Archive for the ‘Lens promotion’ Category

Avoid Looking Like a “Squidoo Spammer” on Social Networking Sites

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

A few days ago I posted a tip on my SquidTop blog about the importance of protecting your online reputation. I wanted to touch on that again and go into a little more depth here. Getting traffic and creating backlinks to lenses is a big priority for many lensmasters. So, we're ...

Are You Using SquidTop?

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

I recently started a blog on Captain Squid's new SquidTop site. Considering that I already have this Squidoo-related blog, that might seem a bit redundant. But there is a method to my madness! Even if you already have a blog or website of your own, I would still recommend getting ...

How Spam Hurts Everyone and What You Can Do About It

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Squidoo still has a bad reputation in some online circles. Thanks to the spammers who flooded into Squidoo and made a bunch of junk lenses a year ago, links to Squidoo pages are banned from places like Digg, Propeller and Wikipedia. Even promoting Squidoo lenses on your blog is risky, ...

Consistent Online Identity

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Lately I've been poking my nose into social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. I figure they may be useful tools for promoting Squidoo lenses, a tactic that has apparently worked well for other lensmasters. It's also useful if you want to be connected with other lensmasters. If you ...

Have You Heard About Weebly?

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Weebly is an online website creator tool that actually reminds me of Squidoo. It uses drag & drop functionality that makes it super easy to put together your own free website. You can even add a blog. Although I wouldn't use Weebly to create a professional website for a business, it ...

Warning about Using Wis.dm to Promote Squidoo Lenses

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Wis.dm is a site where you ask questions and wait for people to answer "yes" or "no." You could ask something as deep as "Do you think God really exists?," or something as simple as "Do you like socks?" One of the bonuses for people with Squidoo lenses is that you ...

Qassia: Another Way to Promote Your Squidoo Lenses

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

You want your Squidoo lenses to get traffic, and that generally means you want Google to smile on your creations. One way to get Google to pay extra attention to your Squidoo lenses is by getting links to them. The quickest way to get inbound links is to make 'em ...