Managing your Squidoo Lens

It can be difficult to get the right words on the page when you're drafting a Squidoo lens.

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 lens 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 introduction.

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