, personal issues, and lack of Internet access, it was a hard knock. I just made #10, so I'd have to make 20 in five days (including today) to make the goal. Very unlikely, especially considering the 15th of every month is the due date for a lot of my monthly freelance writing work. Still, overall I've been getting a lot of writing done, especially considering everything going on.

Anyway, I'll be making a push to get several hubs done in the next few days, so at least at the due date maybe it'll look like I made a good shot at it, or maybe I'll get on a tear and just make it. We'll have to wait and see.

But anyway, I did complete hub #10 for the challenge, and here it is:

Contemporary Area Rugs

Which puts me at #53 total - with a goal of 150 by September 1st. It'll definitely be a challenge, but I think that goal is one I will obtain.

Anyway, that's the update on my freelance writing at HubPages for now. Keep writing, and keep at it. Even with just the new 10 Hubs, I have noticed my monthly AdSense income going up steadily, so I know this is working.

Two Hubs in One Day

HubPages Writing Update

On my most recent day of writing on HubPages, I wrote and finished two hubs in one day, a much needed boost to my lagging numbers in the 30 Day Hub Challenge. I went for the tamer 30 Hubs in 30 days instead of the wild 100 Hubs in 3 days mostly because there's a lot going on right now for me: including moving across the country, doing the extra freelance work on Guru.com to fund it, and trying to really start my own personal AdSense and eHow challenges, so even 30 in 30 seemed like a test, but that's what challenges are for, aren't they?

This time I wrote two hubs, which you can visit here, if you so desire:

How to Brawl in Self Defense

Double Air Mattresses

The hub about brawling was based on a request asked by the HubPages website, and admittedly was one of the most interesting requests I've seen. In researching what Google has ads for, there's not much for brawling, but there is for self defense, so I put a lot of brawling as self defense in that page.

The double air mattress is a product review hub. One thing I have learned from both HubPages and Squidoo: if you're going for affiliate sales and money, product review hubs are definitely the way to go. It's also a numbers game, but 100 review hubs or lenses getting traffic will get a lot of affiliate sales. 100 hubs or lenses on other interesting topics will get some sales, but more readers, and not make as much money. That's just what my testing has shown over and over again.

So those two hubs made #7 and #8 out of 30, with 16 days to go including today...so move or not, I'd better get moving on this challenge!

The other good news I have noticed: I've kept at my goals of online passive income on and off (mostly off, I admit) for a little over a year now, and there's no question that the AdSense and affiliate sales for me are doing better than ever. The affiliate sales are jumping by leaps and bounds, while the AdSense is still going up by at least 33% this month, after five straight months of gains.

So I'm going to keep at it, and if you haven't started your own online writing quest, the best advice I can give is to get started now, because time is a huge factor in getting that online income so the sooner you get moving, the sooner you'll start seeing some results.