My Hubpages Experience
82How I came to be a Hubber
I have been an active member on Squidoo since January 2007. I had heard about Hubpages from various lensmasters while posting in the SquidU forums. Two lensmasters in particular, Glen (darkside) and Relache, really sparked my interest in Hubpages. Both of them are top notch lensmasters on Squidoo, so when I heard they had very good things to say about Hubpages, I knew I had to see what all the fuss was about. I joined Hubpages on August 24, 2007.
Once on Hubpages, I quickly realized that there were differences between the two sites. I suddenly found myself in unfamiliar territory. Sometimes it is difficult to adjust your way of thinking when you are used to one thing and then faced with totally different environment. Therefore, I registered, started a Hub and then left.
Fast forward to July 2008. I am back again. This time I am here to stay. I am not exactly sure what prompted me to start on Hubpages again. I think it may have been Squidoo burnout to some degree. Squidoo is still a terrific site, however, sometimes you just need a change. I am still very active over there, but now I am here as well. Since I write online to earn an income, I like that I am even more diversified now that I have added Hubpages to the mix. Between Squidoo, Hubpages and my self-hosted blogs, I am finally on my way to earning a full-time at home income.
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Making Money at Home with Hubpages & Squidoo
I am very happy with how things are progressing on Hubpages in terms of income potential. I am earning more money each month which is great. It is nice to see the uptrend. I have found that Hubpages, like Squidoo, takes time, patience and hard work, but you can get there.
On Squidoo, I have set up a lens to track my earnings. I originally set up this lens to inspire new lensmasters to stick with it even if they didn't see the income immediately and also to recruit stay at home moms like myself looking to make some money at home. When I created my Work at Home with Squidoo lens, I had no idea it would become as popular as it has. Currently, it is ranked # 1 overall.
I have decided to try something similar over on Hubpages. I am going to use this Hub to record my monthly earnings from Hubpages. This will help me keep track of my progress and hopefully prove to newer Hubbers that it can be done. One of the most asked questions I see posted in the Hubpages forums is, "How long does it take to earn money on Hubpages?"
My 2011 Hubpages Earnings
My total Hubpages earnings posted are a combination of Adsense, Ebay, Amazon & my 3rd party affiliate sales from ShareASale & Commission Junction.
2008-2010 earnings figures are posted at the very bottom of this page.
2011 Hubpages Earnings
Month
| Earnings
| #Hubs
|
|---|---|---|
January
| 1,109.33
| 80
|
February
| 1,331.87
| 83
|
March
| 1,276.32
| 83
|
April
| 1,232.83
| 81
|
May
| 932.32
| 83
|
June
| 813.82
| 85
|
July
| 694.29
| 84
|
August
| 752.79
| 84
|
September
| 700.02
| 84
|
October
| 440.00
| 84
|
November
| 425.08
| 84
|
December
| 335.87
| 84
|
Total
| 10,048.16
| |
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Congratulations Janet! That Squidoo Lens is great. A lot of really good information and tracking your earnings like that is brilliant.
Btw, do you make money from your initial image site? or have you stopped doing that since you are making so much from the other places?
Ever tempted to just post your stuff on your own website? :)
$1000 a month? I wish.
Somehow I get the feeling I'll be lucky to make $100 month.
Ah well. There's worst things that could not happen in life. :)
If you can do it on Squidoo there's no doubt it won't happen on hubpages for you too! Good Luck and Glad you came back!
Reading this hub makes me realize how much I need to learn--I'd never even heard of Squidoo, and need to go check it out.
You're very inspiring--thanks so much for creating this hub, and good luck with your goals!!!:)
Hi Janet, if you believe you can, I believe you can do it! :-) It would be pretty neat to earn $1,000 a month wouldn't it? I think I need all the help I can get to get to that goal. LOL Good luck and glad you are here on hubpages. :-) See you around.
Good job on this hub.
You will make it janet
Good luck with your goal of reaching $1000/month. Just for reference, it may be worth including a referral tracker in all your links to earn a bit more, especially if someone signs up. If my even be worth including a link at the bottom saying 'You can sign up here' along with your referral tracker just to earn a bit more from people signing up (this may be a useful page for people who are just signing up). Hope you take this as it was meant to be and that is friendly advice :).
After 3 months and 50 hubs I'm earning about 3 dollars a month from hubs - I need to go back and improve keywords. I think that you will achive your goal - and you have inspired me.
Congratulations on many a nice sum over at squidoo. I am sure you will have equal success here.
I have the figure of hoping to earn $35 per day online. This would mean that I would be able to cut down on the shifts I do at work. Once I reach this goal, I will then aim higher to $50 per day, $100 per day etc. Onwards and upwards.
Wow Janet you are taking over Hubpages too - good for you. People love this stuff and sharing your numbers gives people a look into what you can really earn instead of the unknown. Looks good - Cha Ching!!!
You will do it Janet. You have found the key, and just keep doing it well. I support you.
Awesome job Janet! If anyone will make $1000/month here, it's you. I'm not earning that much here yet, it's going to take me some time to figure that out. It took forever to master Squidoo, so I'm not expecting this to be a cakewalk (no pun intended). Good luck!
Janet, I have a feeling you're gonna make it, gurl! And even if you don't, the fact that you're trying is half the battle won.
I hope you can get it because you are no 1 on squidoo
How you are getting? reveal the secret..
Very impressive. Just wondering why you removed Adsense after February 09 whne it seemed to be doing so well? when
Thanks, that explains it. Just by sheer coincidence I find myself back on your hub again, I wasn't even looking for your hub.
Janet, I was reading your squidoo. I just signed up, but have been with Hub for about a month. Can you tell me exactly, and I mean in english, how you are making the money? Those are wonderful figures. If I can make that much I will stop worrying about paying the bills.
Thanks
Thanks for the hub, it's really inspiring and motivating to see this exponential growth!
Thanks for sharing this. I have read it several times for inspiration and motivation.
Great hub Janet :) Glad to see you doing so well here too.
Great Hub, and To say The Truth I got inspired by your Lens. I was an skeptical.. thanks to you, now I am a firm believer. I was making a little bit of money by blogging, But I decided to give it a try at both hubpages & squidoo, they were free, so there wasnt anything to lose right? Mixing both site, with article writing I think the process can be easier. Another tip for everyone, The goal(s) you set for yourself has to be a reachable one. For example, Set a goal to make your first online income at... whatever amount you want to, a dollar, $10 and work hard to get it in a given period of time. Read a lot of seo and keyword research, get your affiliations, set your adsense and go for it! once you got it, set a new higher goal!
Janet, I am confident you will get your goal and once there, I am sure you will also set a new goal in money and time terms!
gratz and keep going on!
I like your blog. I hope your wishes will come true.
Great article! I can here as another place to publish, but will definitely see if I can do more than planned now! Thanks for the info!
Cheers,
James
Great hub. I hope to be as active in this community. I wrote my first hub and I already feel burned out LOL That's because I'm doing a lot of other things. I'm thinking one hub page per week is enough to keep me sane. :)
thanks @Janet21 I just finished #2. I joined the 30 day challenge. seems like i'm dong that a lot these days. i joined another 30 days challenge and now i'm 4 days behind!
keep going you'll make it!
At the rate you are going, I think you will exceed your goal by two or three times of what you are hoping for on Hubpages alone. I would wish you luck, but I don't think you will need it. So, I'll say "Congrats." :-)
That video was hilarious :) Good luck!
I followed you here from your Squidoo lens. Good job! It's wonderful how motivated you are - setting goals, etc. You're just about halfway to your goal on Hub and it's truly inspiring!
Hi
I tried a couple of squidoo lenses and just didn't really get on with it. Not sure what it was, but it didn't feel right, it felt alien.
I too joined HP, wrote a couple of hubs then kind of left and then wrote a few more, but nothing really until an epiphany moment (OK, a peek at my adsense account) made me realise that I'd been stupid and that I should have been writing a hub a day for the past 3 years, it isn't really that difficult - especially as it's so easy to pop back in and change things any time you want. I think what put me off in the early days was browser issues with the technology, but I've changed browsers just for building hubs now and only get those issues if I forget and come here in IE.
Well done, I'm sure you'll have reached the $1000/month by the end of January 2010. I've kind of got my own mental marker to have 1000 hubs by the end of 2012 and for those to be generating ... well, enough.
I feel the same way that you do, about spreading the risk out across sites. If you don't own something you aren't in control; on the other hand, owning something brings a different set of problems... so risk spreading is the way to go!
Good luck!
Thank you for this- It really helps a newbie like myself
This is a super good hub.
Nice hub good luck with your 1,000 a month goal. I voted yes.
Congrats on your success!
nice hub~ thanks for sharing and inspiring. it's always good to hear and see these success stories. :]
Janet21, i'm truly amazed that people can make so much money on HP. I only made it over $3 and I believe it's a miracle...:)I'm sure you'll reach 1000. I'll bookmark your hub so I can come back and check on it.
Hope by next December you would be able to do that.
Excellent Job with your hubs, That is an average of 10$ per hub per month. I aspire to such efficiency.
Thank you very much for this hub helps newbies and experts alike....See you at 1000$ :)
great increase for Feb... did you do anything different from January?
Thank you, :) look like we can live from hubpages.com
thanks for sharing your earnings
Your hub really proves time and effort are both necessary in order to earn serious money here and online. Great inspiration for those who are new.
Stunning earnings for that amount of hubs, my money is on you hittin yer target easily, good luck !
Considering the jump you made from January to February, you'll probably meet your goal by next month. You will definitely be there by April.
Wow, this is a great read. Very inspirational. I'm heading over to your squidoo lens now. Good luck with your goals, and I am sure you will reach the 1000 dollar threshold way before december! Just keep reporting your stats after you reach it, please :)
Janet.. congartulation for your hardwork for quality hub that support your live permanently.. i wish can get a lesson from you. thank you. i will follow
Did you make it to $1000 in April?
Go, Janet! :-)
ths for sharing :)
Keep Going Janet!
congrats.. for the 1,000 mark
Hi Janet! I've been enjoying reading your pages at Squidoo and finally decided to hop on over here to give it a try, also. Thanks for your inspiration and encouragement to parents trying to pay their bills with an additional income! Congratulations on reaching your goals! It's obvious that you have worked hard at them and deserve the rewards! :-D Pamela
Nice to see you doing well here too Janet. :)
Congratulations, Janet!
Way to go, Janet! Keep up the good work! :-)
Janet, I am so glad to see that you are doing well here. I am not that far behind you and I am thrilled at my own progress. :) Having a steady income does really help the family stress levels. ;)
Hi Janet. I joined Squidoo after reading your work from home lens and I now have 190 (and counting!) lenses and have made money continuously for a year & a half. I've been considering HubPages for some time and it is ironic that I stumble across this hub by you like the page at Squidoo. Now I'm going to focus on creating some Hub pages of my own.
Hi Janet,
Are you only using adsense earnings or affiliate earnings also? Just curious - i only do adsense on hubpages, have 65 hubs, and make about $25 a month so far.
Thanks Janet21 for this interesting hub. The timeline for your earnings linked to the number of hubs is very helpful. I started to focus on HubPages since August 2010, hoping to reach a $300/month by next year. Congratulations on your monthly earnings.
Out of all the Hubpages that talk about how you can make money with Hubpages and online in general, yours is my favorite and the one I keep coming back to...It's a good thing I don't drink or smoke or anything cause I would be an addict! LOL!!
Hi Janet. I'm just on Squidoo right now, but will be starting up with Hubpages soon thanks to you. I was on Ehow before they stopped taking new articles and made a few hundred with them over several months. Do you do any backlinking or SEO for your hubs or lenses?
1300 this month, if you are in my place you can retire now and live very well with this hubpages income only. congrats again..
Congratulations! I must say this is very motivating for those of us that are skeptical hubbers!
Hi Janet,
I have been following this hub with your progress loosely, and although my approach is different from yours, I am thrilled that I have almost hit $1000 per month also. My earnings for September were $936.82. Hubpages has proved to be a very successful venue for me, and I know that if I can do it, anyone can. :)
Thank you, Janet! You are always so helpful. Your guide on Squidoo was one of the first to motivate me (and I'm doing pretty well on Squidoo now! Thank you!). Now since I found this, I can hopefully benefit from your wisdom here at HubPages. Thank you for all of your inspiration!
Very inspiring, Janet. I will do it. I will, I will, I will!
My HubPages goal is to make $100 a month...for now at least (wish me luck!) :)
Saw your post on the Squidu forum and thought I would check out your hub - those are some great earnings!
This is a great inspiration! Thanks for sharing this, it's a wonderful to hear about your success.
Wow, this a great read when you hit that wall and begin to wonder if the journey is worth it, great inspirational story!
Jeff
in a newbie hubber,, really browsing if there's money writing articles,, i bet there is! thanks for this info..
Janet, great hub and congratulations on another successful venture online. One question (and I apologize if someone else asked already) but when you are talking about your hub income, where is that income coming from?
I, like you, was used to the Squidoo atmosphere and agree that there are differences between the two. However, I've learned that both sites and communities are amazingly fun! I find your story to be very inspirational. Thanks for sharing it!
You break the record, congrats..
@Janet21 Good for you, Janet. I am a bit behind you but getting close. :)
Go ahead with ya bad self! :-)
Great November, extremely inspirational!
That's for the updates. It's great to see someone else's success.
I've finally crossed over! I enjoy looking at the payment breakdown. It's easier to see how it starts slowly but makes exponential growth over several months' time.
I am a hubber but don't want to share my id yet. I have been following you for a quite a while (this is not my first comment) and your success motivates me to work hard in hubpages. To share with you that this month which is December 2010 is the best for me until now as I got +/-$230 from around 40 hubs. Waiting for your December 2010 income!
As someone who's new to both Squidoo and Hubpages, I found your hub very inspiring, thank you.
Really good article..inspiring! Good luck with future hubs!
Hi - I found you here from a Squidoo article. Great articles! I am very new to both sites. I've made a little money from hubs, though & it's only my first month! So I have some hope!
Nancy
Where's January? Are you still going to update it for us?
Congrats, Janet! You know you are gonna meet your goal, so I don't see why you are even questioning yourself. You're like an expert as this now! :-)
Wow, you've done so well, congratulations! Sometimes I have to wonder if I'm ever going to start seeing real money coming in, but reading this has inspired me so much. It's always nice to read stories from people who have actually achieved success - thank you for sharing!
Wow - i saw your link on the squidoo page where im a newbie member. - So its true that at home mommy like me - can really make a decent amount of money online.
Thank you for your inspiring article. You have always been an inspiration on Squidoo and now as I venture into Hubpages, I find you are equally inspiring here. Again, Thank you!
that's a lot of hard work. You really deserves the big earnings. Thank you for sharing!
Hello. New to hub myself. And readed your Earning's Statment.I have one question. How many hub's did you post before you aplied for Google Adsense and the other So I can get an idea of what to expect. And I applaud Great Determination
I'm new to hubpages and glad to find out this that it is really possible to earn some substantial income this way. Really a great motivator to me.
Great hub Janet. Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much for sharing! This is very inspirational to those of us who are new to hubpages :)
I haven't figured out how to make money on HubPages. I have a few hubs but they aren't doing anything
You need to update the 2010 poll question, but thanks for keeping your earnings up to date and giving so much background. I am at the $0.33 level in my AdSense account so it is nice to see where you started way back in 2008.
It's really useful to see your stats all laid out like this. Thanks for sharing.
What happened during Nov 2008 to jump you from less than a dollar a month to $30/month? Your earnings suddenly got over 100 times larger, and yet you only published one more hub during that time.
I ask because I'm stuck at the level of earning a dollar or two a month. I'm not really here for the money, but it would be nice if I could earn something!
Okay, thanks anyway for the reply. :)
Janet21, what are the "3rd party affiliates" all about?
I'm just wondering about how that income level brakes down. Is adsense the major portion? Amazon? Ebay?
thanks.
Hi janet, I just hit $100 this month so this is good inspiration for me to keep going towards $1000! I have to say I tried Squidoo and never got on with it - not even 1 single view on about a dozen lenses - so I gave up!
Wow. With 84 hubs and you make about $1000 per month. I think if you try with Amazon affiliate programs, you can easy beat $3000 per month. Thanks for sharing.
this is very interesting, I notcied taht there was a drop in earnings for October-- was it because of anything you can figure out?
Awesome hub.
Keep writing!!
Just what I need to be inspired! When I feel like I need a push, I always look for hubbers like you. :) Thanks!
2008-2010 Hubpages Earnings
Month
| Earnings
| # of Hubs
|
|---|---|---|
Sept 2008
| .33
| 6
|
Oct 2008
| .21
| 8
|
Nov 2008
| 30.59
| 9
|
Dec 2008
| 5.87
| 11
|
Jan 2009
| 8.96
| 11
|
Feb 2009
| 71.23
| 14
|
March 2009
| 14.98
| 15
|
April 2009
| 46.98
| 15
|
May 2009
| 117.09
| 21
|
June 2009
| 325.84
| 28
|
July 2009
| 276.56
| 36
|
August 2009
| 441.56
| 32
|
Sept 2009
| 515.40
| 37
|
Oct 2009
| 426.59
| 38
|
Nov 2009
| 383.74
| 47
|
Dec 2009
| 500.61
| 50
|
Jan 2010
| 477.24
| 51
|
Feb 2010
| 727.18
| 56
|
March 2010
| 841.08
| 65
|
April 2010
| 1,120.96
| 67
|
May 2010
| 992.33
| 68
|
June 2010
| 1,029.89
| 70
|
July 2010
| 1,069.14
| 72
|
August 2010
| 1,075.27
| 73
|
September 2010
| 1,325.03
| 75
|
October 2010
| 1,850.37
| 76
|
November 2010
| 2,576.29
| 76
|
December 2010
| 1,228.77
| 77
|
Total
| 16, 732.53
|
My Earnings from Hubpages
Will I Make It To $1,000 a Month on Hubpages by December 2010?
See results without votingMy Journey to $1,000/month
Here is alittle background for those of you who may be new to this Hub.
I created this Hub in May 2009 with a goal of reaching $1,000/month from my Hubs by December 2010.
I am happy to say that I reached this goal in April 2010.

















































































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Thanks for publishing Janet...I think you can definitely can do it!