Create Your Renaissance Business Using Squidoo

For beginners, the process of setting up a website can be daunting. Squidoo is a gift in this regard. It provides all of the building blocks that you need to build a successful website (called a lens in Squidoo parlance) for free. Why pay $5 or even as much as $20 dollars a month to host a website while you're still exploring your interests, choosing a title for your renaissance business, and figuring out how to write for the web? With Squidoo, you can focus on two or three lenses at time, get comfortable with multiple aspects of web 2.0 culture, and publish your lenses on your own timeline. This is a great way to learn as you go and distinguish your current interests from previous ones you may have outgrown. You'll likely discover new interests too. If you decide to start your own website, you can back link to it from all of your Squidoo lenses, which is a great way to improve your overall standing in Google rankings. Also, the Squidoo community is incredibly supportive. The following sections include advice from veteran lens makers (called Squids in Squidoo parlance).