How to Earn $1000 a Month Writing at Hubpages
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Initially I started writing at Hubpages for fun, but we all can use more money, so now I am also focusing on that. I don’t think it would be hard for anyone to make a $1000 a month at Hubpages, as long as they put in the time and effort, plus have the patience needed.
In an average month I earn about $1.00 per hub with the Hubpage Ad program. This includes the money I earn from eBay for each hub. I‘m not counting in my Google Adsense earnings either, which would make my total higher. So this amount is doable. In November and December, I made about double that, but the summer months are slower.
How to Do It
I’ve read about one man that earns $3000 a month with around 250 articles and another that only earns $60 for the same amount. What you will earn depends on how much time you put into your content and how well you choose your topics. Topics need to be specific. For instance, I wrote an article “How to Grow Lilies.“ It didn’t do well on Google. Once I changed it to “How to Grow Asiatic Lilies”, it gets good traffic.
Choosing the right niche to write about and the right keywords may be the most important part of writing for money. Some of my hubs earn nothing and one earns $30 a month. You can cut your work down if you choose the right keywords.
If your hubs are at least 8 months old and you aren’t earning at least an average of $1 a month per hub, you need to take a hard look at what you are writing about and learn some SEO. It can take a year of experimenting to find which topics get good traffic. This is where the patience comes in. As hubs age, they also rank better with Google and earn more money. If you aren't writing about the right niche though, you may not earn anything. Many say the formula is 20% of their hubs earn 80% of the money. I have hubs that get little traffic too.
Using simple arithmetic, you would need 1,000 hubs then to earn $1000. Many will do much better than this. If you can write 3 hubs a day for a year, you would have about that many at the end of a year. You may have a head start already, so it will give you days that you can have off. My bet is that you will end up earning more than the $1000 when you are finished.
I don’t have the time to write 3 articles in a day, but I can write 1 a day if I keep at it. After 3 years, I would have the 1000 hubs completed. Since my hubs will keep aging during that time, I would expect to make more than $1000.
I don’t know about you, but $1000 would go a long way towards retirement. If you follow the plan for 3 years and you complete 3 hubs a day, you may be able to quit that day job. I would spend some of that time on other writing sites though, so your eggs aren’t all in one basket. Stashing money away in a bank account wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
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Very interesting hub. I am already half way there to those earnings from Adsense. I do not use the Hubpages Ad Program though because I tried it three times and each time it cut my Adsense earning by about 80% a day and I was only getting an average of $2 to $3 a day from the Ad Program.
But I have read that many hubbers make lots of money from it.
Your advice is spot on. It took me well over a year to finally learn enough about writing for the internet and SEO to get a decent payout every month.
Like you say though once you have worked out just what does work then it is a matter of writing as many articles as you can when time allows.
Voted up and awesome
Paul, Thanks for commenting. I agree, at first it takes some patience.
viking, You make me wonder if I shouldn't try switching to just Adsense for awhile. You are doing really well for the number of hubs you've written. Thanks for voting up.
Good advice, I had the same idea of trying to make $1000/month.
Barbara, I am with you all the way. I am not earning much but as mu hubs age my earnings go up. I see Google traffic picking up and I want HP to be my primary source of income. I currently freelance so it doesn't give me time to work on my novels, so if HP is my source of income I could relax a little more, concentrate on my hubs and finishing my novels.
arusho, We should compare notes as we go since we have the same goals. Good luck on your endeavor. Thanks for visiting the hub.
I am with you on this. It sounds like a very doable plan. Wishing you the best of luck!
Very informative hub. I think the more exposed your articles are, the more money you will get.
Good advice. I wish I could know how to write productive hubs. I'm nowhere near earning $1 per hub per month, and I have over 150 hubs. Keep trying I guess. Voting this Up and Useful.
homesteadbound and nigfite, Thanks for visiting and the best of luck to both of you too.
alocsin, Just keep at it and you'll find the right niche. Thanks for visiting and voting up.
Great hub! I am not making anything so far. I can't even figure out where the few cents each month that I made went to as a whole total in general.
Hi Barbara, this article is to help you judge how you can reach that goal and even perhaps expand it just a bit higher. I wont be offended if you dont publish the comment. But take a quick look at the math/data on the page. I just didnt feel like copying any of the numbers over.
The article is from pre-panda hubpages - but the traffic to earnings ratios should still hold mostly true.
http://hubsacademy.com/28/featured/make-100-dollar
I see that you are judging that you average $1 day per hub, but if you dig in and find which articles are earning you several dollars compared to those that earn you very little and try to repeat the successful topics/layouts/terms you can quickly start to increase that earnings amount and the time frame in which you can achieve them! It really is very possible.
lucybell, You just need to write more articles to see more earnings. You only have 16 at this point and when I had that many, I didn't see any real earnings either.
sunforged, Thanks for pointing that out. I meant $1 per month per hub. It was a typo error. I changed it. I only wish I could earn the $1 a day per hub, but I haven't come across any subjects that earn that kind of money yet.
1000 hubs @ $1 a month each would earn me that money though. I only wish I could find subjects that paid me more.
Thanks so much for the inspiration. I seem to be in a slump right now as I can't seem to generate good ideas to write about however as you pointed out, patience is the key.
John, Thanks for your comments. You are right. Patience is the key. Just think about what you do everyday. I'm sure you have something to share.
Thank you for this information. I only have a few hubs, which average over a dollar a month each. I thought that was bad, but now I can look at it from a more positive perspective. Thank you!
Rhelena, If you figure that you are earning this money every month, it isn't that bad. You are in a good topic too.
Hi Barbara Kay,
I like people who plan ahead, and I tried to teach this to my 6 nephews. And I hope some of it landed in their memory banks. I voted it up and useful, and very good for everyone to think ahead---as we never know what tomorrow will bring.
Thanks,
Bobbi
PurvisBobbi44, Thanks for visiting the hub. I agree that it is important to have goals and making yourself responsible by telling someone else helps. That's why I wrote my hub, plus to help others see it is possible. Thanks for voting it up.
wonderful information here Barbara!
RNMSN, Thanks.
Barbara Kay, this is quite a motivational hub. I am at the stage where I would be joyful to see a hundred dollars a month. If I saw one thousand the ambulance might just have to be called. I understand that niches have a lot to do with it but I have not found one that interests me as yet. Also time is a big factor. I find that I have less and less time to research. I am trying to do the three hubs a week thing. Your words have motivated me.
North Wind, 3 hubs a week will get you there, it will just take longer and you just might find a niche that will earn some good money where you don't need to write so many. Thanks for commenting and best of luck with your writing.
Hi Barbara I love this Hub, and I have found it very helpful. I don't make anywhere near the kind of money you are talking about earning from Hubpages but it's great to hear it's achievable. I know that the more you write the more you can earn. I am trying to write at leasst 3 Hubs a week too and so far so good.
Hope to be able to write about making $1k from HubPages at some point in the future.
Voted up and useful, thanx again.
Lauryallan, Thanks for visiting and voting up.
Hi Barbara,
What a Inspiring Hub!Loved it. Voted up and useful!
Great job!
urmilashukla23, Thanks for reading and voting it up. Best of luck with your earnings.
Nice tips thanks. I haven't reached $1000 per month yet in Hubpage, not even $100 per month. But it will come to that someday. Cheers
freelanceauthor, Thanks for reading the hub. Someday you'll find a niche that gets super traffic and it will just take off for you. Good luck!
Hi BK, sounds like a great plan and I could only hope that I would be anywhere near that a year from now. But I remember when I started 10 months ago, constantly being told not to give up. Keep pushing, keep learning . . . and I am still here :)
Sharyn
Sharyn, Thanks for commenting. That's what it takes, just keep at it.
Thanks for the encouragement, Barbara. Rated up.
Right this second, I'm just happy I can put on my resume that I'm a "professional freelance author" because I made $3.00! ROFL! I can't imagine getting 3 articles up each day - I wish! LOL One step at a time though, right? Gotta learn the ropes before you can swing from them... (^_^)
Keila, Thanks for visiting the hub and I am happy to hear that it encouraged you. You are right though, you need to learn the rounds first.
What I observed is that earnings not by number of pages you created..but it varies with the traffic..if traffic increases, earning also.if traffic decreases, earning also decreases..
Great Hub and enjoyed reading all the comments so far. This is the kind of honest information I am looking for. I just wrote & published my 1st Hub a couple of days ago..so I'm a BIG-OL-Newbie! Not new to writing, but new to hubs. Anyway, I've learned quite a bit in a short time about this process. I think one of the main keys to attracting traffic IS to write about what OTHERS may be searching around the internet for on a day-to-day basis! Write what YOU know, but also learn other things/ideas and write about what OTHERS want to know and learn about. Wishing everyone good luck! Thx for the Hub & great comments; very encouraging!!
rebeccalee3, Thanks for reading the hub and I hope it gave you the incentive to write more.
Hi Barbara,
Thank you for another great hub, I am trying to soak all the wonderful information up like a sponge, so I can put it into practice.
Thanks
Gail
Gail, It will all become second nature. Thanks for reading my hubs.
I hope this Hub motivates me to write more. When I joined Hubpages I wrote 9 hubs consistently but then lost interest midway. I was lucky that i started earning in my next month only but maybe i became complacent or plain lazy and stopped writing. But of late have been encouraged to write once again.Thanks for writing this Hub.
snigdha.s, I think we all go through periods when we want to write and others when we just aren't motivated. Having a goal is important.
Two weeks ago, my husband told me about people make money on Hubpages.com. I was skeptical at first but I trusted my husband and gave it a try. Your hub just confirmed what my husband had told me. I think I should keep on trying. Hopefully I will see some earning in the future. Thank you for sharing.
kittjj, Thanks for reading the hub. It does take a little patience. Just keep at it.
It takes a little bit of time and promotion. For me, I aim to try to take some of my hubs now and promote them on other sites so that there are more eyeballs looking at them. Doesn't mean they'll stay but they'll see and perhaps share or like. It depends on how you approach the promotion as well as the content that you create.
mikeydcarroll67, Thanks for reading the hub. I agree that promotion helps and is needed.
I came across hubpages accidentally and started writing for fun. Your advice is very helful to newcomers, but writing three hubs a day may not be possible for me.
Hope my income will slowly increase.
Thanks for SHARING:)
It is good to have goals and a plan. As they say, "Plan your work and work your plan." My plan is for a minimum of 3 hubs a week. I see my income only going up about $1. a month right now. I have only been here 4 months, so I know that will start to improve. I have never been a patient person, but to make up for that I am VERY stubborn and do not give up easily. We learn as we go and I plan to keep on going too. Good luck and God's speed! :)
I have an important question. If you wrote those 1000 hubs at the rate of 1-3 hubs/day. Would your traffic maintain itself at any pace after that if you quit writing hubs altogether? Just curious... thanks so much for your hub!
thumi7, I can't write that many myself, but I am still working towards it. I hope we both make it someday. Thanks for commenting.
sgbrown, Thanks for reading the hub. I can't write 3 hubs a day either, but I know if I stick at it someday I will. Best of luck.
starstream, Your hubs should keep rising in Google as they age. Mine keep getting traffic in Google. Using the right keywords and topics and having good content is important. Certain times of the year aren't as good as others. For February I'm not earning as good of money as I did in January, because advertisers aren't paying as much. Thanks for commenting and good luck.
Good info, Barbara. I am finding it overwhelming trying to get a handle on all this hubology (early days for me still!) and this kind of hub is very useful. Voted up, thanks!
poowool5, Be sure to read the Hubpages Learning Center topics and you'll be on your way in no time. I'm happy to hear that you found this useful. Thanks for reading, commenting and voting up.
Been over a year hear but earning peanuts. Your hubs has raised my expectations. Thanks for sharing
dexixy, It still boils down to writing about using the right keywords and topics, but it can be done. Good luck.
This is if no killer Pandas make their way changing the algorithms and hard work!
alexadry, I agree. It doesn't even seem fair, does it?
OK, killer Pandas...I didn't see that in the learning center! Is that a techy word for some hubbing pitfall we newbies should know about?!!
The Panda is something Google is using to determine which pages should rate best in their search engine. They love Hubpages one minute and then the next they don't like us anymore. Now that each hubber has their own subdomain, Google likes some hubbers and some it doesn't. Panda can change at anytime and your traffic will suddenly go down to nothing. It can be depressing.
PaulGoodman67 Level 4 Commenter 4 months ago
I would agree with you that for most people (including myself) the best approach is to gradually build earnings over time. It took me 3 months on here, before I began to appreciate that.