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Viral Marketing: Build A Squidoo Lens
Squidoo is the idea of expert internet marketer and entrepreneur Seth Godin. The purpose of a lens is to allow the creator to present as much information as possible about one specific topic or product. Selling is encouraged, and for those who are serious about it, building lenses is a very lucrative income.
You don't have to be an expert programmer to build lenses either. This is an excellent business for the novice, and it's easy to get started.
Now, the purpose of this article is not to walk you step by step through the process of building a lens. You'll find plenty of video on You Tube to teach you how to do it. With Squidoo though, it's so easy to build one of these things, if you can read and follow instructions, you won't have any trouble at all.
The first thing you need to do is sign up for a Squidoo account. You will start off by creating your first lens. The important thing you want to do here is your keyword research. You will need to use keywords in the lens link, as well as in the tags for your lens.
Don't sweat making your first lens. The easiest lens to make is a product lens. In this lens, you include a short description and then add four other modules. Make sure one of these modules includes a guest book. This will allow you to exchange links with other webmasters and raise the rankings of your lens.
You will need a text module for your product review, and don't forget to include images. Avoid the money modules, like Ebay and Amazon. You want to focus your potential customers on the product you are selling.
Squidoo lenses allow you to sell both your own products or someone else's. You may even do lenses on specific people. There are review lenses that cover specific products, and then there are lenses that cover specific topics. The point is to cover the topic or product extensively with lots of information.
Once you have created your first lens, then complete your default profile. As you create lenses, your lenses will be added to your profile so you don't have to worry about that. Each profile has it's own profile, so you may create different profiles about you and your business for your lenses. If you do a specific topic, make sure you make a lot of related lenses for that topic.
The secret to making a lot of money as well as going viral with Squidoo is to make a lot of lenses on your specific topic. To increase your chances of going viral, you will want to market as much as possible. Bookmark your lenses, as well as writing and submitting articles. Invite your friends to make lenses and share yours with them.
Remember, if you set up your lenses right, they rank high in the search engines, and they're a very viral mechanism. For those of you who don't want the hassles of owning domains or websites, this is definitely the easiest opportunity for you.
You don't have to be an expert programmer to build lenses either. This is an excellent business for the novice, and it's easy to get started.
Now, the purpose of this article is not to walk you step by step through the process of building a lens. You'll find plenty of video on You Tube to teach you how to do it. With Squidoo though, it's so easy to build one of these things, if you can read and follow instructions, you won't have any trouble at all.
The first thing you need to do is sign up for a Squidoo account. You will start off by creating your first lens. The important thing you want to do here is your keyword research. You will need to use keywords in the lens link, as well as in the tags for your lens.
Don't sweat making your first lens. The easiest lens to make is a product lens. In this lens, you include a short description and then add four other modules. Make sure one of these modules includes a guest book. This will allow you to exchange links with other webmasters and raise the rankings of your lens.
You will need a text module for your product review, and don't forget to include images. Avoid the money modules, like Ebay and Amazon. You want to focus your potential customers on the product you are selling.
Squidoo lenses allow you to sell both your own products or someone else's. You may even do lenses on specific people. There are review lenses that cover specific products, and then there are lenses that cover specific topics. The point is to cover the topic or product extensively with lots of information.
Once you have created your first lens, then complete your default profile. As you create lenses, your lenses will be added to your profile so you don't have to worry about that. Each profile has it's own profile, so you may create different profiles about you and your business for your lenses. If you do a specific topic, make sure you make a lot of related lenses for that topic.
The secret to making a lot of money as well as going viral with Squidoo is to make a lot of lenses on your specific topic. To increase your chances of going viral, you will want to market as much as possible. Bookmark your lenses, as well as writing and submitting articles. Invite your friends to make lenses and share yours with them.
Remember, if you set up your lenses right, they rank high in the search engines, and they're a very viral mechanism. For those of you who don't want the hassles of owning domains or websites, this is definitely the easiest opportunity for you.
Strategies To Make Money At Home
Identify your initial investment and work out the time you will take to break even when you make money at home. Have you the financial backing to tide over the initial non-profit phase? If not, work out an alternate route for earning money in the short run. Do you need help from a financial institution? What is the cost of the monetary help you will take? Do you intend to start as a freelancer and later move to investing in a website?
Know the business requirements
Are you going to provide freelance services in tutoring or writing? Are you planning to start a home based call centre to make money at home? Do you need to purchase equipment or hire it? Whatever you are choosing to do, know all about the basic investments you will have to make and the time span over which you can expect returns to come your way. Know how your space has to be managed, for e.g., if your house tends to be noisy, it may be difficult to take customer calls on the telephone. Documents and office equipment require storage space, plan this out beforehand. The simplest model is that of the individual service provider with only a computer and telephone to run the business.
Know The Market
This is the most crucial aspect of your business. Your advertisement investment is limited and does not allow access to a wide audience at the start of your plan to make money at home. Is your offering relevant to a local community or a larger area? Can you narrow down your audience by age and lifestyle? What are the likely habits of your audience? What websites is your audience likely to visit? Answering these questions helps you to decide about your communication investment and mode. If you are an individual service provider, know the expectations of the client. It is possible that you have to learn new skills to satisfy client requirements. There are many resources on the net to enhance your skills.
Know The Competition
Identify your competition and see how they are managing their business. Is your offering the same as theirs or can you differentiate yourself in some way? What are they offering as their value proposition? What they are doing to make it possible to keep their client base. Go through the competitor’s website to see how they describe themselves. On the other hand, if you plan to make money at home, with individual efforts, visit the websites of others who are offering similar services. See what they offer to help you decide about your future plans.
Know thy USP (Unique Selling Proposition)
There are many ways to carry out a business. Think through the business processes you will have to follow and find creative ways to engage the customer. Think about what extra value you are adding and word it well. You may need to take professional help for doing this. If you intend to make money at home by offering professional services for a fee, word your resume well. Highlight your skills and experience and provide suitable references.
By: Alan Lim
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