WAHM or WAHD? Create Multiple Streams of Income From Home With Squidoo

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Squidoo is One of the Best Residual Income Opportunities for a WAHM or WAHD

Are you a stay at home mom or dad looking to create income streams so that you can work from home while focusing your attention where you should--on your children?

Squidoo is a great opportunity for you to create multiple income streams that will grow even while you are busy doing homework with your kids or cooking dinner for your family. Don't get me wrong, you have to work hard to earn income with Squidoo and it is not something that will happen overnight. But if you spend consistent time every day, even in small blocks of time, then over one to two years you can create a significant online income. And the best thing is, the income will continue, like royalties on a book, whether you are there or not.

There are many technical lenses on Squidoo that tell you how to create lenses (webpages) and how to promote them. There are also lenses that show you the income earned by lensmasters (authors). What I am going to do with this lens is explain what the multiple income streams are that you can create that all stem from becoming a lensmaster on Squidoo.

Rose Angel is by artist Cheryl Lee.


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Want to Earn Extra Income? 

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This lens provides you with concrete examples of income earned by a stay at home mom, and many great resources to help you become a lensmaster.

Write About What You Know and Feel Strongly About 

Your passion will make your lenses succeed

Do Some Keyword Research to Find Out How People are Searching for Your Topic 

What do people type in when looking something up?



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First of All, Some Definitions 

What is Squidoo?

Squidoo is a website made up of lenses which are individual web pages written by different lensmasters or authors. Each page is about a focused topic that the lensmaster chooses to write about.

Creating a lens is free on Squidoo, and in return Squidoo asks that you stay within their Terms of Service or guidelines. This is a very supportive site with an active forum, and lots of experienced lensmasters who are happy to help out new people.

Most people agree that the lenses that are the most successful are ones where the lensmaster is passionately knowledgeable about the topic.

Hope Angel is by artist Cheryl Lee.

How Can You Create Multiple Residual Income Streams from Squidoo 

Income streams can be created in five different ways from writing Squidoo lenses. The five ways are:

  • Income generated from Squidoo lensrank

  • Income earned when reader purchases from a Squidoo sales module

  • Selling affiliate products on Squidoo lenses

  • Selling products on related sites that you market on Squidoo

  • Earning offline income from creating Squidoo lenses


These are all incomes created online without creating a product and/or shipping a product yourself. You can also create another income stream by selling your own products in any of the ways listed above.

 

Why Squidoo? 

What is so great about working with Squidoo?

Squidoo on its own is a great site. The staff is constantly working to improve, refresh, and update the site for unique features, user friendliness, and keeping it fresh. The Squidoo community and forum is by and large supportive and positive, and a great place for newbies to learn.

Squidoo ranks well in Google on its own, so anything you publish on the site will get a higher priority than if you started from scratch. And there are lots of tools to help you build lenses quickly and efficiently.

Squidoo is like a good investment, and there is lots of room for the site to grow and increase in revenue. It is something that can be worked on in small parcels of time which is what most parents have. You can leave it and let it go if you need to and it will grow on its own to some extent. With consistent effort, you will definitely succeed.

Tribes 

by Seth Godin

Tribes is the newest book by marketing guru and Squidoo originator, Seth Godin. His idea about Tribes is found throughout the Squidoo site in several different ways.

Seth Godin is a marketing innovator, and the book is excellent.

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Squidoo Lensrank Payout 

Revenue Sharing

Money


Every lens on Squidoo has an overall lensrank. If you look on your dashboard, that is the number listed next to the lens name. Squidoo is a revenue sharing site, and each lens earns a revenue sharing payout monthly due to the average lensrank during that particular month.

Lensrank payouts range from about $.08 to about $12.00 per lens for lenses between 1 to 85,000 lensrank. Lenses below 85,000 do not earn any money from lensrank. Lensrank changes daily; the number that is important is the monthly average.

Lensrank is earned through a number of factors including ratings, traffic, sales, angel blessings, and clickouts.

This Lens Explains the Squidoo Payout Really Well 

It also has actual payout amounts per month

Working From Home 

WAHMs existed even in the 50's

Squidoo Selling Modules 

Ebay, Amazon, Cafe Press

Squidoo offers several types of direct revenue earning modules that you can place on your lenses. You do not need to be an affiliate of these companies to sell products from the modules.

Ebay:

Ebay modules give you a lot of leeway as to what you can sell. You can have Ebay chose from your keywords, you can highlight a store or seller, or you can chose specific items to sell on your lenses. If a reader buys anything at all from Ebay by starting at your link, you will get a commission on those sales that is split with Squidoo. You can also earn extra money if a new Ebay customer registers with the site and buys something.

Amazon:

Squidoo currently offers five different Amazon modules that you can sell Amazon products on. They are the Amazon Module, Amazon Plexo, Amazon Spotlight, Amazon Search, and Amazon Recommendations, and Amazon MP3. Each module is a different way to display products from Amazon that are related to your lens topic. I personally like the Amazon Spotlight the best, because it really highlights one single product. If your reader buys anything from Amazon through your link then you get a commission that is split with Squidoo.

CafePress:
Shop or Create What's on Your Mind at CafePress

The CafePress module allows you to choose specific items, a CafePress shop, or the module can choose products based on keywords. This module works the same way. If a reader buys any product from CafePress from your link, you will get a commission that is split with Squidoo.

This is the Amazon Spotlight Module 

It highlights an item from Amazon's vast selection of merchandise

More than 90 million customers shop at Amazon.

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Sell Using the Ebay Module 

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eBay

This is the CafePress Module 

Sell any CafePress items from this module

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Selling Affiliate Products on Squidoo Lenses 

There are many companies that allow you to sign up as an affiliate seller. Affiliate sellers are salespeople for the products that they recommend, and if they sell products, then they earn a commission which is different depending on the company they represent.

Squidoo allows lensmasters to add their own affiliate ads, or links to lenses. Your lens can be a recommendation of the product or you can sell affiliate products that resonate with your topic.

Most affiliate sellers will give you credit for a sale for at least 15 days after the initial click through from your ad. Many are for up to 30 or 45 days afterward. There are affiliate programs for just about every store you have heard of, and most types of products. And best of all, you do not have to pack and ship anything.

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Affiliate Sales Can Increase Your Squidoo Income Exponentially 

This lens gives an introduction to becoming an affiliate seller

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Moms and Dads Care 

What is Your Best Advice for WAHMs and WAHDs to Help Them Succeed on Squidoo? 

What works best for you as a lensmaster?

What advice can you offer other lensmasters to help them succeed with Squidoo? Why did you start and what have you learned to do and not to do?

This section is for all new and experienced lensmasters to advise people who are considering joining what you would do if you were in their shoes.

What is your best Squidoo advice to get someone started?

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You should definitely. . .

WhiteOak50 says:

I would explain how important keywords and backlinks are.

Susan52 says:

Don't sacrifice quality for quantity. Study other great lenses and make sure your lenses are great. The number of lenses should be secondary.

bethd821 says:

Pick a subject you are familiar with and go for it. Ask for advice from the forum. Everyone that I have asked has helped me. Be patient.

ElizabethJeanAllen says:

Build a quality lens first. Without that its hard to get off the ground.

KrisTomb says:

Favorite this lens! And then just get started.

Suzie-Shine says:

Get to know the business by spending time on Squidoo before launching your first lens.

OhMe says:

Read, rate, and comment

aj2008 says:

...read the Squidoo TOS and the SquidU Forum Guidelines. I have seen too many people lose friends before they make them on Squidoo because they make mistakes that they would not have made if they had just invested 20 minutes to read this stuff.

capriliz says:

Start by making your first lens. Keep reviewing the top lenses. Start applying what you learn to each new lens. You can also go back and update the first lens you made as you learn more.

Treasures-By-Brenda says:

Read, read and read some more.
Lenses on subjects you know.
Lenses on subjects you know.
Lenses on Squidoo.
Even SquidU!

RaiscaraAvalon says:

Just get out there and do a lens!

The_Party_Animal says:

It takes time - it is not a get rich quick - stick with it - right quality stuff and learn from others - oh and have fun

gagpen says:

Take your time; create a couple lenses, promote them & seek help often!

BevsPaper says:

Write what you know about and become an active member of the community. I know that has been said but it can't be said enough.

bloomingrose says:

Keep at it. A little bit at a time, it works like a snowball. I like your lens a lot and am planning to lensroll it on a Squidoo lens I am working on.

Sojourn says:

Join in discussions at the SquidU forum, read the forum posts, determine the most knowledgeable lensmasters who offer great advice on the forums and check their lenses. They often have great ideas, tips and how-to lenses to get you started.

glowchick says:

Keep making lenses and spead the word to all your friends and family.

Don't start by. . .

aj2008 says:

...leaving links to unrelated lenses in other people's Guestbooks - it will lose you friends on Squidoo faster than you can make 'em!

sandyspider says:

Keep making lenses. Research everything that you write about, even if you think you know it all.

ElizabethJeanAllen says:

Build your lenses around things you know and are interested in. Don't pick a topic based on a product you know next to nothing about. The "personal experience" or "personal touch" is essential.

lingstar says:

Expecting instant riches. It takes a long time to build up your income.

 

Marketing Your Own and Other People's Products Directly from Squidoo 

CafePress, Zazzle, Ebay, Etsy, Lulu, or Your Own Website

Squidoo is a terrific marketing tool for your own products. You can make products on several other sites and market them through either Squidoo modules or links you create in a Text Module.

Cafe Press:

CafePress has an affiliate program through Commission Junction. You can sell your own or other people's CafePress products through either a CafePress module or direct links to the items.

Zazzle:
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Zazzle is another print-on-demand publishing site that can be marketed from Squidoo successfully. You can sign up to be an affiliate through Zazzle to sell other people's products and create direct links to those products. Or you can create your own Zazzle store and sell your products through direct links, or the Squidoo Zazzle module.

Ebay:

If you are a seller on Ebay, you can create links to your items or store through Squidoo's Ebay module or directly. You can also join Ebay Partner Network (EPN) to sell products as an affiliate.

Etsy:

Are you an artist on Etsy? Squidoo has an Etsy module that you can sell your products from or you can create direct links to your Etsy items from Squidoo.

Lulu:

Squidoo now has a new Lulu module that allows you to sell products that you publish on Lulu or market other people's related products.

Your Own Website:

There is unlimited potential for marketing your own website. You can create a marketing tool to drive people to your website. You can also link directly to products in your lens or you can sell them outright on Squidoo.

The Etsy Module Will Showcase Items from One Seller's Shop 

This is my shop on Etsy

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The Zazzle Module Will Allow You to Post Up to Nine Items From Your Zazzle Shop 

powered by Zazzle.com

Are You a Writer? Showcase Your Books on Lulu 

Feature Up to 10 Lulu Items on This Module

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Squidoo basics

How To Squidoo

Writing for Squidoo 

A terrific guide to get you started

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Earning Offline Income From Creating Squidoo Lenses 

Get your neighborhood business to have you write a lens for them

Squidoo can also translate into income from outside brick and mortar businesses in your area. Experienced lensmasters can take the internet and search engine optimization knowledge that they have learned to create Squidoo lenses for their local businesses. This is something that you can market when you are out visiting friends, on playdates with other WAHMs or WHADs, or grocery shopping.

By just telling people what you are doing, and are capable of doing for their business, you can gain clients that will pay you directly for your Squidoo marketing expertise. Create business cards for your Squidoo marketing business, and start creating lenses for them.

Residual Income

What makes it so valuable?

Why is Long Term Residual Income So Valuable? 

Wouldn't you like to get a check every month year after year?

What makes Squidoo so great is that you are building long term residual income that will grow slowly but will continue to pay you each and every month over a long period of time, and will continue to grow even when you do not have time to actively market it. This is similar to the income an author gets for publishing a popular book. Every time a book sells, they get a small commission. As time goes on, the small commissions add up to larger commissions.

Each time you promote an article, you create a path for traffic to follow. As you become more educated, and create more and more of a following through your promotional efforts, your followers will help you create even more paths. As Squidoo grows, revenue per lensrank will continue to grow, as well as the overall traffic to the entire site. This can only help your lenses rank higher in Google. There are some simple, daily tasks that you can do to promote and support your lenses, and continually increase your passive income and active income.

This is not a magic wand that will create huge amounts of money overnight, but I don't really think that exists anyway. Of course, the harder and more efficiently you work Squidoo, the more benefits you will get, but even a WAHM or WAHD with only one hour a day can succeed at their own pace on this platform.

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Sample Schedule for a WAHM or WAHD to Create Income from Squidoo 

What can you do daily to build an income on Squidoo?

What can I do in one hour per day to earn an income from Squidoo?

This is based on a five day work week and two days off.

Week One

Day 1

Spend one hour deciding on the topic of your lens and create an outline of what you want to write about on paper or on the computer. Use Word or a similar program.

Day 2

Research your topic online for one hour and see what keywords are a good match for your topic. Find keywords that do not have too much competition.

Day 3

Take your topic outline and create a new lens workshop for it. Fill in the module titles with your outline subheadings. The article title becomes the lens title. Use one of your keyword phrases in the lens title. Write a first draft of the introduction.

Day 4

Spend your hour today writing your lens. This is a first draft. It does not have to perfect. Get your point across, and you can correct the grammar, spelling, and add keywords later.

Day 5

Review your draft, improve and correct it. Add your keywords.

Week 2

Day 1

Add pictures to your lens. Make sure you have filled in at least ten tags in the tags section. Add a Guestbook. Publish the lens.

Day 2

Look at the published lens and decide what you should add, change, or correct to make it better. Go back to the workshop, make your corrections. Then you can start adding Amazon, Ebay or other selling modules.

Day 3

Visit the SquidU forum, and ask for a critique of your lens or put it in your forum signature to start getting traffic. Go back to your workshop and see if you want to add or change anything. Adding a duel or poll module gets a conversation going on your lens.

Day 4

Promote your lens. Add it to Delicious, Digg, Tagfoot, forums, and tweet it out to your friends. Spend your hour creating backlinks for your lens.
Start a new blog for your Squidoo lens topics. Write a post about your lens today.

Day 5

Look at your comments. Visit other people's lenses. Find other lenses on your topic, and if you like them, lensroll them to yours. Let the lensmaster know that you did.

Repeat this process to create a body of work.

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About Paula Atwell 

I have been on Squidoo creating an income since June 5, 2008 and I love this site. I highly recommend that you take a look.

Lensmaster lakeerieartists has been a member since June 5 2008, has rated 2,099 lenses, favorited 135, and has created 253 lenses from scratch. This member's top-ranked page is "Making your First Lens Mentor". See all my lenses

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