Plus I have to consider the fact that the past week I felt like I was fighting a virus and required a lot of extra sleep. I was incredibly tired and slept about 3-4 extra hours each day compared to my usual. Now I feel like I am 100% so I would anticipate being able to get some more work done this weekend despite all of the home responsibilities as well. I am feeling energized and motivated!
I haven't been as diligent at publishing backlinks either. I am seriously wondering about their effectiveness with Google going after content mills if some of the linking sites will be on the radar. I would hate to think that any effort at SheToldMe or Redgage would be all for naught. That is why I am thinking I should continue to focus more heavily on content creation than anything else.
I may even consider writing some product Hubs at HubPages in the near future as well. I am starting to see some results from Amazon and am seriously thinking that might be a valuable method to diversify a little of my writing. I still feel awkward recommending any products that I have personally not tried. Nor do I feel that I could write a Hub on "the best" such-and-such since how do I know it is the best?! To me that seems like opinion only unless there is some data supporting such an assertion.
Anyway, I am still debating the product angle. I will continue to work hard and write at HubPages until I can consistently earn $100 per month. Then I will diversify some more since it is impossible to know when a particular site might fall by the wayside. Can't have all my eggs in one basket. In the meantime, I better get working so that I can get 3 or 4 Hubs done this weekend and get back on track.
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Nice, Kidgas.
ReplyDeleteOne thing is for sure, good quality content will not go away. I just keep telling myself to put in the work and not worry about the money yet, it will follow. One of my eHow articles hadn't made a but a few bucks since 12/08, then this December it made $30.00 all by its self and another $20.00 since then. Strange but encouraging.
Well you have done much more work than me! I definitely agree with your idea of getting to about $100 and then diversifying. Hubpages may seem to be a very stable webpage but who knows what might happen in the future.
ReplyDeleteKidgas, I hear you. Its difficult to stay consistent in producing content. I have a hard time doing it for my own hobby site. I just paid someone to produce the content for a new niche site. It was so much easier, but of course the site will have to be a success to offset the cost. Best of luck with Hubpages. I hope you clear that $100 a month. I have very similar aspirations.
ReplyDeleteAndy,
ReplyDeleteThat's great that you were able to get that kind of income from one article. I will definitely take those strange happenings which is why it is important to keep going.
Bristolboy,
Thanks for commenting. I do wonder what will happen since I have seen a few sites change their business model. It pays to be prepared.
Jared,
Congrats on getting a new site up and running. Best of luck to you.
Kidgas, I wanted you to see this link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sistrix.com/blog/985-google-farmer-update-quest-for-quality.html
It is relevant to your Hubpages goals.