She asked me whether I had considered writing for sites like Squidoo and HubPages. Now to tell the truth I HAD heard of them, but had pushed them to the back of my mind.
So, I set out to re-discover at least one of them and this post is about Squidoo as that is what I have been learning about this week. Now I am not going to pretend that this is going to put thousands in your bank account overnight. However there are some very definite ways that you might add to your online income by creating articles on these sites and there ARE folk out there who earn a very considerable income this way.
Squidoo articles are called 'lenses' and you can write lenses about pretty well anything. Before you read on, take a moment to open these links in a new window so you can see for yourself what a lens looks like and to see how the moneymaking modules are incorporated.
http://www.squidoo.com/livinginHavant
http://www.squidoo.com/whitechristmascake
Google is good at indexing lenses provided you title them well and tag them properly. There is plenty of good information ON Squidoo about writing for and making money from Squidoo. This is just a summary and I am not claiming it's complete either - but it will give you an idea whether it is for you.
Squidoo income streams
- Ad revenue sharing - there are Google ads on Squidoo pages and lensmasters (anyone who writes for Squidoo) shares in what they earn.
- Amazon links - You can choose to add items from Amazon in modules included in your lenses. For instance, I wrote a lens that detailed one of my favourite cake recipes and I incorporated some links to Amazon books about making and decorating cakes. If someone clicks through and BUYS from those links, I'll earn some of the shared commission. I am also a personal affiliate for Amazon.co.uk whereas the commissions are coming from the US site. You can create links from all your featured Amazon titles to the UK site too.
- Ebay links need a little more looking after because items are sold and auctions end. However, if you already run an ebay shop, write some good lenses about what you sell, your shop will get more exposure and you'll sell more. A good idea is to link to a relevant seller and the module and ebay will decide which items are listed and you don't have to worry about finished items at all.
- Zazzle and Cafepress - your own items on these sites can also get more exposure via your lenses, but other lensmasters don't get commission from them.
- Clickbank. If you are already a Clickbank affiliate or you write e-books and sell on Clickbank, you can increase your revenue by lens-ing about what you write or what you sell.
I've really only skimmed the surface here, hopefully it will give you some good ideas! Since I started on Squidoo, I have two pages of one-line ideas for lenses and my hope of ever catching up with myself is a dot on the horizon!
Oh - and did I mention you can also get a referral fee if someone joins Squidoo on your link and creates a lens? And an extra bonus if they earn more than $15!
Here's the link
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