How to Buy a Squidoo Lens

Squidoo is a community-based Web 2.0 content website created in 2005 by Seth Godin. Squidoo lets authors make pages that are referred to as "Squidoo Lenses" which can cover any topic the author desires. Squidoo lenses are popular with individual authors for making money on advertisement profit sharing and for building backlinks to existing websites to improve their Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Results Placement (SERP). As an Internet marketer, you may have the need to buy a Squidoo Lens to help the rankings of a website that you or a client own.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Squidoo Account

1. Join the Squidoo community if you are not already a member. You will need to have a valid e-mail address to confirm your account when joining.

2. Search for a freelance author that specializes in building and selling Squidoo lenses. Three popular places to find a Squidoo lens author are: Squidoo itself, Net Builders Forum, and Digital Point. Each location will have contract authors available to create a lens for a fee.

3. Request your freelance writer transfer the Squidoo lens to your account. You will receive a notification email from Squidoo when the author has initiated transfer to you.

4. Log-in to Squidoo and accept transfer of the newly created lens to your account. Besides helping drive Internet traffic to your desired website, Squidoo is also popular for promoting affiliate products from sites such as Commission Junction and Click Bank as well as earning money through targeted Google Advertising.

References

• How to Buy a Squidoo Lens
• Getting Started With Squidoo
• Facts About Squidoo

Resources

• Squidoo Signup Page
• Squidoo Lens Creation Services at Net Builders Web Forum
• Squidoo Lens Creation Service