Web 2.0 Promotion Technique – How To Setup A Squidoo Lens Easily

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Squidoo is a growing website that is getting more powerful by the day and is excellent to leverage to drive Web 2.0 SEO Traffic to your blog. It is really easy to use but before you set up an account, it’s important to familiarize yourself with some of the terms that are exclusive to Squidoo.

A Squidoo lens is pretty similar to a blog. You can post your content, customize it to your liking, post comments to similar blogs, etc. But the similarities end there. For, Squidoo gives you the added ability to add content from external sources, which is way easier to do than with a simple blog.

Moreover, it enables you to instantly throw in content and products from websites such as CafePress, Ebay and Amazon.com. Any commissions you earn are split 50-50 – you get half and the rest goes to Squidoo.

You can also insert Google Adsense ads and, depending on the amount of traffic your lens generates, you’re entitled to a sizeable share from the Squidoo Adsense revenue pool. Additionally, you’re free to add videos from YouTube, set up polls, RSS feeds and have readers generate content for you with guest books, plus much much more!

With such a lot of variety and some unique tools at your disposal, Squidoo can soon be quite addictive! Alright, with that out of the way, it’s now time to set up your very own Squidoo account!

Step 1: Sign up:

Create a Squidoo lens to get started. Its absolutely free.

Step 2: Give A Name:

Here, you need to come up with a strong title using the keyword of your lens. Finding it hard to come with a good headline? Well, here’s a quick tip for you: Think of the biggest benefit you offer to your target audience. Then, build a compelling title around that benefit.

Step 3: Add Tags:

Tags (Keywords) are vital to helping people find your lens. To come up with suitable tags, think about the search terms users might type into Google, when looking up info on your niche area. Or simply use the keyword research tool KEYWORD ELITE.

Step 4: Pick Modules:

Click on ‘Add Modules,’ which is located on the top left-hand corner of the page. Then, simply choose the modules you’d like to add to your lens, and click ‘Add’ next to each of them.

The most popular modules on Squidoo are Amazon, Ebay and Cafepress for monetizing your lens, the ‘Link List’ to add various links to affiliate products and related sites, YouTube, the Poll module and the Guestbook to incorporate interaction with readers of your lens, and the ‘Write’ module to add useful content in the article extracts forum with links back to your site to read the entire article.

Once you’re done, simply click ‘Publish’ to publish your lens. Isn’t it easy! Read more on how to use SOCIAL NETWORK SQUIDOO to help brand your business.

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