Building links is the secret to getting your lens/blog to show up in the search engine ranking. However, there is a secret to building these links ~ a secret that makes them super effective or almost useless. Wanna know the secret? Anchor text Yep, anchor text. This is the key ingredient to making your links work for you. So let's get to it. What is anchor text? Anchor text is the word or phrase of a link that you click on. Anchor text also lets the Big G know what the site you are … [Read more...]
How to Create Backlinks so Google Will Find Your Lens
October 7, 2009 By 73 Comments
You now have your lens done (hopefully) and it's time to let the big G know it's out there. Unfortunately this is not a "build it and they will come" kind of adventure. You have to leave a little trail of breadcrumbs for Google to follow to find your lens. This is also called getting your lens "indexed". That simply means google has found your lens, they acknowledge it exists and have included it in the index of sites that are out there on the internet. What this does not mean. When your … [Read more...]
How to Get html From Amazon
October 6, 2009 By 36 Comments
Html is the code you need to create a link to a product. The html code you use for creating links from Amazon is the same as the cody you use to create any other link ~ whether it's a link to a clickbank product or a link from a blog to a lens. The same code is used. How to get code from Amazon: 1. You must be in the associate program in Amazon to be able to get code. (You must be an affiliate) 2. Go to the product page you wish to link to. 3. Along the top of the page you will … [Read more...]
What Do You Do If You’re Not An Amazon Associate?
October 5, 2009 By 5 Comments
I'm hearing from a lot of you that you are not amazon affiliates at this point. I'd like to address a couple things about this. I wasn't accepted to the Amazon Associates Program. If you have applied and were not accepted by Amazon into the associates program don't worry. The reason I'm hearing the most is you don't have a website. That's easily taken care of. You can start a blog on blogger, add some content to the blog and then reapply. A blog definitely counts as a website, just make … [Read more...]
Squidoo Lens Tutorial ~ Reviews and A Video
October 4, 2009 By 30 Comments
In the last squidoo lens tutorial we covered the first few modules after the intro. This tutorial will cover the next few modules. So far we've covered: The Squidoo intro module 1st text module Visual Call to Action (most important thing module) Poll module So let's get started with the next module. The second Text Module: The second text module of my product lenses I use for reviews. I like to start out with talking to people about how important it is to find out what other … [Read more...]
Squidoo Lens Tutorial: The next few modules
October 2, 2009 By 19 Comments
We're going to keep moving through this Squidoo lens tutorial to the second module in the lens. The first text module. I like to use the first text module to focus on some of the features of the product. What I don't do is copy the bullet point list from amazon and paste it in my lens. Nope. Don't do that. :( What you do want to do is look at the bullet point list and see what the best features about your product are. (and there may not be a bullet point list. There may be a paragraph, … [Read more...]
Squidoo Lens Tutorial: The Intro Module
October 2, 2009 By 31 Comments
Hopefully everyone is having better luck finding products now!! I'm going to assume you've found a product to promote and now we're going to jump into what you do with that product now that you've found it. The first thing you want to do is set up a lens for it! You want to create a lens over at Squidoo. The first thing you'll be asked is to name your lens. Go ahead and name it your product keyword. It doesn't really matter if it has dashes in it or not, so whichever you choose is … [Read more...]
Your Code Is Showing ~ Managing the Big Arrow Module
October 1, 2009 By 27 Comments
Of all the modules used in Squidoo the one I see mistakes (if you can call them that) on the most is the big arrow module. I guess people find it a little confusing, and that's probably because Squidoo makes it so simple. :) I thought I would go through today and show you just how to put your information in the Big Arrow module so you don't get your code showing through on your lens. (I'm gonna do a pictorial walk through and then I'll shoot a quick video ~ trying to make everyone happy … [Read more...]
How to Find Products for Squidoo Christmas Cash
September 29, 2009 By 101 Comments
In the Squidoo Christmas Cash Blueprint I suggested you use Amazon as your product provider. That's all fine and good but dang, Amazon is a BIG place! How do you find products that are just what we're looking for in this situation? Here's some suggestions: 1. Don't complicate things, and stop thinking about it so hard. Just go to Amazon and pick a category from one of the options under "shop all categories". 2. Pick a subcategory once you pick something. Don't think about it, just … [Read more...]
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