How To Make Money Writing On HubPages?

A guide for writers to make a blog on Hubpages and make money publishing articles on Hubpages.

HubPages is another Medium alternative where you could make money writing online. I have always faced problems related to finding a source where thousands of people read my article because I don’t have enough money during my college days to sponsor my food. You can make money writing on Hubpages without doing any kind of investment on your own. It is like investing your time into this platform and make money writing.

Hubpage is a very old platform where people are making a good amount of money writing. The platform business model is very simple; they run Google AdSense ads and Amazon affiliate product links beside your content. The more views you get, the more money you make. In this guide, we will discuss everything you need to know about writing on Hubpages and making money. Sharing my four years of experience with Blogging and making money online, i will also share some tips to make more money writing on Hubpages.

How does HubPages work?

Every blog or website has a business model. Medium has a Business model, Quora and even Vocal has a business model. In the same way, Hubpages has a business model through which they are providing services to other platforms to make money off their platform and also let creators make money.

In Hubpages, a blog post is also referring as a hub.

Hubpages is a platform that lets you share articles of your interest and let you get paid for it.

Hubpages creators make money writing through two possible ways;

1. Through running Google AdSense ads: Remember that these ads are controlled by the Hubpages moderators not by you. All you have to do as a content creator is to write more blog posts. 60% of the Ad-revenue goes to the creator. Usually, the CPM (Cost-Per-Mile or Cost Per 1,000 views) is usually between $1 to $5 depending upon the niche and the geography of your audience. You will need a Google AdSense to account for this. If you don’t have an approved Google AdSense account then you need one.
2. Through adding Amazon affiliate links: You might already know that affiliate sites pay commission based on sales of products driven by the content owner. Even though Amazon has reduced the commission rates but still it is worth the extra pennies.

Writing online is a privilege as you can treat each of your articles as a product, these products add-up and you end up making more money writing. This is why I love to write and now I am writing at least 2,000 words every day.

Remember, there isn’t just these two ways through which you could make money writing on HubPages but there are many indirect ways through which you can monetize your articles or hubs, two of them are; through adding your own YouTube videos and the second way is to promote your social media accounts.

You need a PayPal account in order to make money on HubPages.

HubPages release your payment every 28th of the month. The minimum threshold in order to get paid from the Hubpages is that you need at least $50. If you are searching for the right Beer money making sites, HubPages could be the potential site that will generate a passive income for you as you progress to write more articles. We have shared some of the very useful tips for HubPages beginner writers to make more money in the last section of this article.

You can also make money by including your own videos, blog links, or any other promotional materials into your hubs and can make money through indirect ways.

How to make more money writing on HubPages? Some Tips

Not everybody is going to win on such platforms, the writer that has some marketing skills is going to do big on the platform. I have experience in Blogging and writing of over 4 years and here are some of the things that I want to share.

• You will experience the 80/20 rule: 20% of your work will generate 80% of the revenue. Not all hubs you write on HubPages is going to make you a good amount of money. You just have to find that 20% of the article and make it more search engine friendly and promote it on social media to get more viewers.
• Write lengthy hubs: 15% of the blog posts are over 1500 words, if you write a 2000 words article, it could help you get more views, shares, and engagement compared to short 1,000 words articles. Here is a complete guide of “how to write long-form content”
• Learn Search Engine Optimization: I am a big fan of SEO. As a writer, this is your responsibility to learn about SEO. A guide for writers to learn SEO is the best place to start. When you treat your blog posts or hubs on HubPages as a product, you will get more audience and if you optimized it for the search engine, it would bring evergreen traffic to your blog.
• Publish more articles: There are some bloggers who write 30 to 60 blog posts every month. You have to write more articles every single day if you want to be the top 1% of the earners on any platform. Content is the cornerstone in any platform and for every creator. The more you produce, the more money you will make.
• Interlinking: Interlinking you're already published

How much does HubPages Pay Per article?

That’s the wrong question. HubPages isn’t a freelance site where you could place a bid on articles but a writing and publishing platform. As you can see the Page RPM in my AdSense account.

As you can see the page RPM is always between $1.5 to $5. This is how much you going to make per 1,000 page views on your hubs or articles published on HubPages.

How Much Money Can You Make with HubPages?

There is no limit. You can make as much money as you want. You could make $10K or $100 depending upon the number of readers you have. No platform on the face of the earth could limit its creators so that they make less amount of money. The more reader you are drawn to blogs owned by HubPages, the more money HubPages will make.

Sites where you could make money writing beside Hubpages:

HubPages isn’t just one platform where you could make money writing. There is a bunch of other platforms but I will just suggest three of the best free writing platforms where you could make money writing.

• Make Money Writing on Medium: Medium is a publishing platform where anyone could make money writing. Medium has a very interesting business model. They charge a minimal $5/month from readers to read articles on Medium and the writers make money when a Medium member read content under the paywall. You can read the complete article about; How to make money writing on Medium? Medium is a powerful and potential Hubpages alternative.
• Make Money Writing on Substack: Substack is also a newsletter publishing platform where anyone could make money writing. Substack has an email marketing based platform combined with a powerful editor. You have to pick up a niche while writing on Substack and gather more fans, later you could monetize your Substack newsletter through getting paid readers. Here is a complete guide about making money on Substack.
• Make Money On Vocal Media: Another Hubpages alternative that will pay you for every single reader you got. Vocal Media doesn’t run any ads or any promotional material, their business model revolves around getting more Vocal+ members which cost $9.99 a month. You can get a fixed CPM of $6 if you are in Vocal+, read the complete guide about making money writing on Vocal Media.

New and improved publishing platforms is emerging in which you don’t need to invest anything, all you need is to invest time in creating good content. HubPages is a very powerful platform, there are a lot of writers that are making a good amount of money on monthly basis on HubPages. It could be your potential platform for generating passive income through your writing.

I hope this helps.

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