Squidoo was one of my first online resources when I began trying to figure out how to make extra money online.
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Squidoo is a great place to publish content and get backlinks to your money pages. I first started publishing on Squidoo in about 2007. I put up a few Squidoo lenses (what a web page is called on Squidoo) here and there over the next couple years, but never really dedicated myself to any serious focus.
Fast forward about 4 years, and I had about 20 lenses with only about half a dozen that were good enough to be visible to the public. Yes, your lens has to qualify to be made visible.
The thing about Squidoo is that you can’t just slap a couple paragraphs of garbage text on there with a link to your money site, and expect anything to happen.
So, how do you get your lens to be made public and to remain public?
- Use multiple modules
- Use a variety of module types
- Post unique textual content
- Avoid using copyrighted pictures that you don’t have permission to use
- Update your content regularly
Early on, I wasn’t too savvy in all of this and I had a tough time getting many of my lenses to rank very well, so I went other directions and tried to find other ways for how to make extra money on the internet. Occasionally, I would slip back in and throw up a lens, but really didn’t stick with it long enough to learn the right way to do it.
It wasn’t until I purchased a training course by Erica Stone called Squidoo Niche Blasters, and began to put it into practice, that I finally learned how to make extra money selling Amazon products on Squidoo.
What she teaches in this course really works. For the first time, I was able to put together Squidoo lenses that immediately rose to the top of all my lenses and stayed at a level that keeps them visible for the public.
The step by step detail for building these Squidoo lenses that are built for the purpose of selling physical products through Amazon are clear and complete. Anyone from the newest internet marketing “wanabee’s” to the experienced web publisher can get some benefit from this course. If you want to participate, but don’t have time, use the instructions to hire out the work. A virtual assistant can put the Squidoo Niche Blasters together for you.
One question I always have when I’m looking at an internet marketing training course on how to make extra money – one that rarely gets answered objectively – is this, ”Does following the directions in this training bring results?”
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I can truthfully say, the answer is “Yes!” Yes, I’m’ seeing results. Yes, I’m making some money. Yes, I’m going to keep building Squidoo Niche Blasters. No, I’m not ready to retire from my day job. No, this isn’t a get rich quick plan. Yes, it takes lots of Squidoo lenses ranking well before much money starts coming in.
I can also add, that whenever I’ve had questions and have contacted Erica for help with various parts of the training, she has always responded quickly and her responses have always been very meaty and helpful. I’ve also subscribed to her email list and have found her emails to be very informative and useful. Only very occasionally is there a blatant sales promotion in her email. This is one email subscription that I look forward to receiving, and have a folder where I save them to refer back to .
I highly recommend the Squidoo Niche Blaster course for anyone who wishes to learn how to make extra money online.
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