There seems to be a bit of a hot debate between Hubbers and Lensmasters about which one is the better platform. Hubbers tend to think that Hubs far outrank Lens by Lensmasters and so forth. Well, I believe that each one has their place and both can be used for increasing traffic and creating some very strong back links. A couple of months ago, I did an informal test on both platforms and I created a bunch of lenses and hubs in order to see which one worked the best for my purposes. I also did a bit of back linking to each one and pinged them too. In essence, I half followed the advice of Pot Pie Girl in One Week Marketing (not because it wasn’t good but because I was lazy). Anyway, here are the results of my findings:
Lens:
48 lenses created, average score 3, views 81, money made $.64
Hubs:
71 Hubs created, average score 64, views 2408 money made $6.11
Now when evaluating my findings, keep in mind that I typically targeted the same keywords for both platforms but not always. In fact, once I saw that more pages were getting indexed and more views on HubPages, I sort of lost interest in Squidoo. So, for me, HubPages seems to be the clear winner in my somewhat skewed experiment. Not only did I earn more money from HubPages but I also received more views for my efforts too. I think this is because the pages got ranked faster and without much effort. I also felt a sense of friendliness and willingness to help one another at HubPages. Lastly, I really loved the way it was set up and the ease of putting together Hubs.
So, in the future, I will continue to use both platforms for my back linking strategy but I am going to concentrate more heavily on HubPages for their monetization potential. I also plan to utilize the recommendations of Pot Pie Girl in One Week Marketing to see if I can increase the visibility of my Hubs and my income. However, I also need to increase my HubScore to 75 so that my linked sites can also enjoy the value of the links. Right now, my links are no follow and will remain this way until I get my HubScore to 75 or over so, I’ve got a bit of work to do. But, the way that I look at it, any platform that helps get you traffic and make a little coffee or bumble gum money is a good thing.
Today is September 1, 2010 and I am very proud of my accomplishments this past month. Oh happy day! I was finally able to pass the $2000 a month residual income barrier and I did it by a whopping $271.00. Now, that might not sound like a whole lot but how many employees can ask their bosses for a $271 raise and get it? Welll, if I continue with this pattern, I will have a whopping $3,252 extra at the end of the year and that is freaking awesome!
That said, today is a brand new day/month and it is now time to evaluate my strategy for this month. My plan is to continue building traffic to my 5 winning sites and also to try and get all my sites ranked using multi-backlinking strategies which consists of forum posting, Yahoo Answering, article writing, and Web 2.0 submissions, etc.
By diversifying my marketing strategy, I should be able to protect my interests and really market my sites and get them the traffic they need to be successful little niche money makers. After all, building sites and leaving them to fend for themselves is never enough. You have to optimize them for their keywords and backlink them like crazy if you want to increase your organic traffic and your income.
Only then will you rise up the SERPS and make money. Well, enough chatting – it’s a new month and I’ve got work to do. Make it happen!
A couple of months ago, I found a site called fiverr that basically allows individuals to either sell or buy services for five dollars. When I first found this site, I went a little crazy buying stuff – cartoons of myself, cartoons of my kids, ebooks and all kinds of cool and weird stuff. I mean, it was only five dollars right? Well, I must admit that the first month I went a little crazy with my five dollar purchases and those added up to about $100 or so. Then, I realized how much stuff I had bought and decided that I needed to recoup my money so I started selling a few services too. I set up projects selling internet marketing coaching, mini marketing plans, articles, and a few other internet marketing services. Now, mind you, none of the services I sold took more than 15 minutes to complete so I guess fiverr allows me to make $20 an hour that isn’t great but not bad either. Definitely better than working at a fast food joint.
Anyway, the key to succeeding on fiverr is to exceed expectations and only set up projects that you can do fast. Once you get a satisfied client, try to upsell your services once they fall in love with your work. For instance, if a client purchases an article from you, try and sell them a press release or something else. Now mind you, you can’t get rich with fiverrs, especially since the company takes $1 off the top of every five you earn, but it is a great way to make a little spending money while you’re waiting for your internet marketing efforts to pay off.
So far, I have completed over 71 fiverrs and am having a blast selling my services. Check out my profile and purchase some internet marketing consulting for only 5 bucks!
