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Ok, this is not a post to become rich by learning how to make money with Squidoo. No, I don’t think that Squidoo is going to make anybody rich. But, I am finding it to be a great way to start making some money online. If you are just starting out with Internet marketing, Squidoo is great because you can start making some money which helps you to build you confidence and to keep you motivate.
I think that the number one reason most people fail at Internet marketing is that they give up on something too quickly. They set up a blog, put some affiliate ads on it, and then become discourage when no one buys their affiliate products. I know that I have had this problem. However, Squidoo has helped me build up my confidence.
How did Squidoo help me to build confidence?
Well, it is simple really. I made my first affiliate sales with it. That’s right, I finally made money online. However, it was kind of by accident. One day in December, I decided to log in to clickbank and check out my account. To my surprise, I had sold 4 affiliate programs with a Squidoo lens that I had forgot about. I created this lens in August when I was participating in the Thirty Day Challenge. I created a Squidoo lens for an affiliate product, but then quickly forgot about my lens.
I sure was surprised when I learned that I made $85 from this site that took me 15 minutes to build. So far this month I have made over $100 this month so far on three lenses.
Why is Squidoo such a good way to start making money online?
1. Squidoo is easy. You can create a lens in about 15 minutes once you get familiar with the interface and Squidoo modules.
2. Squidoo lenses rank high in Google’s search engine results pages. If I carefully select my keywords, I can quickly rank in the top 10 pages on Google which allows me to get some traffic. Remember, focus on long tail, focused keywords.
3. You can promote affiliate products on Squidoo. Unlike many free website platforms, Squidoo allows you to insert affiliate links into your lenses. This allows you to start making money with Squidoo very easily.
4. You can experiment. Because Squidoo lenses are quick to create and you can quickly get some traffic, they are great for experimenting with different website styles, affiliate promotions, sales copy, etc.
5. Squidoo is great for diversifying. Many of us bloggers tend to focus on our flagship blog, and fail to diversify. But every personal finance advisor will tell you that you must diversify your investments. This is also true for Internet marketing. Don’t just focus on your flagship blog. Build Squidoo lenses, create build a niche stores to sell ebay products, create Hubpages, create niche Blogger blogs, etc. Don’t put all of your eggs in the same basket.
So go sign up for Squidoo. And, go sign up for Clickbank and sell clickbank products on you lenses.
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James Mann | February 20th, 2008 at 10:17 am #
I really like Squidoo. I don’t make a lot of money with it, yet, but I make a little from each lens I create and after a few dozen it does start to add up.
I haven’t created anything new in Squidoo since they got slapped by Google but it’s time I got back in there and started adding a few more lenses for my hobby blogs.
For the most part I have my lenses pointing to my blogs and haven’t done much with affiliate programs on Squidoo.
I guess it might just be time well invested if I were to go back and add a few affiliate programs through those lenses.
Thanks for the reminder Fred
Fred | February 20th, 2008 at 10:51 am #
James,
Definitely try using affiliate programs in your lenses. A lot of people have mentioned the Google slap with Squidoo, but I have had some luck with Google. Also, my lenses tend to rank well in Yahoo.
Mark McCullagh | February 20th, 2008 at 1:47 pm #
Fred,
I have had a little success with Squidoo as well. I have been thinking to really “ramp up” my efforts with Squidoo and HubPages as well.
It seems a lot easier to do this than to set up some “mini-sites” and you can leverage the SEO juice that Squidoo and HubPages has with the seach engines.
Also, many HubPages members are receiving nice profit sharing revenue from Adsense and Amazon.
Anither tip is that you can use other web 2.0 properties to drive traffic to your lenses and hubs. It’s like creating little linking networks (don’t forget to ping everything).
Fred | February 20th, 2008 at 1:54 pm #
Mark,
What Pinging service do you like to use? I like Pingoat, but I tend to get an error when I use it for Squidoo sites.
Mark McCullagh | February 20th, 2008 at 6:07 pm #
Fred,
I use Pingomatic. I think Pingoat is equally as effective.
I think the thing is that when you first publish a lens, Squidoo pings the network but I suggest to go back in afterwards and add some content (i.e. make a change), then bookmark and add to some social sites, and then ping everything, including the RSS feeds.
I’d like to take a look at your lenses and I will Stumble and rate them (5 stars!)
BTW, Jack Humphrey has started a social community [free] for web 2.0 marketers and one of the groups is a StumbleUpon buzzgroup. Could be very helpful. Check it out here:
http://socialauthority.ning.com/
Add me as a friend.
-Mark
Patio Ideas | February 24th, 2008 at 10:17 am #
You have had better luck with squidoo than I have for sure. I get a sale every once in a while but that is it.
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Fred | February 24th, 2008 at 2:57 pm #
Hi Patio Ideas,
I really am having a lot of luck with Squidoo. I have made over $125 in the last week. This is much more money than I have made doing other things.
ATTCellPhones | March 19th, 2008 at 4:46 pm #
I’m in the same boat. I make a sale every now and then but not as much as you! I wish I had the time to make about 200 lenses
sandie | March 28th, 2008 at 9:15 am #
You have really provided a fruitful information.
i appreciate you.
After reading your article i come to know the benefits of squidoo. Thanks for teaching.