Writing Melbourne - Melbourne Hubpages Social Meetup
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Writing Melbourne – The First Hubpages Meet in Australia
The first Hubpages social meetup was planned on Australia Day 2011 and was held in Melbourne on 17th February 2011 at the Stolberg Beer Café in Preston (197 Plenty Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). A small group of four hubbers got together to share drinks, a nice meal and Hubpages strategies and goals for the next year.
For everyone who doesn’t know, Hubpages is an online writing platform that encourages writers to earn a residual income very easily and in a fun way, with minimal restrictions on content. You write online, in a supportive community of writers, and you write what you want (within the minimal guidelines set by Hubpages ie, no porn). The Melbourne, Australia group was formed by enthusiastic hubbers who decided to get together and share strategies on how to succeed at online writing and online marketing of their articles.
Check Out One Of May's Business Hubs:
- How to Become a Graphic Designer - career information from an insider's point of view
Without a doubt, graphic design must be one of the most popular career choices amongst young people today. In my years in this field, I have had numerous requests from friends or their children for advice...
Who Are The Melbourne Hubpage Writers?
The Meet was a great one – we all received lots of information from each other and had fun putting forth ideas as a group. Holding the meeting in the beer garden of the Stolberg allowed us to accommodate everyone well with space and also provided pleasant surroundings which inspired new friendships.
Members who attended included Melbourne members:
Suzanne Day
Kangaroo Jase
May PL
Richard (May’s husband)
Congratulations to everyone on your participation in making the first Australian Hubpages social meetup a memorable experience. For more details on current Hubpages Social Meetups around the world, visit the Hubpages Social Meetups Website.
Strategies At The Melbourne Hubpages Social Meet
After introducing ourselves, we excitedly discussed Hubpages strategies, including:
- Tags
- Backlinking & Traffic
- RSS
- Evergreen vs News
- Genres & Topic Choices
- Genre Trees & Capstone Hubs
- Hubs which made us lots of money and traffic
- Hubs which didn’t succeed and why
Hubs by Kangaroo Jase:
- I Am Going To Be An Internet Millionaire
Yes, grand opening title for a hub, yet I want you to stop and think for a few moments. Especially whilst you read through this hub. Why? Simple, making money on the internet, unless you are a marketing... - What Does It Mean To Be Australian
I would ask that question and out of every answer no matter how many I asked, it would most likely be slightly different. Americans are 'patriotic', The English, French and Germans, are very 'nationalistic',...
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Group Input At The Melbourne Social Meet
May PL shared some great information on writing business topics, including the subject of graphic design, positive thinking, website development and business skills and goals. May also shared some secrets on traffic generation and the role of the internet as an information highway in hubs. Her knowledge helped us to see that information plays an integral part in attracting traffic, and that business subjects that are ultra-competitive can still succeed.
“Kangaroo” Jason examined genre trees and told us about his prolific hubs on “Magic - The Gathering” and about the importance of writing what he knew about and was interested in. Jason had a lot of expert knowledge to impart from his online adventures in the years before he discovered Hubpages. I’d even go so far as to say that Jason was also an expert in what Google looks for in hubs and how to go about pleasing the Internet god.
Suzanne mentioned strategies in creating ideal hubs, the importance of evergreen topics and handy tips on making the hubs work better. She was able to share strategies on how to make product hubs and craft and travel topics more successful. Suzanne talked about the importance of aesthetics and supported Jason with the Google mastery.
Richard, being new to Hubpages, shared his insider’s view on the financial world and financial publishing and received helpful information from everyone on how to build successful hubs. He is quite keen to get started and his mind was overflowing with great ideas to write about. We look forward to hearing from you soon, Richard!
All of us talked about our earnings and hubpages goals for the next year and all of us had interesting perspectives and viewpoints.
Craft & Travel Hubs by Suzanne Day
- Kuala Lumpur Shopping: A Shopaholic's Guide to Exciting Purchases in KL, Malaysia
Where to shop in Kuala Lumpur - my experiences in the shopping malls of Bukit Bintang and ethnic shopping in Chinatown and Little India. - Working with Silk Sari Yarn: Sari Yarn Preparation and Projects
Learn how to prepare silk sari yarn from skeins. Silk sari yarn and sari yarn projects, patterns and information.
Our first Hubpages social meetup in Melbourne, Victoria, was inspiring to all…
Our social meetup at Stolberg was a great occasion where everyone benefited in some way. We enjoyed talking to each other and sharing with each other. All conversation was agreed to be kept confidential and copyrighted by the owner (ie, no one would copy). We developed a great respect for our fellow hubbers and look forward to meeting up again in a few months time.
To join this Melbourne branch of the Hubpages social meetup and discuss interesting Hubpages strategies and meet fellow Melbourne writers, visit the Melbourne Social Meetups Page.
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To find out more about Hubpages social meetings in your city, visit the Hubpages Social Meetups Website.
If you are a writer in Melbourne and would like to consider making money via a residual, online income stream that is fun and easy to do, take a tour or join Hubpages to get started making money for your writing!
PS – We will publish the next Hubmeet here when it is planned, as well as on the Hubpages meetup website.
PPS – Robin, we would love to get some “marketing materials” (ie, freebies) to distribute at our next social Hubmeet. What do you think?
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Thanks May! I must say, I was as impressed with your business card as I was with your hubs! You have a great natural writing ability and you make the ordinary sound extraordinary. We all look forward to reading more hubs from you and reckon you'll be a millionaire by the end of the year ; )
G'Day Suzanne, May & Richard.
Yep wow indeed, you describe our get together for the inaugural Australian (in Melbourne , woot) HubMeet with great recollection and in awesome detail!!! Fantastic choice of venue as well.
Had a great time with you all and found that with our diverse backgrounds, interests and experience, that ultimately what we all wanted from and out of Hubpages was the same result for each.
I have always enjoyed collaboration and you ladies and Richard have given me much to think about and many idea's for more Hubs.
Suzanne thankyou for your time and effort on arranging this 1st meetup in Aussieland! Next meetup, look forward to yourselves and more others attending.
Nice to see people meeting up in Melbourne, Australia. Too bad I left that city a few months ago. But if there's a meetup next time I'd love to attend!
Hi Jason, glad you enjoyed it! I also look forward to growing the Meet over the next few years and learning even more from the people we meet!
Simeon: We would love to have you attend the next meetup, which will be in a few months and will be posted on this hub and on the Hubpages Meetup website ; )
Your Meetup sounded like a great success! Your group sounded amazing and so interesting. I wish we could have been there! We'd love to send out a bit of swag next time! We can chat when you get closer to the next Meetup date.
@Suzanne: That would be great. I'm not sure if I'll be back in Melbourne in a few months but in the long run I might be back there.
Anyone in the Perth area to meet up middle of March ??
Thanks for sharing your experience! It looks and sounds like you had a great time together. I love how you came prepared with learning strategies and your own best practices. I'm going to check out some of your hubs! I love how the HP community is so willing to share with one another. It makes it a special place to write and publish!
Good work with this hub!
Why can't we make it here in the Philippines? We planned it here in Naga City (Bicol region), but it didn't pushed through. Maybe next year, if my fellow hubbers here are not so busy with their jobs.
May PL 15 months ago
Wow, Sue, you very aptly described the get together yesterday. I'm impressed! I thoroughly enjoyed meeting both you and Jase and yes, it was a very beneficial time for all concerned, exploring different ideas and exchanging secrets and tips. Thanks to you both for making it a memorable time... hubby was impressed with our passion for HubPages and is raring to write his first hub! See you both at the next meet up!