Managing your Squidoo Lens

Squidoo works well because it's driven by content rich lenses. If you are able to write good original content, you will find Squidooing a rewarding experience.

Duplicating content is not a good idea. Search engines can penalise one or all sites where duplicate content is found.

It can be difficult to get the right words on the page when you're drafting an article or a sales letter.

Starting is the hardest part. Once the first paragraph is down, the rest tends to flow a little easier.

Here's what works for me:

I start off by setting the article out in bullet points. It tricks my mind into thinking I'm just organising my information and sorting out what order I want to present it in, what I'm going include, what I need to do more research on. In other words, what I'm doing is "nothing really important".

Then I list the SEO keywords I want to use and fit them into my bullet points where they are most appropriate.

And then I start expanding each bullet point into full sentences describing that point. It becomes easier to pick out linking sentences that can tie different sections together.

Finally, I read through and choose the paragraphs that would make a great conclusion or opening.

And a last thorough proofread, a couple of tweaks, and I'm done.