Squidoo Linking
Welcome…
For those that
haven’t heard of Squidoo before here it is …
Squidoo is a great
way to get links to your site and also gain commissions direct from
the lens that you set up!
You simply create a
lens that you update on a regular basis (once – twice a week) that
contains both links to your review site and payments links. You will
then receive a percentage of the sale from the product owner which
will be your sales commission for referring that sale.
Once you’ve got your
lens up all you have to do is maintain it by making updates (for
example …new content, pictures, payment links)
This is a simple
step by step on how this process works:
1)
Research a one or a
few keywords for the search engines to list your article
2)
Research your chosen
market and create a lens on squidoo that will interest readers and
gather some quality content
3)
Refer people to your review site
4)
Get paid for each
reader that buys from your links from your squidoo lens or that buys
from your review site
That’s as simple as
it gets and it’s totally FREE
So lets get started…
Keyword Research
It’s all about the
keywords here. I would suggest going for the long-tail keyword
phrases. Look for phrases with over 3 words.
Make a list of
between 3 – 5 long tail keywords, as you’ll use these in your lens
later.
Squidoo
Time to sign up to
squidoo and create your lens. Remember your squidoo domain URL needs
contain your chosen keyword phrase (this will increase your chances
of getting ranked highly in the search engines).
Squidoo Sign up
Squidoo – Creating
your lens
Now all you need to
do is drive traffic to your squidoo lens via article submission,
forum links, links on social book marking sites, etc
Tips
-
Give the appearance you are an expert but don’t
say you are. Your quality content will speak for it’s self.
-
Be yourself and add a friendly atmosphere. Write
as you talk not like you’ve swallowed a dictionary …keep it
simple.
-
Create trust with the reader and the selling will
do it’s self. You are not creating a sales page …they will see
the sales page when they click on your link/s
-
Bold your key words so that customers know they
are in the right place. To do this simply add the html code <b>yourkeywordhere</b>
-
Only create one topic per squidoo account. If
you’re portraying yourself as a quit smoking “expert” your
credibility will be damaged if you then have a lens under a
different niche. Also your competitors will see your different
niche markets …they will copy!
- Link your
squidoo pages that are in the same market ...the search engines
love that :-)
IMPORTANT
Always up-date your lens at least once a week! By up-date I do
not mean forever adding content. Simply adding pictures, tags,
payment links, etc …each one is classed as an up-date.