Squidoo Has Helped My Business

I have been looking for ways to increase my traffic in the niches that I am working in.  I have learned a lot over the past few months year.  I have learned about bookmarking,link building,social media,press releases,article marketing but the one thing that has really brought income to me is Squidoo!  I first discovered it through a post by Tiffany Washko called Seasonal Affiliate Sales.  I purchased the Info Product Killer after reading her post.  Next that lead me to Tiffany Dow and Squidoo! Tiffany Dow has a fabulous book out called Social Networking on Squidoo and she uses Squidoo in combination with Info Product Killer (IPK).

Why am I telling you all of this?

I am sharing this with you because after I followed Tiffany’s advice on how to create Squidoo lenses with the IPK formula I made money!  It was so exciting because I would open up my Amazon account everyday and I would see more and more sales!

At the beginning of this month Tiffany started a 52 week Amazon Lens Challenge.  The challenge is to create Squidoo lenses every week based on a Amazon best seller! I have been doing this and having great fun.  We have a Facebook page that we keep track of each other and our lenses in.  Tiffany is there to offer encouragement and help!

Again why am I sharing this?

Sorry sometimes it takes me a minute to get to the point.  This year I wanted to share with you my journey through this challenge.  I will share with you how well the lenses are doing and I will share my new lenses with you.  Squidoo is really fun to work with and Tiffany Dow is just a gem!  She is not getting paid to do this but is doing it willingly!

Here is one of my first lenses for the year:

I wrote it on the Nintendo Wii Console.  Our family received a Nintendo Wii Console for Christmas this year and it has been a blast.  I share some personal thought and experiences with you on the Squidoo lens. Go check it out!

Why Squidoo?

Here are the reasons I really like Squidoo.  A lens is very quick to create,as little as an hour.  You can get great back links to your blog or website that gets you noticed by Google.  You can use keywords and affiliate links in the lens which acts as a mini website for you.  These are some of the main reasons I love Squidoo.  I also am excited to create hobby type lenses.  I created my first one on How to Enter Mail In Sweepstakes about two weeks ago!  You can create a lens for fun,business,education,anything and it is really fun to do.

Do you want to start on Squidoo?

If you are interested in starting to create Squidoo lenses I would recommend Tiffany Dow’s ebook Social Networking on Squidoo!  It is very details and she updates it often.  Without it I wouldn’t have known the first thing to do!  Next join the Facebook group,it is free and you can join at anytime.  Jump on and say hi.  If you have questions feel free to ask me.  I am not an expert but I do know some things now.

The reason for the 52 week challenge:

Christmas time you can make a lot of money from your lenses.  When you are trying to make money online it is always easier to let your websites age a little.  Yes,kind of like cheese!  The search engines take time to find you sometimes but once your found you usually are able to get consistent traffic.  That is the same with Squidoo lenses.  I am continuing to have my lenses found by the search engines.  Which means more traffic.  Which means you will start to earn commission.

The 52 week challenge means you will have at least 52 lenses that can be making money at Christmas time next year.  Try it out!  I would love to retweet about your lenses or even show them on my blog! Come back and see what lens I create!

Until next time,