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Introduction to Squidoo Marketing

I enjoy marketing with Squidoo and it is working better every month.

Squidoo is rather difficult to explain. Here is part of the explanation of a Squidoo lens, taken from the FAQ:

"SO, WHAT'S A LENS?"

"A lens is one person's view on a topic that matters to her. It's an easy-to-build, single web page that can point to blogs, favorite links, RSS feeds, Flickr photos, Google maps, eBay auctions, CafePress designs, Amazon books or music, and thousands of products from hundreds of other trusted merchants. You can pick whatever content you want to put in your lens to bring context to your topic. Then, when someone is looking for recommended information, fast, your lens gets him started and sends him off in the right direction. It's a place to start, not finish."

I have been experimenting with a few different approaches to marketing with Squidoo, and I like using the link lists, RSS feed syndication, Amazon products, CafePress products, and feedback modules the best.

If I create a new category of lenses on Squidoo, I add that category to one of my main blogs and syndicate the blog posts in that category on the appropriate lenses. It works.

As more modules are added, it takes a bit of experimentation to find what works for you and what doesn't. Marketing is an art, not a science, so what works for me may not work for you and vice versa. It takes testing and tweaking to improve the effectiveness of your lenses.

Squidoo ranks highly in the search engines and this is a good way to build link love back to your other sites, blogs, and forums.

Try it. Highly recommended.

If you enjoy marketing with Squidoo lenses, come and visit our Squidoo Marketing community. We're friendly and helpful, whether you're brand new to Squidoo or a grizzled old veteran. Check us out, today!

Market Yourself on Squidoo

You are an expert on something!

Are you an expert on something? Build your own Squidoo lens and tell the world. It's free, and you may even earn some money from it.

Build one lens or a hundred or more. It's up to you.

Every organization, business, team, nonprofit, church, school, or club should have a lens telling us about yourself. Point back to your own website, or use your lens instead of a website.

If you have a blog, you can syndicate the feed from that blog using the RSS module. You can see some examples in this lens.

Or, if you are a bit more ambitious, every member of your organization can have a lens and you can create a group to tie them together.

The possibilities are endless!

Build your Squidoo lens today!

Marketing With Squidoo Links

Seth's Blog
Seth Godin's riffs on marketing, respect, and the ways ideas spread.
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Tips and techniques from successful lensmasters

This is a list of Squidoo lenses that offer tips and techniques to help you improve your results when marketing with Squidoo.

Please vote for the lenses that offer the best information about improving your Squidoo marketing efforts.

If you know of an excellent lens that isn't in the list, please add it, and don't forget to reload the page and vote for it.

We're just getting started with this list, so come back and check it later!

(Off topic lenses will be deleted.)

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What People Buy & How To Get Them To Buy It From You!

PayDay came and went as usual and I was curious to more...2 points

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EelKat's Secrets To Squidoo Success

On April 17, 2007 I joined Squidoo and had no idea more...2 points

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Online Promotion

I have decided to take a look at my online promoti more...2 points

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The New Affiliate Marketer

OK. So I'm a wannabe entrepreneur from Manchester more...2 points

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How To Squidoo With A Lotta Help From My Friends

This lens presents my archive of Squidoo resources more...1 point

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How to Run a Successful CafePress Shop (and make lots of money!)

CafePress is THE online place to become your very more...1 point

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PotPieGirl says - Let's Make Money with Squidoo !!

Hello! My name is Jennifer. I live outside Atlanta more...1 point

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Squidoo Tools, Resources, and Guides

Squidoo Tools, Guides, Lens addons, Linkbuilding t more...1 point

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Part 1: Affiliate Marketer Tips and Tricks For BIGGER Check$ (a small collection of advice, learned from experience)

Being a successful affiliate marketer has nothing more...1 point

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Stumbleupon explained for lensmasters

Stumbleupon is great fun, and a tool for self-prom more...1 point

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SEO for squidoo - getting found in google: search engine optimization

SEO - search engine optimization - has many differ more...1 point

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Squidcasting - how to squidcast on squidoo

Squidcasting is THE way to let people within squid more...1 point

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Vox - blogging made simple and (more) social

I recently found Vox through a web search. It turn more...1 point

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How To Use Friend Feed

Friend Feed is a Web 2.0 feed amalgamation site th more...1 point

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Affiliate Profit for Beginners

Affiliate Marketing is a perfect business to be ad more...0 points

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More about marketing with Squidoo

This list points to more information about marketing and Squidoo found on blogs and websites.

Please vote for your favorites. If it isn't listed, please add it. Don't forget to reload the page and vote for it.

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Pepperjam and Squidoo Tutorial | Captain Squid

As promised, I'm going to walk everyone through a sample lens built with a Pepperjam affiliate program. If you haven't already, learn how you can sign up with1 point

How do you market with Squidoo?

I love talking about marketing, online promotion, and ways to use Squidoo and other websites to promote businesses and other organizations on the web.

I know you have an innovative way that you'd like to share or a question you'd like to ask. Your feedback is welcome here.

How are you using Squidoo for marketing?

  • cynthia-ann-leighton Apr 27, 2012 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    Enrolled one month and a few days ago! I like how the search engines view Squidoo, of course. However, I've been surprised that I'm enjoying the community so much. Feels good!
  • NickTheCarGuy Dec 16, 2011 @ 9:06 am | delete
    I like squidoo, it opens up a lot of doors.
  • OhMe Sep 24, 2011 @ 8:24 pm | delete
    I do enjoy Squidoo Marketing.
  • Sep 9, 2011 @ 1:25 pm | delete
    Thanks for your help with Squidoo, John. Must be nice living in the Appalachian mountains, wow.
  • CCGAL Aug 2, 2011 @ 2:45 pm | delete
    I have only recently begun using Squidoo for backlinks to other money sites - but I can attest to the fact that Googlebot indexes linked pages very quickly.
  • alexmcphie May 16, 2010 @ 4:25 pm | delete
    Thanks for the tips John! I may have to add some of this to my blog!
    http://www.alexmcphie.com
  • Gretchen_Lee_Bourquin Aug 24, 2008 @ 7:53 am | delete
    Every little bit helps. Thanks for the tips!
  • JaguarJulie Aug 13, 2008 @ 12:34 pm | delete
    John -- Thanks for the support with regards to my grassroots effort -- I generally like to drive traffic both to and from my Squidoo lens for a synergistic effect. I blog about Squidoo and of course I've written lenses about my blogs -- and I market through my websites. Terrific resource you've set up. 5*****
  • poddys Aug 7, 2008 @ 8:38 pm | delete
    Marketing is everything, creating the lens in the first place is only the opening move. 5*****
  • The_Homeopath Aug 7, 2008 @ 11:39 am | delete
    Forums, blogs, social interactions. Those work the best for me, I keep Dale Carnegie in the back of my mind.
  • mulberry Aug 7, 2008 @ 4:15 am | delete
    Making a lens is only, well, 10% of "the battle; marketing it is the rest. Great lens!
  • newenglandsportsfan Aug 3, 2008 @ 7:52 am | delete
    Hi John. This is pretty solid information and will definitaly help me build better Squidoo lenses.
    Many thanks!
    Phil Carter
    http://squidoo.com/newenglandprosportsteams
  • tnhuckaby Sep 21, 2007 @ 3:27 pm | delete
    I think that there are many non profit organizations that could use social media better to get the word out about what they're doing. So as a social entrepreneur, I built http://www.squidoo.com/angelfoodministries lens.

    I have lots of home business lenses though too.
  • StuartStirling Mar 14, 2007 @ 12:50 am | delete
    Hi there. Nice lens. Yes I love using squidoo to help me with my marketing too. Thanks and good luck to you. www.lazymanspaycheck.com
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