Cruising Right Along

In my last post, I mentioned that I was starting to feel a little burned out, and I was. I can't really explain it, but I felt as if maybe this might all be too much. I was a little down about not being able to get ahead on the Hubs for the Hub Challenge. But, looking back, I was able to accomplish quite a bit. Since Sunday, I have continued to work and publish. In just over 48 hours, I have published 2 more hubs and 2 more eHow articles.

I have also been able to get some traffic in that time frame. I am over 1800 views on all my Hubs which is where I had hoped to be by the end of July. I think I may end up over 2000 views. I am starting to see some traffic at Squidoo getting 38 views in the last 7 days. Now 3 of my 5 lenses are in the top 85,000. Finally, I am also seeing some views over at eHow. Obviously, it just takes patience and persistence.

Waiting on Earnings

I am, however, a little bit disappointed since the huge increase in traffic hasn't led to much in the way of earnings. It is totally understandable since much of the HubPages traffic has been internal traffic and they don't tend to click on ads. I am sure that over time the pages will start to see increasing search engine traffic. Several hubs that I wrote well over a month ago just pick up a view or two here and there but it adds up. I will keep on writing and working. I hope to have another 2 hubs, 2-3 eHow articles, and 1 or 2 lenses done by the start of the weekend. Then I can get another couple hubs done on the weekend. I think it is just a matter of keeping it going. I really don't have much to complain about since I did meet my earnings goal for July already. I will just have to see what August brings. My goal for August is $10. I am not quite sure if that is a stretch or not. I suspect that as I keep publishing, I will find that it is easier to attain than I realize.

I plan on updating this weekend and posting a list of all my eHow articles since I can't get the eHow widget to work. That's frustrating. Until the weekend.

Whew! Nearing Burn Out

The 30 Day Challenge is only barely over 48 hours old for me, and I am feeling it. I suppose it has to do with the fact that I had to spend some time doing research so that I have spent probably 10-12 hours on the 3 hubs that I published. Couple that with the fact that I have also done 3 eHow articles since Thursday and 2 lenses at Squidoo, and I can see why I might be feeling that way. Not to mention the fact that I am trying to become active in the communities and in various groups in order to get my name out there and stimulate traffic. And a few blog posts to boot.

Increasing Traffic

The cool thing is that the all of this hard work seems to be paying off on the traffic front! I have really seen the HubPages traffic taking off. Most of it is fellow Hubbers but some is also Google traffic. The same goes for Squidoo. I have had 21 total visits in the last 7 days and 2 of the 5 lenses are in the top 85,000. I sure hope they stay there because maybe I can earn a few pennies off of all this hard work. Even eHow has had 11 visits to my 3 articles. I didn't think I would ever see traffic off Squidoo or eHow. Now it just becomes a matter of converting that traffic into revenue. I don't have anything to sell so I just have to hope they click on an Amazon capsule and purchase something or an ad.

How You Can Help

You can help by checking out the articles and making positive recommendations. You can also digg and stumble. This will especially be important at Squidoo where ranking matters in sharing the pot of earnings. I have included all the links for my Squidoo lenses here so that you can help with traffic if you would like:

Medicus Driver Training Aid
My Indy 500 Pictures
Budgets Suck
Investing in Gold
Make Extra Money with Your Body

Well, thank you all for reading this post and my articles. I have to go write another hub and keep the pedal to the metal so I can take a break at the end of August.