Are you a creative person who loves to produce written content? Or do you like to create written content for any other reason?

With HubPages, you can earn some extra bucks while you simultaneously fulfill your creative desires.

What Is HubPages?

HubPages is a platform that has been around since 2006. It allows users to produce written content—such as blog posts and articles—and publish them on HubPages. You can earn money in two ways:

By adding Amazon affiliate links (Amazon Program by HubPages)
By displaying Google Ads (Ad Program by HubPages)

What Are HubPages' Network Sites?

Hundreds of thousands of visitors consume content that is published on the HubPages network sites every month. HubPages has a variety of niches that they call "Network Sites."

You can write for any niche once you sign up and become a member. There is no restriction as to which niche you have to choose, and you can produce content for one niche today and another niche the next day.

Here are some of the websites and their niches that make up the HubPages Network:

Tatring: Everything about tattoos and piercings
Pethelpful: For the love of animals
Bellatory: Everything about fashion and beauty
Delishably: Everything about food and drinks
Axleaddict: Everything about auto (cars and bikes)
Caloriebee: For diet and exercise
Dengarden: Everything about home and garden

HubPages has more than twenty-five websites in their network, and each website serves a specific audience and niche.

Click here to find out more about all the websites and niches under HubPages.

The first step toward publishing articles and earning through HubPages is to sign-up for HubPages. Go to the signup option on the HubPages website, and you will find this page.

Fill in the necessary details and create your account. Once you create your account, the next step is to update your "Profile" and "My Account" information to start earning money and get paid.

Setting Up Your HubPages Profile

Once you log in to your account, you need to go to the section that says "More." (You will find this in the top left corner of your screen.)

Once you click on "More," you will land on a page where you can see many tabs:

Set up your profile and fill in your account information in the tabs of the "More" section.

Next, click on the "Earnings" tab and start configuring the programs you want to use to earn money. I use both programs as it helps to give readers a better experience if we add something relevant from Amazon.

It would be best if you configure your "Google Analytics" as well, since it gives you a better and more detailed analysis of how your articles are performing. You will be able to see things like:

Where your traffic is coming from (Google, Facebook, Instagram, etc.)
Which countries have the most viewers for your article?
How many people read your article.
For how long a person stayed on your article.

And a lot more.

However, you can choose to skip setting up the Analytics step if you choose to. It depends on how serious you are about HubPages and the performance of your articles.

The final step is to set up your payment system. HubPages pays through PayPal, so you need to have a PayPal account for this. If you already don't have one, you can create one right away. It's pretty straightforward, and you won't take more than five to ten minutes to create a PayPal account.

What to Expect From HubPages

HubPages is an excellent way to earn extra money for those who love to write and want to make money while doing it. It's like killing two birds with one stone.

However, there are a few things that you need to be mindful of before you start your journey with HubPages:

It's not a get-rich-quick scheme where you can earn thousands of dollars from the get-go.
It might take you months or even years to get significant traffic to your articles.
Most people give up after a couple of months because it's a slow and gradual process. Don't expect results overnight.
If you stick around and write quality articles, it's feasible to make a few hundred dollars every month.
Your earnings can go into the thousands, but you need to understand that it'll take a lot of effort, consistency, quality, dedication, and hard work to get those results.

Click here to find the FAQs for HubPages. You can learn a lot about what you should expect from them and what they expect from you.

The First Steps Towards Earning Big on HubPages

When you sign up with HubPages, you need to familiarize yourself with the quality standards HubPages wants to maintain. For this, they have a system in place that is known as "The Bootcamp."

In this, you need to write five quality articles to get featured on the HubPages website. Featured articles are the articles that you will be eligible to get paid for. HubPages will run ads on featured articles only, so you need to ensure that you write high-quality articles every time to get featured.

Things to Remember When Using HubPages

You cannot upload plagiarized content, nor can you upload any content that's published on HubPages anywhere else.
HubPages has a team that monitors your articles, and you should not try to outsmart them.
If you violate any of their terms and conditions, your account can get banned and you will lose all your hard work.

Click here to find the Learning Center for HubPages. You can learn a lot about what you should and can be doing on HubPages.

Follow Your Passion on HubPages

It's great to have an affinity for something. It's even better when that something turns into a money-making affair. If writing sparks a fire in you, you can happily do it and earn from it as well. HubPages will allow you to make your dreams come true.

You don't need to be unhappy at a job that you don't like. You can follow your passion for writing and make money doing it. You can start today and see for yourself whether it is something that you like or not!