How do you market your online writing?
By Paul Kuehn
@pauliek (287)
Udon Thani, Thailand
January 22, 2016 3:59am CST
Many people want to be writers and a great number really write and publish great articles. The problem is getting readers. It was the same when I was trying to sell a listed house. If you don't have people looking at it, the house won't sell. I have a Google AdSense account through Hubpages, but my earnings aren't great. Facebook and Twitter haven't really helped me that much in getting viewers. Should I be sharing my articles on other social media like Reddit, Tumbler, and Pinterest?
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
23 Jan 16
I think you need to hire a person who can do SEO for your blogs. I've been writing as well for quite sometime but justbmarketing it on your own will not really make you that much.
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
23 Jan 16
@cherriefic . I agree that I need to improve the SEO for my writing.
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@RonElFran (1214)
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
22 Jan 16
I get some views from Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, and every once in a while a hub will just take off on one or more of those platforms. But it's usually not because of anything I did, except to discretely post links to the article. It comes when others share my work on social media, and I've not found any formula for making that happen.
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
23 Jan 16
@RonElFran , Thanks for your comments and also for recently getting hub of the day!
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
22 Jan 16
share your writing anywhere you can - also try to get to read your writings at writing groups and approach mainstream publishers too - good luck - the selling is harder than the writing for most writers
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
23 Jan 16
@arthurchappell , thanks for the advice about the writing groups and mainstream publishers.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
23 Jan 16
I share my writing on many different sites.
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@pauliek (287)
• Udon Thani, Thailand
23 Jan 16
@whiteream What are some of the specific sites where you share your writing?
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
23 Jan 16
@pauliek g+, facebook Although, I have been writing online for about ten years. I am just really learning about sharing stuff and things like that. I never had a facebook account until a week ago.
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@gaurav11 (64)
• New Delhi, India
24 Jan 16
I would suggest to try and get a mailing list. Add a little subscribe button on your page and get loyal followers who truly like your content. I know this is hard but over years as you keep improving the quality of your website, you would get more followers.
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