Making Money With Squidoo.com

Squidoo.com has been around for a few years now, and has generated quite a bit of attention along the way. It is basically a place where anyone can have their own web page and write about anything that they want for free. It's also a perfect place for internet marketers to make money with Squidoo itself, or use it to promote other websites and ventures.

How does one go about making money with Squidoo?

This page covers a few ways that people can make money with Squidoo, and no matter who you are and what your level in marketing is, you will probably find Squidoo a useful tool or a way to make money online.

Using Only Squidoo To Make Money

Squidoo web pages are called "lenses" because they focus in on specific subjects, based on what the creators decide to write about.

Included in the web-page building tools provided by Squidoo are "modules" (building blocks to create web pages) that allow someone to write their page strictly in html code if they choose, or they can use other modules that can provide income from affiliate programs from the likes of Amazon.com and eBay. The page owners (also called "lensmasters") who have these modules on their pages will generate profits when a visitor clicks on one of the links and makes a purchase. (The profits are split with Squidoo for the ability to use of the site.)

Also lensmasters are paid some from the Adsense revenue that is generated across Squidoo - the site owner is not paid per click but receives a "cut of the Adsense pie" so to speak based on the number of lenses they own and a few other calculations used the by Squidoo staff.

Building a lens is easy - it's basically a 1-2-3 step-through process - click here to get started with your own Squidoo Lens.

Add Your Own Affiliate Programs Through Squidoo - Make More Money!

Here is a way to utilize the potential of Squidoo - Basically two steps are needed:

1. Figure out a niche (very specific market) that you would like to use to make money from.
2. Join up with affiliate programs that carry that type of product and promote the products using links placed on a Squidoo lens.

These are two very basic, general steps. Each of those steps require work along the way, but that gives the general idea of what to do.

Here are affiliate programs that are currently being used by lensmasters, and work quite well for a Squidoo page - you also get to keep all of the commission generated with these on Squidoo:

• Clickbank.com: Clickbank is a great place for affiliate marketers to get their start. The links are simple to use and generate, and the commissions are a very high rate (many products pay 50% or more to the affiliates who promote their sites). The products from Clickbank are all digital and include downloadable eBooks on various subjects, music, videos and more. The cost of signup is $49.95 - click here to sign up with Clickbank.
  


• ShareASale.com: Once familiar with this site, the links are easy to generate and you can create any kind of link you want, directly to specific products or an advertiser's home page. There are many different types of companies advertising with their websites through ShareASale, you can probably find anything for whatever niche you are looking for. Signing up as an affiliate is free - click here to sign up as an affiliate with ShareASale.
  


• LinkShare.com: LinkShare has many big names (and some smaller companies too) associated with it. It also has a huge selection of types of products affiliates can market and make commissions from but is a bit more on the advanced side to use. I still recommend signing up for this one - the selection is great and using the site will help an affiliate become more and more familiar with how to use it - also there is a great FAQ and Help section on the site. Signing up with LinkShare as an affiliate is free. Click here to become an affiliate with LinkShare.

Signing up with the affiliate companies above and placing selected product links on your Squidoo lenses will get you well on your way to making money as an affiliate online. (It's probably the fastest way to get started.)

Take it All The Way - Unlimited Income Using Squidoo and Affiliate Marketing

If you've read up to this point, you're probably getting the idea of how exciting affiiate marketing can be with Squidoo.

So if you have a lens or two (or 50) and making some money - how does one go about unleashing this powerful tool and making a VERY nice living with it? There are a couple of basic answers that I have for you - both of which are very good recommendations:

Generally speaking you could go one of two ways at this point:

1. Use Squidoo as the center of an entire marketing campaign (or campaigns) and get a LOT of traffic and sales from your lenses.
   
   There is a system for using Squidoo created by one of the most successful lensmasters on the entire site. The book is becoming more and more popular and more people are using it every day to generate plenty of income - the system is called "Squidoo Queen" and can make the difference between having lenses that are bringing in a little bit of cash and having an enviable career with Squidoo and affiliate marketing. Click here to learn more about Squidoo Queen!


2. Use Squidoo as part of even a larger marketing venture with Wealthy Affiliate University (WA). WA can lead any average, everyday person into total financial success, and has an entire tutorial dedicated to the subject of Squidoo and how to use it. Throughout the training at WA, Squidoo is also a subject of article (or "bum") marketing, and how to use it for that purpose to drive traffic to other sites, blogs, etc.

You could even combine the above two resources to learn thoroughly about Squidoo and move into a whole new level of income that you never thought possible - and all from the comfort of your own home.

FYI: As I make mention of on my main page of this site, don't expect it necessarily to be easy - and definitely don't expect it to happen overnight. But it can be done - I know because I've used both Squidoo and Wealthy Affiliate combined and I have experienced the feeling of watching it work, and seeing the money come in as a result of my efforts.

Here's to making money with Squidoo!!! :D