Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Why You Should Be Using Squidoo

Why should you consider using Squidoo for promoting your business? I guess that's the most obvious question to start with! It also perhaps gives me a way of explaining a little about why I personally like it so much.

Let's just recap on what Squidoo actually is. It's a community of people who are building web pages, which they call lenses, in a diverse range of subjects. In fact the range of topics is incredibly diverse and you can find lenses on just about every subject imaginable and some you might not imagine! Everybody from the hobby enthusiast to the business person is now recognising the power that Squidoo provides to connect with others who share their interests or might be potential customers.

Squidoo also epitomises what Web 2.0 or what is becoming known as the Social Internet is all about because it provides you with so many opportunities to enable your visitors to interact with you. Whether you want to

The other great thing about Squidoo lens building is that it is easy! Through a series of preformatted modules you are able to shape your lenses exactly how you want.

Now let's think about why we as Internet Marketers should use Squidoo. Well let's first see what those nice people at Squidoo said when asked why you should use them:

It's free;
It's amazingly easy to set up;
People with lenses get more traffic to their blogs and other sites;
People with lenses earn money from the lenses themselves - In fact I use that last one to donate some money to Charity so you even get the opportunity to feel good using them!

From a Marketer's perspective this is ideal! It gives you a great opportunity to create a series of lenses around what are termed the "long tail" phrases within the niches in which you operate. You can drive visitors to your other sites in the niches in which you operate and to your blogs and of course to your affiliate links! For those of you who like me use Firefox they have also added a rather nifty Firefox extension!

In fact what I have been using Squidoo to do is:

Generate Affiliate Income;
Drive Visitors to My Websites and Blogs;
Generate Subscribers;
Turn PLR Articles into money Generators;
Achieve Top Ten Ranking on Google For Keyword Phrases;
You can explore a possible niche to see what the level of interest is and alsdo what level of knowledge you can develop;
Make Donations to Charity!
It appears at the moment that our friends at Google really seem to like Squidoo. So we want to take advantage of that don't we? I know that with the majority of the lenses I create I can fairly rapidly get into the 1st to 3rd page of Google Search Results.

Indeed, I recently created a demonstration Squidoo Lens and within a week it was in 10th position out of 4,450,000 results for its' keyword phrase. Not a bad result in a week I am sure you will agree!

The other thing that is worth noting is that at the moment there are many keyword phrases still available on Squidoo. So whether you are a hobby enthusiast, a small business looking to grow your business or an Internet Marketer keen on promoting affiliate products Squidoo is the place to be!

For the exact steps I take to achieve this level of success take a look at my new report at How To Make Money with Squidoo

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Content Mania = Private Label Right Articles that I can recommend

Morning All

If you have seen the editorial from last week in The Online Magazine you will know that I have a view about the current proliferation of Private Label Article Sites and the competition that seems to be going on to provide ever more content. To the extent that they are starting to provide more content than could ever really be used by anyone! My biggest concern with it is that people will sign up for these large providers and then what they buy will just sit on their hard drives.

Now there is one new site which is bucking the trend as far as that is concerned. It has been put together by two people I have done a lot of work with over the past few months and who consistently deliver high quality materials. Content Mania by Mike and Kay is a winner of that there is no doubt and is probably at the moment the only Content site I would recommend to anyone! Now that's saying something isn't it! If you want to check it out for yourself then have a look at Content Mania. As always I only ever give my recommendation to something which I have used or am using myself.

Take care

Paul

Online Business Coach | Career Coach | Life Coach | eCoach

Morning All

I thought I would share with you the press release about The Coaching Solution which has gone for distribution today:

May 1st 2006 sees the launch of a major new development in the world of Coaching. The eCoaching Solution which harnesses the power of the Internet and combines it with traditional approaches to Coaching to provide effective and high quality eCoaching.

Coaching has become incredibly popular over recent years because in today's fast paced world so many people get caught up in doing what needs to be done "right now." They find that they can never break out of the rut that they find themselves in.

It can be difficult for an individual to gain access to coaching when they have to contend with the many challenges of their daily life and their careers. There are regular surveys which report that so many people are now working in a job that no longer gives them the satisfaction that it once did or for a boss who doesn't appreciate them.

The challenge however is to find time to be coached. People report that they wish they could find the time and the space to think about what we really want from our lives and our work!
Paul Duxbury is a Coach who has worked with many hundreds of people to enable them to achieve their goals and start living the lifestyle they really want. In seeking to find a way of addressing those people denied access to Coaching he has created an eCoaching Solution which will enable individuals to start to move forward in their lives.

The eCoaching Solution combines the power and impact of Coaching with the power of the internet through the use of:
· Email
· Instant Messenger/Communicator technologies
· WebCam technology
· WebConference technology
· Internet Telephony

The added power of eCoaching enables access to the Coach from anywhere in the World, from Manchester to Melbourne and from Bangor to Bangkok, through a computer at a time to suit the Coachee.

The eCoaching solution has been developed in response to the needs of Coaching Clients who wanted a solution which allowed more flexibility than the time specific scheduled Face to Face conversation allowed.

In addition it means that more people are able to benefit from Online Business Coaching, Career Coaching and Life Coaching through The eCoaching Solution.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Home Improvement | Interior Decorating

Evening All

Four new sites that are Home Improvement and Interior Decorating oriented which we hope you will enjoy:

Kitchen Counter Tops
Kitchen Cabinets
Discount Flooring
Closet Organizer Wardrobe Organiser

Take care

Paul

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Free Reports

Morning All

As I know we are still getting lots of visitors here just a reminder that I have "relocated" to Paul Duxbury where you can obtain loads of Free Reports for you to give away to your own subscribers!

Take care

Paul

Monday, April 03, 2006

Updated Blog and Information

Evening All

Just to let you know I have brought the blog here up-to-date with some of our great new sites and you can find more information at Paul Duxbury!

Take care

Paul

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Paul Duxbury's Ponderings

Morning All

Just to let you know that I have moved my "Ponderings" to our own Blog site which you can find at Paul's Ponderings.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Take care

Paul