Squidoo is a very popular publishing platform. Most people consider Squidoo as a source of interesting information and fail to look at it as a wonderful money making opportunity. Squidoo is a great way to make money online even if you do not have any blogs or website to run your own. Squidoo offers opportunities for you to sell affiliate products, start PPC campaigns etc. Many bloggers even utilize Squidoo as a website to generate traffic to their blogs/ website. In this post I will explain some ways in which you can make money from Squidoo.
Become a Lensmaster
Lensmaster is a lot like webmaster. Basically, you are the person responsible for all the content on your lens. A Squidoo page is called a Lens and the person writing on it is called the Lensmaster. Whenever, you create a lens – you are entitled to royalties generated from the ads on your lens. Squidoo follows a revenue sharing program where you get a cut earned from the pay-per-click ads. That is whenever a reader clicks on the ad, you also earn a share of revenue from Squidoo.
Sell/Promote Your Products
If you have an Ebay store or have an affiliate product related to a niche – then you can use the Squidoo lens to promote it. You can create a lens that is based on the niche of your affiliate products and encourage buyers. Apart from this Squidoo allows you to make use of the in-built function of adding eBay or Cafepress affiliate products. So it becomes easy for you, publish it on your lens and promote it. Even search engines might turn up with your lens for a particular keyword.
There are actually two ways in which you can earn money from the affiliate products using Squidoo lens. The first one is as mentioned above, by selling products through the in-built function that Squidoo offers to its webmasters. Squidoo offers a ton of choices for you to use as affiliate tools. There are many well-known brands such as Amazon, CafePress, iTunes, eBay and NetFlix. However, you will have to share a cut of the revenue earned from affiliate sales with Squidoo in case you make use of their in-built affiliate tools.
The second way is by linking to your own affiliate links using the lens. This method is much more preferable because you get to keep hundred percent of the revenue you make from your affiliate product sales. The only advantage of using the Squidoo’s in-built affiliate product functionality is the ease of setup.
Driving Traffic to Your Blog/Website
Squidoo can also be used to drive targeted traffic to your blog or website. When your lens is focused on a particular topic or niche, you can use it to drive traffic to your blog or in fact a squeeze page. That way the visitors to your website/blog through can become your readers or customers. If your visitor is landing on a Squeeze page you can even become successful at selling a great deal of affiliate products. Apart from that, you can add your website link with an anchor text. So when the Google spider crawls it – you get a back link. This can do a great deal in improving your Page Rank.
Become a part of the Squidoo Affiliate Program
When you sign up for Squidoo, you also get a chance to earn affiliate income when you make other join Squidoo. Whenever, someone signs up through your Squidoo affiliate link and makes the first $15 then both the affiliate and the person who signed up get credited with $5 into their account. This is a case where both the parties are beneficiaries unlike usual affiliate programs where only the affiliate seller gets paid. For example, you sign up using my Squidoo referral link then when you reach the $15 mark in earnings for the first time then I as well as you will earn $5. Basically, the advantage of the Squidoo affiliate is that it is easier to promote as the person signing up also has obvious advantages.
The main advantage of Squidoo is that it is super-simple and fun way to share your interests. Along with the fun, it is also a powerful way to make money online. The registration is totally free and easy to get started. Many lensmasters are making more than $1,000 a year from Squidoo. Some even make $10,000, while others are happy with $40 or $4.
The main advantage of Squidoo is that it is super-simple and fun way to share your interests. Along with the fun, it is also a powerful way to make money online. The registration is totally free and easy to get started. Many lensmasters are making more than $1,000 a year from Squidoo. Some even make $10,000, while others are happy with $40 or $4.
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Hey Anil
I like the new look of your site. Loads fast, easy to navigate.
Thanks a lot Darrell, trying to get my blog design more professional
Great post man.
I have heard about Squidoo, but I have not used it yet, partly because I do not understand it fully. But now I understand more about Squidoo. Thanks for explaining it in this post.
“Squidoo can also be used to drive targeted traffic to your blog or website. When your lens is focused on a particular topic or niche, you can use it to drive traffic to your blog or in fact a squeeze page.”
Thanks for mentioning this, as I have a squeeze page and so I think squidoo will be beneficial for me.
The affiliate program of Squidoo looks great. This is the first time that I heard about a affiliate program that pays both the affiliate and the person who signed up. Actually this is good, as it will enable the person to sign up through an affiliate link, and not bypass the affiliate link.
Nabeel
P.S. Loving the new look and design of the blog man! It looks a LOT better than the previous design. This theme has changed the whole look of your blog!
Hmmmm… very interesting. I never thought about using Squidoo but it looks like it could be really profitable if you stick with it. Thanks for explaining that so well!
I have not been using Squidoo effectively, but certainly plan to do so in the very near future. They can be very effective and powerful. I have seen many squidoo pages on page 1 of Google, even in competitive markets.
Thanks for the information Anil and good insights.
Part of the issue for me in using other places like Squidoo is that you share your commission with them and the affiliate or Google adsense etc. I know you can make money, but I prefer to use my own assets owned by me to collect as much money as I can. Having said that, Squidoo is still an option that you will want to consider to diversify your portfolio. Never place all of your eggs in one basket to make money online.