08.10.07
Instant Affiliate Profits at Zero Cost
Over the last few years, a number of Web 2.0 sites have been launched. And some of them have come as a boon to Internet Marketers. Well, many people still don’t realise the power of these websites. But there are other smart Marketers who have used these Web 2.0 sites to their full potential.
I have noticed that one particular website has been used by some smart affiliates to generate commissions without spending a dime on their own. In this article, I will show how you too can use that site to generate instant affiliate profits.
The website I’m referring to is www.squidoo.com. Squidoo is a website where you can create your own web pages (they call it lenses) on any topic. You register with them for free, think of a topic, give a name to your’lens’, put some content on it and publish it.
So how can this be of any help to you? Here’s how - Google loves Squidoo and their lenses (web pages) get good rankings in the Google search results. Which means that a well developed lens can get you hoardes of free traffic.
Let me explain this with a few examples. Recently, there was a big product launch. The ebook was called “Project Black Mask” and it sold 1000s of copies in the first few days. Huge number of people were searching for the term “Project Black Mask” on Google, to get reviews of the product. Many people still search this keyword.
I searched for the keyword myself and this is what I saw:
Notice the third result in the natural listings. Its an “Under Construction” lens on Squidoo. The guy who owns the lens has no content on it whatsoever but he still has the third ranking on a very popular ebook. Had he put some content, reviewed the product and put in his affiliate link in there - he would have made a killing.
Another example. This one is “Day Job Killer”, an ebook that broke all sales records on Clickbank. I remember that during launch day, there were over 10,000 searches on this keyword. There are many searches on it even today. Look at the results:
See the number 4 result - again a Squidoo lens. This time the guy has got some content on it with his affiliate link. Imagine the kind of commissions he makes for creating a free web page.
You can search for any number of these ebooks and you will find a Squidoo page up there. Notice the name of the lenses - this is the part after www.squidoo.com/
In both the examples, the name of the lens includes the name of the ebook. This gives the page more weightage for that keyword on Google and helps in its ranking.
This is a very smart way to make some quick affiliate commissions, without spending any money whatsoever. Here’s a step by step guide to use this technique:
1) Do some searches on popular ebooks and look up the Squidoo lenses that are ranked high. Make a note of their content, writing style, affiliate links, etc. These lenses are doing it right and you want to copy their style.
2) Find out what Internet Marketing products are going to launch in the recent future. Remember, you are looking for products that have a potential of becoming popular. So go after the products from the Gurus, the big guys. You can sign up with www.imnewswatch.com to keep track of these launches.
3) Create a lens on Squidoo. Give it a name that includes the name of the product. You can use dashes or underscores as well.
4) Develop the lens on the same lines as the ones which get good rankings in Google. Include your affiliate links a number of times.
That’s it. Just wait for Google to pick up your lens and list it for the targeted keyword. If you do things right, you will surely make handsome affiliate commissions.
Do let me know what you think by posting your comments below.
Jay said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:01 am
Squidoo no longer ranks so highly in Google results, thanks to the huge number of spam lenses. Squidoo’s working to reverse this, but for right now, search engine traffic isn’t extremely high on Squidoo lenses.
It’s still a great place to make a landing page for article marketing, especially at those directories that don’t allow affiliate links.
Christopher Phillips said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:05 am
Hi Alok
Great article, very informative.
Look forward to the next one!!
Regards
Christopher Phillips
Alok Jain said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:06 am
Hi Jay,
A well constructed Squidoo lens is not considered spam. Even if its used to review an ebook or a software.
Also, the screenshots I have shown have been taken today. I agree that, in the long run, Squidoo and/or Google will take measures that will dilute the effectiveness of this technique. But right now, it seems to be working.
Alok
DOUG said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:07 am
Hi Alok,
Yes,once again you have a great idea,but it is like i said to you before…it is only easy if you know how to use the sites.
I must be a bit dim or something because like the forums i get lost on these
sites,you know what i mean when your new to anything it takes time to learn how to post and get involved.One thing i don’t understand though is that i used a method from the bum marketing guide and i am currently at the top of google with this and have been for a while now….but have still not got any sales from it,….how come.
The search term if you want to have a look is:-
how to earn online report for 9.97 dollars
If you miss off dollars at the end i am in the next search listing .
Doug
Bill Thomas said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:07 am
Please tell me more about how I can become an affiliate and start making money.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Bill Thomas
bt3456@gmail.com
Art Luff said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:17 am
Squiddo has proven itself time and again as a major source of free traffic generation. Google Loves them and if your looking to generate income from the m or to get sites you own indexed fast then Squiddo will fit the bill.
Art
Ed said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:24 am
I have to agree with Jay. It seems that Google has
cracked down on Squidoo lenses but if you’re willing
to put up a good indepth lense you can still get some
traffic from it and maybe a few sales.
Regards,
Ed
http://www.cashway.com
Arun Agrawal said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:25 am
Hi Alok
I entirely agree with your plan. I have recently made a nice chunk of money from my Squidoo lens at http://www.squidoo.com/membershipsitesbootcamp/ which ranks at the top on Google. However I must confess that I did put some useful information on the topic of the lens to hook the reader into staying longer.
Gary Wells said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:27 am
Hi Alok
Yes Squiddo is very good and will get you Traffic. You have a very good Article here and I agree with you Totally.
Gary Wells
Rodney Brooks said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:30 am
While it is true that many squidoo lenses have suffered a loss in ranking at Google because of the recent slap, Alok makes an excellent point in the fact that well constructed, informative lenses are not considered spam and many of those lenses are still showing up on the first page of Google.
Try Googling free1up.com and you’ll see what I mean.
Content remains King!
Anita said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:38 am
Hi,
Great info! Just as an addition, I have found that my squidoo lenses are not always picked up by google, but when I digg them, my digg site shows up higher than squidoo! Also, it helps to join as many relevant groups on squidoo as you can to get your lens higher up in squidoo.
Anita
Joe said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:40 am
Thanks for good information that make me some idea.
I also find out how to reduce PPC cost.
Lorne Snow said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:42 am
I think i would be interested
Alok Jain said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:42 am
That’s correct Rodney. In fact, a search for most of the top Clickbank sellers throws up Squidoo lenses in the first page of Google results.
Just make sure you copy the best. Look at those lenses that rank well, see their construct and make yours on similar lines.
Don’t indulge in overkill by using a very high keyword density or pasting your affiliate link too often. Stay within the limits, put in some good content and the results will be pleasing.
jagdish c.jani said,
August 10, 2007 at 7:07 am
Hi dear Mr.Alok Jain
what i hvae to say in short about the work you have done is just “You are great”
thanks,
Donnie said,
August 10, 2007 at 7:14 am
Squidoo is pretty cool. Let’s give it a try and see how it goes!
Thanks for the info,
–Donnie
Margriet Boogaard said,
August 10, 2007 at 7:26 am
It is a great idea to use.
I just start with building my affiliatemarketing skills and love all the GOOD information that I can get from the guys who really made it. You are one of these great guys.
Thank you for sharing.
Margriet
Amanda Evans said,
August 10, 2007 at 7:29 am
I really enjoyed your article and a squidoo lens is something I have been meaning to try out as a way of promoting my e-book on how to become a ghostwriter. I have read a number of squidoo lens but so far haven’t had the time to create one of my own. It is something that is on my to do list and thanks to your article it has just moved to the top.
Thanks for sharing your info,
Amanda
Yessar said,
August 10, 2007 at 7:29 am
Hello,
Thanks for the information will try out the website
samir a. lakhe said,
August 10, 2007 at 7:32 am
This is very beautiful and i am interested in this marketing.
Bill Thorn said,
August 10, 2007 at 7:34 am
I just read an article about the spam on
Squidoo,It said a lot of the spam
was porn sites.
Google really has it in for porn sites.
And that is as it should be.
I am sure that squidoo will clean it up and
get back to its rating.
Bill
Rick@rasplanet said,
August 10, 2007 at 7:42 am
I think this is a great way to get traffic and get ranked. But from experience,
I know that someone will eventually find a way to screw things up. Get it
now and get it right, is my philosophy. And thank you Alok, for being so
generous with your abundance of knowledge. It’s good for us all to have
a mentor that we can count on.
Dave said,
August 10, 2007 at 7:55 am
Squidoo is evolving just like google algorithyms, so the marketer must do the same…go with the flow and take advantage.
http://www.make-money-with-no-money.com
Malcolm Maxwell said,
August 10, 2007 at 8:02 am
Thanks again for some more solid info- I never knew about squidoo, so I have just written a lens and got it published! Thing is I have a niche product (software)that every golfer needs to improve their game. I am green as far as getting traffic and buyers and I have no problem sharing the profits with affiliates. Any ideas?
Brenda Franzo said,
August 10, 2007 at 8:02 am
Hi Alok,
Great post on marketing with Squidoo. I have a few lens out there but have found that I am not getting as much traffic as I thought I would to them. Probably because Google is not ranking them as high these days due to spam issues. However, I believe that it’s being worked on so I will keep plugging away, waiting for more traffic. Thanks!
Alok Jain said,
August 10, 2007 at 8:10 am
Great going Malcom. Most people fail with Internet Marketing because they dont take action. Glad to know someone who is so proactive. Best of luck with your lens. And you can create an affiliate program for your golf product through Clickbank.
Alok
Lynn Mills said,
August 10, 2007 at 8:19 am
will this program work on a catalog giftcard website.They have to 1st use a gift card before they can use a credit card so i am giving out $10 gist cards.My business has over 4000 items.lawn&garden,housewares,candle jewerly,windchimes,birdhouses,stepping stones,insence packages.Kid learning games and much more. I have trouble finding the right key words for my products cause there are so mant 10,$25,$50 gift card also available.
Glen Beveerly said,
August 10, 2007 at 8:26 am
Hi Alok,
Great article and great information.
Thanks for sharing this information.
Glen
http://www.glencbeverly.com
Joseph said,
August 10, 2007 at 8:45 am
Alan,
I find the article interesting and worth giving a try.
Also I would like to publish your article on my article directory. With your permission of course.
I just opened up my directory and I think an article from you would be very informative to many people.
Jenny Weeks said,
August 10, 2007 at 9:12 am
I think this info is great and right on the money. I will definitely do it and let you know how it works!
Please keep the articles coming.
~ Jenny
Gerry Charbonneau said,
August 10, 2007 at 9:22 am
In the Web 2.0 “social environment” everyone has the “creative opportunity” to be the creator of dynamic content . Small and home-based businesses offering goods and services online have the potential to drive their revenues in a positive direction. Thanks for this heads up article which I’ll reference on my own blog site. (www.gcharbsales.typepad.com)
ELizabeth said,
August 10, 2007 at 9:32 am
August 10, 2007 …11.24
Thank’s Mentor,
Great article, but like a lot of new thing’s that comes out every day….
the main part stay’s the same…..every one needs traffic????
And you can not overload your self or killing your computer with al the site’s
that are coming out.
Read…the differance in every site, friendly to use, and plain.
A lot of people don’t like the flikkering and screaming things or the hard collours, killing your eyes after a while.
Read, ask …try….and good luck everybody.
Pete K said,
August 10, 2007 at 9:33 am
Hi Alok,
It’s nice to catch up again, particularly as you have once again demonstrated why you are head and shoulders above the other “Gurus”.
Squidoo is a subject that gets mentioned often, but generally in a manner that infers the reader should already know all about it. Well as this Blog demonstrates, a lot of hopeful internet marketers don’t understand it, and full credit to you for taking the time to explain Squidoo in simple terms.
I can understand some people having reservations about the ongoing viability of Squidoo, and I know that its easy to set up a lens and not get the results you hoped for, but Squidoo is no different to any other online tool, you must have good quality content relevant to your keywords. This is vital, otherwise the spiders will ignore you.
So, in a nutshell, Squidoo used properly is a great tool, and will currently outperform the various alternatives.
Best wishes to all,
Pete
Ashok said,
August 10, 2007 at 9:59 am
Your article is nice but you ignored few things like how to create key words and choosing good title etc.
Thanks for information you provided.
Ashok
Yatrik said,
August 10, 2007 at 10:04 am
Yeah, Squidoo is no doubt a great website for marketers and non-marketers alike.
I think it certainly outruns Wordpress, because of how easy it is.
Great article, but now you’ve got to write a free report on it
Regards,
Yatrik.
Vero said,
August 10, 2007 at 10:09 am
Traffic is all well and good, but what a site really needs is traffic that converts. Everyone is after traffic; the trick is to get buyers not just traffic–or sign-ups, if opt-ins is what you’re after. It’s about quality, not quantity. Sure, you want some quantity, that’s obvious, but what you really want is a lot of buyers, not tire-kickers or looky-lous.
Given adequate traffic, conversion is really the name of the game; it’s what puts the cash in your pocket. Traffic is relatively easy; converting the traffic takes skill. Finding quality traffic takes skill, and then converting it will be relatively easier than trying to sell people who basically are not in buying mode, or who are not sufficiently targeted.
Marc said,
August 10, 2007 at 10:38 am
The infinformation was informative, I am about to go sign up on squidoo, I figure what the heck, it’s free!
Good job Alok.
eb said,
August 10, 2007 at 10:48 am
I like squidoo a bunch and think that if you write good content the search engines will find it.
Anthony said,
August 10, 2007 at 11:01 am
Never looked at it that way Alok. I think this just might be a workable strategy and I want to thank you for sharing. There are a few other people who would ONLY sell this info.
All the best,
Anthony
http://bloss2.blogspot.com
Alok Jain said,
August 10, 2007 at 11:22 am
Vero, you are right about quality traffic. Else it is a waste. But this method will give you the most targetted traffic ever. Your visitors are people who searched for the product that you have reviewed in your lens.
Write a good review (highlighting pros and cons, etc) and the traffic is bound to convert.
Alok
Jerry said,
August 10, 2007 at 11:28 am
Excellent article Alok..
Squidoo is still well worth doing despite the slap, and another, hubpages is making headway into the search engine results
FREE AGLOCO ARTICLES said,
August 10, 2007 at 11:36 am
Hello Alok, Good and information which may very useful. Thank You
Voldeterre said,
August 10, 2007 at 11:48 am
great information, and its free to use and explore, i am going to work on it tonight to get some sales and commisions on a few programs.
thnks
howard said,
August 10, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Just remember - now you do need to have content on squidoo.. you must make your lens intro, and add 3 ‘modules;, and have content in them, or the lens will not get published…
Howard
PS - To Vero: It is up to the indiividual to convert the traffic.
Even if you have quality traffic, you must be able to convert traffic to sales.
Traffic doesnt convert itself. Maybe Alok has some conversion secrets he would let us in on… Alok?
Kat said,
August 10, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Wow. I’m new to this internet marketing thing and I’ve never even heard of Squido. I’ve been wondering what Web 2.0 is even and was about to google the term. I’m glad I found you.
Ray Harris said,
August 10, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Hey Alok,
Enjoyed this post. You’ve given your readers good info - if they’re smart, they’ll stop worrying about the “slap” and start focusing on how to use Squidoo to make money!
Squidoo is perfect for bum marketing. I made my first Clickbank commissions (7 to be exact) this summer using nothing but a Squidoo lens.
My advice:
-learn how to structure a lens for affiliate marketing
-research and use the right tags (keywords)
-join top rated Squidoo groups
-submit your lens to the search engines & social bookmark it
-write articles w/links to the lens & submit them EzineArticles,
SearchWarp and other high PR article directories.
Ray
Carl McQueen said,
August 10, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Hi Alok,
Great information, Keep it coming.. Can hardly wait for next article!
Carl
Alok Jain said,
August 10, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Howard, there are no secrets to a good conversion rate. Just keep it simple and be honest - that’s my recipe.
Ray, great tips. Thanks for sharing.
Alok
Jopi said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Thanks, Alok!
This is the last straw I needed to
head over to Squidoo!
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Ker said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Hi Alok,
Thanks for the E-mail, I am still a bit confuse but I guess I could find a way around it.
Jon said,
August 10, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Hi Alok,
Great article!
I’ve been struggling to get traffic, but suffering information overload and realise that I must learn to focus on one thing at a time. Am determined to follow your advice and do a bit of research on successful squidoos before I put one up.
Thanks
Jon.
adam said,
August 10, 2007 at 8:02 pm
you always write good content i enjoy reading and learning some thing new
thus look forward to your mail
adam
http://www.simplecashprofit.com/
Sandy said,
August 10, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Dear Alok,
I thought I know it all about marketing but you have added a new sword in my arm to act with. Thanks a lot. Your observation and idea is very much appreciable.
Regards,
Sandy
http://www.aamantran.info/ap
howard said,
August 11, 2007 at 7:33 am
Ive found that having the you tube video module helps a lens, but keep the same vids on there. the ones that get aolt of views, and ones that are relevant to your content. You do not want your vids changing all the time.
Having those vids on the lenses can get you a link back from you tube to your lense. More later on this, if anyone is interested. Just give it a try and see how it goes. Ill post a link to a lens that is using that very method for the extra traffic from you tube, and some other info later…
Howard
http://www.furff.com
Glen said,
August 11, 2007 at 8:05 am
If you think Google has ’slapped’ some Squidoo sites now….wait and see what the big ‘G’ does to them when this ‘new’ tactic gets abused, as always happens to that so called ‘next big thing’ tactic.
It gets used…abused…and then wiped out.
Let’s see how long it takes with Squidoo
Glen
PS. As usual the examples used are all internet marketing stuff. Lets see some ‘real world’ examples
howard said,
August 11, 2007 at 10:06 am
The method with the you tube video on your lens is a working, real world example. The lens is not mine, i know the the individual that does have the lens i am speaking of, and it has boosted her traffic considerably.
Howard
howard said,
August 11, 2007 at 10:07 am
What real world examples can you share with us?
Kristine Pass said,
August 11, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Before I leave my comment about this blog, I have to tell you that the above url doesn’t belong to me. Rather, it is one of my referral’s urls. I’ve included it instead of my own as a way to make sure my team gets as much exposure to their websites as possible.
Now, for the comment to your writing. As always, I’m so impressed with you. I appreciate the fact that when I get a notification of a new blog post from you, I can count on reading something helpful rather than a thinly veiled attempt to squeeze money out of every reader as is so often the case with business bloggers.
My team and I are putting together a group of resources that others can use to build their businesses and your blog is definitely going to be included in those resources.
Infinite Blessings!
David said,
August 11, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Hello
Anybody who wants to learn about Squidoo should have a look at the e.wealth forum and find posts by PotPieQueen
She often provides info in her posts but you can also access her blog, on squidoo, by clicking on her signature link
Hope this helps
David
Also if you are interested in having fun and making money–This is going to be the next big thing
http://www.uvme.biz/lottobooster
Kang said,
August 11, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Hi Alok,
I’ve used this strategy with some success
with Niche Inspector some time back;
it wasn’t a massive success but more than
a hundred bucks from a free web page I
took about an hour to fill up was pretty
okay results IMHO.
Great post; keep them coming!
Eva said,
August 11, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Good Article. Question: do you think a squidoo lens would be helpful in getting signups to free programs, or signups to free e-zines? I have poked around the “squidooverse” a little, but since I am on a 3 year old computer (with DIAL UP—AAAGH) it is difficult to impossible to do a lot with web 2.0 sites.
On a slightly different topic, a suggestion:
I would caution all marketers, and perhaps you could write a future article on this: Learn to construct a USEABLE website! There are many websites I can’t access AT ALL unless I go to a library and use high speed, because of all the flash/splash/UTube bells and whistles. When I build a website of any kind, for myself or friends, I make sure it loads quickly and completely on computers like mine: older, slower and on dialup. I built one for a friend last week that had 2 options on the very fast loading doorway page: an option for Low Speed and one for high speed. Not only will I not bother with any guru’s site that is overloaded with excess stuff– I actively reccommend to those who ask that they avoid such sites as well.
It is perfectly possible (as a metter of fact, EASY) to sell a product without the splash/flash/UTube/audio video etc. Am I the only person who remembers fondly those bygone days when a sales website had serious content, was well written, and maybe had one or two ordinary pictures along with a lot of valuable information (as opposed to hype and tripe)?
Sujt said,
August 12, 2007 at 12:27 am
Hi Alok
I read your ebook 2minuteprofit system & it was great & now i came acorss this another great strategy that is too cool.
Keep it up
Thanks & Regards,
Sujit
http://www.promotionsimplified.com
Anthony Chambers said,
August 12, 2007 at 3:30 am
Alok.
I just want to say thanks again for the information you sent me recently on how to promote Clickbank products at zero cost. Well! I want to share my progress with you.
I went ahead and did a search for new products at imnewswatch as you suggested. I found one, built a lens at squidoo around the name of the product and also wrote a few articles pointing back to the lens.
These were published at ezinearticles, hubpages, a link on a PR4 site I have, and a simple advt. at usfreeads where I have an account already.
To my surprise, my usfreead advt for the Lens showed up no. 7 on Google.
So, yes, go ahead and look for “The Millionaire League” at Google and you
will see a Bizz Wizz ad (from usfreeads) on the first page, entitled
“No monthly Fees To Join Millionaire League” That’s mine.
No, I don’t even know if I have any sales yet. I’m heading over to C/Bank
right now, but I just wanted to say thanks for your suggestion. My lens, by the way is at The MillionaireLeague
Thanks again,
Anthony
Rolando's Gift Shop said,
August 12, 2007 at 5:05 am
Squidoo is not only a good place to make money with targeted Lenses. It also sends traffic back to your site. I use it alot to drive traffic to my main site http://www.rolandosgiftshop.com.
Another great Web2.0 site that drives traffic if you sell physical products is http://www.wists.com/ a social swaping site.
Best Regards
PS - Don’t forget about del.icio.us, furl, technorati, kaboodle, digg and other social networking sites to generate traffic to your sites.
For more info on how to use social networking sites in your web promotion check out:
http://www.webmaster-webtools.com/ads/social_tagging.html
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Jeremiah OConnell said,
August 12, 2007 at 5:40 am
Hi Alok,
Thanks for sharing a great post.
I’ve been using squidoo for some time no and find it great and in my experience if you update your lens regularly with some text content, keep outbound links to a minimum and join as many related groups as you can you should see your lens climb the rankings very quickly both in squidoo and google.
Once you’ve got a decent ranking lens, simply create more keyword related lenses and lensroll them together.
Thanks,
Jeremiah O’Connell
http://niche-marketing-success.com
Alok Jain said,
August 13, 2007 at 12:35 am
Anthony, thanks for sharing your results with us. It will be great if you can update us with your sales figures as well. That will be a big motivation for everyone.
Alok
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Micro Niche Finder said,
August 14, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Hi all,
I have also been using Squidoo to help get traffic to some of my websites and affiliate products as well. One tool I have found to be effective is Micro Niche Finder. You can watch some videos and see this program in action.
http://tinyurl.com/2rqbx8
Howard said,
August 14, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Oops! To finish up, Micro Niche Finder can be used to help you find what people are looking for, and if the competition for that niche is strong or weak. It’s worth looking at the videos - the videos show you how to use it with virtually any website, blog, etc. Go find out how to target a niche with this program now!
After you do that, follow this link to one of my Squidoo lenses. I came up with the lens name by using the Micro Niche Finder, and it has been getting good targeted traffic.
http://www.squidoo.com/caninepancreatitisdiet
While your there, you can check out the links to the affiliate product that is benefitting from the traffic coming from this Squidoo Lens. Do you have a dog? Why not sign up for the free report while you are there
I will share some actual traffic stats here later, after I login to squidoo and check them.
Howard
Rachel said,
August 14, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Hi there Alok, I am so impressed with all the information that you share and I will definately give Squidoo a try. I am fairly new to all this and am very keen to learn how to make money online.
Having read the comments above it would seem that you have a very large fan club which I am pleased to have joined. So once again thank you and keep all the great advice and tips coming - I sure need them!
Carinsurb said,
August 15, 2007 at 12:00 am
I ever read the suggest like this post about squidoo. Its hard to me to create my own suidoo. So, I still focused on my own blog and not create more site just for traffic.
I think, if I wanna get more traffic from search engine (like Google) I must have a blog site with the right blog software that support multi author (just like what I’ve build. Coz, multi author will help all to growth together in blog style. As everybody known, Google and Yahoo search engine loved blogs.
Regards,
Richard Daris - http://freecarinsurance.4sql.net
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keith debolt said,
August 15, 2007 at 7:48 pm
What a great piece of info, backed by the facts and not looking for my dollars in return…I really enjoy your style, Alok, and would like to link to this piece on my website. I am setting up a site to guide new marketers through and past the information overload, believe everything you read, keep thinking the next product is going to be THE one that will make you wealthy sickness that seems to afflict most people thinking about starting an online business.
There is quality help out there, but it seems you have to wade through the bottom feeders to find it.
Keep up the good work! You are one of the good guys!
To your increasing focus,
Keith deBolt
http://marketingstep1.com
Ha Ha Ha said,
August 16, 2007 at 10:09 am
Carinsurb - Squdioo is a blog you fool. And one that google favors. Why not build another blog to get more traffic? what planet are you from?
zamhaziq said,
August 17, 2007 at 2:47 am
I’m new online marketer and not fluent in English.
i have a small success with squidoo lens, this month my lens about Craiglist sell 7 numbers 7 dollar product and one PLR ($27) dollar.
I have 34 lens, Squidoo Pay me royalty about $36 dollar/month.
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Kurt said,
August 18, 2007 at 9:15 pm
For a detailed outline of how to use Squidoo effectively, you should read J.P. Schoeffel’s Squidoo Profits. It’s a PDF, and it goes into pretty much all aspects of using Squidoo. I will warn you… to use Squidoo effectively as J.P. recommends, it takes a bit of work. If it fits your business model, go for it. If not, then creating a lens here and there can be a pretty easy way to create a valuable backlink to your site.
Alok has a good idea in using IM products, but a better idea might be Andrew Hansen’s concept of creating your own site around new IM releases. Andrew warns (and rightly so) that you can’t really build a business around this, but I actually think that you could, if you planned things carefully, and did it a certain way. HTH!
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August 21, 2007 at 6:21 pm
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JDWall said,
August 22, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Hi Alok
I enjoyed reading your post as I am new at this ,but would like to
learn how to make money on line. Looking forward to your next
article . thanks Jake
http://tinyurl.com/yomf7n
BillyWarhol said,
September 10, 2007 at 12:26 am
Hi Alok! I finally have my new B$ WordPress Blog up + wanted to do a JV with U re: Silent or Viral Profit Machine!
Please Email me ASAP!!
Cheers!! Billy ;))
PotPieGirl said,
September 18, 2007 at 7:40 am
David - thank you for the kind words in your comment above =) I try to share as much as I can about Squidoo and help others get going with this free opportunity to boost their business or online presence.
Squidoo is not all that new to the IM scene. Yes, the site went thru a huge growth spurt - and then naturally, growing pains resulted. One person mass-created 400+ lenses in ONE DAY - all spammy garbage using to frame in content that was not relevant to the keyword he/she was focusing on. Google did not like this and the whole Squidoo site suffered for a little while.
In my opinion, that little “speed bump” was a good thing that drew attention to the holes in the system that could (and were) compromised which, in turn, allowed Squidoo to do some spring-cleaning and make the site even better.
A real quick tip for using Squidoo -
So many struggle with the “keyword” concept - it seems that they either try to slam pack too many - or don’t have a keyword focus at all.
Take a free keyword research tool like wordtrackers ( http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ ) and type in what your content is to be about. Then try to work each of the smaller and related keywords into your content and as titles for your modules, etc. Have them flow naturally into your content and suit the readers experience.
Remember, just like the lens on a camera, a Squidoo lens will FOCUS IN on a subject. Don’t be too broad or general - and keep to the topic at hand. After creating your lens, wait for the next Squidoo update, THEN “ping” your lens and do your social tagging and marketing.
I’m always available to answer any questions over at my blog:
http://squidooreview.blogspot.com
Best of luck to all!
PotPieGirl
Anil Pandey said,
September 19, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Hi
Saw this place just yesterday. The idea of creating squidoo lenses seemed interesting. Created my first lens at http://www.squidoo.com/honestincomeprogram
Can somebody please look it over and say if I need to add or delete any material there, I mean the best way to construct squidoo lenses (btw the lens is a review of Honest Income Program
Would be grateful for feedback.
Anil Pandey said,
September 28, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Hi Alok
I created my first lens at squidoo [snip]
On the first day my rank was 704 in SEO and Affiliate Marketing with a lensrank of more than 21,000. I am updating it regularly and now it has come to 248 rank in SEO and Affiliate Marketing and the current lensrank is 8409 (after all, there is some improvement).
I had requested on some feedback and guidance on it around a week back but I see that till now there is no comment on it. Can you kindly look it over and suggest remedial action. Another thing, even with a lensrank of 8409, Google still doesn’t seem to have indexed it. When I try to search for Honest Income Program, my lens doesn’t show at all. Howsoever I search it does not come up. I even tried searching for the full name ‘Review of Honest Income Program’ but no help.
Can you shed some light on it. What else I need to do, or I will have to wait longer.
Will be grateful for advice.
Anil Pandey said,
October 11, 2007 at 3:48 am
The position of my lens rose further to 33 (from 248) in SEO and Affiliate Marketing and the lensrank also increased from 8409 to 913. Some improvement !
I have now created another lens on the latest and hottest product “20 Ways To Make $100 A Day Online” and the url is [snip]
This product teaches how anybody can earn $100 per day for life if we follow the steps outlined in the product. It is very interesting and has been written by some very well-established people.
I have not yet made any sales from the first lens, but am confident that I will do it soon. (hopefully)
I thank Alok for giving this wonderful tip.
Anil Pandey said,
November 25, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Hi
Alok is steadily gaining a reputation as a person who provides handy and useful information which can be used all and sundry. Just see his information about creating a squidoo lens (I myself created a lens and now it has a PR 2 ranking (www.squidoo.com/honestincomeprogram).
He is about to launch yet another product on Nov 29. He has aptly named it as “Project Quick Cash”. It lets you implement some easy techniques and earns you 100s, maybe 1000s. Best of all, they are easy and can be done even by a newbie.
You can read more about it either at his site itself http://www.projectquickcash.com or at my blog http://buyprojectquickcash.blogspot.com/
I am just waiting for Nov 29 when I can lay my hands on this wonderful product. People are falling over each other for this product. Just do a quick search on Google or any other search engines.
All the best to Alok for a successful launch.
Anil Pandey
afacereonline.ro said,
December 18, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Cool Blog
Anil Pandey said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:13 am
Hi
I have launched Wolr’d First Social Networking Site For Orissa.
The site is at http://www.utkalbandhu.com
Here you can do all the usual features like photo and video uploads, Live chat, sending mails to friends in the membership area, create a profile, music, create groups of your choice, post your classified ads and much more.
Features under consideration is providing free SMS facility to any member’s mobile, chat in Oriya language (its for people of Orissa - so Oriya people may avail this feature), providing a revenue sharing option to the members so that they can be rewarded for developing and contributing to the site by blogs, articles, events etc.
Regards
Anil Pandey
ajaypal singh said,
February 13, 2008 at 11:55 am
hi alok,
i am a subscriber to newsletter. however, i have your blog very informative and quite interesting. i live in chennai and would like to congratulate you on your good work. but i have a question here? dont we have to pay google for listing our blog/webpage in their search rankings? isnt it PPC? u say squidoo is a good method to get good rankings on google…. do we have to pay for our squidoo page also or google lists squidoo lenses on their site for free?
please answer.
Basie Byleveld said,
June 27, 2008 at 3:33 am
Alok Hi, Congratulations this is the best advise I have ever come across, Thank you for all the interesting information, in general all your advise is informative and very help-full. This could easily be considered The Best Kept Secret to Internet Marketing, Well Done.
Best Regards
Basie Byleveld
Your Fellow Netrepreneur
http://www.blogmoney.ws