As I wrote in my previous blog, I've become a squidoo fan. There are so many fantastic features on the squidoo lens. For your money making ventures, this site is the way to go.
Let me repeat myself, squidoo is great for affiliate marketing. In addition to adsense ads, you will find modules for Ebay, Amazon and Netflix. All these modules on one lens and more ways to earn money.
Do you like YouTube? Well squidoo has it! How about real time messaging? Twitter Follow is the module for you. Going on a trip and need information about the destination? You can find what you need on Yelp. These are just some of the great features on squidoo.
In your bio box, you have the option to upload a photo. Although lensmasters strongly recommend a photo, I don't have one. Never one for taking pictures. You can tag your lens with up to 40 keywords and/or phrases. There are even suggestion keywords and phrases for your use.
In the payment option , you can choose squidoo charity fund, your pick of a charity or even cash. The choice is yours and can be changed at anytime. Since I'm trying to make money online, I chose cash payment.
Once your lens is up and running, you'll want stats on your progress. The stats will give the lens rank, the freshness of your lens and how many times it's been flagged. If you want to go indepth, click on "watch your stats". You'll find the summary, which includes overall rank, category rank and highest rank achieved.
Do you want to know how much traffic your lens is getting? Traffic up to 30 days is there for your viewing. If you want to find out where the traffic is coming from, the stats will give you the source. It also goes as far as to give the name of the source.
For you affiliate product, the number of clickouts are included. Want to find out if you made money from your Amazon or Ebay modules? Check you royalty payments.
Getting links for you lens is an ongoing process. To start, get a blog, write about your product and link to your squidoo lens. Write an article or two, link it to your lens. I've found clipclip.org a good site to a link to my squidoo lens. Other ways are joining a forum and leaving comments on similar blogs.
I'll state it again, Squidoo is a great way to make money online. The features alone are worth the time to set up the lens. You don't have to stop with one lens, make as many as possible. If you're reading this post, your goal is to earn an income online. Start making money using squidoo lens.
