Is Squidoo a Viable Way to Make Money Online?
Apr 22, 2008 Services, marketing
For those of you who have no idea what I have done, I decided to check into the Squidoo zoo and see what the buzz was all about. I know Squidoo has been around for a while now, but I’m slow. Really, my laptop is running Windows 98 (and it a Pentium 133), hence the attempts to make some extra dough.
My lens, How I Get Money to Burn, has been online for about 2 days. With only the 20 or so visitors, I have earned affiliates in a couple different programs (just a couple signing up for a few programs can make a difference). Of course, these programs aren’t designed to make anyone rich (except their founders), but the fact is that a little money CAN be made with them. The trick? Don’t focus on completing thousands of offers. Instead, get tons of affiliates and let them do the work for you. Lazy? Not really, because affiliate marketing, as I am learning, takes quite a bit of effort and critical thinking. But one way to give your marketing a kick in the pants is to start a Squidoo lens about whatever it is you are marketing. Naturally, people will find it, and eventually (if your page is motivational enough), you will start seeing some outclicks to your stuff.
Personally, I like the idea of being able to set up a free mini-site in a matter of minutes on a reliable host where you can make money, not only from what you are marketing to your viewers, but also through royalties based on what Squidoo earns via your lens.
Squidoo seems to be a very good way to help promote your affiliates and/or services, and is definitely a good tool to help boost your revenue.
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Tags: affiliate, lens, make money, marketing, niche, review, squidoo
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 am
I signed up with squidoo a few months ago, but I never got any traffic from them. I just gave up and went on to other things. I may check them out again and use a different blog for my lens
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
@Holly - What I’m doing is a bit different than trying to ‘get traffic to my site’. What my lens does is provide a bit of information, in this case some programs I use for making money online, and the lens also contains affiliate referral links to those sites. THAT is where the benefit of using Squidoo is. Of course, the lens also has a link to this site and my RSS feed, which is an added bonus. If traffic comes here from the lens, awesome. If they hit the referral links and start making money with those programs, even better!
April 29th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
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