My progress making money using Google Adsense on Hubpages

I’m sharing my progress in making money using Google Adsense here on Hubpages for the following reasons:

1. To help me benchmark my own progress
2. Offer useful information to the Hubpages community
3. To create a discussion from those of you who are earning more
4. To provide real-life guide posts and benchmarks to those of you who are earning less

May was a month of firsts for me:

• The first time I wrote more than 9 Hubs in a month . . . I wrote 15 Hubs.
• The first time my Google Adsense earnings went higher than $ 20 in a month. I reached $28 and change.
• The first time I wrote a Hub that earned more than $ 5.00 in a month from Adsense and another Hub that earned over $ 4.00 in a month.
• I gained over 220 followers in May as well . . . for the first time.
• I also started earning Adsense money for the first time from my Hub sensual massage oils and lotions. I never expected it to be an Adsense earner – only an earner on Amazon and it hasn’t yet made any sales.

May was also the first time I went on Redgage to upload content. In addition, I created a personal site in Wordpress and uploaded some articles there as well.

So I can say May is the first month where I’ve done any deliberate backlinking for my Hubs.

I’m making new firsts during June so far.

On June 13, I had 6 clicks and earned $ 1.93 and by the morning of June 14, there were an additional 4 clicks that earned $ 1.72.

While the amount of money is small, nevertheless it shows the steady increase I’m experiencing. Also, what’s more exciting is that this is the first time I’ve ever come close to having 10 clicks on Adsense ads in two consecutive days.

That shows me the volume is increasing. I believe I know why: my output is increasing; it’s more consistent; and I’ve done a bit more promotion and my Hubs from the past few months are picking up more searches from Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

I’ve written 6 Hubs so far in June and my goal is to write 24 Hubs between June 15 and June 30 to finally, finally write 30 Hubs in 30 days. . . btw, I wrote 4 Hubs in April and 9 Hubs in March. So at least now I’m exceeding my most recent output.

I’m writing Hubs with the idea of not writing just one Hub on one topic . . . but at least 3 Hubs on one topic. For example, my Hubs on the Pleasure-Way motor home and the Road Trek will be accompanied by one or two more Hubs on my Dolphin Motor Home and buying used motor homes.

Here’s an overview of my progress:

It took me about 21 months to reach my first 25, 000 page views. I did little to no promotion.

I expect to reach my next 25,000 page views in the next five months or less based on consistent promotion and the linking of Hubs on a similar topic.

It took me two years to make $104.37. I had several months where I did not write.

It took me ten months to earn $ 111. 99. I had two months when I did not write.

I’m hoping to take four months (April 2010 to July 2010) to earn my next $100 and begin earning more than that each month after.

I’m also understanding my niche more clearly. Small business is the focus of many of my Hubs and it’s a large topic. I’m writing more product Hubs which are beginning to earn on Adsense, too, even if they don’t sell on Amazon.

So you might be able to go out and collect aluminum cans to recycle and earn more than me. However, I’m writing my Hubs for the long term and I believe my earnings will begin to increase much more rapidly now.

There’s no secret. Here’s a rough formula to make money with Adsense on Hubpages:

1. Write several Hubs around one topic
2. Link the Hubs together
3. Participate in the forums and comment with other Hubbers
4. Backlink the Hubs to sites like Redgage
5. Improve your niche choices and write about products people need, use, or want. And attempt to write 30 Hubs in 30 Days. Even if you don’t succeed, the momentum is necessary to develop the Adsense earnings.