HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH SQUIDOO

There are obviously numerous ways to make money online but today I'm going to write about one of the easy and popular way to make money on the Internet - SQUIDOO. This article "How to make money with Squidoo" will show you how easy it is to get started and earn money with a Squidoo Lens.

WHAT IS SQUIDOO AND WHAT IS A SQUIDOO LENS

Squidoo is a very popular publishing platform and community that makes it simple and easy for you to create WEB PAGES online. Each Web Page that you create is called a "LENS". Lenses are web pages, like posts or articles on a familiar website or blog where you can gather everything you know about your topic of interest and bring it all into focus. It is a very simple, fun and potent means to share your interests, build your online identity and credibility, connect with new readers and friends and most importantly to earn money on the Internet. And also it's all for free.

HOW TO CREATE A SQUIDOO LENS

Go to Squidoo.com - Create a free account - Start creating your Lens - Simple! Its so easy to make a Lens that it is better to try it out than to learn how to create it - its as simple and smooth as eating an icecream.


HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR SQUIDOO LENS

There are many ways in which you can monetize your lens. For example you can promote your affiliate products, Amazon books, Ebay store or you can use Google AdSense PPC ads. But there is a difference between the ways you make money with a website or a blog and a Squidoo Lens - you would have to share 50% of the revenue earned from your Lens with Squidoo (out of their share they donate 5% to charity). The rest 50% is for you to keep or to donate for charity.


SOME POINTS TO REMEMBER WHILE CREATING A LENS

The following points are necessary if you are specifically aiming at making money online with your Lens :-

1. Select a topic that is of general interest and widely searched for. This is essential because the money earning potential of a Squidoo Lens absolutely depends on the amount of traffic your Lens will get - this is so because you will be earning money as advertisement revenue or by selling affiliate products and services, both of which has a direct relationship with the traffic volume your Lens will gets. This step is particularly essential if you want to make money with your Squidoo Lens.

2. Choose a topic or niche that you have enough knowledge about to write some thing that would interest your audience. this will enable you write convincing stuff on your topic thus establishing your authority. This will help you greatly in selling your affiliate products and services and thus making money.

3. Go to Google Adwords Keywords Tool and put one or two keywords in the search box to get an idea of the approximate search volume of various related keywords. You will also get an idea about other related keywords that can be profitable. Choose the keywords carefully so that they have considerable search volume which would help you to make decent money with your Squidoo lens.

4. Include the keywords that you have chosen in the previous step in your URL and TITLE of the Lens. This is important from the Search Engine Optimization point of view. A properly optimized Lens will be placed on the first page of Google or other search engine's search result pages for your and other relevant keyword searches. This will get you free and valuable search traffic. Search engine Optimization for Squidoo Lenses has been extensively covered at Squidoo.com - it is advisable to go through them before starting to get a perfect start and be on the right path. Read - Search Engine Optimization for Squidoo.


SOME INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT SQUIDOO

1. Web pages on Squidoo are called "lenses" because each is one person's focus on something that he or she is interested in, something that matters to him or her.

2. Squidoo has more than a million hand built Lenses built by different lens masters. It is among 300 most popular websites in the USA and also one of the mostly visited sites online. It was founded in 2005 and became online for public use on 2006. It grew by 90% in 2008 and 2009.

3. Many lens masters earn more than $1,000 a year from Squidoo. Some even make $10,000 a year. Others are happy with $50 or $5.

4. About 35% of the lens masters donate their earnings to charity.

5. It receives about 400,000 visitors per day (you too can get your share from here).


I hope you have received enough information on how to make money with Squidoo to get started with Squidoo. Moreover there is no other better ways to learn anything then to do it practically. So get set go - Create a Squidoo lens and start earning money.

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