Newbies - Kick Start to Success on Hubpages
83(Written November 2009, Updated January 2012)
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Welcome to Hubpages
I have only been on HP for 6 months, but have learnt so much in that short period of time, which has been of great benefit to me. I believe if you have the tools to do a job, you’ll be able to do it more effectively and get good results quicker.
A lot of new Hubbers, post questions, so I thought it would be a good idea to write a simple short Guide to give people a Kick Start.
** P/s note, text in light blue are links. Double click on them.
HHelp – Never hesitate to ask for Help if you are not clear on anything and when you publish your first Hub, you can post it in Forums where people will welcome you and give you good feedback on your Hub. For help with your new Hub – post it under Extreme Hub Makeover. See an Example below:
New Hubber looking for Helpful Feedback
UUndertake Challenges – There are Hub Challenges that run in HP. E.g 30 day Challenge – where Hubbers write a Hub a day, for 30 days. You can start when you want. From experience, this increases traffic to your Hubs, increases your earnings. You also get a lot of feedback, so you can evaluate your writing. No need to panic - If you can’t complete 30 days, there is no penalty. It’s just good motivation. The most recent challenge is The November Challenge. If you do take part, when you publish your Hubs, post them here: November Hub Challenge
BBuddies or Fans. Don’t isolate yourself. Read other people’s Hubs and write comments. (remember to rate the Hub). If you like their articles or Profile, you could even fan them. They most likely will return the compliment by checking out a few of your Hubs etc . Also, Visit Forums and you’ll get to know other Hubbers through interactivity - that way more people will get to know you. Apart from Fans, you might even develop some good friendships. I have met some really lovely people in HP, who I am also in contact with outside HP.
Adsense Pay
PPay – Join Affiliates programs, particularly Google and Amazon.
AArticles – Write articles of good content. Make them interesting. Give them good titles and put in a lot of Tags. If you don’t know what to write about, visit the Ideabank – there are hundreds of ideas.
GGoogle Key word tool – Google keyword tool gives you new keyword ideas. It also helps you know how popular a word or phrase is. See example below; I typed in "drinking" and it's given me ideas on topics to write about as well as indicating how popular the word is.
Google Keyword Tool
EEnjoy it - People are more productive, when they enjoy what they are doing. Things to enjoy include:
** Reading Forums Posts. Examples:
http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/24863
http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/26789
** Reading and Contributing to Q & A – Examples - Question about Divorce and Living Debt Free
Ps. You can also use Q & A in preparation for a Hub. Post any question under the sun. (well, within reason)
** Interactivity (otherwise called Hubtivity)
** Learn new things, useful Tips, read, fiction stories etc If you read a Hub and really liked it , you can Bookmark it. (Bookmark is just under your Avatar)
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SStatistics – If used wisely could help a lot. If you click on My Account at the top of your page, it will show you your Statistics (if it doesn’t, click on Statistics) All your Hubs are displayed giving you details of how many times they have been viewed and their performances over certain periods etc . This info. helps you know which Hub is doing well or if there is the need to tweak certain Hubs etc For a more detailed breakdwown - sign up with Google Analytics. (For more info on Google Analytics, refer to my Hub below - Making Money from my Hobby)
You can also view your Statistics in a graph. On your profile page, click on View Stats. A graph will appear.
There is so much more to learn and you will in good time. Meanwhile, I hope the Tips I have shared with you get you off to a very good start. Good Luck and feel free to email me any questions. Ready, steady, gooooooooooooo.....
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Update January 2012
Also join the Hubpages Ad Program
It is an additional way of earning money. More details here: http://hubpages.com/learningcenter/earnings-program
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Good hub, Lady_E! I learned some things tonight. I have been wondering how important the rate it up or down capsule is. Wait while I rate yours up.........
OK I'm back. I often forget to do this when I like a hub. Does it matter?
Later.
Very nice hub. As a 15 days old newbie, I'm still learning what is possible on hubpages; and this information stirs me to information I want to know. Very helpful.
Thanks!
Lady E, Very good Hub! This will help newbies - get a great start! I learned some things as well. Blessings!
Yes ! Genius! Thanks for this:)
Great hub for newbies including me.I never took part in hub challenge-this is really a great idea for increasing traffic. thanks
Sound advice. I'm not big on the challenges but that's just me.
This is a good introduction for newbies, Lady_E. Great job on jump starting their progress!
Cheers everyone for your comments. I'm glad it has been of use to you and as the days go by, I'm learning from you and others too, as well as enjoying your Hubs.
Floating Mind - Welcome to Hubpages. I'm going straight to your profile now to read your Hubs. Enjoy :)
Thanks again everyone. :)
Thanks Lady E for this wonderful Hub .
You are really a pro.:-)
Very good tips there. I enjoy Hubpages too, very nice community around.
Thanks Shai, for your comments - glad you enjoyed it. :)
Thanks Namelessrider - Tried to check out your profile but it led me to a Blogspot. (which was still ok anyway)
Thanks for your comments. :)
Great hub I didn't even know about the ideabank, this is really helpful for thinking up ideas for new hubs!
very detailed hub. AS kARTIKA have said, you are so generous. you give all the best to help other people most especially the new hubbers like me.keep going my friend
Very useful advice. It is not for newbies only. I have learnt so much from it even though I have been hubbing for a while. Thanks a lot.
@ Ian - thanks, glad you found it useful. :)
@ Reymund - Thanks for your kind compliments. Wishing you good luck as you have just joined HP. :)
@ Philipo - Hi Philipo, thanks for your comments, nice to read from you. Where have you been. Meetings with Obama? lol
This is a really nice hub. I like how you put the adsense screen shot in it, too.
Cheers SEOGuy.
Glad you liked it and hope your get positive results.
Thanks for stopping. :)
This is a very useful and informative hub, Good Job Lady_E, Keep up the good work : - )
Thanks MrDnf - glad you found it useful.
Cheers.
Well done Lady_E. I'm trying to take your advise and read everyone else's hubs. There are just so many good hubbers like you out there! Off to read some more :)
Lady E nice job, I'm a newbie so I can use the help!!
** Hi Duchess, hope the Hub challenge is going well; Thanks for your encouraging comments. I must drop by to see you again soon. Happy Thanksgiving weekend. :)
** Hi Rich, Welcome to HP, I've visited your profile and my, you are really into NFL. lol. Wishing you success on HP. Thanks for your comments. :)
thanks ladye for this very good information
Great article and very informative. Thanks for posting it. I'm pretty new to Hubpages.
** Hi Lashanrenee, thanks for your comments. Nice to hear from you again. :)
** Thanks Shamonj, i'm glad you found it useful and wish you success on HP. :)
Very creative Hub. I've been around for a few months and am just realizing how important all these nuances are to having success and fun on HP. Thanks Lady E.
Thanks for your Comments Jai. I'm glad you found it useful.
Regards, E.
Excellent, thanks for the advice!
Thanks Miah - Nice to read from you again. :)
Like your Hub Lady_E, I think I might be refering to this quite often if you don't mind. I am new to this but hooked already.
Thank you for the advise.
Thanks Lumen2light, I'm glad you found it useful. Email me if I can be of further help. Best Wishes.
hi
Excellent, great work. thank you for the advice!
Thanks Tipu, I really hope you find it useful and get the desired results. Regards.
Lady E,
Thank you for breaking it down so well :) Holly
Thank you for this hub. It was very informative and I got a lot of useful information from it.
Great article, as i am knew i have taken some advise from it. Thanks for your kind words on my page.The comments i have received since i have joined hubpages have lifted me.
** Thanks H A Borcich, wishing you Good luck on HP. :)
** Cheers Gemynii, I'm glad you found it useful and hope your Adsense cheque is on it's way very, very soon. :)
** Hi Tipperary, you are welcome. Lovely to read from you.
Good luck with HP and I wish you a peaceful year ahead.
Do take care. :)
Great hub lady_E i really enjoyed it and kept on reading
Great useful tips, thank you
I like a lot to read hubs full of advices yet clear and easy to read, otherwise how can I read all those hubs? :)
Very nice work.
** Cheers Oldskool, I hope it helps your Adsense cheque come quicker. :)
** Hello Hypnodude, thanks for your kind comments. Nice of you to drop by. :)
Oh thank you, this is really useful advice and very good of you to share. I sometimes find these sites daunting but would love to earn something for my writing; getting more traffic is what eludes me. Thanks and good luck yourself.
Thanks Zac. I'm glad you found it useful and I hope you find Success on HP this New Year.
Best Wishes
Thanks!! Alot of help!!
thanks for your wonderful advice
Thanks for the excellent newbie advice!
** Cheers Scotty's thoughts - you are welcome.
** Hi Katodus, Glad you found it useful. Regards.
** Good luck with it, Madtown. Thanks for stopping.
Good hub! I can definitely use these tips!
Hey, great to see a successful UK Hubber! This is a great kickstart - a good title; just put up my first hub, so looking and learning. Glad I found you!
**Cheers Cindy, wishing you success with it. Regards.
** Welcome to HP dragonbear and congrats on your first Hub. I will pop by. Thanks for stopping.
Hey LadyE...Good advice for a newbie like me. Thank you
Cheers Rob. Wishing you Success on HP. Regards.
Great hub and info thanks Lady_E
Thanks Swiftly - Hoping a big Adsense cheque comes your way soon. :)
Lady_E, I consider myself a Newbie here as I've only been around for like three months. I really enjoy the topic I write upon and this is pretty much where I'll stay. I do need to punch things up a bit though. Thanks for the help!
Great advice Lady_E - yet another helpful hubber out there who gives their time to help us newbies!
** Thanks Unchained Grace - wishing you success on HP.
** Wlecome to HP Edweirdo - thanks for your comments. Best wishes.
Thanks for providing such good tips for us newbies. I'm going to take your advice and use them. Can you tell me how to become a fan of yours? I'd like to read more of your bugs.
Cheers Susan. Glad you found it useful and wish you success on HP. Feel free to visit my profile anytime to read more hubs. :)
Thanks LadyE I still have not gotten the adsense benifits as yet. Must re read this hub and follow the instructions carefully.
Sorry to hear this Ngria. You've been on HP for a long time. Register here: www.google.com/Adsense. The Code is automatically generated and appears in your Affiliates Tab.
Then, Google will verify your address and telephone number and the process should be complete. You will then receive payment any time your reach $100. Good Luck.
Nicely done. Very helpful and useful information. Very kind of you to share this information with others. A+!!
Thanks Kims,
I'm glad you found it useful.
Wishing you success on HP. :)
Hi Lady_ E !
Am a new hubber... Just getting started. I quite agree with you that one would really need all the materials to get it right ! Thanks 4 the tips. My problem is that I don't really have a personal web-site 2 get affiliated with Google Adsense or Amazon which is one of the requirements... Am lost in getting one I can really manage... Pls hw do I get this right, so I'll get paid 4 my work (hub) ? Thanx.. Lots of luv !
Hi Stehphen - if you are with Hubpages, that's a start to earning adsense.Once you sign up, your affiliate code is automatically put on your profile. Sign up at google.com/adsense. Having a website is just extra adsense.
Good luck.
hi lady_e exellent information and tips for newhub like me. thanks. I will follow you
Thanks Rismayanti,
Wishing you success on HP. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards.
Thanks for the great advice.
Thanks Lamme,
Wishing you success on HP.
Thanks Lady_E, great advice for newbies like myself!
Cheers Blognation. I wish you well with Blogging to the Nations. :)
Hi Lady_E, I'm not that new to HubPages anymore but can always use good advice and you've got it here! Thanks for the article.
Thanks Journey - I'm glad you found it useful. Best Wishes.
Thank you for this information! Great hub, I really like the format. I have only been a member of hubpages for 10 days now, and I am not making ANY money, so I appreciate the tips. Can't wait to read more:)
Thanks 07Angel01
Welcome to Hubpages; For now it's best writing some Hubs, give it sometime and your Adsense will definitely start building. Best Wishes. :)
incredibly helpful.let me get started.
Thanks Stoni
Wishing you success with it.
Hi Lady_E
Thanks your comment on Angie's photos...the shots were taken last August in Puerto Vallarta, MX using available light. I surely will read some of your hubs, I like the one on Computer Passwords.
Cheers Philly.
Best Wishes.:)
Great, insightful advice Lady_E. This is very helpful esp. the contests/challenges and hub feedback!
Thanks ceholmes
Glad you found it useful and wish you success on HP. :)
Helpful advice not only for a newbie. I'm seeing I must spend more time enriching traffic to my hubs. Peace/rated up!
Hi SupportMed,
I'm glad you found it helpful. The more Traffic you get to your Hubs, hopefully, the more clicks and bigger Adsense cheques. lol.
Best Wishes. :)
Yesterday, I made a firm decision, My head is filled with information. I will empty it of all that is useful.The remainder will go into the basket. Thanks for this page.
keep me in mind.
Cheers platinumowl.
I really wish you well on Hubpages.
Regards.
Its a great lesson Lady_E,I am book marking this for detailed studies,but one thing is for sure this is a good place to learn if nothing else.Thank you very much.awesome.
I totally agree with you Suny. Hope you find it useful and best wishes on HP. Regards.
Great advice. I am new and learing the statistical part will help me anilize my hubs.
Glad you found it useful John.
I wish you all the Best on HP. :)
thanks for a great article. You are right about so much to learn. That includes life itself.
True Kennynext - I'm still learning about life itself.
Thanks for stopping.
Best Wishes.
Just got here. Lucky to read you stuff!
Thanks
Steve
Thanks Steve - Good Luck. :)
Lady_E, what great advice! You answered so many of my questions, and now I'm not nervous about the 30 day challenge. I hadn't joined because I wasn't sure if I could write that much. Thank you!
Thanks for the newbies info, Lady_E. I just signed up a few minutes ago. May not be on here much starting out, but I will continue to read and take in all the info until I am set to write something myself. Gotta get in a routine first. Lol
** Thanks Donna - I'm glad you found it helpful and wish you lots of luck with the Challenge. I did it months ago and it made a positive difference. Regards. :)
** Welcome Debra - That's the best way. It gives you a feel of the site and gets you organised. Best Wishes
Wow! this was really useful. Just what I was looking for. Thanks!
Cheers kai777 - glad you stopped by.
Thanks and Best Wishes.
Most interesting & helpful.
But- very scary. I/m just putting in my big toe to test the waters.
I'm a little overwhelmed everyone is so good at this.
I'll have todo much more reading of the sites before i venture futher.
Thanks for putting so much into this, & for the info
Cheers Christine - Just enjoy writing for now.
Take it easy. :)
Very impressive hub, thank you for all the information!!
Certainly very helpful and you are not selfish in your knowledge at all. I love to read hub guides for beginners and such because of the numerous knowledge which could be gained and renewed. Hub up. :)
** Thanks so much for visiting Entourage. Best Wishes.
** Cheers Hubpageswriter - I hope you enjoy writing online and wish you success with it.
You are a very nice person, thanks for sharing your knowledge with the world.
Your advice is great; very helpful and I thank you.;)
xxx
Thanks so much for your kind comments, QueenStars. I'm glad you found it useful. Drop me an email if I can be of any help.
Best Wishes.
Great hub. Curious though; you said you can post links on redgage and xomba, but when I looked at them, it looked like simply an article site like hubpages, and I don't want to spread myself too thin here, because I have to have time to write. I've already got three sites I'm posting in on a variety of topics, but I haven't figured the adsense thing out very well yet, and don't seem to be having any luck with amazon.com. Advice?
Lady E, thank you for the advice and hopefully I see some traffic as I just joined Redgage and Xomba. I just like seeing everyone's layouts to see how I can spice my hubs up some as they range from a high score to low? How long did it take you before your profile was at 100?
Etherealenigma - thanks for stopping.
You don't have to write on Redgage or Xomba. You simply post/upload the links to your Hubs which brings more traffic (people to ur articles). It just means your articles will be seen in many places - increasing your adsense. Best Wishes. :)
** Hi Mdscoggins - My Hubscore like everyone else's goes up and down. It's all to do with traffic. If the traffic goes down a bit, my score will drop to the 90s. Wishing you well on Redgage and Xomba. :)
I cant wait until I start to get more momentum with google adsense. You have some impressive earnings along with a very impressive fan base. Great Article
Hi Entourage - The fact that you have started writing Hubs already means you are getting more momentum because people are reading them daily.
(keep them coming though)
Thanks for your comments. I really wish you well. :)
Thank you for the guide! I recently joined HP and have three hubs. I'm glad there are so many people on this site that can give out some very useful information.
Thanks The Taco - Welcome to Hubpages.
thanks for the info... Great article!
Thanks Flowerpick - glad you found it useful.
great hub. still learning so hubs like this really help.
Thanks Darren - Wishing you good luck on HP.
Nice Avatar.
Lady E thanks - for all that advice so generously given - to be honest I came to HP just to write when I had something to say so things like 'keywords' etc are at the moment way beyond me - however, I can now see the sense in working on them and your advice is so helpful and clearly arranged - may have to come back sometime for more advice! Many thanks again LE
Thanks Amorea - Glad you found it useful and Best wishes for writing on Hubpages. :)
Very Good and Proven Tips for newbies to kick start to success on HubPages. I wish I had such a great resource when I first started. This is exactly what newbies need. Thanks and Great Job!
Thanks Katie - Good to see you again. :)
I joined hubpages a few weeks ago and im still learning. you wrote some useful tips. I still cant figure out the thing about keywords. How do you add keywords to your hubs?
I can use this hub LadyE, thanks so much.
** Jay, there are options to insert Keywords as you create your Hub. These are words that people can search on to get to your article. Example: from the comment you posted, if I were to select keywords from it.... They would be: Tips, learning, hubs.
Good luck.
** Hello Treasuresofheaven - Glad you found it useful. Best Wishes
Hai lady_E..
I have joined hub a one month back,now only i read your hub its very useful new bee like me.greatful and thank you for ur hubs.
Thanks Bloomchand
I'm glad you found it useful and wish you success on HP. :)
Thanks so much for the excellent tips. I am a newbie and this was helpful advice.
Thanks Revmjm - glad you found it useful.
Best Wishes. :)
Great stuff!Thanks for the time to share your thoughts. Well done
Thanks Brother Lemmy, I appreciate you stopping by. :)
Thanks for the tips!
Cheers Marian. Good luck with Writing Online.
Thank-you for the advice article im a new hub member I barely joined and I will use this article as a reference thanks for the help!
Hi Spotlight
I am glad you found it useful and wish you success writing online. Most of all, I hope you enjoy it. :)
Lady_E doing what she does best great,useful and informative article there.I like that
very good hub. thank you for the great info
** Thanks Mitschell - Lovely of you to stop by.
** Cheers Luvs2Write - Nice of you to comment.
It can be done.
Thanks The North Star.
Good Luck with writing/Publishing online.
Thanks for a great hub. I found it very informative, especially since I am new to HubPages.
Hello CoachCatherine
I'm glad you found it useful and hope you enjoy writing here. Best Wishes, Elena.
Helpful hub with great tips, and I liked how you formatted it and spelled out Hubpages. Cool...thanks!
Thanks a lot, easylearningweb.
I really appreciate you stopping by. :)
I'm pretty new to HubPages, so this certainly serves as a good reference. I'll certainly try the Forums at some point too. I've actually noticed that when I've posted Questions and made various comments, it's helped my traffic a little bit and gets me a few followers. Thanks a bunch!
Hello gmaoli - welcome to Hubpages.
I am glad you found this article useful and hope you enjoy writing and interacting on site.
Good Luck.
This is a nice hub! I'll check back here once I finally get my Adsense application approved, I still haven't applied since I'm just starting out. In a month's time I probably will. Thanks! ;-)
Thanks Angie and good luck with the Adsense Application.:-)
kartika damon Level 2 Commenter 2 years ago
Excellent advice - you are a very generous hubber! Best, Kartika