Squidoo Tips and Comments
I joined Squidoo about 6 years ago – I had no idea if there was any benefit, I created some pages to promote clients in the real estate industry. I was living in Atlanta and most of my Internet marketing services focused on the home building industry. I realized that real estate wasn’t really a niche that worked on Squidoo, at least for me back in 2007..or was it?
Thinking back to pages I built that may have been driving traffic to other sites that I was helping reach their target, I guess it was working..just not directly as earnings from Squidoo. I was building pages to promote new homes, condos and even real estate companies. All of these sites were getting links from Squidoo.
So I started building some beach music pages to help market my clients in the beach music industry. This was successful at first, but I kind of left it alone until last year, when it served some of my needs for promotion and testing. I saw a few things and noticed some trends. With a little bit of time spent writing and researching, I had my pages built at Squidoo up in rank and getting some exposure for that industry.
I have been most successful in helping others with great ideas get their lenses created and set-up to reach their target audience. Squidoo lets anyone build a page about their passion and have a chance to earn some money along the way. For people in states that do not work with Amazon, you can join Squidoo and promote Amazon products to earn a commission.
I encourage you to join and jump right in… Build a page (called a lens at Squidoo) and share it with friends. If you want to get some help then visit these following articles for training and tips on Squidoo.
Squidoo Marketing – Making it Work
Create a Page – Training
Article Writing Templates
If none of this makes sense and you want some help directly, then request a Marketing Boost and let me help you promote your products, services or overall business.
That is most helpful.
So, are you saying it is good for Search Engine Marketing purposes more than direct earnings from Squidoo?
Hey Doug – It Takes Something special or a lot of work to get earnings directly from Squidoo. It is possible. Search Engine Marketing is all about writing good content and being found by people on good quality sites. There can be a lot of wasted space on the Squidoo site, but for the most part, the pages are seen as quality content which the search engines value.
I only started in squidoo a couple months ago and really enjoy it! I enjoy your articles! 🙂
Thanks Judith – Hope it works out for you!
I haven’t used Squidoo yet. You make it sound interesting so I’ll be trying it soon.
I am in the same boat as Judith. I just got started and I really like the experience. They make it fun with the squid business and the lens building in simple to figure out. Great testimonial on a cool article writing platform.
What a great tip on states where Amazon is banned using Squidoo is the perfect work around for it and beside the commissions when you first get started on Squidoo are larger than you would make on your own because Squidoo sells so much they get higher commissions and you get half.
I agree, Squidoo is a great platform for people in states where Amazon will not allow affiliates (and the numbers keep growing too). It’s really a fun community and a great place to get started on internet marketing.
Hi, Your info is some of the easier to read and understand, for many of us that aren’t as techy as this aspect of online marketing. The majority of my traffic are people that are near or at retirement and don’t have these skills, and may not have the desire/patience to learn them, but also could use some extra income.If you have any thoughts on that it would be great to hear and then share w/ those that could use the financial help. Take care..thanks for your article. Stan