Squidoo is a remarkable resource for Internet marketers and eBay entrepreneurs. It's what's considered a web 2.0 site that allows users to create "lenses," which are individual pages situated on the Squidoo.com domain that promote a specific topic.
You may be wondering what's so great about that, when thousands of other sites allow you to do the same thing. But Squidoo is unique. Not only do they make it incredibly easy to create a web page, ripe with graphics, content, and interactivity, but they allow - and even encourage you - to use the page to make money.
Squidoo is actually far more conducive to making real money than any other site that has come into popularity in recent years.
This is the biggest reason Squidoo has risen to fame so rapidly and why Tiffany Dow penned the eBook "Social Networking on Squidoo", which was endorsed by an endless supply of high-profile Internet marketers thanks to its step-by-step instructions on how to market the right way on Squidoo. I purchased this eBook in 2007 and it taught me a lot of what I know about how to generate eBay sales using Squidoo.
Squidoo has finally created a site that can be used for commercial purposes in addition to being a valued consumer resource and wealth of free information. Thousands of smart marketers have flooded to the site to take advantage of the free tools available to them.
A few other web 2.0 sites allow a minimal amount of marketing to take place, such as HubPages. But they're far stricter about the number of outgoing links you can have, and they have other rules, which make it harder to use the site for your own personal profiting potential.
Squidoo Can Be Used In Many Ways
Squidoo can be used in many ways such as promoting services, products, or affiliate items through your lens. You can have multiple accounts and on each free account, you can have an endless supply of lenses.
You can cross-promote your lenses. Build one master topic lens, and then branch out to build a number of more targeted lenses. Squidoo helps anyone be an expert on any subject, and Google love to Squidoo is once again rampant, helping lenses acquire page 1 rankings in the SERPs for many competitive keywords and phrases.
eBay Top Sellers can also effectively promote their eBay Stores or auctions through Squidoo, using built in eBay modules (building blocks) that Squidoo offers. Some modules give the lensmaster a share of co-op earnings through AdSense and some module profits. But you can also use text and image links to funnel traffic directly through to your own domain or eBay Storefront.
Create Traffic to Your eBay Listings
In summary, Squidoo is the ecommerce equivalent of WikiPedia. At no financial expense, you can position yourself through Squidoo as the "go-to" authority for your business, create substantial targeted traffic to your eBay listings, and improve your search engine placement on Google.
For my money, the best thing you can do for your business today is to purchase the eBook below and follow its tips and techniques religiously.
Once again, the eBook is called "Social Networking on Squidoo" by Tiffany Dow.
Next up, I'll demonstrate the power of Squidoo upon your eBay business.