Beginning to Cash in on Squidoo
I’m sure you already know by now that the internet can be a powerful way of making money – very good money – however, you may still be struggling with just how to get started online and what some of the best ways are to get that additional, life enhancing, money coming into your bank account.
Don’t worry if you’re one of the people still struggling, because soon you’ll hear about a free way to get online – and pocketing a healthy commission by highlighting other people’s products! You may have tried other things in the past, and I can almost guarantee you’ve had to pay out a healthy amount of money for a not so healthy return, but by harnessing the power of Web 2.0 and affiliate marketing those days could soon be a thing of the past.
In this section you’ll get a quick over view of what a Web 2.0 site is, just how powerful theses sites are, and how they can be your ticket to getting on the net without having to spend money on webhosting, or domain registration, and just as importantly it can be enjoyable because it can be tailored to a topic you have a passion for!
Web 2.0 sites are all the rage at the moment, for several reasons, but the reasons that’ll interest you the most are that they tend to be free to register with, you don’t have to learn how to register a domain name, and they can be setup so that other people can contribute to your site, usually by leaving comments on the site.
Because you don’t have to host them, another saving on your part, the search engines are able to find them a lot quicker than they could if you were trying to list them yourself – the upshot being that they get indexed far quicker and people can find you and start spending their lovely money, on the products you’ll be ‘endorsing’ in the embedded links, and earning you commissions.
Squidoo lenses are relatively straight forward websites to build, but you’ll want to follow the instructions they have first time out to learn about the text modules (where you’ll add your content) the commercial modules (which are pre-made and include a number of companies like Amazon.com, eBay and CaféPress etc – you then just get them to show what you want to advertise) the video modules as well the RSS and comments modules.
Don’t get me wrong that doesn’t mean you can’t just jump right in and start building your lens, but obviously there are a few tips and techniques you really should know about so as to make the most out of your lens, including the best way to set them up to have the most impact on your visitors, how you should plan everything in advance to get the most out of your advertising/money making opportunities and knowing the difference between ads placed in the commercial modules and those embedded it the content.
If you get to Know these Squidoo secrets in advance it means you won’t have to spend all of your time going through dreary trial and error to optimize your site, and let’s face it, it isn’t fun, it takes up valuable time, and we’ve already spent the time and money doing it for you here at Social Marketing 101.
Now you have a brief overview of Squidoo, and how it can be a free way for you to get online using some of the latest web technology, in the next article we’re going to look at how you can find products that compliment your lens and how you can get them making money for you.