Squidoo for Dollars: Get Started Today!

If you're at all familiar with Squidoo, you know that lots of people have found simple ways to earn money with Squidoo lenses they create. If you're not familiar with Squidoo, you need to be - first because it's a community of sharing ideas, but also because you can create lenses that will make money on a long-term basis.

Let's look at the specifics of some of the many ways to make money on Squidoo. Do you like to shop Amazon.com? You're likely answer is, "Yes." Most people love Amazon because they can get just about anything there, not just books anymore, and with an order of over $25, they get free shipping.

Incredible. Amazon is a giant that has partnered with Squidoo. You can sell products from Amazon via your Squidoo lens and get a cut of the revenue! Using the right technique, you stand to make some decent pocket change this way. Start by reviewing products you love that are on Amazon - like books you've read. Most people will fill their cart enough to get the free shipping and you'll make a nice commission.

Do you create your own information products like eBooks, video tutorials or MP3 downloads? If you're selling them through the Internet, you should be featuring them and selling them through Squidoo lenses, too! It's not hard to set up and you can increase your own income quite a bit because lenses tend to rank well in Google. If you're not an info marketer, you can promote other people's products and earn 50-80% commission on that sale.

The key to using Squidoo for selling anything or making extra money is having really good, high-quality lenses that people will want to read, favorite and send others to. Traffic is the key, and to get good traffic, you need good lenses. You can learn how to create a Squidoo lens with a starter's guide.

Learning to create avenues of income through Squidoo isn't that difficult once you find the right resources. You can even make money promoting professional lens creators like the BuildMyLens team through PayDotCom - it pays out $119 commission on a VIP sale and you don't even have to do the work, you just promote someone else! It may not generate a six-figure income overnight, but it's a great way to cash in using one of the most powerful web 2.0 resources to hit the web!

Because a Squidoo lens can be transferred to another owner, creative lensmasters began creating lenses and selling (or flipping) them to marketers in various niche markets. This is a genius way to earn some extra money simply by spending a little time creating something completely for free and making a wonderful profit on it.

If you're not yet familiar with Squidoo lens flipping, here's the basic idea: You create a good lens on Squidoo. It's completely free for you to do this and once you get the hang of lens creation, it should only take a half an hour or so to create one good lens.

Then, you turn around and sell that lens. Lenses can sell for up to $125 brand new without traffic, sometimes even more than that if it's established in Google and already making sales. If you spend a few hours each week creating good lenses, you stand to make a decent amount of money for that few hours!

To learn how to flip lenses like the pros (yes, there are already some professional lenscrafters out there), you just need to get ahold of a good learning resource about how to make a lens and get to work.

Because Squidoo is such a huge powerhouse for social networking and marketing, there is a large market for quality lenses - ones that are well built and center on topics that are popular and relevant. When you learn how to do it, you'll find that you'll have a long list of people just waiting for you to flip your next lens. What a great way to earn money - all from the comfort of your home!