This tends to be the time of year that lensmasters at Squidoo get stuck. Halloween, Christmas, and even Valentine’s Day are all over. This leaves newer lensmasters and beginner affiliate marketers to think, “now what?” But don’t worry. This doesn’t need to be a dead time of the year for online earnings. My own accounts do make more during Halloween and Christmas than they do the rest of the year, but the truth is they don’t make that much more {Read More}
I Did It!
December 13, 2012 By 3 Comments
I did it! I finally met my goal of reaching over $1,000 payout from just Squidoo alone! This month marked my first Squidoo paycheck that was over $1,000. Amazon pays their affiliates at the end of the month. So, it’s nice to receive this big paycheck before the 15th and then know in a couple of weeks a nice fat Amazon check will roll in as well. I’m also still trucking along with my favorite GPT site, CashCrate, and make {Read More}
What’s Your 2013 Business Plan?
November 10, 2012 By 2 Comments
A lot of different factors go into earning a full time income online. You need to have time to work online, must have at least basic SEO knowledge, and need to be able to write well enough to hold your reader’s attention and gain their trust. All of these are very important to building an online presence that makes you money. It may, however, surprise you to learn that none of those are the most important factor to making money {Read More}
Making Money as an Amazon Affiliate
November 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
Today was a historic day for me because today was the first time ever that I made over $100 in a single pay period with my Amazon Associate account. For the past two years I only dabbled with my Amazon Associate account. The only place that I used my Amazon affiliate link was in the intro of some of my lenses. I created a text link with my keywords and then linked it to the Amazon search results page for {Read More}
Get Cracking on Those Christmas Lenses
October 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The kids may still be looking forward to trick or treating on Halloween, but as a lensmater your sites should be set on crafting Christmas lenses. Forget all of the Halloween hoopla and the current quests going on, if you’re serious about earning money with Squidoo, then start writing quality Christmas lenses now. Publishing them before the 31st will ensure they are qualified to start earning lensrank payouts for the month of November. That can be huge. Imagine crafting 10 to {Read More}
Update Your Intro Images
October 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been writing lenses on Squidoo for over four years now. Back in the day we could use a variety of sized images for our intro image and it would work just fine. Not long ago, however, Squidoo HQ made a big change to the way the intro image works and now it needs to be 250 x 250 pixels. If you make your image larger than this, then the thumbnail image that’s used in a variety of lens directories {Read More}
I’m Back and Have Big Plans
October 11, 2012 By 2 Comments
I can’t believe it’s been over 9 months since I last posted. Some of my Squidoo friends know that we’ve been dealing with a lot of family illness and stress. I’ve been so busy taking care of everyone (and myself for that matter) that I’ve been spending the little free time that I had simply updating my most important lenses. Things are finally quieting down for us and my two oldest kids have started school, so I’m back and working {Read More}
My Daughter’s Lalaloopsy Bedroom
January 30, 2012 By 2 Comments
If you’re a mom of a little girl, then you most likely have heard of Lalaloopsies. My two girls, now ages 5 and 2, are crazy about the cute Lalaloopsy dolls. In fact, a Lalaloopsy doll was the only thing my daughters asked for this past Christmas. So, when we were having trouble getting our daughters to each sleep in their own rooms, my husband and I decided to get a full size bed, put it in our youngest daughter’s {Read More}
My Plan for Earning All Year
January 7, 2012 By 3 Comments
We all know about the seasonal lenses. Mainly at Squidoo we hear about the Halloween and Christmas lens success stories. And there is no doubt at all that they do perform well, but what about the rest of the year? If you want to earn a consistent income from Squidoo all year long then you need a plan. You need to have a handful of lenses for each season of the year. Here is my basic guidelines for starting to {Read More}
