So, you’ve got 50, 100, 150, or more lenses on Squidoo…now what? Seriously, have you thought about what to do now? I think it’s time for all us Squidoo lensmasters to sit down and have a talk. While what I say may not make everyone happy, if I can get just ONE lensmaster to really hear what I am trying to say, it will be worth it. So, let’s talk….
Quick post today to let you know that I have set up and begun a blog for 6StepNicheSites.com! The response to this little WordPress niche site tutorial blog has been excellent! With the activity naturally comes questions and the need for further, or more in-depth, explanations while learning to make niche sites. more…
I read a lot of forums. I came across a good thread lately that was advice to internet marketing newbies that are just starting out in IM. Lots of really good advice for those that are new to this whole ‘make money online’ thing. In my opinion, this thread was aimed at real, live NEWBIES - those that know nothing about internet marketing. You see, I was once a newbie to online marketing =) Remembering those months as I first started online as I read one piece of advice made me laugh my butt off. “Have a plan of action - Stick to your plan of action”. more…
It’s been just a bit over 24 hours since I released my free site that teaches others how to make niche websites with WordPress over at 6StepNicheSites.com - and folks, you all are the best! I sent out one quick email to my newsletter subscribers, then later did a quick blog post here at PotPieGirl.com…. Wait til you see what happened!
My eyes hurt. My back hurts. My brain REALLY hurts…. but it’s here and it’s live..and it’s ready to teach YOU how to make small and profitable WordPress niche sites. I did just about a complete ‘brain dump’ of all I can think of that I do when I create my niche blog sites. We’re talking way over THIRTEEN THOUSAND WORDS on this new, free niche site tutorial website! (Yes, I counted!) more…
We could also call this post “Keyword Research for Complete Beginners“. This post is designed for those that are new to keyword research or for those that haven’t been having much luck with their Squidoo lenses. In this post I will take you from my topic idea to how I choose the 3 main keywords my Squidoo lens would focus on. Hopefully, this little tutorial will get teach you good basic keyword research skills and enable you to see your Squidoo lens rise to the top of a Google search result. If you are completely brand new to keyword research, read Keyword Research 101 to understand WHY keyword research is important. more…
Plagiarism, content theft, scraping…What if it happens to your Squidoo lens? Do you have rights if your content on a Squidoo page is copied or scraped? Can you prevent plagiarism of a Squidoo lens? What if your lens was stolen, where can you go for help? more…
Keywords? Keyword research? Why? How? Huh? Today, let’s talk about what keywords are, why you need to perform good keyword research, and HOW to do that research. Understanding keywords is crucial to having a successful web page (such as a Squidoo lens), but how does it all work? more…
What happened to the traffic to Squidoo in April? Many lensmasters made mention of how their traffic and rankings had slipped during this time that we just received payment for. So, are these lensmasters imagining things? If not, why did Squidoo lose so much traffic? Read on for my theory… more…
The payment we received from Squidoo today marked one full year of PotPieGirl being paid as a lensmaster. Wanna know how much I made on Squidoo each month? Want to see a spreadsheet showing my total earnings? Curious minds want to know, right? Right! Keep reading and see my Squidoo income stats for the past 12 months.
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In my opinion, Squidoo is an excellent platform to use to drive traffic to your blog (or blogs). Here at PotPieGirl.com, the traffic I get from Squidoo has a much lower bounce rate than other referral traffic sources. Visitors via Squidoo tend to not only spend longer on my site, but also read deeper than any of my other sources of traffic. Squidoo visitors actually spend, on average, 2 minutes longer than any other site visitors. All in all, Squidoo is an excellent way to increase the traffic to your blog!
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Not too long ago, an online colleague of mine emailed me for permission to reprint one of my blog posts in his newsletter. The blog post was written back when I had my one-year anniversary online. Naturally, I was honored and gave my permission. Today, I received the newsletter and was blown away! What an honor!
Let’s step back and review some basics for making Squidoo lenses. A big question I get is how to make live links (or hyperlinks, or clickable links, to anchor text links, or HTML links, or words that click to a page, etc etc etc). No matter how you ask it - I’m about to answer it!