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Future Giant Squid?

Gandree — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:33:01 +0000

I finished51 lenses before the Giant Squid deadline and submitted my information. Now it’s up to the Squidoo Giant Squid Headquarters as to whether or not they like my work. It would be nice to have that validation because when I’m surfing Squidoo, seeing the Giant designation gives some validity to the page. There are some other perks but when I’m trying to communicate about something like Death By Plastic, I want people to take it seriously. Oh well, we’re in the wait and see mode there.

I’m looking forward to this years 30 Day Challenge. I learned a lot last year. It helped me integrate media like Facebook, Twitter and Squidoo into a working unit. It’s tough when you are trying to stay up with various sites. Sometimes you feel like the juggler with all the balls in the air and they are aiming for your head. The 30 Day challenge really helped with that so I highly recommend it.

Car Shopping And The Race To Be A Giant Squid

Gandree — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:50:13 +0000

That seems like an unlikely title but the two really are linked. You see I’m 2 lenses shy of the 50 needed to qualify as a Giant Squid on Squidoo. Because of that, I am working on an Affiliate Marketing campaign about car shopping and adding them to my main lens profile. The three I have most recently added are:

Car Purchasing Tips For Women
Car Shopping Insights
Car Shopping Quiz

I’m sure I have more work to do on all of them but they all show promise. Feel free to visit and let me know what you think.

Using Commission Junction with Squidoo

Gandree — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:21:07 +0000

Captain Squid is helping us again. He is posting a video series about putting Commission Junction ads on Squidoo lenses. If you have been struggling with monetizing your lenses and want some help from someone who has proven expertise, why not take some tips from our friend the Captain?

The Next Step

Gandree — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:18:13 +0000

I was once told that if you don’t know exactly what to do but you do know which direction to go, start walking in that direction.

In my last post I said that I was not going to look at all the glitz and bling of hot new marketing promotions. I felt that I knew enough of the basics and needed to begin applying them to the sites I have already started. My current focus is my Outdoor Garden Statues Blog. Being Spring here in Florida, if I can’t promote statues now, either the economy has totally crashed or I wasn’t cut out for this and had better find a new job. Seriously, it’s time to put up or shut up. My family has watched me put hours into learning my way around affiliate marketing and unless they see some money come in, they want Mom back.

Now, if you remember, I said there are a couple of people that I have been following. One of them is the PotPieGirl. Not only has Jennifer been straight up on everything I have seen her post, but other people I respect have mentioned her as well. Thus when she offered a 4 day sale where she cut the price on her OneWeekMarketing package, I jumped on it. This program is perfect for people like me who have learned how to post articles, make lenses, create a blog, etc but need to integrate it all into a working system. I have seen more success in traffic to my Squidoo lenses since starting this program than I have over the last year. It really is helping me. I will let you know if it results in sales but with enough traffic, I doubt that will be a problem.

If you feel like you have all the pieces but don’t know how to put your affiliate efforts together into a viable system, maybe you should consider this program. It is well worth looking into. It’s the One Week Marketing Action Plan by PotPieGirl.

Squidoo Surprise

Gandree — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:55:28 +0000

One of the wonderful things about Squidoo is the people you meet along the way. This morning I had a wonderful surprise as I checked my email. Megan Casey had visited my Sogs lens and liked it. Since she is a founding member and Editor in Chief of Squidoo, her congrats is a big boost for me. Now maybe I will finish up enough lenses to make Giant Squid. :0)