Online Business Opportunities and Squidoo Lenses

Online Business Opportunities and Squidoo Lenses
What the heck are Squidoo lenses and how can you relate
them to online business opportunities? Squidoo.com is a web
2.0 website that specializes in hosting personal web pages
for anyone who has 10 minutes to build one. They are
referred to as "lenses" instead of website because each one
focuses on a particular topic or idea.

You can create a lens for whatever reason. Whether you want
to share your opinion on a particular online business
opportunity or just complain about the electric company,
Squidoo gives you a quick and easy venue for getting your
message out to the masses. It it so easy anyone can do it.

Squidoo lenses are simple to set up, requiring absolutely
no technical knowledge or programming experience. With a
few clicks you can easily add youtube videos, Flicker
photos, polling surveys, google blog searches, RSS and much
more to your personalized lens.

In addition to providing a social outlet, Squidoo can also
serve as a highly effective and risk-free marketing tool
for your onlinebusiness opportunity. Below are the top 7
reasons you should create a lens to help give your online
business opportunity a kick:

1. To increase traffic to your site. Squidoo lenses can
include inbound links to your website, boosting your site's
credibility in the eyes of search engines and increasing
your overall link popularity. Plus, the lenses themselves
are indexed by search engines, so your personal page can
achieve a high ranking with strategic keyword placement.
Get a few links to your Squidoo lens and you can easily get
your lens to rank favorably in search results for some
competitive keywords.

2. To save money on advertising. Unlike costly print ads
and direct mail campaigns, creating a personal Squidoo page
won't cost you a dime. It takes about 10 minutes to build a
Squidoo lens and you can really boost your credibility and
brand yourself as an expert in your industry.

3. To highlight multiple aspects of your online business
opportunity. You can create as few or as many lenses as you
want. It's possible to have hundreds of different lenses
focusing on different components of your business, all
driving traffic back to your website.

4. To piggyback on other Squidoo pages. When your lens is
nestled among hundreds of thousands of other interesting
lenses, it's more likely to benefit from the traffic
generated by those neighboring pages.

5. To sell stuff. A great way to get your feet wet in the
e-commerce arena, Squidoo lets you sell items from Ebay and
Amazon and earn royalties from each sale. It also lets you
have direct affiliate links to any of the affiliate
programs you endorse.

6. To conduct surveys for your business. Squidoo pages are
a great way to gauge consumer attitudes and reactions to
new products and services. The Squidoo polling feature is
really easy to set up and allows you to survey your
customers.

7. To interact with potential consumers. Visitors to your
lens can add their comments and links. Every time an update
is made, it makes your lens that much more appealing and
relevant to search engines.

If you're still unsure about Squidoo, ask yourself just one
question: what do you have to lose? It's free and easy,
which are two of the most desirable qualities for anyone
promoting an online business opportunity! I highly
recommend it!

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