Use Squidoo.com To Advertise Your Business and Make Money Creatively.
Saturday, November 14th, 2009You should give Squidoo a try, or you might never know what you are missing by not trying to grow your business this way. Squidoo.com is a next generation social networking site, much like Myspace or Facebook, but adds an element that allows the marketing of products and services you may offer. Advertising of websites is not only permitted but it is encouraged.
Squidoo currently has a huge collection of articles an varied subjects. It’s easy for someone who uses Squidoo to get to the right material because of the way that it’s organized. Categories are wide reaching, and range from health to movies to business, with everything in between. Say for example you want to plan a road trip.You can find articles on destination planning, visiting attractions, and where to stay. See how easy it can be to generate possible leads for your company.
It is important to make a lens on Squidoo that will attract users to your products or services. To get started, all you need to do is create a free account. It is a good idea before setting up your lens to check out some of the others on Squidoo. Click on the Make A Lens box and begin, when you are ready to set up your own lens. What you want to do with your lens will be the first think you are asked. Then you pick a category that you would like your lens to fall under and will fill in the URL for your website next. Add some key search words for your lens and fill out your profile.
Pages on Squidoo are called “lenses” to reflect the fact that they zoom into an important aspect in the eyes of the creator. The traffic to the site could possibly be 500,000 per day, and each of these visitors represents a potential customer. When you begin with your lens you will be required to give a brief summary and title for it. You then have the option to set up a guestbook for visitors and a section to link to similar sites. You can make easy money on Squidoo by linking different products to yours, and you will get rewarded for every product that is sold. To finish off with your lens click the publish button and leave the rest to Squidoo.
Carin Davis is the editor and webmaster of Carin Davis’s Home Business Training Secrets. A site dedicated to the development and training for Network Marketers and Home Business Owners.