So you have decided to build a Squidoo lens. But before you build one you need to decide how you are going to drive traffic to it. Squidoo lenses can and do achieve a high ranking in Google and by following these simple tips you too can achieve it.
Tip 1 – Make your name keyword rich.
Including the keywords you are targeting in your lens name is very important as your name becomes your URL and placing your keywords in it gives you a great start in terms of SEO.
Tip 2 – Read popular lenses.
Take a look around at other top suidoo lenses that are within your niche and see if what you will post can better what they already have. Reading the other lenses will give you an idea on how you want to build your lens and the type of content you want to include.
Tip 3 – Quality content.
Take a look at your previous blog posts and see what you can use for your lens. Be sure to pick out quality content that squidooers will want to read. One good thing is to add this content you wont even have to write a word you can pull it all from your RSS feed.
Tip 4 – Add graphics and media.
Collect graphics and media that will enhance and improve the look and feel of your squidoo lens.
Tip 5 – Publish it.
Now your lens is built its time to publish it, but before you do ask a friend to go over it and make sure everything looks good.
Tip 6 – Use an opt-in form.
Add an opt-in form to your lens as well this gives you more chances to build your list.
Tip 7 – Marketing a lens.
Now your lens is live you need to market it. Get backlinks to it by using social networking websites and content management website. More back links equals more weight in search engines.
And Finally – free traffic
One great way of getting free traffic to your blog or website from your lens page is to use the RSS fedd plugin to place your content onto your lens. This will automatically update your lens for you.
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#1 by Chetan on April 5th, 2008
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Nice list of tips.. never tried squidoo very well before though.
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#2 by Dennis Edell on April 5th, 2008
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I love “list” posts and this one is top notch, especially for me who hasn’t adventured too much into squidoo yet. Thanks
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#3 by Internet Junkie on April 6th, 2008
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You can pick up great tips by visiting SquidU, the squidoo forum; networking with other Squidoo users is a very good way of getting them to visit and rate your lenses.
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