Promote Your Business for Free with Squidoo SquidZipper Lenses

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Attract Highly Targeted Leads with SquidZipper

Do you have a regional business that you're currently promoting online? Would you like to learn about a FREE method of promotion that uniquely situates you as an expert on your neighborhood? Would you like to interact with potential customers in your area, and earn cash for yourself and charity? Welcome to Squidoo, home of the SquidZipper lens.

Learn how the SquidZipper MagicBuilder can create a free webpage for your business or organization in just minutes!

So, What the Heck is a SquidZipper? 

Squidoo Editor-in-Chief Megan Casey Explains...

The next frontier for marketing online is hyperlocal. Connecting people to the organizations around the corner is profitable, and until now, extremely difficult. SquidZippers consists of 46,000 pages, one on each zip code in the United States.

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Click here to build your FREE SquidZipper lens, and promote your business in just 5 easy steps.

www.mayorofyourzipcode.com

10 Tips to Build Your First SquidZipper Lens 

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  1. All you need is a zip code to begin. Enter a zip code and hit Build it!
  2. It's fine to completely ignore questions 1-9 on the MagicBuilder. Answer any that apply and select MagicBuild my Page!
  3. Don't worry about content yet ... just choose I want it!
  4. Pick your url and hit Continue.
  5. Type the word that appears and hit Continue.
  6. Edit your lens title at the top of the page and hit Save.
  7. The MagicBuilder will provide several modules for you. Delete any you don't want, scroll back to the top of your lens, and choose Save Draft. Your lens is now saved and ready to edit whenever you like. It won't be live until you publish it.
  8. Go through your Workshop Tools on the right side of the page. This is where you'll edit your author bio, upload a photo, add up to 40 tags, choose lens settings, and specify royalty settings. After entering new information, be sure to choose Save Draft to update your lens.
  9. Now you're ready to edit your lens and add content. Just get the basics down for now with an intro (including a photograph) and a few modules. You can always add more modules later. Be sure to visit other SquidZipper lenses for ideas and inspiration. When you're satisfied, hit Publish and your lens will be ready for viewing and further editing.
  10. Overwhelmed? Why not hire a professional lensmaster to build your first lens? For just $25, lensmaster ThomasC will build a basic SquidZipper lens for you. Check out SquidBuilders.com for details, and visit ThomasC Lensography to see samples of his top-notch lenses.

Monetize Your SquidZipper Lenses 

Make Money for Yourself and for Charity

To increase your SquidZipper's earning potential, simply include some money-making modules, like Amazon, CafePress, and Zazzle. Samples of these modules are shown below. This is strictly optional—if your objective is to attract leads, a SquidZipper lens will work fine without money-making modules. You can also add them at a later time. That's the beauty of Squidoo!

One of my favorite ways to monetize SquidZippers is with the Images of America books produced by Arcadia Publishing. I have several of these books in my own library, and often give them as gifts. Arcadia Publishing produces several other series that might also work for SquidZipper lenses, including Postcards of America, Then and Now, Campus History, and Corporate History. Some of these may be difficult to detect with the Amazon 'search' feature. For example, SquidZipper lenses featuring New Orleans could include books about Lake Pontchartrain, Tulane University, and the Canal Streetcar Line. I have better luck finding selections on the Arcadia Publishing Website and then searching for those particular titles directly from the Amazon module.

An Images of America author spotted his book on one of my notary SquidZipper lenses and thanked me for using it. That was pretty exciting!

Arcadia Publishing's Images of America Series

Images of America Books on Amazon 

More Than 5,000 Titles Available from Arcadia Publishing

Arcadia Publishing is the leading local history publisher in the United States, with a catalog of more than 5,000 titles in print and hundreds of new titles released every year.
Source: Arcadia Publishing

Building the Blue Ridge Parkway (NC) (Images of America)

Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 12/08/2009) Buy Now

Early Hollywood (CA) (Images of America)

Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 12/08/2009) Buy Now

History of Alcatraz Island, 1853-2008 (Images of America: California)

Amazon Price: $14.39 (as of 12/08/2009) Buy Now

Can't Find Your City? 

Create Your Own CafePress Shop!

Can't Find What You Need? 

Create Your Own Zazzle Shop!

Add Images to Your Lenses with AllPosters 

Choose From a Variety of City and Business-Related Posters

Build More Than One

If your business is conducted in multiple zip code areas, make lots of SquidZipper pages—one for each zip code. Why not? It's FREE, attracts customers for your business, and earns money for you and charity.

www.mayorofyourzipcode.com

Add Your SquidZippers to Popular Groups 

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Lensmaster KimGiancaterino has been a member since October 30 2006, has rated 8,214 lenses, favorited 4,037, and has created 291 lenses from scratch. Kim Giancaterino donates their royalties to Asante Africa Foundation. This member's top-ranked page is "Diary of a Squid Angel (2009)". See all my lenses

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