Internet Cash Development Strategies Using Squidoo

There are many possible roads to travel when your developing an income using the Internet. You can have a web page that sells products that you or others have made, such as, ebooks or pdf files, software, work on line surveys and a whole plethora of MLM opportunities. This article is going to show you how to use Squidoo as a lead generator and money maker.

Squidoo, which was developed a couple of years back by social network guru Seth Godin to capitalize on turning prospects into clients is a consumer oriented website that allows many possibilities. One it allows you to learn through observation of other lenses (web pages), forums, help topics and discussions groups how to use the site correctly and efficiently.

To build a page or lens as it is referred to very simply in a couple of different ways. First it is like most of the WYSIWYG type of sites asking questions that help you narrow your ideas down in order to build your site by different components. Text modules ( where write the content from your perspective and help educate readers which initiates the relationship model the site was founded on ) and other modules that access AdSense, eBay, Cafe Press, and Amazon for ways to monetize the lens you build. Then there are fun modules that relate your information in creative and social networking ways. A couple of examples are thought bubbles, a debate module and link lists that others can add to, just to name a few. It is also friendly for using simple HTML commands that allow you to make bullet points, highlight, sentences even making links to other web site from different words in your content.

When you first hit the create a lens button you can choose from two paths. One is a "magicbuilder" which has you go the through a series of questions and you add content on the subject, this in turn will be your site, so not to many graphics with this option are allowed. It will help you add eBay modules and other ways to monetize your content. The other choice and the route to take is entering on the line where it asks "My lens is about:" This will be the title of the lens and the first thing your readers see. Please take a moment and think about what message you want the readers to think of immediately. For instance type in orange and apple recipes or create a lens about growing fruit trees. I think a good plan of action is to systematically go about building lenses on main topics and having others that branch from that topic to get more success from revenue that comes from monetizing a site around certain key words or searches that people preform for targeting information that will answer a question they have,and which your lens may answer.

After typing in your subject and hitting enter you go to a screen that provides four choices. The first is the best for when you start out. This choice is labeled :

I want to get the word out about Orange and Apple Recipes (easiest option) See how it incorporates your subject. The option I choose at this stage is referred to as "do your own thing"

It does not use your subject matter because you will add what ever modules that you want in any order to get to a full and publishable lens. The choices in between these two methods are simply modules ordered in certain ways. I say try them all get a feel for them and as you continue to build you'll know which option works beat for your needs. Now you pass along to step three which is where you basically create the tail end of the URL where your page or lens lives on Squidoo. An example of a Squidoo lens URL is www.squidoo.com/xx123, the xx123 is your choice and you'll see it develop in the next day or so. Now the last step in the process of setting up your lens is where you get to pick three additional key words so the search engines can find you.

After this it is a matter of uploading content and pictures for your text modules and placing the monetizing modules such as Amazon, eBay and CafePress together that is pleasing to others. Again this is a way to connect with people so teach them well or provide links that help them and they'll in turn become customers. It is a great source for you to develop traffic for other sites by connecting them through links to either web pages where you sell information products or even to blogs that you use to review products. The point here being that Squidoo is a piece of the puzzle that will help initiate an income stream. Some lens masters have boasted about the amount that their efforts have made, however I cannot substantiate this as fact.

The quick outline to use Squidoo for building a revenue stream is as follows:

1 Build a main lens on a niche or specialized subject matter.
2Monetize by adding modules like eBay, Amazon and Cafe Press ( your own merchandise )
3Link to Affiliate programs, blogs and websites that help you increase on line revenue
4build additional lens that are logical offchutes and can benefit from the same search that helped someone find your main lens.

For those of you that are new to the internet and so far have not been able to put some of the pieces together for creating a business model on line. This outline should help with that process. If you use it, you will begin to see certain items come together. From learning HTML to good design elements for a web page as well as learning to write to a specific group of people. I hope this article is helpful in your search for getting online and earning an extra income and beyond.
By MichaelScott http://www.squidoo.com/researchprofiteering