Hub Sharing - A Tutorial

I saw a very well written hub by Brett Tesol that detailed a method to build traffic by sharing good hubs. I thought this was a really great idea, but I had to reread the text a few times to get the idea how to accomplish this, so I wrote this tutorial using graphics to illustrate Brett's Idea.

I have been writing on Hub Pages for almost a year now and often wondered how to get traffic to my hubs. There are many things you can do to get more traffic, and the most important thing is writing good quality hubs filled with relevant information.

Once you have done that you can focus on building your list of followers by reading other people's hubs, and communicating with those people that you have a connection with or that have great hubs that you enjoy.

As you begin to build followers and follow others, you will gradually begin to be known in the Hub Pages community and hopefully respected.

So to boil down the first basics, you should write good hubs, read good hubs and connect with the community.

Once you have written several hubs and begin to build a following, you should begin sharing the other good hubs you find with your friends and followers. You want to only share the hubs that are truly well written and have valuable or interesting information so that you don't overload your followers with spam. You can also share hubs via social networking and on your other sites and blogs.

This concept was introduced in a hub by Brett Tesol and I wanted to expound on that by adding the graphic depictions of how this is accomplished.

According to Brett, When you read an interesting hub that you want to share, you can do this by clicking the "Share" button at the bottom of the hub. It is located with the other buttons where you can vote up a hub and or mark the hub as awesome etc.

See the picture below, for an example.

When you click the "Share" button you will get a new window opened with the choices of where to share the hub. You simply click the destination you would like to share the hub to on this page.

If you click the "Share with followers" link, the window will close and the hub will be shared. That is all you need to do to share this way. If you choose another destination, you will be prompted to sign in to the site (such as Facebook).

See the pictures below for an example.

So, now you know how to share a hub using the built-in sharing button that is attached to every hub. As you begin sharing hubs, you should comment on the hub first, then share it. Also put a note in the comment letting the author know that you shared their hub and hopefully they will do the same for you.

If you do this your hub traffic as well as following list will grow much faster. Another benefit, is that you will meet more interesting people and make new friends this way.